Larkin Barnett's credentials include a B.A. in Dance and Drama from Sweet Briar College in Virginia, and an M.A. in Dance from Mills College in California. While at Mills College, she directed the Creative Movement for Children's program. She developed the Lark Children's Fitness Series books containing the three essential fitness components - aerobic, strength and flexibility for healthy, as well as special needs children.

Larkin is the author of "Practical Pilates using Imagery" (for adults), "Pilates and Calisthenics for Children," "Creative Yoga for Children," "On a Lark: Creative Movement for Children," and "Creative Movement using Props."

Larkin was chosen as a President's Challenge Advocate for the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.

She provides fitness training for all ages, and stress management techniques for national fitness conferences and certification organizations, as well as corporations, hospitals, universities, spas and athletic companies.

Larkin is a movement educator, professor, movement therapist, Pilates instructor, dance choreographer, personal fitness professional, Pilates- based rehabilitation specialist and author. She has spent thirty-years teaching, choreographing and performing for organizations such as Harvard University, Radcliffe College, Longy School of Music, The Laban Bartenieff Institute, and The University of Lappenranta, Finland.

Larkin was a professor of dance at Virginia Commonwealth University. She was a movement therapist and fitness professional at Canyon Ranch Spa.

She was personally selected by Harvard University to direct and choreograph a commissioned project sponsored through the Harvard Fund for the Arts called Charlotte: Life? Or Theatre?

Larkin holds several Pilates certifications including Polestar and specializations in golf Pilates. She is a professor at Florida Atlantic University in the Exercise Science and Health Promotions Department.

Larkin is part of Core Elements, "Excellence in Physical Rehabilitation" in Jupiter, Florida and she teaches Larkinetics™ her innovative blend of Pilates/yoga/dance master classes at the Four Arts Library in Palm Beach Island, Florida.

Larkin's interest in her continued development of preventative health practices stems from her family's medical background that dates back to the First World War. Dr. Edwin Barnett, her grandfather, was a pediatrician who did his post-graduate work at Harvard Medical, and discovered the cure for tick paralysis. Dr. William Kress McIntyre, her other grandfather taught surgery techniques at St. Louis Medical School. Mary McIntyre, her grandmother, was a nurse stationed in France in WWI, and became a nurse anesthetist upon her return. Dr. Robert Barnett, her father, was a pediatrician specializing in infectious disease, and the care of premature infants. Dr. Bryan Barnett, her brother, practiced as a pediatrician in the Navy before retraining as a dermatologist.