About Us
Over 4000 new parents have enjoyed our informative & transformative Birthing From Within prenatal classes. As you journey through the unknown of pregnancy, birth, and parenthood we support you in embracing the whole of your experience, finding trust within yourself and each other.
Dancing Star Birth is committed to supporting families with making green choices that are healthy for our children and the earth. We recognize the connection between birthing families around the world, and are proud to support the work of Shanti Uganda - Learn More Here.
Together our team of Birthing from Within mentors represents over five decades of experience, and a collective 85 years(!) of mothering our children. We actively support one another as mentors and seek to enhance what we offer our clients with each class we teach.
Sarah Juliusson
Founder & owner of Dancing Star Birth, Sarah has served as a Childbirth Educator, Doula, and Maternity Nurse for 19 years, and is the mother of two boys. She is a Certified Birthing From Within Mentor & serves as an Advisor for new teachers around the world. She has a Masters in Parent-Child Nursing, and trained as a midwife.
Abby Mikkelson
Abby is a birth doula, former La Leche League leader, mother of three and Birthing From Within mentor. She came to Birthing From Within in 2004 while preparing for the birth of her third child and found the approach seeped into her life on many levels. She now practices as a birth doula and mentoring prenatal classes. Learn more about her doula services here.
Arwen Brenneman
Arwen is a Birth Doula and Birthing From Within mentor. She was drawn to Birthing From Within while seeking a compassionate and inclusive approach to birth and parenting. She has been delighted to find a path that supports and celebrates of the work of birthing mothers and their families. She is the mom of two boys.
Judy McLaren
Judy is a seasoned birth doula, breast feeding counsellor and Birthing from Within Mentor. She was drawn into her career as a birth professional through the quality care she received in the birth of her first child. She is now a mother of three little ones, and brings a deep personal commitment and passion to the birth community and the families she supports.
Jenny Taylor
Jenny is Mama to three beautiful boys, a doula, breastfeeding counsellor and Birthing From Within Mentor. She is also owner of Birthing Buddies Childbirth Services offering TENS machines and birthing tub rental. She brings a passion for birth and strives to help clients identify the personal and practical resources they need to support them through birth. Private sessions in German also available.
Jennifer-Lee Koble
Jennifer-Lee has been serving birthing and postpartum families since 1999, and is a Birthing From Within Mentor, Breastfeeding Counsellor, and Doula. Jennifer-Lee is the mother of three children ~ her two girls and her stepson.
Lucy French
Lucy is a Birthing From Within Mentor, Birth Doula and a Breastfeeding Counselor. She has been working with birthing families for over 10 years and got hooked on birth after witnessing her first birth at the age of 9. Lucy is also the very proud mother of two beautiful teenagers. Learn more about her doula services here.
Robin Gale
Robin discovered Birthing From Within through Dancing Star Birth when pregnant with her first child. She found the knowledge obtained in the classes to be invaluable, not just for the birth itself, but postpartum and beyond. Inspired by this, she became a Birthing From Within Mentor. Robin is also a Birthing From Within Doula and now a mother of two.
Dancing Star Birth proudly supports
the maternal-child health work of Shanti Uganda
Learn More Here
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I don't know if it's the knowledge of birth and parenting, the pain coping techniques, the connection with other couples or the skillful way that fears are addressed, but clients come away with confidence about their upcoming birth, no matter what form that experience may take. - Kat Montgomery, RM