Our Certified Instructors
Jillian Hardwick
Owner, HB Pilates & Fitness / Pilates Instructor/ Certified Personal Trainer / Fitness Nutrition Specialist / Senior Fitness Specialist / Author
Meet the Owner
Growing up as a competitive dancer, Jillian always had a passion for movement and an eye for technique and form. After fracturing her back dancing in college, Jillian turned to Pilates as her main form of rehabilitation; allowing her to rebuild her core strength, functional movement, and safely get back to the active lifestyle she loves so much. Jillian passed on applying to Doctor of Physical Therapy programs to pursue her passion of helping others and in March of 2012 bought HB Pilates.
Jillian has worked with clients of all ages including professional athletes in the NFL and MLB as well as clients up to the ages of 103, literally! With a degree in Dance-Kinesiology, Jillian combines her education and many professional certifications to safely guide clients through functional movement patterns, helping them overcome personal obstacles and injuries so they can confidently get back to the day-to-day activities they love the most! Jillian has co-authored two books and founded HB Pilates ONLINE in 2020; A global family committed to healing, health, and confidence through the power of movement.
When she’s not working, Jillian can be found playing golf (her newest hobby), snowboarding, playing flag football on the beach, and cycling. Jillian once rode her bicycle from San Francisco to Los Angeles for charity (AIDS/LifeCycle), so if you want to get her talking ask her about this experience!
Certfifications: 500 hour – Pilates Certifications + Dance Specialization (BASI). National Academy of Sports Medicine Certified: Personal Trainer, Fitness Nutrition Specialist, Senior Fitness Specialist
Meet the Team
Madison
Pilates & Barre Instructor
Madison is a graduate from Cal State Long Beach with a BA in Dance Science. Her heavy involvement in dance growing up encouraged her in the direction of Pilates to help facilitate her dance training further. It was actually HB Pilates (shout out to current instructor Holly!) that came to her dance studio to teach a weekly class. She fell in love with Pilates just after her first mat class and knew that it was something she wanted to continue and eventually share with other people. She received her classic Pilates training with a dance specialization through Body Arts and Sciences under the tutelage of Karen Clippinger. Madison believes in the benefits of Pilates, and loves that all types of people from the novice clients to the elite athletes can do it and experience the benefits for themselves. In her free time Madison enjoys reading, working out (yes she still works out after teaching classes), and trying new BBQ recipes in her smoker! Yum!
Madison loves the HB Pilates Community and is honored to be working here; the place where her Pilates journey began!
Holly
Pilates Instructor, Personal Trainer, Prenatal/Postnatal Specialist
Holly Brazney is an experienced Pilates Instructor who loves to guide clients in all ages and stages of life. In 2008 Holly received her certification through BASI, and in partnership with her friend Bronwen, started HB Pilates. That’s right, Holly is the “H” in HB Pilates! During that time she was also teaching at a corporate Health and Fitness club. When the opportunity to become a manager presented itself Holly decided to advance her career in that direction. Through that experience she was able to continue her education and receive certifications as a NASM PT and pre and postnatal Pilates Instructor. However, in the corporate atmosphere she was pulled away from training clients and spent most of her time coaching instructors and helping them to build and retain their clientele. In 2012 when she married her best friend and they decided to start a family she knew it was time to leave the corporate environment and return to her true passion, teaching Pilates. Luckily, Jillian welcomed her back to HB Pilates and supported her taking time off when both of her daughters were born. Today, Holly finds so much joy in seeing her clients build confidence in their movement practice. Her goal is to have you leave class feeling encouraged, uplifted and cared for.
Imani
Pilates & Barre Instructor, Yoga Teacher in Training
Ima is a Professional Dancer and Certified Pilates Instructor. Born and raised in Moreno Valley, California, Bias began dancing at the age of 3 and was enrolled into a studio at the age of 5. She went on to pursue dance in college, as she is a recent graduate from Cal State University of Long Beach. Ima previously attended Riverside City College where she received an AA in Behavioral & Social Studies, AA in Fine & Applied Arts, as well as a Pilates Certificate. She has danced professionally for Beyonce, Rihanna, H.E.R. and more. Bias has devoted her time to fitness and self-healing. She aspires to help provide resources to maintain mental stability and good health.
Jessie
Pilates & Barre Instructor
Raised in Bellingham, Washington Jessie began dancing at Brittany Setter’s The Dance Studio at age seven. After graduating from Bellingham High School she attended the University of Wyoming where she received her B.F.A in Dance Science. Outside of her college training she has studied with the Radio City Rockettes, the Mark Morris Dance Company and the Limon Dance Company. In 2016 Jessie moved to Southern California to start her career as a Disneyland Parade Performer. She performed in many different parades from spring 2016 until the COVID-19 shutdown. While in California Jessie also began teaching at Corona Dance Academy, performed in musicals at the Gem Theatre and performed with Emergent Dance Company (Huntington Beach). In winter of 2020 Jessie earned her pilates mat certification through Balanced Body under master trainers; Kelly and Victor Uygan. She has been an instructor for HB Pilates & Fitness since september 2019 for a variety of classes including pilates mat, pilates chair and pilates cardio barre. Just days before the COVID-19 shutdown began, Jessie had returned home to Washington for a family vacation. Since most of her jobs including Disney had closed, she stayed in Bellingham and has been there since. She currently teaches many online courses for HB Pilates & Fitness, Corona Dance Academy, and some in-person classes at her childhood studio!
Peggy
Yoga Instructor, Certified Personal Trainer
Peggy is a certified Yoga instructor and personal trainer. She completed her 500-hour teacher training in December of 2019. She was motivated to earn these certifications for a few reasons. First, she was inspired while observing the personal trainers and group exercise instructors at the Senior Center in Central Park’s Wellness Pavilion where she has volunteered since its opening. Second, exercise, mindfulness and proper diet changed her life and helped her manage a chronic autoimmune condition. Finally, Peggy believes that health is a gift that should never be taken for granted. Helping people on the journey to wellness by sharing her knowledge is Peggy’s passion. Some of her favorite things to do are teaching and practicing yoga, running, weight lifting, hiking, gardening, enjoying the pets, RVing, traveling, volunteering, reading, napping, cooking beautiful food and spending time with my family and friends. She has lived in Huntington Beach since 2000. She and her husband have raised three wonderful children.
Patrick
Certified Personal Trainer, BS – Kinesiology: Fitness
Patrick is the name and fitness is the game! There are a couple things you can be sure to get me talking about no matter what: The first thing is my love for the fish and aquarium hobby, and the second is health and fitness. I was a tri-sport athlete in high school and competed in Track and Field as well as decathlons in college. My love for activity and thirst to learn more about the human body and how it functions led me to pursue and obtain my Bachelor of Science from Long Beach State University in Kinesiology with an emphasis on fitness. My philosophy is that I train movement not muscle. For every person, whether you are a bodybuilder or retired from a job that had you at a desk most of the day, your body should move synergistically with itself and its surroundings without pain or limitations. Don’t be shy and come say hi!
JaCe
Yoga Instructor, Personal Trainer, Senior Fitness Specialist
Hello my name is JaCe and I’m from Spring Valley Lake, California. I am a Certified Personal Trainer and Yoga instructor of over 20 years. Combining my yoga experience and my training background, I am passionate about helping clients get healthy and fit from the inside out! In my free time I enjoy playing with my dog and taking him on adventures, as well as spending time with my daughter who recently made me a first time grandma!
Jamie
PiYOLive Instructor
Jamie Ankeny is a certified PiYo® Live instructor. She started dancing ballet when she was six years old and has taught ballet through the Huntington Beach parks and recreation program since 2004. She earned her Masters degree in Communicative Disorders and works as a speech and language pathologist. After her son was diagnosed with leukemia in October 2015 and having to take an extended leave of absence from work, she took her first PiYo® Live class. She fell in love with the format and its amazing blend of stretch, strength, sculpting, and cardio, perfectly paired to fantastic music. Her son’s diagnosis inspired her to not leave passion for something to do “someday” but to put her passion into action and become certified in PiYo®. She loves being able to share her passion for this amazing format with others and it shows in her classes.