Barre & Soul Holds Grand Opening in Portsmouth

Barre & Soul announced the launch of the most fun, effective workout on the Seacoast fitness scene, for exercise fanatics, beginners in mind-body workouts and everyone in-between, earlier this week and will hold an open house on Saturday, Aug. 16.

A notable pacesetter in today’s mind-body fitness arena, Barre & Soul founder, Andrea Isabelle Lucas, formerly led the mind-body fitness program at exhale Mind Body Spa in Boston. She has leveraged thousands of teaching hours and many years expertise in barre fitness to expand a devoted following in Portsmouth!

At 163 Court St., Barre & Soul will empower clients with a Lotte Berk-based workout that is energizing, strengthening and centering. It never fails to challenge every participant in ways they never expected.

Barre & Soul method is based on the tradition of Lotte Berk barre classes, which developed a cult-following in New York City in the 1970s and recently became one of the hottest rising trends in mainstream fitness. Barre classes were pioneered by Lotte Berk (1913-2003), a professional ballerina who combined her orthopedic exercises with her dance training to rehabilitate her body after an injury. She created a method that was remarkably safe, challenging, and effective.

Due to amazing results and a unique approach to the full-body workout through carefully structured isometric exercise, fused with ballet conditioning and calisthenics, Berk sustained a devoted following. Today, modern pioneers in the world of barre like Lucas have taken the method and evolved it.

Lucas is founder and owner of Barre & Soul. She opened thriving Barre & Soul studios in Lexington, MA, and Melrose, MA and is passionate about bringing her successful, proven method of mind-body conditioning to the Seacoast.

“I grew up in the Seacoast and so many people I’ve spoken with have lamented there are no studios here that focus on barre workouts or offer what Barre & Soul will,” she stated. “It is my mission to empower clients through Barre & Soul to overcome internal and external challenges and to live fit, fun and happy lives.”

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