The Blog

The Bookends indicates the 15-minutes immediately before and after class. Within those
15-minutes, you have a tremendous opportunity to influence your student’s perception and affect how your students feel.

You see, a class doesn’t begin when you start teaching, and it doesn’t end when you stop teaching. Your impression on your students begins the moment your first student arrives and continues until your last student leaves.

Students will not...

Effective Teaching | Part 2

Part 2 of 2 of Effective Teaching as a Barre Eclipse instructor. Please see Part 1 to get acquainted.

At Barre Eclipse, every ingredient we add into the mixture utilizes the concepts introduced beforehand. Now that we have the basics down, we can layer in a bit more complexity.

These next few concepts are nuanced and specific to our method, and benefits from learning how to teach the way we do. We truly believe that...

Effective Teaching | Part 1

At Barre Eclipse, we believe that as the teacher, you have the responsibility to leave no student behind. The motto we live by in every workout we lead: "if you can't cue it, don't do it!" It's catchy. Easy to remember, too, huh?

We prioritize effectiveness over creativity and choreography. An effective workout is one that exercises the targeted muscle group all the way to muscle failure. 

Typically, only with much ...

The Playlist

The Playlist is where the magic happens in Barre Eclipse. The moment your students walk through the door, to the transitions between each exercise, to when we close—music sets the tone. She never fails to move and motivate. We lean on her to inspire and be our guide. We recruit music as our co-instructor and co-director, helping guide our students with musical inflection. Music reveals our soul's unique flavoring—it's the seasoning ...

Barre Eclipse is a rhythmic, fun, badass workout that intuitively and intelligently exercises your entire body with empowerment and grace. Our method has a few unique influences and nuances that come together in a way that you will not experience in other barre methods.

To begin, our personal experiences with injury and healing through physical therapy whet our pallet for extensive anatomy training. We skillfully weave functional anatomical k...