Jillian Hessel
Workshop Instructor
About Jillian
Jillian is an internationally renowned Pilates teacher based in Los Angelas California, and a second generation Pilates teacher in direct succession from Joseph Pilates. Jillian first discovered the benefits of Pilates when her professional dancing career was sidelined by a back injury in 1981. She began to study with Kathy Grant specializing in the technique of corrective exercises and body conditioning. Within a few month Jillian was apprenticing at the Carola Tier Studio, where she studied to teach “Method of Exercises” that is where she began to develop her own teaching style. It was a synthesis of my knowledge from years of dance training, yoga classes and her work with Kathy and Carola.
In 1986 Jillian moved to LA, where she continued teaching the work of Pilates at the Ron Fletcher studio. Two years later she founded her own training practice and since then she has tutored countless students in the finer nuances of Pilates Exercises. Throughout this time she has developed and constantly honed her own unique approach to teaching Pilates, which she calls the B.E.A.M Technique.