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 study extra about Roots Wellness and Niamhâs wellness mission.
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Inform us a bit about your background and your yoga journeyâĤ
Effectively, 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 youngster was 3 months previous. 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 turned 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 infinite 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 house to breathe, to really feel robust, and to determine myself out. Ultimately, I realised I needed 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 instructing, after some time I left my company profession behind and by no means seemed again. Since then, Iâve skilled in Prenatal yoga, Yin yoga, Restorative yoga, Inside Circulation, foreshadowing, forest bathing and Iâm wanting ahead to starting my 300hr YTT this 12 months. Yoga has gotten me via the worst and finest components of my life, and all the pieces 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 deliver the stability into their lives. Iâve skilled alot of ups and downs via my life and yoga was at all times a apply that introduced me some peace. I needed to create an area the place folks might come precisely as they’re â pressured, 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 needed a spot the place folks might 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 pals 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 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 inventive vinyasa movement, 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 snug to catch their breath.
What recommendation would you give to somebody who’s pondering of opening their very own studio?
Ensure 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 house, so be sincere about what sort of house 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). Maintain exhibiting up. Individuals donât simply come for yoga â they arrive for you. Your tribe will discover you!
Do you may have a quote or mantra that you just 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 the earth, how we deal with others, but additionally how we deal with ourselves â particularly on the times when all the pieces looks like a multitude.
And âCome as you might beâ 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 indicate up, and hold exhibiting up â drained, joyful, heartbroken, hopeful â no matter youâve bought, deliver it.
Thatâs the place the actual magic occurs.
Study extra about Roots Wellness and to e book a category right here: https://www.rootswellness.ie/
