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Brenda Hardy

To book email hello@brendahardy.com Initially I just did't get it. I thought it was boring and pointless. My flexibility and posture improved dramatically.

I qualified as a physiotherapist in 2007 and was introduced to pilates the following year, whilst attending a colleague, who was treating me for chronic low back pain. I wasn't out of breath and didn't know what I was meant to be feeling while contracting my 'core.'

My physio soon realised that I wasn't doing my exercises and basically gave me a telling off! From this point I started to apply myself and completed around eight one to one sessions of supervised pilates and was prescribed a progressive exercise programme. Around two months later I was pain free and able to return to camogie. For the first time, following my injury, I was able to play pain free and avoid taking painkillers to play a match. Prior to this I had even resorted to playing with a heat wrap around my lower back. I was able to bend forwards with ease, a movement that I previously avoided due to pain. As pilates had worked so well for me, I started to use it as a treatment adjunct for patients with musculoskeletal problems such as low back pain, sciatica, postural problems and much more. Over the years I've attended pilates and yoga classes both locally and in Australia, which has improved my knowledge and ability. In November 2012 I started formal training with the APPI (Australian Physiotherapy & Pilates Institute) and I have completed the instructors course and advanced movements courses. I currently work in the fracture gym in the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast and I continue to use pilates as part of functional rehabilitation.

08/04/2026

Hello ❤️

I have created a 15 minute sound bowl healing journey for you in your postpartum phase. You don’t have to do anything. Simply receive the practice and its medicine. You will need a blanket cushion and mat. You could even do this in bed - that would be really nourishing.

✨Week 1 and 2 are now LIVE ❤️. See link in bio (short 12-15 minute practices).

This work can regulate pressure and tension in our tissues and support them to soften where they have been gripping, support healing. Essentially trusting body knows what to do … there is nothing to fix.
This work supports:
• Nervous system repair
• Pressure regulation
• Rebuilding internal support
• Learning to feel safe inside your body

Supporting tissues to soften where they’ve been gripping.
Supporting upward support where there has been heaviness.
Supporting reconnection through the midline.

This may be for you if you had a :

difficult birth
diastasis
birth trauma
back pain
prolapse symptoms
urinary leakage
muscle tension and gripping
painful neck/joints

Let me know how you get on.

You need a blanket cushion and a mat/rug.

Brenda x

09/03/2026

postpartum healing🤍

After my last baby in lockdown 2020, I thought healing my body, meant pushing harder.
Rehab more.
Strengthen more.
“Get back” to my old self.
Do it right.
Do more.

But no matter what I tried, my body kept saying no.

Back pain.
Pelvic heaviness.
Diastasis that just wouldn’t shift.

I felt stuck, frustrated, and honestly… a little lost. This went on for years!

This time around, I finally see the pattern — too much gripping and tension, too little support.
When we’re holding too tight, our bodies can’t truly be held. Even if support is there, we cannot let it in…. If you have chronic physical issues with your body after baby, then maybe, like me, this is the missing piece.

And it makes sooo much sense - because birth (no matter how it looked like for you) energetically opens us up and until we return to feeling contained and held no amount of rehab will work. So I’m creating something different….to rebuild the foundations 🤍

✨ A Postpartum Practice where we will be working in, instead of working out!

My first offering is going to be a Sound bowl journey with my Mother Alchemy Sound Bowl - steady, grounding frequencies and guided somatic practices ….
A space to slow down, be held and reconnect with your body.

This is for you if you’ve been feeling:
• Fatigued
• Pelvic heaviness or prolapse
• Diastasis
• Digestive issues
• Spinal sensitivity
• Birth trauma
• Scattered or overstretched
• Weak boundaries
• Constant self-pressure

There’s nothing to fix. Your body knows what to do.
This is about creating the space for it to remember.

Slow down, Soften, Be Held 🤍
If this feels like what you need, I’d love for you to join me. Recording will be released tomorrow - I might do it live after that 😉

All you need is a mat, blanket and pillow.

Brenda 🤍

23/02/2026

0-6 weeks post partum

Catch up on my stories to hear about my first birth and the complete absence of any post partum healing ….it got better every time and by 4th time postpartum it was very very different 🤎

✨Rest - I literally mean doing barely anything except feeding baby, walking to toilet , getting some sunlight at the back door. I fed the baby lying down…. So much skin to skin contact.
Horizontal rest I like to call it !

✨This type of profound rest is so powerful - we have literally ran a marathon continuously while pregnant…that’s the metabolic equivalent. We are likely to be depleted in minerals and nutrients, undergoing massive healing while caring for a newborn baby and potentially other children. Sleep deprived and navigating huge hormonal shifts.

✨Some sunlight to help circadium rhythm , lots of fluids : water with lemon, mint , Celtic salts, herbal teas. Nutrient dense food in my freezer and two weekly meals from the amazing .keller …. Soups, broths were my fav. Ria made some delicious lactation cookies and turmeric milk🤎.

Here’s a little insight. Of course - it wasn’t all blissful and my husband and I were delirious at stages with sleep deprivation 🤣

Would love to hear about yours postpartum recovery ?

Brenda 🤎

22/12/2025

My Winter Sunshine☀️

Before the stars whispered your name, I knew you.
Before your heart sang its first song, you were already written in mine.

The times I reached for the Light, that faded too soon -
Tiny sparks, gifted from heaven, that slipped through my fingers,
And had to return.

Yet still, I felt you waiting.
A promise that would not fade.
“Let go,” you whispered….”let go.”

For slowness is where miracles are found -
The holy hush, the sacred sound.
In stillness, heaven opens wide,
And grace steps softly, right on time.

And then you came, I felt you Begin - but this time with the gentlest embrace,
I truly Let You In.

In the Womb of our Becoming, my precious boy,
you led me quietly home. To the truth of my heart -  to an ancient love, I had forgotten.

Slowly, my grip loosened. And piece by piece, I handed over all that I had once clung to, into the palms of something holy, something greater.

And in the deepest surrender, they appeared - a circle of sisters rose, wrapping themselves around us, called from every horizon, whispering - “you are held, you are held.”

At the hour of your birth, protected by angels on Earth - the clock stood still, hands aligned: 11:11 - Gods divine sign.

And now you are here My Son.
My Sun - a new Dawn in our home.
You rise and we are warm again.

Your father and I stand in wonder - the circle of our family complete.
Your sisters dance around your glow - their laughter and hands tending you,
as you grow.

I have loved you since before time began and now that you are here, the whole world feels brand new.

Brenda Hardy ❤️

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22/11/2025

☀️Our Beautiful Sun Sean Thomas Hardy - call me Tommy 😉☀️

💙Born 4/11 at 11:11am 8lb6oz - we are sooo in LOVE 💙 I still can’t believe you are here and all is well 🥰

27/10/2025

✨ Signing off to have our baby ✨
Thank you all so much for the kind messages and support throughout this journey ❤️ As I prepare to do this all again, it somehow feels just as special—maybe even more so—than the first time.
I’m older now, know more, have lived more… and I feel deeply grateful to have been able to become pregnant again, carry this baby to term, and experience everything that comes next. I don’t take a single bit of it for granted 💙
I’m still pinching myself that this is real —and I probably won’t truly believe it until baby is in my arms.
This time, I’m planning for a very slow, gentle postpartum period. I’ve been the mum who worked right up until birth, who was back on the laptop a few days later and running around too soon… but not this time. I’m giving myself permission to rest, recover, and soak up every moment. 💫 and try my best not to resist or try to fix the chaos and mess that comes with it!!

Before I go there are some amazing resources which can find out more about and purchase in my shop (click website in bio)
✨5 week pregnancy yoga flow
✨Conscious Pregnancy Journey with Ria
✨Fourth trimester Guidance ebook (I had to download this as a personal reminder!)

And some freebies….
✨Pregnancy Pilates
✨Yin yoga for fertility
✨Conscious birth Work book

See you on the other side, Brenda x

17/10/2025

✨Conscious Pregnancy Journey✨

Today as I finish up for maternity leave, .keller and I have birthed something special! Together we bring you our Conscious Pregnancy Journey✨

✨A pre recorded course to guide you through the sacred landscape of pregnancy. This pregnancy has been a rocky ride for me…. As someone who likes to prepare well, feel in control and tick off all the boxes … I have had to surrender to the deepest pain I have ever endured (sciatic nerve pain) disrupted sleep, the need for so much support, and unpredictability and unexpected turns in my pregnancy. Compared to my last pregnancy - this one has been a complete sh*t show, that has literally brought me to my knees at times!

✨But in the deep surrender required - it has also brought me back to my heart. Letting go over and over and over again I’m reminded that this baby came for me, my husband, our family, our presence and connection, NOT perfection.

✨And this work, our work, has been my biggest anchor - movement, drum journeys towards my baby where I can listen and connect with my body and my baby and remember to trust….rooted in themes which build self awareness alongside journalling and self care practices - I have never felt so rooted, despite the chaos.

✨We have created a WhatsApp space alongside the course to support you in your unique pregnancy journey - we can’t wait to support you there.

✨All the details are in the bio ….

Love Brenda and Ria ❤️

02/10/2025

✨ Lately I have been working with perineal massage, as part of birth preparation.✨

But not in the way I used to, where I showed up, not fully focused, with the simple motivation to stretch muscles so that I am less likely to have a perineal tear in childbirth. This time I showed up with the intention of listening, to what my tissues and my body actually need. Creating space to slowly and gently meet myself, with patience and curiosity. Not trying to achieve anything or get anywhere. It’s been completely different. My tissues were holding so much – pain, tension, memories began to rise….

When we meet our Body in her fullness… when there is pain. Painful tissue. Painful memories. Painful stories.

The invitation is – can you stay? Can you slow down, be gentle and intentional with breath and touch. Giving your body an opportunity to come into a different level of trust.
This is the work I do with women. 💫
I hold a sacred space. I guide you to slow down, to listen, to trust.

Because you already know.
You know the touch your tissues crave.
You know what’s held in your womb.
You know the baby who wants to come through.
You know the one you lost.
You know the little girl inside you, who had to survive.

You know. ✨

My role is not to fix, heal, or erase symptoms.
My role is to hold you as you meet yourself.
To create space for self-trust.
To remind you there’s nothing broken.
Only parts of you longing to be seen, held, and witnessed.

So that you can feel. Complete.
And come back into the flow of life… and LOVE.

Brenda x 🤍

01/10/2025

✨ 5-Week Pregnancy Yoga Flow ✨

Coming soon…..

When I was preparing for birth, I thought the answer was more education. More books, more knowledge, more techniques.

But when I was in the thick of it, birth asked something different of me…
It asked me to stop seeking outside myself and instead go inward. To listen. To trust. To find my own clarity and wisdom from within.

That experience changed everything and it showed me that at the root of birth trauma is disconnection — disconnection from ourselves, from our true nature, from others. It leaves us carrying the weight, unable to surrender, unable to lean into something greater. Ultimately we feel alone, no matter what.

Birth, though, is the ultimate opening. 🌊
It’s the opposite of contraction. A sacred invitation to crack open, to be held, to let love flow, if we don’t fight it.

This is why I created this 5-week pregnancy journey.
To guide you back into deep connection with your body, your breath, and your baby. To help you root into your own wisdom, so that your birth unfolds not from fear, but from love.

I weave together:
🌸 Sound healing with my alchemy singing bowls connected to womb and heart.
🌸 Modified Yin yoga – accessing and allowing what is held in the deep fascia (our nervous system) to rise
🌸 Strength-based Pilates
🌸 Deep relaxation

This isn’t about giving you more information.
It’s about coming home to yourself. 🤍

Brenda x

25/09/2025

✨How to work with me✨

✨I see women navigating pre-conception, pregnancy, postpartum, pelvic pain, back pain, prolapse, bladder and bowel problems, diastasis re**us, cancer and more.

✨Often beyond symptoms there are deeper rooted energetics and survival mechanisms that can lead to chronic and resistant symptoms…you will journey towards the root with my unique approach, dissolving what is held in our tissues at a cellular level, returning to deep connection to yourself and Life.

🧘🏾Pregnancy Flow Ahoghill - online classes beginning soon. Connect to your body, breath and baby with somatic movement, breathwork and sound healing. New block starts 13.9.25 - link to book in bio.

🌿 1:1 Conscious Conception Session
This is a sacred pause — a place where you can lay down the weight of fear, grief, or stories that no longer serve, and reconnect with your Essence. Together we create space for you to:

✨ Listen deeply to your own truth
✨ Reclaim trust in your body and intuition
✨ Open up communication to the life waiting to be welcomed

❤️Preconception Acupuncture
Through Five Elements acupuncture, we restore balance in body, mind, and spirit. These 60-minute sessions calm the nervous system, regulate energy, and support fertility on every level.

✨Womb Hara Massage
Step into a space of profound remembrance and restoration. This sacred two-hour session is
not simply a massage — it is a deep journey into the heart of your being.

Groupwork with .keller

❤️The Rooted-Heart pregnancy retreat day. This 2.5-hour workshop is an invitation to soften, slow down, feel the tides of your changing body and connect with your baby in the quiet, in-between places.

All details are in my bio x

Love Brenda ❤️

17/09/2025

🤎The Root🤎

✨When I first became interested in pelvic health physiotherapy 10 years ago, I knew very little about the energetics of the pelvis. I was interested in function, muscles, ligaments and rehab.

✨But the pelvis has much deeper meaning - it represents Our Root - the ground we stand on — the foundation of our sense of self. The pelvis can hold our fears, our shame, our pain, and the unprocessed memories and emotions (both conscious and subconscious) that live within us.

✨As I dive deeper and deeper into my work - curiosity, patience, time, exploration and allowing myself to not know, have gifted me space, to gently meet what is held in these layers of tissue within me and the women I serve — the tension, the numbness, the stagnation — and give it space to move, be expressed, and ultimately transform.

✨This type of healing doesn’t come from the mind — which is often analytical, tries to define right and wrong, aims to fix, resolve, or make better. This Healing comes from the body.

✨It’s a slow unravelling… and all that arises simply wants to be seen, witnessed, and held. There is nothing to do.

✨True healing is about relationship — which is at the root of safety. Firstly - that relationship must be cultivated with ourselves. From this rooted place, all of life can flow without resistance. We can literally come Alive.

✨Sometimes I still spiral. I latch onto things, get swept away, lose trust, and forget that I am held. And then — I come back to the root. Back to ground. Back to earth.

🌱 A Gentle Invitation
Take a moment now to pause.
✨ Sit or lie down somewhere comfortable. ✨ Close your eyes and let your breath slow down. ✨ Bring your awareness to your pelvis. ✨ Notice what is there without trying to change it: warmth, coolness, tension, numbness, heaviness, lightness. ✨ Imagine the ground beneath you rising up to hold you — so you don’t have to hold everything by yourself.
Let whatever is here be here. No need to fix. No need to figure it out. Just feel it, witness it and breathe.
Love Brenda x

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Tuesday	9am - 1pm
Wednesday	9am - 2pm
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