Mika Tamaki
Mika has been teaching at the BBBPRD2 for about three years, but yoga and Pilates have been a part of her life since she was in her late teens/early twenties.
Mika's Pilates classes offer mat-based exercises focusing on smaller, precise movements that rely on the back and core muscles for stabilization. This class helps improve core strength, posture, and muscle tone in the glutes, legs, abs, shoulders, arms and back. It also promotes better circulation, increased energy and focus, aligns the spine, and can reduce low back pain.
Mika is bilingual in Japanese and English and travels to Japan (where she used to live) with her husband Koji once or twice a year. In her free time she loves to walk, run, and hike outside, make and/or eat yummy vegan food, read or listen to audiobooks, watch movies (Zootopia is her favorite!) and spend time with her two rescue bunnies, Momiji and Yukimaru.
Mika teaches Pilates at 5:45 p.m. Tuesdays at the Birch Bay Activity Center, 7511 Gemini St., $5 drop-in.
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