Roots Wellness is a studio arrange by Niamh Glackin designed to be a sanctuary for balancing self-care, house 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
Properly, Iâm a mom of three kids beneath 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from Kildare in Eire and moved to the west of Eire simply over 11 years in the past when my youngest baby was 3 months outdated.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 beloved the liberty that got here with our transfer to this a part of Eire, being beside the seaside, water, woods and mountains was precisely what we would have liked. Earlier than yoga turned my day job, I labored in HR. I beloved the psychology aspect of it â understanding folks, supporting them, serving to them thrive â however I didnât love the infinite disciplinaries, egos, or ticking bins in firms that didnât actually 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 robust, and to determine myself out. Ultimately, I realised I wished to assist folks in a approach 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 appeared again. Since then, Iâve skilled in Prenatal yoga, Yin yoga, Restorative yoga, Inside Move, foreshadowing, forest bathing and Iâm wanting ahead to starting my 300hr YTT this 12 months. Yoga has gotten me via the worst and finest elements of my life, and the whole lot 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 carry the stability into their lives. Iâve skilled alot of ups and downs via my life and yoga was at all times a follow that introduced me some peace. I wished to create an area the place folks might come precisely as they’re â careworn, 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 might discover group 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 beneath a blanket, make pals and discover help and go away feeling slightly extra human.
What’s your mission with Roots Wellness?
To make yoga and wellness really feel accessible, supportive, welcoming, and regular. I would like folks to really feel like they will present up as they’re â messy, drained, emotional, stiff â and nonetheless belong. Whether or not itâs via a artistic vinyasa circulate, 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, house in themselves, freed from judgement, drop away tasks and simply really feel snug to catch their breath.
What recommendation would you give to somebody who’s considering of opening their very own studio?
Be sure that your âwhyâ is robust â and get actually clear on what that appears like in a studio earlier than you begin. Your power 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. Individuals 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 stay by?
Two, truly â âBE KINDâ and âCOME AS YOU ARE.â
Theyâre easy, however they maintain a lot.
âBe varietyâ is about how we present up on this planet, how we deal with others, but in addition how we deal with ourselves â particularly on the times when the whole lot seems like a multitude.
And âCome as you’reâ is the reminder I attempt to carry into each class and each interplay. You donât must be versatile, calm, or sorted. You donât must have the solutions. You donât must have all of it collectively. You simply want to indicate up, and hold displaying up â drained, joyful, heartbroken, hopeful â no matter youâve received, carry it.
Thatâs the place the actual magic occurs.
Be taught extra about Roots Wellness and to guide a category right here: https://www.rootswellness.ie/