Elizabeth Maniago
Cat Yeh Henry
Cat is co-owner of Buff & Flo, a boutique fitness studio in Orchard Park, NY offering yoga, barre, Pilates and strength training. Her fitness journey began while working in Los Angeles as a media producer for Kaiser Permanente. She found a love for mindful movement after long work days, and began taking classes that infused yoga, ballet, and fitness at the barre. She became hooked and knew she wanted to inspire others, as her instructors did for her.
Cat is barre certified through Barreworks in Toronto, Canada, Vault Fitness in Boca Raton, and became a Barre Intensity Master Trainer in 2019. She was drawn to the creative choreography and incorporation of cardio and strength building in this program.
Cat is also comprehensively certified in Pilates through Classical Pilates Education. She created her first business, Strength by Cat, in 2020—giving private Pilates lessons and group classes. By 2022 she had outgrown her space and became co-owner of Buff & Flo, where she was able to offer more options for clients as well as bigger class sizes.
When she isn’t teaching, Cat enjoys spending time with her husband and two children, reading, and traveling. In addition to being a media producer before her fitness career, she was also a freelance writer and health communication consultant. Cat has her BA in Communications from Michigan State University and MA in Health Communication from Emerson College. She believes in kindness, karma, and creating your own journey. She is excited for the opportunity to teach the Barre Intensity method and train new instructors.
Michelle Nicosia
From being a little dancer to graduating with a BFA in dance from Mason Gross School of the Arts, movement has always been my whole life. After starting a family, transitioning to yoga was effortless and filled me up after dancing was put to a close. My yoga training was with Ann Yocum, of Colts Neck. A 200 hour teacher training that I will always hold close to my heart. I am certified through Yoga Alliance as an E-RYT 200 teacher. I have continued to teach Bikram style yoga as well as Vinyasa, Beginners yoga and Power Yoga. Since being trained I have felt once again fulfilled with movement. Barre was something I was thrown into by accident. Well now it has become a huge part of my practice and my teaching life. I have loved crafting it into my own style and it brings me joy to get people moving and grooving. My training was through POE yoga and an additional training with Barre Intensity. I am thrilled to be a certified Barre Intensity Instructor. Teaching is my passion and I hope to spread that to every one of my students. You can find me at Hot & Soul Yoga in Middletown and Colts Neck, NJ.
Saúl Badillo
Apasionado de la danza, la música y el deporte, Saúl tiene más de 20 años de experiencia profesional como bailarín y coreógrafo de artistas nacionales e internacionales. Logra fusionar sus conocimientos artísticos con la técnica de Barre, creando un estilo dinámico y atractivo para todos aquellos que experimentan sus clases, en las cuales, el Hip-Hop y Latin son ritmos presentes. Con ello logra una perfecta armonía entre el ejercicio, el ritmo y la danza, manteniendo tu atención durante una hora completa. En su clase te sentirás guiado y acompañado de ritmos y movimientos bien coreografiados, los cuales te llenarán de vitalidad y alegría. Ten por seguro que Saúl te entrenará, ejercitará y te pondrá a bailar como nunca lo has hecho. Entrénate y diviértete con él. "LA DISCIPLINA ES LA BASE DEL ÉXITO"