Training with Tenae
Tenae is a passionate and dynamic fitness professional with over 10+ years of experience. Her mission is to help every BODY optimize their core function by integrating pelvic floor health and strength training principles. She firmly believes by combining all of these qualitative methods into a personalized program that EVERY client will achieve their personal and athletic goals.
Her education includes Bachelor’s in Science in Kinesiology, Pre/Postnatal Training, TRX Training, Core and Pelvic Floor Education, Yoga and Pilates. She integrates all of her versatile and evidence-based knowledge to create customized programs for each client.
Tenae dedicated herself to pre-professional ballet and high level swimming for over 15 years. During her athletic pursuits, she dealt with constant low-back and hip pain along with recurring injuries. This was baffling since she was a high level athlete, but was constantly getting injured no matter what she did. The nagging aches and pains were interfering with her quality of life and performance.
After becoming a mother and refocusing on pelvic floor and core training, Tenae realized she was never taught proper breathing, alignment or movement principles. By improving her breath work, pelvic health and core function, Tenae was able to recover seamlessly during her postpartum journey and advance her strength training! She was able to lift heavier weights and incorporate impact training without pelvic floor ailments.
A couple of years later, Tenae experienced an early miscarriage in 2022 followed by a devastating TFMR (termination for medical reason) in 2024. Both of these seasons were heart shattering. As Tenae dove into pelvic floor rehab and research after her procedure, she discovered how women receive little to no pelvic floor or pelvic health guidance after their pregnancy loss. This realization motivated Tenae to create the Embrace Journey: a pelvic floor and core rehab program catered to women who experience pregnancy loss. She desires to help as many women as possible to honor and heal their bodies after this unfortunate event. Pregnancy loss is complex enough. She believes we don’t need to compound this complexity with a lack of guidance and information.
Tenae strives to serve and empower as many women as she can. Her intention is to share all of her knowledge and love to help women heal their bodies and rediscover their inner strength through breath work, pelvic floor health and strength training.
My Coaching Philosophy
Tenae takes on a HOLISTIC APPROACH when creating customized strength or rehabilitative programs for every client. She considers intricate details such as how someone breathes to how they naturally hold themselves or how they move on a daily basis. Since the human body is interconnected, Tenae evaluates every individual’s habits before prescribing certain exercises to address their aches, pains or goals.
SPECIALIZED PROGRAM
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Your pelvic health is crucial to improve your quality of life. Tenae has worked with many clients who deal with constant low back, hip, pubic or tailbone pain. Aside from these aches and pains interfering with daily living, they can also cause someone to feel hopeless and unmotivated. Most people are unaware HOW and WHY they are holding their pelvis on a daily basis or during training sessions. Tenae understands that pelvic orientation (the way someone holds their pelvis) directly affects their pelvic floor and core function. In order to improve pelvic floor or core related issues, it’s important to address one root of the problem by evaluating one’s pelvic alignment. Many of Tenae’s clients feel instant and sustainable relief by incorporating the proper pelvic alignment for THEIR BODY!
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The core is the power house of the human body. Fun fact — ALL movement patterns are initiated from the core system! To clarify, the core is not only the 6-pack of abs that everyone desires to have… Technically speaking, the core is a system of deep muscles whose job is to manage intra-abdominal pressure and support the spine and pelvis. Core function can be improved upon no matter what stage of life someone is going through. It’s important to address core function by evaluating breath work and alignment fundamentals. Once Tenae assesses a client’s breathing patterns and alignment habits, she is able to assign rehabilitative tools to help improve core function! Tenae’s clients feel motivated and unstoppable after improving their core function. All of Tenae’s clients comment on how they no longer experience pain, leakage, prolapse or any other pelvic floor dysfuncion!
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Strength training is all the rage these days, but why is it so important? Strength training helps women and men build and maintain muscle mass, improve bone density, enhance cardiovascular health, refine metabolism, improve daily living, enhance hormone function and decrease stress and other ailments. Tenae adjusts strength training routines to each individual’s needs and desires! After she integrates the proper pelvic health and core function tools, every client is able to progress their strength training pain free!