S5 Ep104: Katia Pryce - CEO & Founder of Dancebody on Celebrating the Small Victories in Postpartum, Filling Your Own Cup, and Movement as Medicine

About this episode

Katia Pryce discusses her journey as the founder of DanceBody, focusing on postpartum wellness and the importance of community among mothers.

After dancing professionally for years, Katia combined her passion for dance and fitness into a career when she founded DanceBody in 2013. A 15-year veteran in the wellness industry, Katia grew DanceBody from the ground up, starting with Private Sessions that quickly turned into sold out classes. Her mission to provide a fun, inclusive experience through the DanceBody workout has translated into a cult-like following in NYC, Connecticut, Los Angeles, The Hamptons, and beyond. Katia is regularly tapped as an expert in her field, both as a fitness professional and entrepreneur. This episode was recorded LIVE at Dancebody’s new studio in Westport CT amongst our collective communities of moms in celebration of Mother’s Day - the energy throughout the conversation and after in a sculpt workout taught by Katia’s Co-founder Courtnay Mariani was palpable. This event format and morning felt like such a cool mark of Katia’s debut back to her Westport studio after having a baby just 5 months ago, as well as a moment to come together as moms, and celebrate eachother. We definitely don’t get enough of these moments together - so here’s to manifesting many many more. Follow Katia on Instagram…

People in this episode

Host: Em Roberts

Guest: Katia Pryce

Topics covered

• postpartum wellness
• dance fitness
• entrepreneurship
• community
• celebrating small victories
• movement as medicine

Keywords

• DanceBody
• Katia Pryce
• postpartum
• fitness
• wellness
• community
• Mother’s Day
• dance
• entrepreneurship

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: DanceBody

Places: Westport CT, NYC, Connecticut, Los Angeles, The Hamptons

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