Lámh Síoda Holistic Studio

31/01/2026

Tomorrow is the first day of spring, the celtic Imbolc (Imbolg) and the feast day of St.Brigid.
Tonight put out your Brat Bríde (Brigid's mantle).
The Brat Bríde is a cloth, ribbon or scarf that has been placed outside of your house on the eve of 1st Feb.
It is believed that the Saint on the eve of her feast goes around the land and touches the brat and gives it healing powers and energy. After being touched by the Saint it is believed that the brat will keep the wearer safe from harm especially on a long journey.
It can be placed around a neck for a sore throat or as a headscarf when experiencing a headache.
Newborn babies can be wrapped in it as a blessing. 🙏💚

Brigid you were a voice for the wounded and the weary.
Strengthen what is weak within us.
Calm us into a quietness that heals and listens.
May we grow each day into greater
wholeness in mind, body and spirit.
Amen

27/01/2026

This evening I had a follow up call with Marie, a Beautiful Woman and Mom who contacted me last week with regards her son and a Reiki session. She wanted to follow her gut instinct that her boy was holding on to trauma in his body and my goodness was she right! We opted with a distance session to offer less disruption to his daily routine and he could snuggle up in bed as he received the Reiki energy.

I still get goosebumps when the feedback I give from a session is validated with real life situations for the receiver.
To be able to blend my two passions of being a Special Needs Assistant and Reiki Grand Master and mash them together to provide an empowering experience makes this work even more magical.
Intuitive Reiki sessions offer a voice to what is happening within✨️
To all the amazing parents out there, ye truly are powerhouses 🔥💪💚
Trust yer intuition and inner knowing.
This testimonial lifts my soul🙌🙌

23/01/2026

I saw these daffodils this morning and my first thought was... daffodils don't bloom in January , its not the right time!!!!
Then I went to question....when is the right time to bloom?
I now look at them in awe, that they choose to bloom in the depts of winter.
How fu***ng brave! There's no such thing as the right time !!!!!!! Do it scared!

22/01/2026

Inner Nourishment - a sacred remembering.
The gentle act of returning to the source within you, the place where ~
breath becomes prayer,
rest becomes trust,
and stillness becomes guidance.

To nourish yourself is to listen beyond the noise of expectation and allow your spirit to lead. It is choosing softness where the world demands hardness, faith where fear once lived, and presence over constant striving.

When your inner world is nourished, you no longer search for fulfillment - you embody it. You move in rhythm with what is true, anchored in divine timing, allowing your life to unfold as an expression of inner devotion.

19/01/2026

A Reiki Share Circle is for those who are trained in Reiki at any level and any lineage. It is an opportunity to meet other Reiki enthusiasts, practice and receive a Reiki treatment. This is held in Farranfore.

Wednesday 28th January 7.30pm to 9.30pm is our next gathering.

🙌Come as you are, reconnect with Reiki Energy, and nourish your spirit.

"Reiki is part of our genetic structure. An in-built intelligence that energises the mind, body and spirit. Reiki stimulates growth, health, life and healing"
-Garry Malone

Energy is an eternal delight."
- William Blake.

Please contact me if you are interested in attending and I will forward you the link.

Edel 0879456713

18/01/2026

The fog this weekend reminded me how my trust of the unknown has evolved.
I struggled up to a few years ago to breathe in fog. It felt claustrophobic. The body holds the score, it reacts physically to what is happening in our mind, particularly after a traumatic event, the body continues to act as if the danger is still present, storing the experience as physiological sensations, chronic tension, or autonomic nervous system dysregulation.

After much work on myself and delving deeper I learned it had nothing to do with fog, it was the fear of the unknown and the need to know what is coming next.
God has thrown me into the fog a few times in the last few years and I have learned to embrace it, trust and breathe🌬

The body communicates to us everyday.
Are you listening to yours?
Emotional becomes physical if not dealt with.

16/01/2026

13/01/2026

I sometimes forget I am running a business.
7 years in and it naturally flows. This has not been without its tests, believe me, but I am grateful for each one and the outcomes.
I have a beautiful balance between my Holistic work and my work as a Special Needs Assistant. Both true passions of mine. Each day is full of learning opportunities and both passions consistently allow me to witness growth, greater knowledge and awareness.

I love my work.

Life is hard enough than to be doing what you don't love.
A slight change in energy, perspective and self worth can create a pathway for life-changing shifts.
Do you feel called to step into this new opportunity? Work through the fears, their root and embrace the new doors that will open up for you?
It is time to love what you do in order to "live".
Let your work be the lived experience.
Let's weave something new this year.
This is your invitation.

09/01/2026

Contact me , Edel 0879456713 or DM me to make a booking.

06/01/2026

On this Nollaig na mBan, a time when Irish women gather together for a chat or a meal I remember the ancestors gone before us.

Mná na hÉireann
It wasn't a pandemic that kept our ancestors at home. It was a ring on her finger.
The baby suckling at her breast as she tended to the many open mouths like a mama bird feeding her gearrcaighs.
It was the stove, the pot, the open fire that needed minding.
The cows that needed milking, the land that she had to toil.
The butter that needed churning.
She was a machine and a silent one, that left the house with her one clean coat and dress for church on a Sunday, her social outing.

She wore her invisible masking tape on her mouth, no voice, no vote, no choice. Her body was not hers.

But still she stitched the most beautiful blankets, shared her songs and folklore as the sparks of the fire danced in the darkness.
She made meals from scraps, fed the man first, the children second and ate the crumbs that were left. She smiled to her children not showing her pain.

She taught us resilience, perseverance, the power of having choice today. No longer did we have to keep the home fire burning, we now can tend our own deep fires within ourselves.

To the women before me, I thank you from my heart. You were the women that created something from nothing.
The women who bore bruises and still smiled and laughed.
The women who were baby machines but you did your best.
There are women who still endure injustice.
Now more than ever Irish women should not push each other aside, we should embrace and encourage each other, pick each other up, we form our tribe.

Tonight as you take a moment to sit, link in with the women of Ireland past and present, Mná na hÉireann- the powerful tribe, the women of the land, the herbs, the potions, the songs , the rituals, the skills as their fingers danced with thread, the women who dared to be different, dared to travel. The women who fought for our right to marry and to work, the women who fought to marry women.
The women who stripped themselves bare and shared their heartbreaking stories so that life lessons would be learned and that those painful days would never darken this island again.
The women who picked up the knife, The women who picked up the knife, cut that masking tape on her mouth, never again to be silenced for generations to come.

Mná na hÉireann - it is not a selfish act to put yourself first. May your actions and self-care create ripples in the future also.
~ Edel Shorten

Art by Aloysius O'Kelly

02/01/2026

"The more light you allow within you the brighter the world you live in will be."
– Shakti Gawain
Even on the darkest days glimmers are all around. Glimmers are small moments that make us feel a sense of calm, connection, peace, and safety. They are the little things we notice that instantly elevate our mood, strike up a memory or just lift our spirit.

This beauty had my back this morning as I went for a walk.✨️📸
The power of the light is just magical. It reminded me of the importance of creating opportunities for light to be seen, felt, heard and experienced energetically.
May you all be blessed with glimmers today🙌