Move Into Birth
Prepare for birth through your body.
Upcoming Birth Preparation Workshop
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October 10 & 11 @ unë Berlin
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Upcoming Birth Preparation Workshop 〰️ October 10 & 11 @ unë Berlin 〰️
An intimate, small-group somatic birth preparation practice for pregnant people and their partners.
Move Into Birth brings together birth physiology, movement, breath, touch, sound, partner work, and practical preparation — creating space to learn about birth while experiencing possibilities through your own body.
Created and led by doulas and artist-practitioners Sarah Entwistle and Cristina Leoni-Osion of the Somatic Birth Collective, Move Into Birth is for people who want more than a conventional antenatal class: a thoughtful, experiential, and deeply personal way to prepare for the complexity of birth.
Berlin · London · Virtual
Birth can’t be rehearsed.
But we can prepare for how we meet the unknown.
You can’t know exactly how your birth will unfold.
There may be moments of intensity, uncertainty, choice or change.
Preparation, for us, is not about trying to control those possibilities. It’s about developing a wider range of ways to respond.
In Move Into Birth, we combine practical birth education with an experiential, body-based approach. You will learn about the physiology of labour and the pathways birth can take, while also having time to move, breathe, make sound, receive and offer touch, experiment with positions, work with your partner and notice what feels useful to you.
We won’t teach you how to perform birth correctly, we want to facilitate you becomimg more familiar with yourself within it.
What we explore
Our work brings together birth education and embodied practice.
Across the workshop, we explore:
the physiology and stages of labour
movement and positions for labour and birth
breath and vocalisation
touch, counter-pressure and partner support
relaxation and hypnobirthing practices
exploring fears and affirmations
communication, consent and choice
the role of the partner
induction, interventions, caesarean birth and changing circumstances
creating a birth plan that can remain responsive rather than prescriptive
You do not need previous movement experience.
You do not need to know what kind of birth you want.
And you do not need to approach birth in any particular way.
We are interested in helping you discover what is useful for your body, your relationships, and your unfolding circumstances.
A two-day experiential birth preparation workshop:
The workshop is intentionally small, allowing plenty of time to move, practice, ask questions and work with your own experience.
Your registration includes:
comprehensive birth physiology and education
practical preparation for vaginal and caesarean birth
movement, breath, sound and touch practices
partner practices and support techniques
relaxation and hypnobirthing practices
an editable birth plan
a guided recording for practice at home
a physical practice booklet with prompts and practices
access to our community between sessions
€175 per pair
Need a payment plan? Message us here.
moving & vocalizing & feeling & breathing
through your birth
The Doulas
Move Into Birth was created by Sarah Entwistle and Cristina Leoni-Osion, whose practices pull from various disciplines but meet around a shared interest in the body, perception, care and change.
Sarah Entwistle
Doula · Bodyworker · Artist
Sarah is a Berlin-based doula, bodyworker and artist whose practice brings together birth support, somatics, touch and movement. Originally from the UK, she has worked across architecture, design education and fine art, and brings this creative and embodied perspective into her work with families.
Since moving to Berlin in 2017, Sarah has developed her doula practice through mentorship with Camalo Gaskin of Doula Pathways and bodywork training with Barbara Droubay of Animao. Her approach supports people to meet pregnancy, birth and postpartum with curiosity, agency and trust in their own experience.
Cristina Leoni-Osion
Full-Spectrum Doula · Dance Artist · Facilitator
Cristina is a Berlin-based full-spectrum doula, dance artist, bodyworker, facilitator, and educator. Their practice brings together movement, somatics, reproductive justice, and community care.
Cristina began their doula work in 2016 through reproductive freedom and mutual-aid organising in Richmond, Virginia, and went on to co-found the Richmond Doula Project. They have trained with Ancient Song, Center for Doula Pathways and Doula Trainings International, and continue to work across birth, abortion, postpartum care, creative education, and somatic practices.
Together
Their work is rooted in bodily autonomy, lived experience, and collective care, recognising that birth is both deeply personal and shaped by the systems and communities around us.
Informed by their own births, together they bring the physical, spiritual, and social dimensions of birth into the room: the felt experience of the body, the practical realities of navigating birth systems, and the wider questions of choice, power, and support that shape how we experience care.
Move Into Birth grew from this meeting point — between movement and birth knowledge, individual experience and collective care, preparation and the unknown.
Know about birth & practice how you can move through it.
Move Into Birth sits somewhere between an antenatal class, a movement practice and a deeply practical preparation for uncertainty.
What happens when you change position?
What helps you stay connected to your breath?
How might sound alter your experience of intensity?
What kind of touch feels supportive?
How can your partner participate with confidence?
What might help you communicate when circumstances change?
These questions become practices you can draw from when birth actually arrives.
You don't need to be planning a particular kind of birth to benefit from this practice.
Presence
Learning to notice sensation, breath, rhythm, movement and rest — without needing to control the experience.
Agency
Building the information, communication and consent practices that help you participate in decisions about your care.
Adaptability
Preparing for change — in sensation, circumstances, interventions or plans while staying connected to yourself.
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For pregnant people and their birth partners who want practical preparation alongside a deeper, body-based exploration of birth.
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Not at all. Our practices are adaptable to different bodies, abilities, comfort levels and energy levels.
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Not exactly. We draw from hypnobirthing, alongside movement, touch, sound, breath, birth physiology and somatic practice. Rather than following one method, we help you discover what works for you.
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You are very welcome. We explore caesarean birth, including planned and unexpected pathways, and consider how movement, communication, agency and partner support can remain part of the experience. Also, labor can still happen with a planned caesarian birth.
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Yes. We welcome families across different gender identities, sexualities, family structures, cultural backgrounds and paths to parenthood.
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Yes. Partners are active participants rather than observers. We explore touch, movement, communication, practical support and ways of staying connected during labour. It is also possible and rewarding to participate without a partner.
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This is central to our approach. We don't prepare you for one ideal birth; we practice adaptability so you have more resources when circumstances change.
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Our approach is attentive to the ways previous experiences, medical systems and personal histories can shape how we encounter birth. You are always invited to choose your level of participation, take a pause, adapt a practice or opt out entirely.
Other ways to work with us
1:1 Somatic Birth Preparation
These individual sessions offer space to explore your hopes, questions, fears, and preferences through conversation and embodied practice. We pull directly from our Move Into Birth curriculum, in an intimate and personalized format.
1:1 sessions can be shaped around your needs, whether you're preparing for your first birth, a planned caesarean, a VBAC, or a birth after a difficult previous experience.
Doula Accompaniment
Our full-spectrum doula care is grounded in the same embodied philosophy as Move Into Birth, offering continuous support that honors both physiology and lived experience. We support you in staying connected to your body’s rhythms through labor. This care is expansive and adaptive, helping you meet birth with trust, responsiveness, and confidence in your body’s capacity.
Postpartum Processing Session
These sessions offer a gentle, embodied space to process pregnancy, birth, and early postpartum through somatic reflection rather than analysis alone. Drawing on movement, breath, and body-based inquiry, we help you sense into what your nervous system and tissues are holding—without rushing meaning or resolution. The focus is integration and grounding, supporting you to reconnect with yourself and your body as you transition into postpartum life.
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