Hi, I’m Amanda.
I used to help some of the world’s most powerful CEOs and their families vacation. For years, that meant thinking in extremes — the right villa, the right week away, planned down to the smallest detail so that nothing broke the spell of it. I anticipated their needs before they even realized they needed anything.
How a room feels is inseparable from how you move through it. Everything here is built around that.
I studied sociology and hospitality in college, before any of that, which in hindsight explains a lot — I’ve always been quietly obsessed with how a space makes someone feel, and how much of that comes down to things people never consciously notice: the lighting, the pacing, the small choices that add up to a feeling rather than a checklist.
I found barre through an injury. I was a runner with weak glutes, which led to a knee injury. What kept me there was how low-impact Barre was, and how effective the barre shakes (IYKYK) truly are. This style of exercise let me keep building strength straight through pregnancy and postpartum. Less than a year after my son was born, I got certified to teach.
I’ve been teaching in Denver since 2019, earning my barre certification through Barre Forte and a 200-hour yoga teacher training through CorePower along the way. In 2023, I left my luxury travel career — I needed to realign my own nervous system, and continuing to teach barre was my anchor. After the LoHi studio I’d taught at for years closed its doors Spring 26', finding another room never crossed my mind. I knew right away I wouldn’t feel at home anywhere else — not because good studios weren’t out there, but because none of them would give me what I actually needed: full control of the room. The music, the pacing, the choreography, the way a class breathes from one move to the next. I do my best work — my most creative, most intuitive work — when I have the right space.
“The Barre Den is what grew out of wanting a space that checks all the boxes.”
The lighting, the music, the pacing are intential at the barre den — they’re what helps regulate your nervous system, tuning in to you, while your body does the hard part. The vibe is what makes those fifty minutes of real effort feel better. That’s the room working as hard as you are. You don’t have to notice any of it. I already did.
