Meet the newest additions to our team!

Our Coaches

  • Yoga Instructor & Coach

    Claire is a dedicated yoga instructor with over 400 hours of training and extensive experience teaching diverse groups across the globe. Her classes are a vibrant fusion of Hatha, Vinyasa, and Ashtanga, designed to create a fun and safe space where students of all levels can connect with their body and breath. Claire believes in empowering students to explore their potential, offering modifications and intensifications to suit individual needs. Through mindful breathwork and groovy jams, she fosters an authentic, transformative practice that unites mind, body, and heart.

  • Coach

    An amateur pro boxer, martial arts has taught me discipline and focus. I also enjoy staying active and exploring the outdoors through activities such as hiking and running, which keep me physically fit but also allow me to connect with nature, other people and clear my mind. I am also passionate about martial arts, which has taught me discipline and focus.

    Traveling is another passion of mine, as it exposes me to new cultures and experiences broadening my perspective on the world. I also love helping others achieve their goals, no matter how hard it is.

    Throughout my journey, l've learned that stepping out of your comfort zone and being consistent will get you a long ways. I'm so excited to coach you at Tribe!!

  • Reformer Pilates Instructor & Coach

    Maya Tacon (she/her) is a professional dancer, born and raised in New York! She graduated with honors from SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance after studying abroad at Taipei National University of the Arts in Taiwan. Since transplanting to Seattle, she has performed with various contemporary dance artists and companies. Maya is one half of CO-, a collaborative company that curates and produces dance events in vibrant environments, and is a teacher for the worldwide family of Dance Church ®. After receiving her STOTT Pilates certification from Bodycenter Studios in Seattle, she has become devoted to discovering how exactly she fits into the fitness and wellness world as a dancer. Maya is deeply passionate about facilitating an empowering physical practice for both professional movers and non-dancers alike. Her approach strives to be accessible, encouraging, and mindful, and she can't wait to connect with the fierce Tribe community!

    @mayaroset

  • Coach

    I was born and raised in the Seattle area. Growing up, I loved playing sports and as I have grown older that passion has transitioned to strength training.

    My fitness journey started in high school after suffering a fracture in my lower back. I was forced into hours of core strengthening exercises which were my least favorite thing ever. At the time, I trained and exercised to return to sports. I quickly realized the countless other benefits working out provided me. Whether it be learning the benefits of staying disciplined, providing a calmer mind, relieving back pain, or just proving to myself I can do hard things, I seemed to always come out of a workout with some type of benefit. A tough workout turned from something I dreaded to one of the highlights of each of my days.

    I now hope to help as many people as possible realize the power of strength training and how it can transform their lives.

  • Owner

    I got the bug for strength training early in life. As a young person, I was obsessed with creating the "perfect" program for myself and for my friends. Later, I was able to make the career switch to helping others in fitness.

    I found TRIBE Fitness in 2011, and helped to develop a full-body strength workout using the reformer - now Power Reformer. It has become such a powerful workout. I have seen many hundreds devote themselves to this workout and make powerful changes due to this uniquely accessible, low impact yet rigorous and progressive strength workout. My favorite move on the reformer is a horizontal lunge on the back end. It is both muscle and character building!

    In 2022, my wife and I had the opportunity to become owners of Tribe Fitness. It is so gratifying to be a part of this team of true coaches who tirelessly devote themselves to guiding and motivating people of all backgrounds to the lifelong benefits of regular, meaningful strength training.

    Outside of fitness, I enjoy travel, cooking, restaurants, and playing with Wilson, our mostly behaved French Bulldog.

  • Coach

    My mission as a coach is to provide an inclusive, safe, and fun space for people of all backgrounds, abilities, and fitness levels.

    I love coaching when the class is happy, sweaty, and smiling (and talking back). Movement is a personal passion of mine & I have a powerful desire to share it with others. I work full time for a large corporation and teaching fitness allows me to be present, creative and separates me from the pressure of the day job. My favorite class to take is Power Reformer Light. I am constantly moving, and Light allows me to slow down for a bit, plus, I always pick up a new movement or cue to use in my own classes. I travel for work and for pleasure and wherever I go, I always check out the local fitness studios. I’ve taken Zumba classes in Venice, Italy, TRX classes at Hames center in Sitka, Alaska, kettlebell classes in Toronto just to name a few.

    Outside the gym my two 5-year-old dogs keep me busy with walks throughout the streets of Capitol Hill. I enjoy scouring vintage and thrift stores of treasures, indoor cycling, and French bakeries. I have a weakness for croissants!!

  • Coach

    My mission as a coach is to empower my clients to listen to their bodies and focus on progress over perfection. I love helping clients achieve their fitness goals and building a community that supports each other through various seasons of life.

    After college I started my desk job and put on quite a bit of weight and Pilates classes helped me lose over 40 pounds. I wanted to share what Pilates had done for me with others so I became an instructor. My favorite Tribe class to teach is Reformer Pilates because I love connecting breath to movement and focusing slow movements that strengthen and lengthen muscles.

    Outside the gym I spend my time working as a Business Intelligence Manager at Amazon,

    walking my two dogs, Zoey and Shane, through volunteer park, and reading thriller/romance/fantasy books.

  • Coach

    Fitness has always been my passion. I have over fifteen years experience in the industry working 1:1 with clients and instructing group classes. I help clients achieve their goals in a fun and respectful manner and enjoy helping them build their confidence in their abilities.

    Known as a good listener , it's very important to me to hear my client’s needs whether you want to lose a few pounds, get stronger, or get help with chronic pain, I am very good at tailoring movements to you.

    I am a Seattle native, I workout daily, and in my spare time I volunteer with a local dog rescue.

  • Coach

    My mission as a coach is to meet people exactly where they are and provide a safe and welcoming environment that fosters the realization of one's own potential of physical and mental fitness through encouragement and feedback. As a public school special educator of teenagers and young adults with disabilities for 14+ years, I believe that every individual has the capacity for learning and enriching their lived experiences when provided the right conditions. Teaching in both public education and at fitness studios has provided me with fulfillment in getting to connect with people from all walks of life and witness their growth. As a person with a highly anxious baseline, movement has helped me channel energy from my mind to my body and understand the connection between them. However, it wasn't until later on in life that the shift began for me that I could actually consider myself a fitness person/professional, as I tended to view myself "on the outside." The shift began for me when I found COMMUNITY- through dance fitness and Reformer resistance training at Tribe.

    My favorite part about teaching is witnessing that transformative shift in others. Asking for support and guidance from others has been essential in my development, and I look for opportunities to provide them to others. The truth is we all start as beginners.

    Outside of the gym, I enjoy the arts- live music/theatre and connecting with nature, myself, and others.