Today we’d like to introduce you to Tamara Renee.
Tamara, can you briefly walk us through your story – how you started and how you got to where you are today.
As far back as I can remember, I’ve known I’d make a difference in this world. A feeling gnawing in my gut. A feeling that would never wane unless I found the courage to uncover my true passion, my true essence, my seed. A constant desire to step outside of my lowest self-image, reaching for my highest calling. As life played out propelled by a perfect storm crashing down upon me. Crushing what was never me, and simultaneously lifting me to a place where I could truly love myself.
When the storm finally cleared, finding myself at the age of seventeen gaining 30 pounds seemingly overnight. Depression quickly consumed me, surrounding every part of my life. All the while continuing to double down on my poor health decisions. Before turning nineteen gaining another 37 pounds. The binge eating and depression were taking its toll. Feeling desperate, having no choice but to face the face of who I really was. My self-image was at stake. The fear of living the rest of my life unhealthy and vulnerable was my wake-up call.
Making the decision at the age of twenty to change my eating habits, the way I exercised, the way I cared about who I was inside. The work over the next three years culminating in the loss of 67 pounds. Thankful for the weight loss and now gifted with more energy and self-confidence. Everything was starting to change. My emotional well-being, my spirited life, and how I felt about who I saw in the mirror. If I could have this experience so could anyone else. A new feeling stirring in my gut now had a vision. Share my passion for healing myself by uplifting my fellow sisters. From that moment on, I was all in.
Over the next three decades, committing to self-care in order to be of service to my tribe and beyond. Learning about nutrition, exercise, emotional health, motivation techniques, and spiritual practices to continue the upward spiral to my higher-self. Knowing that in my imperfection I was learning to be compassionate with myself and in-turn others. With an open mind, able to see how the healing process is dynamic and unique to each person. One shoe certainly does not fit all. Gifted by being approachable while creating safe spaces for my fellow sisters to be vulnerable to intimate health issues. Eventually, stepping into my own and expanding my calling by being a guest speaker on numerous radio and television shows talking about women’s health issues. A published author and empowerment speaker, understanding that the video medium is the language of our times. The quickest way to tell a story, to uplift another. We get sick alone, we heal together.
Everything in my life was flowing until faced with a new physical challenge that was literally stopping me in my tracks. A three-year battle with extremely painful plantar fasciitis. Spending well over three thousand dollars revamping shoes trying to help deal with the pain. Leaning into acupressure, acupuncture, stretch therapy, chiropractic active release technique and even prolotherapy (ouch!). Leaving no stone unturned and now feeling at the end of my rope. Feeling those same feelings, I’d experienced back in my late teens. Unable to exercise like I was accustomed to in the past. Self-doubt slowly seeps its way back into your life. Would I fall back into my old ways? Would I be fat again? Thirty years of healthy living and now finding it difficult to walk across the room. Trying everything to subdue the pain before discovering Ashley Black’s FasciaBlaster invention. Committing to a daily practice and before I knew it, freed from the grips of this painful ailment.
With this newfound freedom, my curiosity was soaring. What else could this strange looking tool do to help my chronic physical and aesthetic trouble spots? Time to explore.
In my teens, experiencing daily lower extremity stagnation and extreme swelling. Leaving me feeling as though someone was blowing me up from the inside, like a balloon. The pain and restriction of movement over the years were getting increasingly worse. Like a low hum pounding away until I could no longer handle it. The physical pain was now surfacing at the emotional level. I was reeling from being self-conscious, compromising my social and intimate life. After three years of dedicated use of the FasciaBlaster, I am now feeling youthful, flexible, going weeks without leg swelling and most importantly in control of my body. No more sagging knees, less cellulite on the back of my thighs and booty. Looking better at 56 than when I was 53. I was reversing the aging process.
Looking back, never thinking I’d be able to recapture the subtleness, control, and freedom in my body. I was wrong! Gratefully filling my cup with compassion and love. My seed has now grown into a tree with deep roots and long branches. Answering the call to radically improve the number of joy women experiences in their lives and bodies. Connecting one-on-one and now, the opportunity to expand my influence to thousands of women in one breath is the next step in the evolution of my highest-self!
Overall, has it been relatively smooth? If not, what were some of the struggles along the way?
One of the struggles I have faced throughout my life, which I know is part of the human experience is dealing with F E A R. Although fear has many faces the fact is fear has inhibited me from reaching my full potential. Only through the experience of life and missing out on opportunities both professionally and personally have I been able to see how fear has changed my course. With many failures and successes and with the power of reflection I’ve been able to, a majority of the time, walk through my fear and embrace the experience regardless of how it’s making me feel.
The defining moment for me was when I was able to look past my own fear and see how we all share in similar experiences that keep us from reaching our highest self. Where the personal becomes universal allowing me to focus on “helping others first” regardless of my fears. Helping others is a selfish act since inevitably it heals me. Sharing this with my fellow sisters is one of the most important gifts I can share with young women faced with a rapidly changing world. “Embrace change, walk through fear, heal yourself.”
Please tell us about Bodylab by Tamara Renee.
Driven by my insatiable curiosity over the past three decades has allowed me to explore numerous health modalities in the professional health and beauty care industry. Starting out with my own health challenges and then to help others with their own. Eventually creating a holistic integrated healing practice to serve my fellow sisters. My motto is “stay beautiful, stay healthy.”
Not only finding my calling and my passion but living it allows me to connect with patients in an intimate way. Although I have a lot of practice and book knowledge, I’ve found that healing others from the heart space moves mountains. When integrating all the elements, I can troubleshoot complex health and beauty challenges for my clients. Because by changing our diet and providing self-care to our bodies it makes it easier to change other toxic or unhealthy areas of our life.
Here are some areas of training and expertise that indicate my interest and well-rounded accomplishments that I offer my clients in order to “stay beautiful ~ stay healthy!”:
Body Shaping – Professional FasciaBlaster, Endermologie and Lymph Specialist, Licensed LMT, Postural and Biomechanical Assessment.
Nutritional – DNA for diet, metabolic typing, healthy detox, Ageless Eating, and lifestyle transitions. Individual, corporate and one-on-one programs. Raw and Macrobiotic Discipline trained. Founded and ran juice bars and an organic meal delivery service.
Personal Development Workshops, Disciplines and Retreats – Landmark Education, Peak Potentials, Tony Robbins, PAX by Alison Armstrong – Understanding Men and Celebrating Women / Queen, John Grey – Mars and Venus, Deepak Chopra, and Byron Katie.
Meditation and Yoga: Transcendental Meditation, Bikram Yoga, and Blastercise Teaching.
Public Arena: Published Author, Radio and Television expert guest.
Higher Thinking – open-minded, progressive, raw heart, living life in an inquiry, no boxes just be you. Devoted to contributing to women to love living in their bodies!
Being unhealthy emotionally, physically and spiritually is a very complex challenge. Equally the path to a healthy holistic life is equally complex.
My expertise is how I educate my patients on the power of integrating modern day technology, old-world practices, and heart-centered honesty. Creating a safe environment to meet their needs. The process of sustainable health not only on the inside but on the outside is a life-long process. What worked once, might not work now. We have to be open to change as our bodies are changing. Aiding them in feeling and looking radiant so that they can step into their highest-self.
Eliminating the pressures of having to be perfect and embracing the process of uniqueness which can be one of the best healing perspectives I can share. Love the life you live IN!
Were there people and/or experiences you had in your childhood that you feel laid the foundation for your success?
I have previously described this in the area above where I shared when I struggled with self-care and self-love as a teenager.
Pricing:
- CelluliteSMOOTH / FasciaBlasting + Infrared Sauna 10 pack $1510
- DNAme for diet $1295
- SpotSlimming / BootyLIFT Membership $1k
- BeautifyingDETOX 10 pack $1190
- SkinFIRM / FatSLIM 8 pack $2k
- SweatSKINNY 4 pack $210
- Performance FASCIATherapy4 pack $620
- WOWface Facial 1 $250 or membership $177/month
- MAXhair 10 pack $700
Contact Info:
- Address: Bodylab LA JOLLA 7634 Girard Ave La Jolla, CA 92037
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Bodylab ENCINITAS 960 S Hwy 101, Encinitas, CA 92024 - Website: http://www.tamarareneeglobal.com
- Phone: 6196539656
- Email: tr@tamararenee.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tamararenee_bodylab/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tamarareneeDNA2
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/tamara63reneeB
- Other: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGkD_JBk1Wxy7f7-AifXY6Q/videos
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Tamara Renee
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