Dance, movement and alignment for expectant and new mums

"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."

ELISA REINERIO, FOUNDER OF BARRE&BABY

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"It makes me happier. As a mum. As a person"

JENNY MAN, MUM OF 5 MONTHS OLD BABY

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We are a worldwide team of teachers, each with different styles and passions (ballet, jazz, tango, contemporary dance, pilates, yoga) but with one shared aim: we believe in the power of dance and movement to positively affect our bodies, minds and daily lives!

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Our Story

Loving without boundaries is exactly the reason
Elisa was inspired to create Barre&Baby.

#DancingThroughLife on Instagram

- YOUR BABY IS THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS SEEN YOU FROM

- YOUR BABY IS THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS SEEN YOU FROM THE INSIDE -
I always thought parents know their kids best as they’ve seen them grow and change through their life, some have carried their babies inside their body, they’ve birthed them
But I’ve never thought the opposite: that the kids too are the ones that knows us best as they’ve seen us from the inside. They felt our emotions, our heartbeat, fear, joy, struggles, excitements.
I realised it this week, when a Barre&Baby teacher-to-be said this sentence during a practical training.
And I kept thinking about it the whole week.
It made me feel good. To ask my kids “how was it to be inside me? What did you hear? Was my laugh too loud 😅?”
Such a nice feeling.
Thank You @yaroslavnastepanova for making me see this.

-I AM A BETTER MOM WHILE I DANCE- “Tonight my e

-I AM A BETTER MOM WHILE I DANCE-
“Tonight my eyes are caught by the book called “Dancing across the lifespan: negotiating age, place, and purpose”.
Here is an extract which resonates very deeply with who I am, what I experience and what drives me everyday at teaching the @barreandbaby philosophy:
“One mother conveyed, “Dance is my fire and my balance and my healing and my passion. So is my family. I am a better human being and therefore a better mom while I dance, and vise versa.” “
When I personally became a mother, I decided to train as a Barre&Baby teacher. It was in 2018.
Surprisingly this teacher training has been way more than dance for pregnant and new mothers. It also taught me how to be a better human and how to be the mother I wanted to be for my baby.
Since then, I share this fire with other mothers and I feel very privileged to have them and their babies in my life.”
These words are from Claudia @move_your_emotions , Barre&Baby teacher in London.
I feel priviledge to have Claudia in my life 🥰
The next Barre&Baby Teacher Training starts June 2023.
Applications are now open.
🤍🤍🤍
#dancetolove #lovetodance #motherhood #matrescence #danceisthecure #teachertraining #mother

One body together The sentence that stayed with m

One body together
The sentence that stayed with me after yesterday’s Babywearing assessment day
As always an enriching day spent with Rosie @carryingmatters , receiving her knowledge, passion, professionalism and sense of humour too.
Thank you Rosie for sharing the Babywearing love, passion and pragmatic benefits (which we love!) with us!
Well done Barre&Baby teachers to be for your effort and intention to learn and share the beauty of wear our baby safely.
One step closer to become Barre&Baby teachers 🤩
@leanbh.nua
@yaroslavnastepanova
@shi.delei
@bethanykingsleygarner
@laurylizzle
@bamboodancecompany
@manonballereau
@englishdancewien
📸 the love of babywearing by @dianapavlovaphotography

“Our body is not only an instrument of expressio

“Our body is not only an instrument of expression of feelings. It is also an instrument for impression, as our movements can influence our inner state.”
This was only one of the things Claudia and I talked about this morning on our Barre&Baby catch up. How we can use our body in motion to express but also to influence our emotions.
And this is what Barre&Baby teachers work on every day.
So much is boiling in the background in Barre&Baby… so many projects to support women and mothers.
I’ve been very silence for the past 2 years on this platform. (And most likely I will continue to be. ;) )
But the work we are producing to serve women is constant.
That’s it.
I just wanted to say how grateful I am for the people I work with and I much I love my job 😀
📸 is at our latest Barre&Baby teachers reunion (only a small part of us), where one of the projects was being worked on ❤️ …
#ilovemyjob
#motherhood
#matrescence
#barreandbaby
#dance

-MATRESCENCE = Motherhood + Adolescence- Becoming

-MATRESCENCE = Motherhood + Adolescence-
Becoming a mother is a physical, mental and emotional change and unfortunately this is not enough recognised by our society. Women, even in their intimate circles, do not feel authorised or legitimate to talk about that period and its difficulties, maintaining a long chain of silence, because no social representation allows them to free their speech.
We, Barre&Baby teachers, would like to break taboos, raise awareness on what challenges and beauties motherhood brings. We want to support women in this period of their lives. We want them to be understood.
We are sharing here with you our international community of teachers getting together to give birth to a danced project where we want to normalise matrescence and break down this cycle of shame.
We will never thank enough our beautiful, visionary and intense artist and choreographer Marie-Laure Spéri to be able to see the essence of us all and guide us on this journey.
@barreandbaby.es from Spain
@sabrina_salsamama from Germany
@dance.remedy_ @jalpalondon and @move_your_emotions from UK
#motherhoodunfiltered #matrescence #motherhood #emotionsmatter #barreandbaby #barreandbabyteacher #barreandbaby_es #moveyouremotions

Dance has always been part of my life. I’ve alw

Dance has always been part of my life.
I’ve always felt dance was a way to release pressures and find balance in my life and when I was about to become a mother I felt a much stronger connection with the nurturing power of dance.
During my pregnancy and later on during my journey from womanhood to motherhood, I lived and experienced deep, complex and beautiful emotions. I gave birth to a new identity, one I did not fully know and which took me time to get comfortable with.
This is during that chapter of my life only that I realised how much movement is humans’ primal first language, here to embrace the changes happening in one’s body, hormones, brain, feelings, identity, life.
Babies also have a paramount need to physically connect with their carers and seek the intimate bond after birth. The intimacy of the mother and baby during the nine months inside the womb continues when the baby is born, through feeding, rocking, cuddling, carrying…
This extensive range of feelings and emotions are quite unsettling. They are also a magnificent engine towards movement. The ability for an individual to welcome, accept and sometimes shape her own emotions is also deeply interlinked with confidence and wellbeing.
These interconnections between emotions and movement became a growing passion which I decided to investigate and study further.
I therefore trained as a Barre&Baby™ teacher as I developed a strong need to share these findings and support others on their journey as mothers-to-be or mothers.
Since 2018, I hold a space for women to explore motherhood, helping them through dance to embrace all those emotional layers. On that journey, I intend to offer them a safe space to connect with their babies through gentle movement.
Find my Barre&Baby classes in London on:
- Mondays 10:30-11:30am in Angel Music Tree
- Wednesdays 10:45-11:45am in Brockley Andosteo
- Fridays 10:45-11:45am in Forest Hill Studio One Pilates & Movement
More info on https://barreandbaby.com/book-a-class/
This is Claudia @move_your_emotions
Barre&Baby wouldn't be as special without her...
Thank you Claudia!

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