MISSION STATEMENT

 "My Mission Is To Remind All Women
That They Are Magnificent And Powerful
Beings And Sacred Portals Of Life. 
My Wish Is That All Women Will Experience
A Miraculous And Marvelous Birth Experience
For Themselves And Their Babies."


 LAURA  LeROY 
PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS 

• Founder of Birthdancing® in 2000. Certified and Licensed
  Dancing Thru Pregnancy® instructor since 2002.
• Over 25 years experience as a Middle Eastern dancer and belly dance teacher.
• Developed cutting edge holistic dance programming to entertain, inspire and facilitate personal growth.
• Hosted an innovative cable television show in NY featuring belly dancing, holistic health, fitness and beauty.

DANCE INSTRUCTOR AND WORKSHOP LEADER in the ancient art of Middle Eastern "belly dance" and its roots as a birthing dance. Founder of Birthdancing® designed
to enhance health before conception, during pregnancy and after birth. Lecturer and presenter of
workshops and classes for schools, colleges, corporations, senior centers, resorts, health clubs and
spiritual retreats. These programs were enthusiastically received at institutions such as The Kripalu
Center, Pepsi-Co and Columbia University.

PERFORMING ARTIST and featured belly dance soloist with over 4500 performances including Radio
City Music Hall, the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, Warner Brothers Studios and the
Rockefeller Millennium Ball.

PRESIDENT, ZOHAR PRODUCTIONS, INC. Event producer and choreographer overseeing dozens of
performing artists whose repertoire encompasses a wide range of themes from Morocco to Ancient Egypt. Zohar’s clients include The United Nations, Disney Pictures, Rolls-Royce at The Indy 500 and
The Arizona Opera.

 

AWARDS AND HONORS

·         The International Who’s Who of Professional & Business Women 1990

·         Marquis Who’s Who in Entertainment 1990

·        Numerous television appearances including a pregnancy & belly dancing segment with Joan Lunden

ADVISORY BOARD 

Ann Cowlin, M.A., C.S.M., C.C.E., Founder and CEO of Dancing Thru Pregnancy^® Inc.  

Executive Director, Women's Health Fitness Institute, a consultant to the Reproductive Immunology Unit, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science, Yale University School of Medicine. Ms. Cowlin is a movement specialist with the Yale Athletic Department, author of "Women and Exercise" in Varney's Midwifery, the academic text of nurse-midwifery, as well as the expert consultant for the
U.S. Army's Pre/Postnatal Physical Training program.  www.DancingThruPregnancy.com 

ROBERT K. SPIEGEL, MD 

Graduated from Hahnemann Medical School with honors in 1972 and became a medical officer in the Indian Health Service in 1974 assigned to OB/GYN. Dr. Spiegel completed medical residency in 1977 and was Board Certified in Emergency Medicine in 1995 and recertified in 2005. Dr. Spiegel retired from medicine and began the Well Woman Health Resources & Consulting Service in Fountain Hills, AZ in 2008.