Roots Wellness is a studio arrange by Niamh Glackin designed to be a sanctuary for balancing self-care, dwelling life and work pressures. We caught up with Niamh to be taught extra about Roots Wellness and Niamhâs wellness mission.
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Inform us a bit about your background and your yoga journeyâĤ
Nicely, Iâm a mom of three kids below 11. Initially from Kildare in Eire and moved to the west of Eire simply over 11 years in the past when my youngest baby was 3 months outdated. Myself and my husband liked the liberty that got here with our transfer to this a part of Eire, being beside the seashore, water, woods and mountains was precisely what we wanted. Earlier than yoga grew to become my day job, I labored in HR. I liked the psychology aspect of it â understanding folks, supporting them, serving to them thrive â however I didnât love the countless disciplinaries, egos, or ticking packing containers in firms that didnât really care about wellbeing. Yoga was my very own anchor via the chaos of early maturity, motherhood, and grown up life. It gave me area to breathe, to really feel sturdy, and to determine myself out. Finally, I realised I wished to assist folks in a means that felt extra meâ much less coverage, extra presence. And so, the yoga path started. I completed my 200hr YTT in June of 2022 and jumped proper into educating, after some time I left my company profession behind and by no means seemed again. Since then, Iâve educated in Prenatal yoga, Yin yoga, Restorative yoga, Inside Circulate, foreshadowing, forest bathing and Iâm wanting ahead to starting my 300hr YTT this yr. Yoga has gotten me via the worst and finest components of my life, and every thing in between.
What impressed you to open Roots Wellness and when did you open the studio?
Roots Wellness was born out of my journey with yoga being a help for me and I wished to share that with different folks to have one thing to deliver the steadiness into their lives. Iâve skilled alot of ups and downs via my life and yoga was all the time a observe that introduced me some peace. I wished to create an area the place folks may come precisely as they’re â harassed, busy, aching, overwhelmed â and simply breathe. No judgment, no fluff, no âwoo-wooâ language. Simply sensible speak, calm, readability, motion, and a few laughs. I wished a spot the place folks may discover neighborhood and help for one another. I opened Roots Wellness studio in Ballina, Co. Mayo in July 2023, and since then itâs grown into one thing actually particular â an area the place folks reconnect with themselves, lie down below a blanket, make mates and discover help and go away feeling a bit of extra human.
What’s your mission with Roots Wellness?
To make yoga and wellness really feel accessible, supportive, welcoming, and regular. I need folks to really feel like they’ll present up as they’re â messy, drained, emotional, stiff â and nonetheless belong. Whether or not itâs via a inventive vinyasa move, a restorative class with a mountain of cushions, or a breathwork second between the chaos of life, Roots Wellness is about giving folks a spot to really feel held, heard, dwelling in themselves, freed from judgement, drop away tasks and simply really feel comfy to catch their breath.
What recommendation would you give to somebody who’s considering of opening their very own studio?
Make sure that your âwhyâ is robust â and get actually clear on what that appears like in a studio earlier than you begin. Your vitality will form the area, so be trustworthy about what sort of area you would wish to stroll into. Additionally: donât underestimate how a lot time youâll spend folding blankets, making playlists, answering messages, and questioning if itâs all price it (it’s). Preserve displaying up. Folks donât simply come for yoga â they arrive for you. Your tribe will discover you!
Do you have got a quote or mantra that you simply dwell by?
Two, truly â âBE KINDâ and âCOME AS YOU ARE.â
Theyâre easy, however they maintain a lot.
âBe formâ is about how we present up on the earth, how we deal with others, but in addition how we deal with ourselves â particularly on the times when every thing seems like a multitude.
And âCome as you’reâ is the reminder I attempt to deliver into each class and each interplay. You donât should be versatile, calm, or sorted. You donât have to have the solutions. You donât have to have all of it collectively. You simply want to point out up, and maintain displaying up â drained, joyful, heartbroken, hopeful â no matter youâve received, deliver it.
Thatâs the place the true magic occurs.
Study extra about Roots Wellness and to guide a category right here: https://www.rootswellness.ie/