Melissa has over 10 years teaching experience as a Comprehensive Pilates & Barre Instructor through Balanced Body and Certified Barre Instructor through BootyBarre. Melissa opened The Pilates Barre in 2020 and aims to bring her love of Pilates and the movement of Barre to Chico.

Melissa loves helping her clients work through resistance and get their bodies moving.  She has been attracted to movement her whole life.  From Ballet as a young girl, skiing and running in high school, and weight training and yoga as an adult, she has always been tuning into the body.  Melissa discovered Pilates while living in Los Angeles in 2005, and felt it was the perfect combination of all the things she was passionate about.  Fluid movements, stretching, strengthening, and aligning the body all at the same time.