The Resting Tree Holistic Centre

30/03/2026

📍 Acupuncture is a therapeutic system that comes from Chinese medicine, developed through centuries of clinical observation.

It involves inserting very fine needles into specific points on the body to influence physiological regulation, circulation, and the nervous system.

At its core, acupuncture works by supporting the body’s capacity to regulate itself. It does not force change; it facilitates it.

What acupuncture can help with :

• pain conditions (musculoskeletal pain, headaches, migraines)
• stress, anxiety, and nervous system dysregulation
• sleep problems and fatigue
• digestive issues
• hormonal and menstrual imbalances
• fertility support
• recovery from illness, injury, or burnout
• side effects of medical treatments

🌱Many people also use acupuncture not because they are “ill”, but because something feels off, low resilience, poor recovery, or chronic tension that hasn’t responded to other approaches.

🌳Rather than targeting symptoms in isolation, acupuncture works with patterns in the body:
how stress is held
how inflammation is regulated
how energy, blood, and fluids move
how the nervous system responds to threat and recovery

Would you like to book a consultation?
Contact our Acupuncturists ;

🌳Tara Barden

🌳 Karen Clancy

https://therestingtree.carrd.co

30/03/2026

Shamanic Work — what is it? 🌿✨

Shamanic work is an ancient healing practice found across many cultures, rooted in the understanding that wellbeing is not just physical, but emotional, spiritual, and energetic 🌍

It works with the unseen layers of experience, the parts of us shaped by trauma, life events, family patterns, and even ancestral influences 🧬

Through practices such as journeying, soul retrieval, and ancestral healing, shamanic work aims to:
• restore lost or fragmented parts of the self 🧩
• release energetic imprints that no longer serve you 🌫️
• reconnect you with a deeper sense of meaning, clarity, and direction 🔥

This is not about belief, it’s about experience 🌌

People often come to shamanic work when they feel:
• stuck in repeating patterns 🔁
• disconnected from themselves 💭
• carrying something they can’t fully explain 🌀
• ready for deeper transformation 🌱

Shamanic work creates a space where healing can happen beyond words, at the level where change truly begins ✨

If you’re curious, you don’t need to understand it fully, just feel whether it resonates 💫

Contact Giada for more information
www.shekneads.com

25/03/2026

Health is not just about what we add in.
It is also about what we are able to let go of. 🌿

As a practitioner of Chinese medicine and chi nei tsang, Céline is passionate about supporting people in their healing from within. The abdomen holds more than digestion, it holds tension, emotion, stress, and stories.

Through Taoist abdominal massage, she listens to the body 🤲🏼
She helps restores movement.
She helps support true elimination 💚

Because yes… poo matters 💩

Ready to reconnect with your centre?

Contact Céline .ie
www.poomatters.ie

25/03/2026

🧚 Tara has been a practicing complementary therapist since 2012. Her journey began through her own search for answers to digestive, skin, and hormonal imbalances, leading her to Chinese Medicine and shaping the way she works today.

She trained in Dublin, China, and Vietnam, and now offers an integrative approach combining acupuncture and herbal medicine with person-centred coaching, IFS, and lifestyle medicine.

Each treatment is tailored to the individual, supporting digestion, women’s health, immunity, pain, and psycho-emotional wellbeing, always working at the root 🌿

DM her to book an appointment and Follow her ☘️ www.ostaraclinic.com

24/03/2026

Lymphatic drainage is a gentle, rhythmic massage that supports the movement of lymph, the fluid responsible for detoxification, immune support, and fluid balance 🌿

The lymphatic system has no pump of its own, so when we’re stressed, sedentary, inflamed, or run down, lymph can become sluggish. This may show up as swelling, heaviness, fatigue, or a lowered immune response.

✨ what can it support?

• fluid retention & swelling
• bloating & heaviness
• fatigue & low energy
• immune system support
• inflammation
• sinus & congestion issues
• stress & nervous system overload
• post-illness or recovery support

Lymphatic drainage is deeply calming, light in pressure, and supportive rather than forceful. It helps the body clear, reset, and restore balance, gently and effectively 😌

To book an appointment contact :

Giada
www.shekneads.ie
&
Celine .ie
www.poomatters.ie

22/03/2026

Book your appointment here 🌿
www.therestingtree.carrd.co 🌳

Welcome to the Resting Tree

20/03/2026

Reflexology is a holistic therapy that works through the feet 🦶
Specific points reflect the organs, glands, and systems of the body.

By applying gentle, precise pressure, reflexology helps calm the nervous system, improve circulation, and support the body’s natural ability to rebalance.

✨ what can it support?

• stress & anxiety
• poor sleep & fatigue
• digestive issues
• hormonal imbalance (pms, menopause, fertility support)
• headaches & tension
• immune support
• emotional regulation

Reflexology doesn’t force change, it supports the body to regulate itself 😌

For appointments, contact :

🌿 Claire O’Grady
☎️ +353 86 609 4181
&
🌿Giada
📲www.shekneads.ie

19/03/2026

Rooted in care. Guided by experience. Held with heart.

🪶Who are we?
We are a circle of dedicated practitioners who believe healing happens in safe, grounded, compassionate spaces. Each of us brings our own training, wisdom and style, yet we share a common intention: to support you in coming home to yourself.

Under one roof in Galway, you’ll find:

🌿 Mary Lenihan
Holistic Massage | Reflexology | Hot Stones | Pregnancy & Swedish Massage | Craniosacral Therapy
☎️ +353 85 781 5510

🌿 Aisling O’Leary
Massage Therapy | Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy | Flower Essences | Energy Work
☎️ +353 87 929 0088

🌿 Karen Clancy
Acupuncture | Chinese Medicine | Nutritional Therapy | Craniosacral Therapy
☎️ +353 87 292 3555

🌿 Claire O’Grady
Reflexology
☎️ +353 86 609 4181

🌿 Celine | Poo Matters
Abdominal Massage | Tuina | Aromatherapy | Moxa | Cupping
📲

🌿 Giada | She Kneads
Holistic & Lymphatic Massage | Shamanic Practices | Access Bars
📲
📲

🌿 Tara Barden
Chinese Medicine | Acupuncture | Herbal Medicine
📲

We honour different modalities.
We honour different journeys.
We honour your pace.

The Resting Tree is a place to pause, to soften, to recalibrate, and to be supported in whatever season you’re in.

17/03/2026

Follow us on instagram 💚🌿 We’ve quietly planted something new… 🌳

we’ve opened our Instagram space 🌿
A place to share, to learn, and to walk this journey of healing together

If you feel drawn, we’d love you to join us 🌳

👉 Follow us here and be part of what’s growing

🌳 Your presence truly matters 🌿

17/03/2026

✨ Abdominal Massage
What is it?

Abdominal massage, known as Chi Nei Tsang, is an internal organ massage from ancient Taoist China 🌀
It is a form of internal Qi Gong that works with the belly, the centre of digestion, emotion, and vitality.

🌿 Why the abdomen?

In Taoist medicine, the abdomen is where life is processed, physically, emotionally, and energetically.
Stress, tension, and unresolved emotions often settle here over time, creating congestion and imbalance.

Chi Nei Tsang supports the gentle release of these holding patterns.

💛 Emotions & organs

In Chinese medicine, emotions are closely linked to the organs.

When emotions flow → energy flows 🌊
When emotions are suppressed → energy stagnates 🚧

Over time this can affect digestion, breathing, hormones, immunity, sleep, mood, and vitality.

✨ What can it support?

• bloating, digestion & transit
• stress, anxiety & nervous system overload
• breathing & diaphragm tension
• menstrual & hormonal symptoms (PMS, menopause, fertility, PCOS)
• fatigue & low energy
• immune resilience
• back, joint & muscle discomfort
• sleep & emotional holding

🧠 The “second brain”

Long before modern science, Taoist practitioners recognised the gut as a second brain.
Chi Nei Tsang helps restore communication between the gut, organs, nervous system, and mind.

🤍 What to expect

• 90-minute sessions
• fully clothed, lying on your back
• gentle to deeper abdominal work (always adapted to you)
• organic oils tailored to your needs
• breathing guidance & healing sounds
• time for sharing and integration

🔁 Treatment process

For best results, the first 3 sessions are completed within 3–4 weeks to allow safe, gradual change.
After that, sessions can be spaced every 3–4 weeks or received seasonally 🌱

🌸 Chi Nei Tsang is not about forcing release.
It is about creating the conditions for the body to soften, detoxify, and return to balance, from the inside out.

To book an appointment contact Celine
www.poomatters.ie

24/12/2024

Do you remember your last abdominal massage?

Our inner organs hold emotions and their wisdoms.

When they are unbalanced, we experiment discomfortable feelings and various pains and aches.

Come at the Resting Tree to get a unique experience of a full body massage through your abdomen.

Your body, emotions and soul will thank you.

You can also give a gift of this unique experience this Christmas. Gift vouchers are also available 🎁🎄

Looking forward to welcoming you at the Resting Tree in Bothermore Galway.
Céline - 085 764 2102