Tina's Bio
Tina Sarkey, LLC, has extensive training and experience in a variety of fitness and bodywork methods. She is fully certified in mat and studio equipment through both Polestar Pilates and Stott Pilates in addition to her years of classical Pilates training. She has been an AFAA-certified personal trainer in private practice since 1993. Over the years, she has certified in and taught aerobics and weight training classes in corporate, community and private fitness facilties. Tina also trained as a yoga instructor with Union Yoga, and is registered with the Yoga Alliance (RYT 200). In addition, Tina has 18 years' experience in clinical massage and other bodywork modalities. She graduated from the Lansing Community College (LCC) Massage Program in 1992, and has trained with living master Earle Timberlake of the Timberlake School of Massage Therapy, where she certified in Somatic Release in Clinical Massage and Cranial and Somatic Fascial Release techniques. She also completed a certification in pregnancy, labor and infant massage with Kate Jordan, after which she developed and taught massage class at Sparrow Hospital's Mother Baby Center for LCC, where she has been on the faculty since 2001. Prior to teaching at LCC, she taught structural anatomy and massage therapy at Baker College in Owosso, Michigan.