Making Movement Fun Again: Byond Barre Founder Sienna Roman on Turning Passion into Purpose and Finding Joy in Your Movement

Join Emily as she sits down with Byond Barre Founder, Sienna Roman, as they discuss how Sienna turned her lifelong passion into her purpose, to inspire others to find joy in movement. Sienna and Emily explore Sienna's relationship with dance over the years and how it transformed from a passion into something that has now touched dozens of lives, as it has sparked a love of movement in those who attend her classes. Emily and Sienna explore the power of movement, how it's impacted her personally, the cultural narrative we've perpetuated around exercise, and the feedback she has received from members of Byond Barre. Sienna is an award-winning serial entrepreneur, passionate about designing thoughtful user experiences through a human-centered approach. She currently serves as the founder of creative agency, Mozaic Collective and boutique fitness studio, Byond Barre. While each business serves differently, Sienna and her team pursue excellence in making sure her clients feel supported, confident, and encouraged in every step of their experience. Through her leadership of Mozaic Collective, Sienna has had the privilege of designing over 100 brands, from astronauts to undercover FBI agents, marketing superstars to a public speaking training company, celebrity dog trainers to Grammy-award winning songwriters, and everything in between. After starting Byond Barre in 2023, Sienna and her talented team of six other instructors have introduced the Greater Lambertville, NJ area to the compounding benefits of consistent, encouraging, and community-based movement through their weekly barre, dance, yoga, and pilates classes. She feels overwhelmingly blessed and honored to do this work, and can only hope that her clients reflect on their experiences as inspired as Sienna is by them. Emily is a Certified Holistic Health Coach and a Certified Dietary Supplement Professional with a Master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Emily is also a Functional Nutrition Expert, certified through MindBodyGreen. Emily owns and operates Whole with Emily LLC, wherein she works with clients one on one within the space of holistic wellness, to support optimal physical and mental health. She believes that true health and feeling better means examining the intersection between physical and mental health and look at one's experience through this lens. Integration of nutrition, movement, sleep, stress management and self care, gut health, mindset and more is the formula for a better quality life. Emily marries mindset with behavioral change in order to create the ultimate mind body connection and promote sustained change and a healthful balance within her work with clients.  They explore: - Sienna's early days of dance and its significant role in her identity - her decision to keep dance as a passion, instead of making it her career - her innate entrepreneurial spirit that drove her to opening Byond Barre - the journey to the inception of Byond Barre - her drive to make movement fun again and our culture's inherent connotations around exercise - what she's learned along the way Connect with Sienna on Instagram! Interested in taking a class? Click here! Use code FIRSTONEONUS for your first class free! Interested in 1:1 holistic health coaching? ⁠Learn more here!⁠ FREE RESOURCES FOR YOU: Check out ⁠my website⁠ to join my weekly newsletter and stay up to date on all things wellness, recipes, and more! ⁠31 Tips for Daily Mental Wellness:⁠ explore 31 different lifestyle habits to support your mental health daily ⁠Getting Started Wellness Guide:⁠ head back to the basics, build a solid foundation to get started on your wellness journey! Support the Show: Please subscribe, rate, and review to help support the show! Share to your IG stories and tag @_wholewithemily. Connect with me on IG: ⁠@_wholewithemily⁠ Connect with me on Tiktok: ⁠@wholewithemily⁠ Let's eat together! To sponsor our show or to become a guest, email: [email protected]