BBU Faculty - Certified Pilates Instructors


Faculty Details for Jill Lucas

The Balanced Body University Faculty is comprised of Certified Pilates Instructors. These instructors teach the BBU curriculum and travel around the world to your Fitness Centers and Studios. In addition, we work with many instructor through our Pilates on Tour Conferences, the Passing the Torch mentor program and many other projects.

If you are interested in joining BBU, or would like more information, please contact us at 877/PILATES (877/745-2837).

Instructor InfoBio

Jill Lucas
Kingwood TX USA
jill@gulfcoastpilates.com

Trained in the Polestar tradition, Jill holds multiple certifications that have brought her to the Master Level in Pilates instruction. Additionally trained in the Bikram tradition of yoga, she is a certified yoga instructor.

After having launched 4 successful Pilates studios in both the private and club sectors, Jill now owns and directs Gulf Coast Pilates, a Houston-based Pilates studio offering a variety of mind/body training for the post-rehab patient to the elite athlete, and a host site training facility for Balanced Body University, providing certification and continuing education workshops. Additionally, she is a faculty member of BBU, the educational wing of Balanced Body, world’s leading manufacturer of Pilates equipment. She is also co-founder of the Institute of Healing Arts.

Jill earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Louisiana State University with graduate work in neurolinguistics. A former competitive gymnast, pianist and equestrian, she has practiced and taught various forms of movement education for over 25 years. Blessed to be fulfilling her passion through teaching, she is also blessed with three beautiful children, a wonderful life partner and a perfect Bullmastiff named Lou. Not to mention honored to work with the premier staff at BBU! She lives in Kingwood, TX.


'Jill was very knowledgeable, professional, and refreshing as a trainer. I learned so much in the two days of training from her. I feel that I can design and teach a beginner mat class from the training that she gave us. '

'Great instructor with excellent presentation skills. The training met and exceeded my expectations.'

'Great class..instructor very thorough..and of course a great teacher..Thank you.'

'The class was awesome. Jill was very informative and casual. She made everyone feel comfortable. It was very informative and inspiring. I look forward to continuing my certification with BBU.'

Jill's Upcoming Classes:

  • Saturday 8/7/2010 - Sunday 8/8/2010
    Hardcore Pilates Reformer 1 and Movement Principles
    Houston TX
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  • Saturday 9/11/2010 - Sunday 9/12/2010
    University of Houston-Downtown Mat 1 Module
    Houston TX
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  • Saturday 10/9/2010 - Sunday 10/10/2010
    University of Houston-Downtown Mat 2 Module
    Houston TX
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