Jill Hinson Pilates

On-Demand classes designed to help you move with intention, build strength, and deepen your connection to your body - anytime, anywhere.

Pilates Education

Deepen your understanding of Pilates and elevate the way you teach. I offer workshops and mentorship designed to inspire teachers, expand their knowledge, and create more meaningful movement experiences for their clients.

Hi! I know what it feels like to be the new teacher in the room.

I know the excitement - and the uncertainty - of starting a teacher training and wondering if you are really ready to teach. I know what it is like to build a clientele one person at a time, open a studio, figure out the business side of Pilates, make mistakes, grow, and evolve, and eventually make the decision to sell the business I built.

Those experiences have shaped the teacher and mentor I am today.

I'm Jill Hinson, a Pilates educator and former owner of Core Studio Pilates near Charlotte, NC. My journey through Pilates has taken me far beyond teaching exercises. I've had the privilege of working with athletes and performers, as well as teaching clients through injury, illness, and recovery. I've presented nationally and internationally, authored two manuals, built a nonprofit, and educated teachers. Each experience has taught me something different about what it means to teach movement - and what it means to build a meaningful career around it.

I continue to serve as Executive Director for Core Compassion Project, and as a Balanced Body Educator, one of the parts I treasure most is mentoring teachers. I believe in you!

Jill

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Core Compassion Project®

Our mission at Core Compassion Project® is to restore, support, and strength those affected by Breast Cancer. We seek to help restore strength and mobility to breast cancer patients and/or survivors in a setting that offers a time to heal mentally and physically. Breast Cancer survivors are faced with many challenges and Core Compassion Project believes no one should have to fight these challenges alone. We come alongside those personally affected to rejuvenate their mind, body and soul.

Physically, radiation, surgery and chemotherapy are extremely rough on the body. According to the American Cancer Institute, fatigue is one of the most common and distressing side effects of cancer and its treatment. Emotionally, cancer can cause one to experience feelings of sadness and fear. The effects can be so paralyzing that it sometimes leaves one unable to perform a regular, daily routine. Exercise is important for everyone, even cancer survivors, so it is crucial to slowly build a fitness regime after cancer to restore good health. Core Compassion Project® supports recipients by providing Pilates Scholarships, specialized fitness bras, and lymphedema sleeves, for breast cancer patients and survivors.

Either in person or virtually, I love working out with Jill! She is so knowledgeable and easily explains what you are doing as well as what area of the body the exercise is working and improving. It doesn’t matter if you are a beginner or advanced, with Jill, you always have and know modifications that work for you. She has a great way of bringing her instructions to the student level. Jill makes working out fun, educational, and something to look forward to!

MICKIE

Jill, just wanted to say THANKS for your dedication to your clients - I came to you about 6 ½ years ago. I needed help with balance and strength. You designed a program just for me. I can go up and down steps confidently, get up off the floor without assistance, and my balance has greatly improved. I look forward to my sessions. Your online classes have kept me in shape. Thank you!

PEGGY

I met Jill shortly after completing surgery and treatment for breast cancer. I had practiced Pilates in the past, but what I didn’t realize was how much cancer would take away from my ability to get back to doing what I used to do! Jill used her background and knowledge to keep me focused on what I was able to do, and how to achieve the next step in my Pilates practice. Today she challenges and inspires me, and I am forever thankful for her teaching and friendship.

STEPHANIE

I truly cannot thank Jill Hinson enough for her incredible efforts for helping me to reach success in my competitive figure skating career. I am confident that without Pilates, I would not have reached the level of skating that I did. I developed a powerful sense of body awareness and strengthened my core! Miss Jill contributed to my improved performance both on and off the ice.

KENDALL