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 study extra about Roots Wellness and Niamh’s wellness mission.
Be taught extra about Roots Wellness and to e-book 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 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 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 would have liked. Earlier than yoga turned my day job, I labored in HR. I cherished the psychology facet of it – understanding folks, supporting them, serving to them thrive – however I didn’t love the limitless disciplinaries, egos, or ticking packing containers in corporations that didn’t really care about wellbeing. Yoga was my very own anchor via the chaos of early maturity, motherhood, and grown up life. It gave me house to breathe, to really feel robust, and to determine myself out. Ultimately, I realised I wished to assist folks in a means 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 instructing, after some time I left my company profession behind and by no means appeared again. Since then, I’ve educated in Prenatal yoga, Yin yoga, Restorative yoga, Inside Circulation, foreshadowing, forest bathing and I’m 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 assist for me and I wished to share that with different folks to have one thing to deliver the steadiness into their lives. I’ve skilled alot of ups and downs via my life and yoga was at all times a apply that introduced me some peace. I wished to create an area the place folks might come precisely as they’re – confused, busy, aching, overwhelmed – and simply breathe. No judgment, no fluff, no ‘woo-woo’ language. Simply sensible speak, calm, readability, motion, and a few laughs. I wished a spot the place folks might discover neighborhood and assist 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 beneath a blanket, make associates and discover assist and depart feeling somewhat 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 will present up as they’re – messy, drained, emotional, stiff – and nonetheless belong. Whether or not it’s via a artistic vinyasa stream, 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 snug to catch their breath.
What recommendation would you give to somebody who’s pondering of opening their very own studio?
Be sure that your “why” is powerful – and get actually clear on what that appears like in a studio earlier than you begin. Your power will form the house, so be trustworthy about what sort of house you would wish 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). Preserve displaying up. Folks don’t simply come for yoga – they arrive for you. Your tribe will discover you!
Do you could have a quote or mantra that you just dwell by?
Two, really — “BE KIND” and “COME AS YOU ARE.”
They’re easy, however they maintain a lot.
“Be type” is about how we present up on this planet, how we deal with others, but in addition how we deal with ourselves — particularly on the times when the whole lot appears like a multitude.
And “Come as you might be” is the reminder I attempt to deliver 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 obtained, deliver it.
That’s the place the true magic occurs.
Be taught extra about Roots Wellness and to e-book a category right here: https://www.rootswellness.ie/
