17. TRE® with Wendy Kimball ~ The Unexpected Journey

I was lucky to have a TRE® session last month with Wendy Kimball  of Nurtured Growth. It was awesome and I can still feel the benefits!

TRE® or Trauma and Tension Release Exercises is an innovative series of exercises that assist the body in releasing deep muscular patterns of stress, tension and trauma. Wendy guides you through easy exercises that activate a natural reflex mechanism of shaking or vibrating that releases muscular tension, calming down the nervous system. 

Wendy's own transformative journey of healing and personal growth serves as her inspiration, and today she is proud and grateful to share the skills she has learned with her clients. As a Certified Breathwork Facilitator, Certified TRE Provider, and ICF/ACC Certified Personal Transformational Coach, Wendy helps others on their journey toward empowerment and healing. 

Wendy is passionate about teaching others to heal themselves from stress, tension, and trauma; especially other healers. “I often hear the mantra, heal the healers,” Wendy says. “If I can empower the healers, then I can send a ripple to all of their clients, friends, and family. This work makes my heart sing.” 

Join us to learn more about TRE®  and Wendy's unexpected journey to becoming an energy practitioner.

JJ DiGeronimo is an award-winning author, speaker, and intuitive guide dedicated to helping people trust their inner wisdom and align with their gifts. As the host of the Together WE Seek Podcast, JJ creates sacred spaces to explore light, energy practices, and ancient wisdom with healers, mystics, and spiritual leaders. Through her authentic conversations, she empowers listeners to remember their intuition, embrace their unique gifts, and elevate their frequency for a more enjoyable journey.

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Transcript

JJ D:

Are you seeking more energy, inspiration, wisdom. If so, you're not alone. Each episode is a glimpse into the live discussions we're creating at together. We seek.online. I'm JJ DiGeronimo, a light worker and curious soul interviewing some amazing practitioners and light workers to explore inspiration and ancient wisdom. With the goal of illuminating our knowing brightening our path and further manifesting our work.

JJ D:

Hi, it's JJ, DiGeronimo AMO and we are inside together. We seek out online and today I'm super excited to have my friend Wendy Kimball with me today. And I could not wait to dive into the work that Wendy does. This obviously is not her first career, which we will jump right into <laugh>. But the work she does is so transformational and I have been able to experience it firsthand and I can't wait to dive into it. So Wendy, welcome. And tell us a little bit about your work.

Wendy K:

Thank you. Thank you for having me. I really appreciate it. Um, yeah, my work is amazing. I love it. And that's what makes it so special. It is something that, uh, basically we're tuning into people's bodies and we're trying to release tension and trauma out of their bodies. And it's interesting when I try and explain it to people, people are like, what, what are you doing? What's going on here? And as you know, once you experience it, it's a lot easier to, to understand it and relate to it. But essentially we just have things that get stuck in our body. Things that, um, you know, if you have stress over time, it gets stuck in your body. A lot of people feel it in their shoulders or their back. They've got back pain, they've got knee pain, they've got all kinds of pain. And um, so that's just a little snippet of what I am and whatnot. Yeah,

JJ D:

Well that is right. So a lot of the women that are part of together, we seek, I feel par personal passion to meet with them, see what their practices are. And I have to say, I didn't really know what to expect. You're a certified Tre coach. And I was like, okay, tell me what this is. And when we set up the first call, you're like, okay, I wanna have a video that I can see your full body. I'm like, oh, jeepers. Oh my goodness. What are we gonna do? So tell us a little bit about what Tre is and how you work with people even remotely.

Wendy K:

Yeah. So Tre the, the process of it is simply just, um, a series of exercises. And I describe 'em almost like it could be yoga ish exercises or stretching. So things like lunges, things like calf phrases, things of that nature. So you're just essentially fatiguing, mostly your lower body and you're doing that. So there's a natural reflex that we have to, that our body will shape. And some people have felt this before and they don't realize it. Like a lot of women will say, oh yeah. When I went through childbirth, like, oh my goodness, I felt shaking. Like I felt shaking happening. And that's a release people. Who've been in a near car accident. That's another place where they often, you know, they have to pull off the side of the road. They're shaking. So it's something that humans did before. And then recently what has happened is we've been socialized out of shaking because, you know, if you see somebody shaking, you're gonna be like, Hmm, I'm not too sure about that person.

Wendy K:

What's going on there. Animals do it in the wild. They shake all the time after a traumatic event. And so our bodies are set up to do that. And what I do is I provide a safe space where people can, can shake release and it release muscle tension, but it also releases emotions. It can traumas. And I work with folks from veterans to folks who have childhood traumas to folks that were like me, that were overwhelmed at work that had work burnout. So it's essentially a series of exercises. And, and then I'm watching via zoom. Or I have an office here in Fredericksburg, Virginia that people can come to.

JJ D:

I love that. I love that. And I will just say that it was an amazing experience. It was main spirit. So Wendy and I, we were online and we were doing these exercises just kind of warming up your body cast raises and just lunges and other things we were doing. And then, you know, when you go through the process of just laying on your mat and finding positions with your legs to really let just energy out of your body, that we bury so deep and we don't even realize it. So can we talk a little bit about like, what that means? What is like deep muscle patterns? You talk about this on your website and in your work,

Wendy K:

Right? So things can collect in certain parts of your body. And I, and I talked a little bit about shoulders. People who feel over overly responsible for everybody and everything. And a lot of times they'll carry the weight on the shoulders, right? People who, um, maybe are afraid to speak their voice, or maybe don't wanna be seen a lot of times they'll have issues going on in their throat. I mean, there's so many different places in the body, you know, you can kind of walk through all those, but that energy gets stuck in those places. And without release all these limiting beliefs and behaviors, stick with you. And so if you're able to release those, then it's like, you can keep going down your path, whether it's to be a healer or whatever it is you want to do in your life, you don't hear those voices anymore. Like you're not good enough or worthy, or, you know, those things come outta your body.

JJ D:

I love that. I love that. And for me, I just, I, you know, I had just so much shaking, so many things I've been holding for long. And I had an immediate recognition that my hips were not holding as much attention.

Wendy K:

Right. Right. And that happens for a lot of people. People are like, I had one, uh, client who had, she had, uh, an itching on her back for like 20 years. She's like, I have this random itch on my back. I don't know why I have it. And then all of a sudden it's like gone one session gone, like, okay, I guess that was something. And you know, that's the thing about it. You don't even really need to know exactly what is being released and you could be releasing something. You know, I had an argument at work right. The day before it could be something that's from a long time ago, it could be a buildup of stress, um, over time. So it's got a wide range, uh, of, of things that can release. And we don't always have to know what it is, which I think is kind of cool. Some people are just over, you know, they just don't wanna talk about what happened maybe, uh, in the past. And they're ready just to let it go.

JJ D:

Yeah. I love that. And I talk about that in my book too, that you don't have to relive the situation. I think a lot of people, um, choose not to get help or figure, try not to sort of move the energy out of their body in fear that they have to go through the emotional turmoil that, that energy created.

Wendy K:

Right. Right. And that's what I tell people. I'm like, when you walk in this door or when we're talking via zoom, you can share as much, or as little as you wanna share, you know, you don't have to tell me, you know, what went on or what happened or what you're trying to release. If you wanna share I'm here, we have a safe space for that, but, but we don't have to do that, which is kind of special. And I think that's why it pairs nicely with other modalities. It, it really pairs nicely with, with talk therapy in that somebody's going through talk therapy. They might get to a point where they're stuck and this kind of opens them up, maybe to explore a little bit more, but in this room, you don't have to share any of those things you can if you want, but you're not required to.

Wendy K:

And I think that draws is drawing more men to my practice. So I'm getting more, um, mostly it's it's wives saying, okay, come on, honey. This would be good. But when they describe it to their husbands, their husbands are like, I like that. I don't have to talk about anything. Right. I can go in there and distress from either being in the service or being a, like an emergency provider or things like that. I can let that go. And I don't have to examine every little bit of it or look under every single rock. Right.

JJ D:

And that's a beautiful thing. And, uh, what I love about your journey is that this is rather new. So how did this come forward for you? Because I, you know, I think it's always fascinating that so many of our healers and light workers, you know, they come into their work later in life. And so how did this

Wendy K:

Manifest for you? Yeah. So this has been probably just about a five year journey. So it hasn't been that long. Uh, I worked for a local government for many years. Um, a far cry from the healing realm, of course <laugh> but that's okay. It, it can, people can shift up and try different things. And so for me, basically, it was, I had as described before work burnout. I mean, I was just, I was a director in a department and I had about a hundred employees under me. And every day was a struggle to go into work. I mean, I, people will say, when you describe that, I can see it in your shoulders. They're starting to go up like this, you know, like I'm sensing it in my body, even just talking this little bit about it, loved the people I worked with, loved a lot of things about what I did, but it just wasn't sitting.

Wendy K:

Right. And I was feeling burnt out. I was feeling it in my body and I knew there had to be something different. Mm-hmm <affirmative> really what it boiled down to. I knew there was something else out there. And so a couple things happened. One is I started listening to this audio book and it was talking about basically career, a career break, like taking a career break. And I remember listening to it and I was like, you can't do that. Like, oh my God, what are people gonna think? What are your, you know, I'm in my fifties, what are my parents gonna think? What are my friends gonna th you know, I was like, I don't know. I don't think I can do that. So that started the ball, like in the back of my head, I think that was playing like career break. Okay. Um, so it was all these things kind of coming together.

Wendy K:

And at one point I was like, you know what? I have to be done here. It is not good for my health. I'm gonna run myself. I'm gonna have a heart attack. I'm gonna have some other physical thing. I need to do something different. So I walked my, my resignation in after time, you know, trying to figure out like, okay, what, what am I gonna do here? I knew I needed a break, took my resignation to my boss, handed it in. And he went out the door and I was like, whew, I did it. Like I did it. I was nervous. Cause I didn't know exactly what the rest of my life was gonna look like, but I knew I had to do it. So he came back to me that afternoon and he said, Wendy, we know that you need, you wanna break. We know that you wanna travel and volunteer.

Wendy K:

How about we can work together? And maybe we give you a break. We give you like a, you know, you take six months, you do whatever you're gonna do. And then you have the option to come back. And I was like, <laugh> I love it. It took me three days to really let that sink in. I was like, okay, this is local government, right? It's not anything that's in a manual that says, Hey, you get us six months sabbatical. It's not anything that was ever talked about. It was nothing. And I was like, did that really just happen? Did that really just happen? So it was kind of this invisible door that I never knew was there, but when I had the guts to take my resignation and put it on the table, it opened.

JJ D:

Isn't that amazing? I think so many people think like it can only be one way. And once I do this, nothing like that's gonna be it. That's how it's always been done. But your story and your experience shows that like, we don't have to be conditioned to what we know or what we've seen. There are other opportunities and ways that things can unfold.

Wendy K:

Absolutely. I mean, I was shocked and I came from a generation where, you know, you work hard, you work your 30 years, you do all that. And, and now I'm going against the grain of all of that. And, and I was, I was worried about what people would think, you know, I was like, Ooh, what are people gonna think? What are they gonna say? And I was shocked at the overwhelming support and people were inspired and they were encouraged and they saw what you're saying. You know, they saw like, there's something else. Like, it doesn't have to be like this. I don't have to be in this job that is wearing my body down and, and making it hard for me. There's other avenues. And they may not be what you expect and that's okay. You'll you'll to where it's fun. Right. And doing things you enjoy.

JJ D:

So some people would go to Vegas. Some people might go to Florida. <laugh> where did you go, Wendy?

Wendy K:

So I actually went to Thailand. That was my first stop. So I, it was interesting. I had never thought about going to Thailand. And as I was exploring this, this six month window, I was like, okay, I wanna go far enough away so nobody can contact me. Nobody can like ask me about federal grants that are going on in my old job or whatever. You know, the first thing I did was turn in my phone, like do not call me, do not like cuz I needed that. I was burnt out. Um, and I found this amazing retreat in Thailand. It was like a wellness, yoga, um, meditation retreat. And I went in into it and just basically had this attitude of, you know, what, I'm gonna try, whatever comes up, I'm gonna try it. Even if it's way outside my comfort zone, I'm gonna jump in and try it.

Wendy K:

And um, we had this place where we would all meet and have our meals together. And there was this big bulletin board and they would put up stuff if there was special stuff, like maybe there was a trip going on or maybe a special class that was being taught. And I looked over, I saw these people running up to the board and I was like, what are they? What are they there for? What are they doing? They all are running up. And of course that peaked my curiosity. I went up front and this lady that I had met, she said, I said, what what's going on? She said, they're teaching Tre there's there's gonna be a Tre group class. I said, what's Tre. I had never heard of it. Like never, ever in a million years had never heard of it. And so she's like, you'll love it.

Wendy K:

You should. I was like, what is it? She's like, oh, just sign up for it. You'll love it. So I signed up for it and I went into that class and I was like, holy moly, this is the coolest, I mean like, oh, and I describe how I felt. Then I was like, this is the coolest, weirdest, neatest, most amazing thing that I've ever felt like I go into this space and my body is shaking off all this work, stress that I carried for years. You know, it's just peeling all that back. And by the second class that I had taken by the second time that I did it, I was like, I wanna learn this for myself. And I wanna learn to teach it to others. And I've never had such a visceral reaction to anything like that. Like I knew there was no doubt. And I went over, we didn't have internet very well at this place. So I went over to the local coffee shop and I started like, how, how can I get this training? Like when I was coming back from there, I had already decided I was gonna do it. And I set up the training and off we went <laugh>

JJ D:

That is amazing. And I think listening to the whispers and how you feel in a moment, like the fact that you had such a visceral reaction, such a positive feeling and the fact that you connected with it, like, I want to do this for other people. Yes. To me, I feel like you have to be present to recognize that. But if you give yourself the gift of being present, everything you need to see is, is delivered to you.

Wendy K:

Yes. Yeah. I call it, um, following the bread crumbs.

JJ D:

Yes.

Wendy K:

So it's like all these things, all these little tidbits are kind of out for us. It's just a matter, are we willing to bend over and pick it up?

JJ D:

Yes. Yes. And I love the work you're doing with Tre because I feel like I've done a lot of energy practices throughout the last like 7, 8, 9 years. And the thing that I really loved about it is one, I could physically feel the release. I could physically feel the release. It was not an invasive at all. I did it in my bedroom or I was actually my office floor. I did it with you. Right. And I had a noticeable difference for a long, like for a period of time. Like I can still feel the lightness I have. And I feel like so many of us are carrying so many stories, so many energy, so many experiences that this is an easy way to move energy out. That's no longer serving you.

Wendy K:

Absolutely. Absolutely. And I've, I have taken Tre and inherited it. I'm also a certified coach and that's another area that I went into when I was, you know, like after that timeline, Thailand timeframe, basically I have paired that with visualizations. So if you remember when we were working together, it's like, I will talk to an individual, get some information from them and then create kind of a visualization for them. If that's something that they want making it easier to release. So maybe picturing themselves, um, with a supportive group around them, you know, making it easier to release. Like they're not alone.

JJ D:

I love that. And I think it just gives I, well, first of all, I just love your journey that you were so open to things that you committed to yourself, that you needed a break. So many people are at a burnout status right now and they don't feel like they have an option. So I feel like your story is very motivating that don't tell yourself no, basically yes. Just move forward and see what unfolds. And now the work that you're doing with so many people to just help them, help them move through or get rid of, or release the energy. So, you know, obviously I have a community of healers in many instances. Yes. And you're um, in your description, you're you always say, I wanna heal the healers. So tell us a little bit about what that means.

Wendy K:

Yeah. So I didn't set up with that intention. You know, my intention was to work with, and I still do work with anybody that's that comes in here. Um, but the healers started coming to me and what I was noticing is it's like, I think the healers are wanting to help other people so much that sometimes they neglect themselves and they don't release for themselves. And when you work with them, it's like these deep things come out. And then all of a sudden it's like this ripple. It's like every client that they work with after that, once they're able to release some of these limiting beliefs, then it's like, it impacts their clients. It impacts their families, their friends. And I mean, I'm always talking about like the biggest bang for your buck. I mean, like you help one healer, right. And then it's everybody in their community that gets the benefit of that.

JJ D:

Mm that's so true. It's so true. And honestly, to be a healer, you often have to work to clean out your vessel because you want as much white light as possible. Uh, and if you have all these blockages, it's just really hard because you can't be that beacon for other people.

Wendy K:

Right. And you talked about being present. It's hard to be present if you have those, you know, limiting beliefs and you wanna be fully present with folks and create this safe space with them.

JJ D:

I love that. So, you know, kind of, as we're wrapping up here, maybe two things, um, maybe two things. One is like kind of how is Tre surprised you and two what's next for you?

Wendy K:

Ooh, good questions. Good question. Question. So let's see. So the first question is about Tre, right? Yeah.

JJ D:

What surprised you? What surprised you either about what you've learned or what you've experienced or what you thought it was that now might be different now that you're a practitioner?

Wendy K:

Yeah. So, uh, what I think surprised me most is the depth of the healing that people can have using Tre. I knew that it had a lot of power that it had the ability to heal a lot of people in a lot of ways, but what I'm seeing now as, as my practice continues and as I'm learning myself, um, things that are able to be healed with it are just tremendous childhood traumas. Like I said, I've just started working with some veterans and the things that they carry and I'm just every day, I'm just shocked at and in a good way, like in an awe way of how it can touch people and how it can help people.

JJ D:

And, you know, I need to throw a question there, cause you said you worked for the government for a long time. And I think people's maybe perception is, you know, how do you move from a government role to a healer role? Did you, did you see things early on in your life that maybe have given you some indicators there was more to your journey?

Wendy K:

Yeah. So when I was a kid, I always had a very strong sense of intuition, um, from when I was real little. Um, so I knew there was something else there. And what I found is the more busy that I got, the less I was listening to that. Yeah. And so it was like, okay, I need to listen to that. And so I guess it's not a far cry, but I get what you're saying. You know, when you look at, at, uh, local government and you're like, okay, she went from local government to a healer. How the heck did that happen? But yeah, I definitely had some of that. Um, knowing at a very early age, I definitely didn't have a tool to bring it to other folks. So Tre provided that. And then some of the other modalities that I work with, the coaching and also the breath work.

JJ D:

Yeah. It's beautiful. Were you scared to go to Thailand? I mean, for someone who's like, that was such a big trip

Wendy K:

<laugh> was I scared? No more people were scared for me. They're like, God, what are you doing? Why are you going to Thailand? And I had the most amazing time there. The people were amazing, not only the people that were at the retreat, but the, the Thai people. Um, and I definitely, I wanna go back there and I never would've guessed that I would ever go to Thailand, but I followed my intuition and it brought me to Thailand

JJ D:

Under your journey is so empowering, so amazing. And hopefully for those listening, you know, if you haven't checked out teary, you'll reach out to Wendy, she's in the group together. We Seeked out online, you can reach out to her directly. So as we're wrapping up Wendy, like, what is next for you?

Wendy K:

What is next? So I am because I'm a fledgling business. I'm just starting to get some of these balls rolling. As far as getting more out into the community. A lot of my work has been very word of mouth. So as I shared with you, this is my very first podcast that I've ever met on. Um, so there's gonna be more of this. You're gonna see more of that. And I'm working on creating a website. There is some information you can make appointments, like you said, uh, through your site, but, uh, yeah, so I'm just gonna keep building, keep trucking and trying to reach more folks.

JJ D:

That's amazing. So for anyone listening that wants to reach out to Wendy Kimball, you can reach her through together. We seek out online or on her website to schedule a session. I highly recommend, I feel like all of us have buried energy that we're not completely aware of. And a session with Wendy could really be a game changer for you. Not only to just feel the energy, but to release the energy and that space could be used for so much more light.

Wendy K:

Well, thank you.

JJ D:

Yes. And I just wanna call out to Ruth, Ruth. Yeah. Ruth for connecting us. So thank you so much, Ruth. She's also in the community. So I really wanna say thank you so much. And for everybody listening, you can reach out to Wendy directly. We hope that you do and stay tuned for more interesting episodes of women that have really stepped into their light and are providing healing and light worker and energy practices to help us move through our journey. Thank you, Wendy.

JJ D:

And that's a wrap. See again, here and over at togetherweseek.online where you can join live discussions with energy practitioners, healers, and spiritual leaders. See you there.