Pilates On The Peninsula

Tashina Fuelling has been dancing since early childhood when she performed with a national dance team. She discovered Pilates as an adjunct to her dance training in college and pursued training in the Stott method for mat in Spring of 2004. Tashina holds a B.S. degree in Kinesiology and a Masters degree in Physical therapy and currently works as a physical therapist at Stanford hospital. She has been teaching pre-natal exercise for over three years and continues to advance her knowledge of Women's health issues. Tashina continues to study numerous dance forms including jazz, salsa, hip hop and belly dance. She also enjoys cycling, hiking and gardening. She is passionate about proper movement for healthful living. Tashina hopes to empower others with knowledge about posture and body awareness for ease of movement in everyday life.

Mark Lubarsky has been teaching Pilates in the Bay Area since 2001. While seeking ways to improve his health and self-esteem, Mark found Pilates was the safest and most effective way to reduce and even prevent the damage caused by his sedentary lifestyle as a software engineer and his hobbies (chess and competitive draughts). In addition to Pilates and physical fitness, Mark has a long-lived passion for improving cognitive abilities, mental acuity and self-esteem through various forms of movement therapy and neurodevelopmental exercises. He is currently pursuing further educational goals in Kinesiology, Cognitive Psychology, and various movement therapy methods. He is a certified Pilates instructor through Master Trainer Kim Holmes at Symmetry of Movement in Mill Valley.

Olga Lubarsky has been teaching Pilates in the Bay Area since 2001. She first discovered her love of movement and dance very early in her childhood. At the age of five, Olga joined the ballet studio, and at seven she started training in competitive rhythmic gymnastics. Eye surgery six years later ended her gymnastics career, but her passion never faded. During her college years as chemistry major, she took classes in gymnastics, ballet, aerobics and ballroom dancing. She trained in Pilates since 2000, through her two pregnancies, and was able to recover quickly after the births of her sons, Jonathan and Jacob. She is a certified Pilates instructor through Master Trainer Kim Holmes at Symmetry of Movement in Mill Valley.

Raquel Villalba has completed both her mat and reformer certification training at POP and will become fully certified in Summer 2007. A mother of triplets, she began taking Pilates to help regain muscle strength and tone her body. She enjoys salsa and other forms of social dance and loves spending active playtime with her children.