Learn the foundations of Mat Pilates in 14 days

Leslie Guerin is the creator and driving force behind BarSculpt.  A 20-year fitness professional with accreditations through Pilates Method Alliance and Pilates Academy International she has taught fitness classes and provided personal training and Teacher Training services throughout the continental U.S. 

After completing a degree in Theatre at the University of Southern Maine Leslie moved to New York City to pursue a career in theatre.  It was in New York that she found her passion for the Lotte Berk Method (LBM) and Pilates.  

Leslie began studying with Lydia Bach, who developed the Lotte Berk Method one of the first group class studios and a New York fitness institution.  Between her time with Lydia privately learning how to teach, her six months on tour starring in a traveling play and then discovering Pilates with its integrated anatomical positioning Leslie fell in love with group class teaching and redirected her career. 

The idea for BarSculpt was conceived when Leslie moved from New York to England.  Without a ballet barre or a reformer (her two strengths to that point) she began teaching Pilates Mat classes which she did not have much practice in as there was no space for mat classes in NYC. Leslie grew to love Mat Pilates but she missed the barre. It was at this point when Leslie began to creatively integrate the Pilates neutral alignment with the  variations of the Lotte Berk Method.  Soon she structured a complete program and BarSculpt was born.  

In 2006 Leslie began offering BarSculpt classes out of her own studio in Portland, Maine.  Its popularity caught on quickly and soon she began training other instructors in the BarSculpt method. Since Covid-19 BarSculpt classes and teacher trainings are now virtually online. To catch Leslie in the studio when available you will find her teaching reformer classes at Springboard Pilates in Portland Maine.

Leslie is passionate about bringing movement to new students and training instructors in her method.  She is committed to making sure BarSculpt instructors are the best.  Instructors and Clients alike can receive on-going support and access to barre and Pilates classes on her streaming workout subscription!