Barre & Soul, Harvard Square Yoga and Barre Studio

The studio is bright, clean, and beautiful. I like being in the space, and the location is super convenient to my office. But the real draw is Jenn Duran. She combines carefully designed and challenging yoga sequences with an incredible amount of anatomical knowledge and yoga experience. I always try harder things in her classes because I know I'm in good hands. I've learned so much and gained strength and flexibility.

I LOVE Barre & Soul. It has been the best workout experience I have ever had. The instructors are so well trained - they are understanding, give great tips and alternatives - AND are your friend (I love that I am remembered when I come in!). It is not just a physical workout, it is truly a remedy for the mind and soul. I am moving to the North End from Harvard Square and will be making the commute back for my (almost)daily Barre and Soul! I cannot recommend it enough :)

Great studio! Teachers are wonderful and are very consistent. I never walk in thinking that one teacher is harder than another - you always get a great workout in Barre. The yoga is really great too and it's great to have both options. I love that the studio has a focus on empowerment rather than body obsession. The only two small down sides are: bathroom configuration is limited so there are always lines to change and use the restrooms, and the teachers don't correct as much as they do in other studios. Sometimes I've looked around the room and people look like they have different body positions but the teachers don't always correct. This is a great home studio with lots of locations and a varied schedule! Love it!

I really enjoyed my visit to Barre & Soul. I was warmly greeted and shown around by the instructor. The space is clean with lots of window lighting. I did the barre class (they have yoga and cardio too) and it was very similar to The Bar Method but with a local feel. Ellie was really clear at instructing and helping as needed. It was a smaller class so the energy wasn’t quite there but I’ll definitely be back. They don’t have showers but they do have two bathrooms for changing and offer some basics.

I was a member at Barre and Soul for about a year and felt the classes were a great workout, the studio was clean but I had a very difficult time trying to discontinue my membership upon moving to a different city. I kept getting charged for months I wasn’t attending despite my request for cancellation. Somehow I’m still being charged after all of the conversations I had with the staff saying that they cancelled it... their policies are extremely inflexible and vague while being difficult to reach them. A few of the instructors have a bad habit of complaining about members, being condescending and speaking poorly about other instructors right as class gets out once they get back to the front desk. Hearing that doesn’t create safe, truthworthy or comfortable environment work out in.