Jacquelyn Hollenkamp

Jacquelyn, or Jackie, is a Northern California transplant that grew up in Louisville, Kentucky. Jackie moved to the Bay Area in 2014 to expand her horizons and explore beautiful Northern California. Jacquelyn first found a love for movement when she was five years old in dance class, and danced for 15+ years growing up. She is trained in ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop and pom, and coached/ choreographed for numerous dance teams for 5 years. Also an avid yogi, Jacquelyn came across barre as a complement to her yoga practice and fell in love with the structure and musicality of barre, and how the workout made her body feel. Jacquelyn is passionate and committed to a healthy life and mind-body wellness, and also does work consulting and educating women about nutrition and lifestyle medicine. Jacquelyn currently teaches at Labarre studios in San Jose, California.

Anthea Beckles

In her prior life, Anthea was a headhunter for decades, owning an executive search firm on Wall Street in New York City.  She worked fast and she was nimble, making massive decisions for her company and clients.  Her move out west allowed her to slow life down and focus on her mind, body and spirit. Shortly after moving to Cali, however, she was in a horrific car accident. 

“I had very horrible injuries” Anthea recounts. “I took yoga to replace physical therapy and I was preparing to face surgery but instead, I tried hot yoga and simply did so for the heat.  I just would lay there and enjoy the heat and didn’t care if people were staring.  It made me feel better and eventually I began to do poses and get more involved.”

Anthea became so involved that her love for yoga escalated into becoming certified in multiple disciplines of it.  This changed her life and thus, her wellness journey had begun.  “I experienced a clearer mind, I had weight loss of 30 pounds and I felt great.”

As she continued on her journey, barre was the next milestone.

If you peek in on one of her classes you will likely hear neo-soul, pop, house, oldies and even some rock & roll.  You may hear her and the students singing to the music and having lots of laughs!  Anthea loves to make her classes entertaining, but don't misconstrue the fun as a way to escape getting a hard workout in! She is determined to help her students sculpt their bodies and transform so prep yourselves for a serious workout!