THE WOMAN BEHIND THE METHOD
FOUNDER. EVELYN MARIA DIAAthlete.
Artist.
Guide.
Hi, I’ m Evelyn Maria Dia and so glad you’re here.
I built Barre & Be from the intersection of everything I have lived —movement, craft, faith, and the work of becoming.
MY JOURNEYThe path
that built
the method.
THE ATHLETE
Division I Track & Field , where I learned what a body is capable of and what it costs to push past its limits.
THE ARTIST
A transition into acting, learning to live in the body as a creative instrument, not just a performance machine.
THE GUIDE
Barre & Be, built to carry women through the transitions i navigated myself, with a method that honors the whole person.
"I built this for the woman I was in the middle of becoming — the one who felt everything deeply, who was more connected to her imagination than her nervous system, who needed a way through that honored all of it."
As a former Division I Track & Field athlete turned actress, wellness coach, and founder of Barre & Be. My path wasn't linear and that's exactly the point.
What I discovered moving between worlds of athletic performance, creative craft, and personal faith is that most wellness spaces only meet women in one dimension. They train the body or calm the mind, but rarely do both at once, and almost never tend to the spirit underneath.
Barre & Be was built to close that gap. To create a practice that moves through the body, regulates the nervous system, and makes space for stillness all in one session, all in service of getting to the other side of whatever season you’re in.
My approach is rooted in the belief that movement is self-care, not punishment and that a woman in transition doesn't need a push. She needs a guide who understands the terrain.
WHAT THIS IS BUILT ON
Truth over trends.
Presence
Every practice is designed to bring her back into her body — not escape from it. Presence is the practice, not the byproduct.
Integrity
No empty wellness promises. No hustle culture wrapped in soft aesthetics. Just honest, grounded work that actually moves something.
Faith
The practice is informed by the belief that stillness is sacred — that slowing down is not weakness but the beginning of everything real.
Movement as the
portal, not the
destination.
THE METHOD
Move
Breathe
Be
The body is the first place a woman feels transition — before her mind catches up, before she has language for it. Barre & Be works with that truth. Every sequence begins in the body, moves through the breath, and lands in stillness.
MOVE opens what the body is gripping. BREATHE regulates what the nervous system is carrying. BE creates the space for it all to integrate.
That's the complete cycle — and it's available to her in twenty minutes.
THE PHILOSOPHY
Ready to move
through it?
BEGIN HERE—IT’S FREE