Taiso means “exercise” in Japanese. We offer small group fitness classes, personal training, and adult martial arts in the Proctor District of Tacoma.

I want to give my clients the coaching and expertise that I would’ve wanted my Mother to have when she was younger. I watched her yo-yo diet take fat loss pills, count calories and buy exercise videos, with no long term benefit. She had two young girls to take care of, a job and the pressures of our society to “look perfect” while doing it all. I think there is a better way, I think a fitness facility that’s focused on education can get that person real advice for where they are NOW and help them make small but lasting changes. Those small changes give them, more energy, more creativity and permission to be and feel happy.

People are more complex then a one size fits all solution, we give our clients a method where they can check in with their bodies get good bio-feedback and make intelligent decisions for their heath and wellness.

I don’t want people to sacrifice their health to look a certain way, I would like instead to give people real tools that can make them healthier, more relaxed and happier people who also happen to love the way they look.

I want people to want more from their fitness facility then just a “good workout” I want them to want a place that can help them be resilient to this world and give them permission to love themselves.

We as consumers can be caught up in the ideas of perfection, hoping when we look as certain way then we’ll be good enough. Our customers are a community of people who know better then that, who knows the best parts of life are having experiences with the ones they love. And the more athletic or fit a person is only means the more adventurous and exuberant those experiences are.

My goals for my business is to continue to thrive as an entrepreneur so I can live my life by my core values and my clients can also have the courage to do so too. Its not easy educating the public about their health getting them to have the conviction that this body they have is the only tool they have to affect this world and they must protect it. Its not easy prioritizing relaxation, making time and space for daily playful movement or committing ones self to unconditional self love, but I’m here as an example its worth it, your worth it. Be courageous.