Today we’d like to introduce you to Amanda Hardwick.
Hi Amanda, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
My story is one of total life transformation… and how little did I know how much yoga would actually change my life… and continues to every single day.
Years ago, I was working at a fire safety company. I ran crews from Georgia to North Carolina inspecting and repairing fire safety systems in apartment complexes, industrial complexes, etc. I was overworked and totally stressed out. I knew little about how to take care of myself nutritiously, mentally, and physically. I got to the point where I was so unhappy – I felt like a shell of myself. I was so unhealthy – I went to the ER for my stomach pains and they said my colon had completely stopped working. I was so stressed – I was getting rashes from the smallest stress – my mind and body was so deep in fight or flight that it almost couldn’t function in certain situations anymore.
I was also a single mom and was at the moment when I needed to take my son to and from school everyday at 7:25am and 2:25pm. I wouldn’t have been able to do that with a 9-5 job.
Somehow, in the midst of my needing help, I found yoga on Youtube and started doing it to lose some weight. But it didn’t take long before it wasn’t about my weight anymore, but about how amazing I mentally felt after each class. I didn’t act or feel like the same person before and after the classes. Each class lifted the weight that was presently holding me down.
I soon found myself wanting to tell everyone about this incredible transformation I felt after each class, even if it was just for a moment. My enthusiasm to help others the way I had been helped, coupled with the fact that I needed to change careers, lead me to getting my nutrition coaching certificiate and yoga instructor certificate.
But yoga was so much more than a work out for me. As I learned the mind and body, I began to create science based classes that helped heal the mind and body. I now have hundreds of these science based classes written, geared towards every ailment and body type.
The more and more I did yoga, the more I kept transforming. The mental benefits became apparent. And when your mind is clear, you can be more spiritual. It gives you the ability to be able to stop and hear and feel and see things that you wouldn’t be able to with a clouded and stressed mind.
Soon, I found other people in the holistic industry that wanted to help people in the same way I did. And now I am the founder The Charleston Holistic Vibe, a group meant to bring Holistic professionals and enthusiasts and people in need together.
I came a long way from where I started, growing up in a barn in Awendaw. And now I just want to help others, which is why my Holistic group has partnered with the McKinney Vento Program to help the 453 homeless children of Charleston.
I also realized that helping people transform, doesn’t end at their body. Helping someone transform their house is also a part of the transformation. You can’t heal your mind if you don’t feel safe and at peace in your home. So, I started The Radiant Assets of Charleston to help people transform their homes as well.
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
This has not been an easy road at all. I was making a bunch of money, and now I do not… But I am fulfilling my purpose in life and helping others. I have been humbled. My status and stature was about the money I made. And the more money I made, the more money I wanted. My status is no longer money. My status is now the legacy I am going to leave and to see how many people I can help along the way.
Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
I am set apart because I am so genuine. I choose you over a dollar. I choose you over me. And I will put in more work to do so.
Are there any apps, books, podcasts, blogs or other resources you think our readers should check out?
My Audibles!!!!!
The audibles that have made the most impact in my l.ife are:
The 10x Mentor
The Art and Business of Teaching Yoga
Ten legacy Lessons of Wealth
The 1-page Marketing Plan
Nourishing Your Nervous System
Million-Dollar Habits
Feel the Fear and Do It Anyways
The Microbiome Solution
Pricing:
- Private Yoga Lessons $50
- Nutrition Coach Session $50
- Private Meditative Sound Bath $50
- Private Event: Yoga>Meditation>Sound Bath $75
- Special Occassion Event: Extended sessions of the private event: $150
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.yoga-twisted.com
- Instagram: amanda_hardwick_sc
- Facebook: Amanda Hardwick, Twisted Yoga
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-hardwick-203765246/
- Youtube: @amandahardwick2551
