Today we’d like to introduce you to Bruna Sandry.
Hi Bruna, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today?
I was born and raised in Brazil before moving to the US. Growing up between two cultures has been a meaningful part of who I am and has shaped the way I connect with people and community.
My path into this work also has a very personal family connection. My great-aunt taught yoga and Pilates privately to women in Brazil. When she passed away in 2021, I had a dream about her in which she told me that she was passing her work on to me to continue. At the time, I was teaching yoga, but I woke up feeling that something had shifted in me. The very next day, I began experimenting with bringing Pilates into my yoga classes, and that eventually became the Yoga/Pilates fusion I teach today.
Over the past 10+ years, my work has continued to evolve. I’m a 200-hour certified yoga teacher and Pilates strength instructor, and my focus has grown beyond movement itself into women’s health, pelvic floor wellness, body awareness, and creating spaces where people can feel safe and supported in their bodies.
My own experiences have deeply influenced the way I teach. As an immigrant, I know what it feels like to enter a new space and wonder where you belong, and how meaningful it is to find a place where you feel genuinely welcomed and safe to be yourself. I also know what it feels like to struggle with your relationship with your body and to walk into spaces where you feel like you need to change before you can belong.
Because of that, I’ve become very intentional about creating spaces where people can feel both at home in their bodies and at home in the room. I want people of different bodies, backgrounds, colors, ethnicities, and experiences to feel that there is a place for them with me.
Today, I’m continuing to build that vision through my teaching, private sessions, pelvic floor wellness work, and what is becoming House of Bruna. For me, this work has become about much more than yoga or Pilates. It’s about creating spaces where people feel safe enough to be themselves, reconnect with their bodies, find strength and confidence, and know that they belong.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
It definitely has not been a smooth road. Some of my biggest struggles haven’t necessarily been external—they’ve been the insecurities I’ve carried within myself.
A lot of those insecurities came from things I was told about myself, things I was shown, and experiences that made me question whether I was enough or whether I truly belonged. There have been times when those insecurities held me back from opportunities, from putting myself out there, and even from fully believing in the work I was capable of doing.
I’ve also struggled with my relationship with my body for many years. My experience with an eating disorder and the messages I received about what my body was supposed to look like made it difficult to feel completely at home in myself. Finding spaces where I felt genuinely safe and accepted wasn’t always easy.
Moving to the United States from Brazil was another part of my journey. I had to learn how to find my place in a new culture while still honoring and not shrinking my own.
I still have insecurities. I don’t think growth means that you suddenly stop having them. For me, growth has been learning not to let them make my decisions for me. And I think that’s one of the most important things I can offer the people I teach: the reminder that you don’t have to wait until you feel completely confident, healed, or comfortable in your body to take up space and show up for your life.
As you know, we’re big fans of House of Bruna LLC. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about the brand?
House of Bruna is rooted in the belief that our bodies are not problems to be fixed—they are homes to be lived in, cared for, loved and trusted. My faith is also at the heart of what I do. I believe God has given me this work as a way to serve others, and I try to let that purpose guide the way I teach and the spaces I create.
What sets House of Bruna apart is the intention behind the work. I’m not interested in teaching women how to make themselves smaller. I want to help people become more connected—to their bodies, their strength, their breath, their intuition, and ultimately to themselves. While much of my private work is centered around women’s wellness, I also welcome and teach men who want to build strength, mobility, awareness, and a healthier relationship with movement.
What I’m most proud of, brand-wise, is that House of Bruna has become an extension of who I am and what I believe. It isn’t built around perfection or a particular body type. It is built around connection, courage, healing, and the freedom to take up space exactly as you are.
I offer individual and private group sessions, couples sessions, and specialized movement experiences, both in-studio and in clients’ homes. I also teach group classes at local studios and am available for private events, workshops, and other personalized movement experiences. My goal is to meet people where they are—literally and figuratively—and create a practice that feels meaningful to them.
I want readers to know that when they step into House of Bruna, they aren’t walking into another place that tells them they need to be different.
They’re walking into a space that reminds them they were never the problem to begin with.
Can you tell us more about what you were like growing up?
Growing up, I was always a quiet observer. I tended to listen more than I talked, paying close attention to people, their words, their behavior, and the things happening around me. I’ve always had a naturally curious mind and a tendency to analyze things, but not just at the surface level. I’ve always wanted to understand the ‘what is this about’ behind things and find the deeper meaning.
I’ve also always been a very happy person. I love to laugh—really laugh. If I had to choose one thing about myself that I love the most, it would be my laugh. It’s also something people tend to remember about me. It’s often one of the first things people mention, and I think it’s one of the things that draws people to me. There’s something about genuine laughter that creates an immediate sense of connection.
I’ve always been naturally quiet and deeply observant, but I also carry a lot of joy. I’ve always been someone who thinks deeply, feels deeply, and laughs easily.
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