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Barre & Yoga
Melrose MA

Our founder’s home studio, located in the heart of Melrose, offers barre, yoga, & more in our unique boutique studio.

Where to Find Us

466 Franklin Street
Melrose, MA 02176

(781) 782-8703 | mel@barresoul.com

 
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Free 1 hour street parking is in available outside of our studio. There are also free 2 and 3 hour parking spots in the lots next to Franklin Street Market and La Q'Chara.

Parking Info

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Class Schedule

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Classes start promptly at the time listed. Please arrive 5-10 minutes prior to avoid a $10 no show fee. Our cancellation window is 4 hours prior to class.

Our Classes

Barre Classes in Melrose, MA

  • Experience our signature workout so thoughtfully crafted it warrants its own trademark. Our Barre & Soul Method not only challenges you physically with blends of modern ballet conditioning, Pilates, yoga, and low-impact cardio but also incorporates inspirational layers with soulful instruction. Inspired by the original Lotte Berk technique, it produces results you can see and feel, increasing total-body strength and flexibility while maintaining the utmost safety and accessibility for all. Light weights and other props are used to lengthen and strengthen your muscles. More than a workout, you will feel the difference in your mind and spirit, too.

  • A 45-minute version of our signature Barre & Soul Method workout. 

Pilates Classes in Melrose, MA

  • Ready to fire up your core? This mat-based pilates class will improve your strength and stability by using proper breath control in each exercise. Discover your deep core and feel noticeably stronger after this 45 minute class. You'll feel the burn with spicy props, such as rollers, and meet new stabilizing muscles you didn't know existed!

Yoga Classes in Melrose, MA

  • Our signature Barre & Soul Vinyasa Yoga Class. An energetic yoga flow in a warmed room integrating core work, back bending, and asanas that strengthen and lengthen the body while working up to a final peak pose. All levels are welcome and options will be given to make your practice your own.

  • A 45-minute version of our Vinyasa Yoga class.

  • Slower in pace, focusing on proper alignment and relaxation. Poses are held longer, building stamina and mindfulness. Open to all levels.

  • Wind down your day by candlelight. This well-rounded evening class infuses a vinyasa flow with quiet, relaxing poses at the end and a juicy savasana. Perfect to ease away the day and prepare you for a restful night's sleep.

  • This is a movement-based class that is slower in pace, focusing on restoring and rebuilding. You will hold poses a little longer and build inner strength and flexibility through mindful movement. You will leave the class feeling relaxed, with a full reboot of the body and mind. Open to all levels.

  • Rise with purpose and awaken your soul. Soulrise is more than a play on “sunrise” it’s your invitation to greet the day with vibrant energy and deep intention. This morning Vinyasa flow begins with grounding for your mental wellbeing and gentle movement for your physical wellbeing, then builds heat with fluid, strength-based sequences. Leave feeling alive, centered, and ready to shine. Perfect for early risers craving a soulful, empowering start.

  • Get into your body and out of your head with our Power Yoga class. A fast-paced flow that's focused on building strength and endurance. Although it requires mindfulness and focuses on your breathing, power yoga is more dynamic than meditative forms of yoga and provides good cardio and strength-training workout. All levels are welcome and modifications are available.

  • A 45-minute version of our Power Yoga class.

Meet Your Instructors

  • Kat Mahoney

    Kat Mahoney

    RYT - 200

    Kat is a 500 hour Kripalu Yoga Instructor. She has been practicing, not perfecting, yoga since 2012, and it's been her solace through her own mental health journey. For her, yoga isn't about balancing on your hands; it's about finding stillness, staying playful, and carrying that not-so-serious attitude out into the world.

  • Casey Walton

    Casey Walton

    Barre & Soul Academy - Barre, Pilates

    Casey's classes are all about good music, small movements, and gently talking you into the heavier weight, the lower inch, or one more pulse. She believes in steady progress, a little sweat, and the power of a great playlist.

  • Courtney Masse

    Courtney Masse

    Barre & Soul Academy - Barre, Pilates

    Whether you're brand new or a seasoned shaker, there's always a spot in Courtney's class. Expect a playful-but-powerful workout, plenty of final holds, spontaneous laughter, and maybe a rogue barre ball rolling across the room — all wrapped up with lights low and a savasana song you can melt into.

  • Sarah Natoli

    Sarah Natoli

    RYT - 200

    It only took a couple of classes for Sarah to fall in love with yoga, and she's been deepening the practice ever since — blending anatomy know-how with mindfulness for a class that's challenging, educational, and open to everyone. Off the mat, you'll find her volunteering at her daughter's school and forever exploring the mind-body connection.

  • Kalyn Schieffer

    Kalyn Schieffer

    Barre & Soul Academy - Barre

    Kalyn has been teaching at Melrose since 2017, and her classes usually come with a themed playlist featuring a pop princess or two. Nothing makes her happier than showing newcomers what they're truly capable of. Off the clock she's a PR pro who spends her free time trying new restaurants and hanging with her rescue dog, Harper.

  • Vanessa Bitto

    Vanessa Bitto

    Barre & Soul Academy - Barre

    Vanessa fell for barre in 2021 — the rhythm, the precision, the sneakily meditative burn (right up until the shake sets in). A former swim instructor, she brings calm energy, sharp form cues, and a firm belief that you're stronger than you think. Yes, even in that final 8-count hold.

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Indigenous Land Acknowledgement

Barre & Soul sits on the original homelands of Nipmuc, Nauset, Massachusett, Penacook, Wampanoag and thousands of others whose ancestors traveled Melrose's streams and trails engaging in networks of sophisticated cultural exchange. We pay respect to the people of those tribes, past and present, and honor the land itself which remains sacred to them. We recognize the difficult experiences that Massachusetts' indigenous peoples have faced.