Meet the founder Amanda Campbell.

Amanda’s story from paralysis from MS to walking again.

Amanda Campbell is the founder of Bend Like Bamboo, a program designed to maximise resilience, wellbeing & performance. As a Sports Kinesiologist and resilience trainer, Amanda works with individuals, businesses & schools to boost resilience with flexibility.

She believes that with a flexible mindset, we can re-imagine what can be possible in our minds, bodies, and lives.

Overcoming a paralysis at age 29 from MS, she discovered that a flexible mindset impacts everything that matters: our body’s ability to repair, how happy and resilient we are, and how connected we feel.

 

Amanda’s story

Watch a short video about Amanda’s story of her diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis, which led to left-side body paralysis at the age of 29 years old. Amanda has made a full recovery, and it is her passion to share how the power of flexibility helped her to nourish a mindset that would help her to rebuild her mind, health, and life.

 

As a Melbourne Kinesiologist, Amanda founded her private practice Bend Like Bamboo in 2014 after winning a Go For Gold Scholarship with MS Limited.

Amanda is not only a trained practitioner but also a patient. Her knowledge combined with her personal experience is why her clients love working with her at her private practices in Prahran and McCrae Mornington Peninsula.

As a proud MS Ambassador, Amanda has built a career speaking about the pillars of health she believes build flexibility and resilience.

Topics include resilience, a happy mind, a happy body, nutrition and recipes that optimise repair, reconnection and journaling.

Her Kinesiology practice, online courses, resilience sessions at work and at school, and are built around workshops designed to manage stress, maximising resilience and well-being.



Amanda’s qualifications

  • ACCM - Diploma in Sports Kinesiology

  • Psychotherapy Pranic Healing

  • Advanced Pranic Healing

  • Advanced SIPS Charles Krebs

  • Anatomy & Physiology Kinesiology Charles Krebs

  • Advanced Nutrition & Kinesiology

  • Applied Nutrition and Human Metabolism

  • AIK Professional Member

Intuitive healer
Mentor | Coach.

As a trained Intuitive Kinesiologist and Author, I specialise in Multiple Sclerosis & Autoimmune Disease.

I help individuals to re-imagine possibility in their minds, bodies and lives.

As a Mentor, Coach and keynote speaker, I work with individuals helping them to destress and uncover blind spots to achieve their personal and professional goals. 

After my own diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis at age 24 and overcoming a left-hand side body paralysis at age 29, my journey led to discovering how to give my mind and body the best environment to repair and thrive.

Helping others now I discovered that a flexible mindset impacts everything that matters: our body’s ability to repair, our ability to adapt, heal and perform. 

I believe that flexibility builds resilience in people and building resilience in our mindset improves our physical wellbeing.

Available in-person and online, The Bend Like Bamboo program is customisable for individuals, schools, and workplaces nationally.

How do I do this? I help individuals to Bend Like Bamboo. 

·       In person & virtual sessions

·       In person & virtual group workshops

·       Online courses

I assist with:

Stress, mental and physical ailments or injuries
Nutrition, weight loss and performance
Transformation, grief and trauma

Get the book Bend Like Bamboo

 
 

Resilience at work.

Sometimes the workplace needs a reset. To overcome change, stress, and disconnection.

To take the time to reconnect and re-align

I believe that flexibility builds resilience, and building resilience in people, in turn, improves business. 

Available in-person and online, The Bend Like Bamboo resilience program is customisable for workplaces around Australia & globally.

 
 

MS Ambassador

As an MS Ambassador for MS Limited Australia, my volunteer role is to raise awareness about MS in the community and simply educate, motivate and advocate.

I hope to make a difference in people’s lives and help others deal with managing the symptoms of MS.

I speak at various events with the hope to inspire people with my story of loss and triumph, by spreading my message that living a happier healthy life is possible and creates magic in your life.