
Design Downtime Sera Tajima Loves Movement
Feb 5, 2026
Sera Tajima, a product designer turned climate investor and founder of Conscious Tech Ventures, shares her lifelong love of movement from ballet to martial arts. She recounts how long COVID reshaped her practice and the power of small daily motions. Short stories cover meditation supporting movement, relearning rest, and practical habits for slow, steady recovery and sustainable body awareness.
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Early Ballet Beginnings
- Sera started ballet as a shy child and cried through her first class at age four before returning later and excelling.
- Ballet introduced her to disciplined control, precision, and a new relationship with physical pain from training.
Movement As Meditation
- Ballet requires syncing every body part to the mind for precise, timed movement and balance.
- That meditative control deepened Sera's connection to her body beyond mere exercise.
Complementary Movement Types
- Ballet emphasizes fluid, choreographed control while martial arts demand spontaneous strategy and primal engagement.
- Different movement practices cultivate complementary skills: precision versus reactive force and strategy.

