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 Niamh’s wellness mission.
Study extra about Roots Wellness and to guide a category right here: https://www.rootswellness.ie/
Inform us a bit about your background and your yoga journey…
Properly, I’m a mom of three youngsters 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 previous. Myself and my husband cherished 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 wanted. Earlier than yoga turned my day job, I labored in HR. I cherished the psychology aspect of it – understanding folks, supporting them, serving to them thrive – however I didn’t love the countless disciplinaries, egos, or ticking containers in corporations that didn’t really care about wellbeing. Yoga was my very own anchor by means of the chaos of early maturity, motherhood, and grown up life. It gave me house to breathe, to really feel sturdy, and to determine myself out. Finally, I realised I needed to assist folks in a approach that felt extra me– 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, I’ve skilled in Prenatal yoga, Yin yoga, Restorative yoga, Inside Circulate, foreshadowing, forest bathing and I’m wanting ahead to starting my 300hr YTT this 12 months. Yoga has gotten me by means of the worst and finest components of my life, and every little 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 needed to share that with different folks to have one thing to convey the steadiness into their lives. I’ve skilled alot of ups and downs by means of my life and yoga was at all times a follow that introduced me some peace. I needed to create an area the place folks may come precisely as they’re – pressured, busy, aching, overwhelmed – and simply breathe. No judgment, no fluff, no ‘woo-woo’ language. Simply sensible discuss, calm, readability, motion, and a few laughs. I needed a spot the place folks may discover group and help for one another. I opened Roots Wellness studio in Ballina, Co. Mayo in July 2023, and since then it’s grown into one thing actually particular – an area the place folks reconnect with themselves, lie down below a blanket, make pals and discover help and go away feeling a bit 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 – messy, drained, emotional, stiff – and nonetheless belong. Whether or not it’s by means of a artistic vinyasa circulation, 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 obligations and simply really feel comfy to catch their breath.
What recommendation would you give to somebody who’s pondering of opening their very own studio?
Ensure your “why” is powerful – and get actually clear on what that appears like in a studio earlier than you begin. Your vitality will form the house, so be sincere about what sort of house you would need to stroll into. Additionally: don’t underestimate how a lot time you’ll spend folding blankets, making playlists, answering messages, and questioning if it’s all value it (it’s). Maintain displaying up. Individuals don’t simply come for yoga – they arrive for you. Your tribe will discover you!
Do you might have a quote or mantra that you just reside by?
Two, really — “BE KIND” and “COME AS YOU ARE.”
They’re easy, however they maintain a lot.
“Be variety” is about how we present up on the planet, how we deal with others, but additionally how we deal with ourselves — particularly on the times when every little thing looks like a multitude.
And “Come as you might be” is the reminder I attempt to convey into each class and each interplay. You don’t should be versatile, calm, or sorted. You don’t must have the solutions. You don’t must have all of it collectively. You simply want to indicate up, and preserve displaying up — drained, joyful, heartbroken, hopeful — no matter you’ve bought, convey it.
That’s the place the actual magic occurs.
Study extra about Roots Wellness and to guide a category right here: https://www.rootswellness.ie/
