How Dance Therapy Can Help You During Pregnancy

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Your body keeps the score—and it can also lead the healing.
Licensed therapist & board-certified dance therapist Lisa Monka explains how Dance/Movement Therapy (DMT) helps women on fertility journeys process anger, grief, and trauma, rebuild safety in the body, and access emotions that talk therapy may miss. We cover mirroring, rhythm, props (scarves, parachute, bands), and why 10–12 weekly sessions can map beautifully to a fertility cycle arc.
What you’ll learn
Why movement patterns reflect coping—and how changing them changes how you feel
Safe, structured ways to express anger and meet grief without getting stuck
How mirroring builds kinesthetic empathy & trust
Using rhythm, music, and props to contain and move big emotions
Why a 12-week window often aligns with meaningful body/brain shifts

Who it’s for: TTC, IVF prep, cycle challenges, stress/trauma history, or anyone feeling disconnected from their body.

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📌 Timestamps/Chapters:
0:00 – Intro & welcome
0:29 – Meet Lisa Monka: dance therapist & counselor
1:17 – How Lisa discovered dance therapy
2:10 – What is dance therapy? (definition & approach)
3:05 – How changing movement changes emotions
4:42 – Using dance therapy for fertility struggles
5:30 – Addressing anger, grief & boundaries through movement
7:10 – Emotions underlying anger & fertility challenges
8:00 – What “dance” really means in dance therapy
9:00 – Empathy through movement & mirroring
10:00 – Can clients continue movements at home?
11:00 – What a typical session looks like
12:50 – How progress unfolds over 10–12 sessions
14:36 – Dance therapy & trauma healing stories
16:00 – Talking vs moving: processing emotions
17:05 – Why it can take time to open up
18:25 – The role of exercise & movement habits
19:25 – Stories from group sessions (prison work, props)
21:02 – Props used in dance therapy: scarves, parachutes, bands
22:24 – Timeframe for transformation: 10–12 weeks
23:29 – Fertility cycles & the 120-day connection
25:15 – How to connect with Lisa (website & consults)
26:33 – Dance as a way home to yourself
27:12 – Breaking free from generational & societal body restrictions
28:50 – Moving together creates connection
29:56 – Closing reflections & invitation to explore dance therapy
30:39 – Outro & “class dismissed”

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Guest:
Lisa Manca is a licensed professional clinical counselor and board-certified dance therapist who helps people with anxiety and depression reconnect with themselves and their bodies. With a compassionate approach grounded in movement therapy and attachment theory, she creates space to process emotions, ease overwhelm, and feel more at home in their lives.

Website: https://www.lisamanca.com/

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