Amy Carmody Yoga

Amy Carmody Yoga Amy Carmody Yoga offers online daily yoga classes in the comfort of your very own home.

My mission is to deliver a smarter and more sustainable yoga practice through intelligent alignment based teaching.

26/09/2026

With my full blown rosacea on display 😏 Let me show you how quick training sessions at home can be.

24 minutes of Back & Arms while my husband unpacks the dishwasher, cleans up breaky and the kids tidy their toy room. I completed this Build Your Body 1.0 & 2.0 program before my third pregnancy and felt lean, fit, toned and honestly the best I’ve ever felt.

I’m so pumped to be doing it again. BYB kicks off MONDAY September 28th (tomorrow!!!) 12 weeks, four x 25 minute sessions per week, let’s go 👏🏻💪🏼

24/09/2026

SIJ pain in pregnancy? 😩

Nobody wants to spend their pregnancy in pain. And SIJ discomfort can creep up on any of us. We don’t want to stop moving completely, we just have to go through trial and error to see what feels best on our changing body.

When your pelvis changes during pregnancy, everyday movements like walking, stairs, rolling in bed and standing on one leg can become unbearable. 

A big part of managing SIJ pain is helping your body become better at transferring load through the pelvis. This is where the posterior oblique sling comes in.

Your posterior oblique sling is a diagonal connection between your:

🌟 Latissimus dorsi
🌟 Thoracolumbar fascia
🌟 Gluteus maximus

This system helps transfer force between your upper body, spine and pelvis, especially during movements like walking, stepping and single-leg activities.

When we train the posterior oblique sling, we can help:

✅ Improve load transfer through the pelvis
✅ Build strength through the glutes and posterior chain
✅ Support more efficient walking mechanics
✅ Improve confidence with single-leg movements
✅ Increase your capacity for everyday activities

For many women with SIJ pain, the goal isn’t to avoid movement or keep the pelvis completely still. It’s to help your body feel strong, supported and capable of handling the demands placed on it.

We do so much proactive and targeted work in my 9-month-long Prenatal Program to support or keep PGP away. If you have SIJ or tailbone pain outside of pregnancy, I have an entire series for this too 👏🏻

Save this post in case that pelvic pain comes knocking 😏

I was fully prepared that taking three kids solo to the zoo would be a mission. An hour to get there, trying to score a ...
23/09/2026

I was fully prepared that taking three kids solo to the zoo would be a mission.

An hour to get there, trying to score a park (I manifested hard and got a park right out the front 💫🤌🏻) and absolutely yolo’ing and going at Elsie’s nap time 🫣

When I unpacked the car & popped Elsie in the pram, I reminded the boys about sticking together, making sure mummy can see you at all times. And I mentioned that I don’t have daddy’s help today so let’s all help one another to make today enjoyable.

Those boys seriously got the mission. Not meltdowns. Charlie pushed the pram nearly the entire day and didn’t let Elsie out of his sight. Jack was sweet 100% of the time which, as the biggest cutie he is, is almost unheard of 😂

As a first time mum I would have NEVER gone out during my toddlers ONLY nap time. And for a lil gal who sleeps 2-3 hours for her nap, she was like “nap time, never heard of her”. She nailed it. 2/3 kids promptly fell asleep on the drive home and it was just one of those days where you feel like all the hard work you put into their behaviour really paid off.

Because we had a really bloody nice time 🥹🤍

22/09/2026

Follow this postpartum timeline 💛

I’ve had three babies, I’m a PT, yoga teacher and perinatal coach and feel like I healed my best after baby number three.

Save this for a ‘suggested’ timeline guide for your healing:

💫 0-3 months: lots of rest, rehabilitation, restoring the core and nurturing areas that seriously need our attention: the pelvic floor, incision (if cesarean birth), vaginal stitches, tears or prolapse, gut health and a lot of nervous system support.

💫 3-6 months: try to establish a routine that fits in with your newborn life (aka be flexible with the unpredictability) not just for your physical recovery but mental health too, so think: guided core work in naps, carrier walks at witching hour, good whole-food nutrition to support healing tissues and milk production.

💫 6-12 months: build back muscle and strength, practice nervous system regulation, take adaptogens to support months of broken sleep and try to prioritise protein and fibre.

💫 12-18 months: a more structured routine might be found now; follow a program that focuses on building back as much muscle as possible yet still prioritises postpartum core recovery. If you’re no longer breastfeeding, you might focus on fat loss and body composition, if that’s a goal for you.

Your timeline will be individual, but the principle remains the same for all of us: build the foundations before asking your body for more.

Rest > Rehab > Foundations > Rebuild > Come back better than ever.

You find an entirely new appreciation for your body after pregnancy and birth. There’s zero rush. In fact, the magic is in slowing down and doing it right from the beginning.

Save this post so you can refer to the timelines and if you want the entire first year of your postpartum recovery sorted, then join my Postnatal Program 🙏🏻

21/09/2026

Pregnant and in pain? 🤰

Pelvic girdle pain can make everyday movements feel HARD AF! Walking, rolling in bed, getting dressed, standing on one leg or even taking the stairs 😔

And while there’s no one-size-fits-all solution, movement can be part of the answer and has offered both myself and my clients a lot of relief.

The goal isn’t to “push through” pain. It’s to find movements and positions that feel supportive, improve your confidence and help your body stay strong throughout pregnancy.

This is where hip adduction and anterior oblique sling work can be really helpful for women with SPD in pregnancy.

Your anterior oblique sling connects the abdominals and hip adductors, helping transfer forces through the pelvis during movements like walking, stepping and changing position.

Training this system can help:

✅ Improve pelvic load transfer
✅ Build strength around the pelvis
✅ Support the p***c symphysis during movement
✅ Improve coordination between the core and inner thigh muscles
✅ Increase confidence with everyday movements
✅ Build capacity for walking, stairs and single-leg activities

I offer a lot of specific prenatal PGP based classes to support women who are dealing with discomfort & chronic pain. It’s something I suffered with during my first pregnancy and worked so hard to avoid for my 2nd and 3rd pregnancies!

Save this for the days your pelvis needs a little extra love!

Spring time has been so cute already 🥹
20/09/2026

Spring time has been so cute already 🥹

19/09/2026

If you’ve got a little baby boy, prepared to be loved like you’ve never been loved before 🥹

18/09/2026

Everything I’ve loved for c-section scar care.

This is not at all an ad. I get asked all the time to do paid-content for brands, but I feel I have a responsibility to be honest and upfront about what I truly use myself and what I’d recommend to other women.

So no gate-keeping, here’s what I recommend and have used on my own scar 👇🏻

Silicone patches:
SRC Health
Nokori | Scar Care Simplified.
BIEN Pelvic Health
DUE
BARE MUM®
PURE MAMA Skincare

Silicone gel:
Bepanthen Australia & New Zealand Scar Treatment
stratadermtr
Dermal Therapy Australia & NZ
DermaScar

Complex Scar Serum:
PURE MAMA Skincare

Massage products
BARE MUM® Scar Oil
Nokori | Scar Care Simplified. Scar Balm

I’m happy to answer any questions about the products below 💛

16/09/2026

Should you do sit-ups with diastasis recti?

For many women, yes.

Sit-ups and other abdominal flexion exercises can be a valuable part of rebuilding your core after pregnancy.

They can help you:

• Rebuild re**us abdominis strength
• Improve abdominal wall function
• Build tolerance to load and pressure
• Improve trunk strength for everyday movements
• Develop better coordination between your core and pelvic floor
• Gradually increase your capacity for exercise.

Diastasis recti isn’t simply a problem of weak abs or a gap that needs to be closed.

It’s a change to the linea alba and abdominal wall, and rehab should focus on things like function, strength, load tolerance and symptoms, not just the size of the gap.

Doming or bulging you might see during a sit-up? (Or ANY demanding movement pattern)…

It doesn’t automatically mean you’re damaging your diastasis.

Instead, let’s ask:

👉 How does the exercise feel?
👉 Can you manage the load?
👉 Are you experiencing pain or other symptoms?
👉 Can we progressively build your strength and capacity?

Your postpartum core doesn’t need to be protected from movement ❌

It needs to be progressively challenged 💪🏼👏🏻

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