Fiona Willis

I am a childbirth educator, doula (non clinical birth attendant), and belly dance teacher.
I believe there are strong links between belly dance and birth, and that dancing during pregnancy can help strengthen the muscles of the abdomen and pelvis, and help prepare a woman for pregnancy and birth. Many of the dance moves mimic those that a woman will instinctively make during labour and birth, and practising them beforehand in a dance form will help familiarise the woman with the movements she will make giving birth to her child.