Meet Our Fitness Instructors
A Santa Ynez Valley native, Alix has been teaching Pilates for over a decade and has been part of the Alisal Ranch wellness program since 2022. Her classes combine strong fundamentals with dynamic movement to help build strength, stability, and confidence.
Guided by breath and mindful transitions, Alix creates an encouraging environment where guests can challenge themselves while feeling supported. Her classes are open to all levels and bodies, with the goal of leaving each participant feeling stronger, taller, and more energized.
Jackie lives in the Santa Ynez Valley and completed her 200-hour yoga teacher training in 2017 through a Baptiste-affiliated studio in Park City, Utah. With a background in education and therapy, she is passionate about making yoga accessible to all.
Since joining Alisal Ranch in 2022, Jackie has taught Yoga Sculpt, a dynamic blend of yoga, cardio, and strength training, and now leads Kids Yoga, where imaginative storytelling and movement inspire young participants. She loves yoga, animals, and connecting with people, and looks forward to seeing you on the mat.
Melissa Moore is a Certified Life Coach, Group Exercise Instructor, and Personal Trainer who offers one-on-one personal training for Signature Club members and guests at Alisal Ranch. Certified through the International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA) and the International Association of Professions (IAP) Career College, Melissa brings extensive knowledge of health, fitness, and overall well-being.
With expertise in strength training, flexibility, and cardiovascular conditioning, she creates customized programs designed to help clients achieve their individual goals. In addition to teaching HIIT and strength-based classes, Melissa manages the Alisal Ranch Spa and introduced Stand-Up Paddleboard (SUP) Yoga on the lake, expanding wellness opportunities through creative and holistic experiences.
Sara Flower began practicing yoga in the 1990s and earned her 200-hour RYT through YogaWorks in New York City in 2010. Her teaching journey has taken her from a Guatemalan avocado farm to a Brooklyn rooftop and now back to California.
Focused on functional movement, mobility, and breathwork, Sara brings a playful yet challenging energy to every class. She completed a 60-hour breathwork training in 2023, further enriching her approach to helping students move, breathe, and feel their best.
Christine is a Reiki III practitioner and energy intuitive with over a decade of training, certifications, and experience. Drawing on both formal healing modalities and her intuitive gifts, she offers sessions that support balance and well-being on physical, emotional, and spiritual levels.
Her approach helps clients release stress, clear energetic blocks, and reconnect with a greater sense of calm, clarity, and inner alignment. Each session is tailored to support relaxation, renewal, and deeper connection.
Power Yoga Flow
Yoga Flow is a powerful, energetic form of yoga. This is a vigorous, strength-based class, working the body to the core, building flexibility, and endurance. Weaving together wisdom teachings and music can inspire physical, energetic, mental, intuitive, and blissful states of consciousness. All levels welcome.
Therapeutic Yoga & Gentle Yoga
Therapeutic Yoga includes breathing practices, yoga postures and techniques that will address the particular needs of each person. Each class is influenced by restorative yoga, yin yoga and integrative yoga. The intent is to leave class feeling better and having learned something new that can be helpful in your life. No yoga experience is necessary…just an open mind and heart.
By opening our body, mind and heart, yoga can have profound effects. In Gentle Yoga we’ll explore ways to do just that by softening the restrictions in the physical body. That can be achieved through holding poses longer, focusing on the connection to the breath and being gentle with ourselves. Each class will include seated, standing and reclining poses all designed to create a transformative experience. All levels are welcome.
Strength & HIIT
Improve muscle strength, power & endurance in this high-intensity, circuit-style training class. Challenge different muscle groups, increase your cardiovascular fitness, push your limits and walk out feeling elated. Cool down includes yoga-like stretches.
The spirit of adventure.
At Alisal Ranch, we start each day with an unrelenting curiosity—and we invite you to do the same. There’s no better place to connect with the passionate, pioneering spirit, or to spend meaningful moments with friends and family. Take the road less traveled, breathe a little deeper, feel the power of nature, and dream under the stars.
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