Elisa Reinerio

Founder of Barre&Baby & THE LIFE OF MOVEMENT

Movement has always been my medicine. Since the age of 5, it’s been the way I connect with myself, my body and my emotions.

However, becoming a mother to my first child in 2011 completely changed me: my body felt so different, my mind so overwhelmed… I felt under pressure to become the ‘perfect mum’. I kept looking elsewhere for answers, instead of simply looking inside myself.

It was only when dancing that I was able to go back to my instincts, and finally trust that the choices I was making for my baby and myself were the right ones. I started to study and take trainings around maternity and movement, and experimented with it as part of my own maternity journey.

Fascinated by the anatomy and physiology of an expectant and new mother, I created Barre&Baby in 2012 to empower mothers through movement and dance. 

It has since become a community of 60+ teachers and thousands of mothers across the world. All Barre&Baby teachers are trained by me through an intense and deep study of the woman’s body and the role of mothers in today’s society.

As I deepened my study of the body, I wanted to go beyond what movement couldn’t reach. This led me to reflexology, allowing me to support women heal from very specific ailments.

My hope is that by bringing women home to their own bodies, they will come to trust themselves more, as well as their power to create change in their own lives, and the world.

Experience & Training

  • Founder of Barre&Baby and creator of Barre&Baby Teacher Certification

  • Level 3 Diploma of Reflexology from The London School of Reflexology

  • Pregnancy, Preconception and Postnatal Reflexology

  • Nerve Reflexology: Stress management

  • Reflexology for Fertility Training

  • Member of the AOR, Association of Reflexologists (some of the highest levels of reflexology qualification in the UK)

  • Vinyasa Yoga Teacher

  • Garuda Matwork and Pilates teacher