about elisa reinerio
Movement Therapist & Reflexologist, Italy
Movement has always been my medicine.
I started dancing at the age of 5. Since then movement, and dance in particular, has been the way I connect with myself, with my body and with my emotions.
I become mother to my first child in 2011 and this 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 pregnancy and maternity journey.
During my 15 years in London, I had the privilege of learning from the world’s leading experts in movement and reflexology.
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 50+ 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 work more directly with particular organs and systems of the body to support women heal from very specific ailments.
Today, back in my home country of Italy, I offer women a powerful combination of reflexology and movement: first we target specific areas of tension and imbalance through reflexology, then we free up and strengthen that area through movement.
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.
Some fun facts about me…
I always have a book with me, juggling study and mothering 3 wonderful kids
I love singing out loud, even though I’m terrible at singing
Most movies make me cry
I love to see the world through my kids’ eyes
Friendships are super important in my life
I love to wake up very early in the morning (so I have to go to bed very early)
One of my nicknames is “Elisa barefoot” as I love walking barefoot and I am huge supporter of minimal footwear
Elisa Reinerio’s Biography
Elisa Reinerio is a passionate reflexologist and movement therapist, deeply believing in the body’s own intelligence.
She feels fuelled when she inspires changes in people lives: whether through body or lifestyle, she thrives when people she works with feel the quality of their lives changing, by reviewing the way they move through their lives.
Born and educated in Italy, Elisa lived the past 15 years of her life in London, where she was inspired by the world’s leaders in the movement and reflexology worlds.
She founded Barre&Baby in 2012 as a way for mothers to strengthen and liberate their minds and bodies, and find more balance in their lives. Barre&Baby has since grown to become a worldwide community of teachers and mothers.
Elisa graduated from the London School of Reflexology. She is also trained as a Vinyasa yoga teacher and Garuda Matwork Pilates and Garuda Barre Teacher. She has over 20 years of ballet and contemporary dance experience and more than 10 years of antenatal and postnatal teaching experience.
training
Founder of Barre&Baby
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