Meet SoulCore Leader – Tamara
Tamara has a degree in Advertising from the University of Texas at Austin and is a Comprehensive Pilates Certified Teacher through Hilary Opheim. She began the first 14 years of her professional career as a non-profit fundraiser, but has been active in dance and group fitness her entire life.
After having children, she made the decision to become a stay at home mom, and soon after discovered SoulCore. After practicing SoulCore for about a year and seeing the positive impact that a mind and body routine had on her health, prayer life and family life, decided to become a certified leader. Through leading SoulCore classes at her parish St. Jude in Allen, she decided she could serve her community better by furthering her education in Pilates, which had become the base practice for the movement element of her classes. She received her Mat Pilates Instructor Certification through Polestar Pilates and obtained her Group Fitness Certification. From there, she then discovered a love for Pilates Equipment!
In 2022, Tamara began her Pilates Teacher Training as a Studio Apprentice at McKinney Movement Center. In 2023, she obtained her Barre Fitness Certification through MMC. Tamara is currently studying to take her NCPT license exam.
Tamara’s greatest passion is introducing Pilates and mind / body fitness to those who have never experienced functional movement and combining it with internal prayer. She truly believes Pilates can improve the quality of life for any and everyBODY. Tamara has experienced first hand the positive effects of practicing Pilates consistently as therapy to improve the effects of aging and pregnancy/childbirth on the body. The goal of Tamara’s group and private classes is for each participant to improve their individual and overall feeling of wellness, and to allow each person options to modify throughout the class for each exercise so they will feel empowered to fulfill their own potential, wherever they may be on the fitness spectrum.
A Few of Tamara’s Favorite Scripture Verses:
James 2:14-26; John 1:1-5; John 15:5
