Lámh Síoda Holistic Studio

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🙌

30/12/2025

22/12/2025

A moment to pause and witness.
We lit some candles today in Scartaglen Church after a busy morning in Castleisland.
The peace was beyond glorious and then this light shone through.
What a blessing🙌

21/12/2025

Winter Solstice - The shortest day gives way to the longest night. From tomorrow the light begins to makes its way day by day, bit by bit back into our lives both physically and energetically. Deepest blessings to you all as we embrace the turn in this year.

12/12/2025

She Began

She began in the deepest darkest pit.
Rock bottom to be precise.
One mere spark away from ashes.
She realised she couldn't do this on her own.
Feeble and vulnerable, she surrendered.
Lay herself into the hands of a higher power.
Trust.
Fear.
Excitement and Control danced around her very being.

What matters most of all is that she surrendered and she began.
Began a journey, that would transform her and the lives of those to follow.
It began and ended with her.
She began.
She began and she became in all the unbecoming.
- Edel Shorten

03/12/2025

These words💜
THE SACRED REPEAT
Not everything that comes back is meant to stay—
but everything that returns comes bearing a lesson.

Life teaches in echoes.
The same people, same patterns, same emotions resurface—
not to punish you, but to reveal what you’ve yet to fully see.
This is not failure. It’s refinement.
Each return is a sacred checkpoint asking:
Have you integrated the wisdom?
Have you chosen differently?
Are you awake now?

Growth isn’t always about forward motion.
Sometimes, it’s about staying present in the pattern—long enough to finally see through it.
Healing asks for repetition, not to exhaust you, but to empower you.
To give you another chance to respond from your truth, not your trauma.
To practice choosing alignment over avoidance.

The loop breaks not with effort, but with awareness.
When your soul no longer clings to what used to feel like safety—
when you stop confusing familiar with true.

This is what it means to evolve:
To meet the same story with a different ending.
To outgrow what once owned you.
To stop needing closure and start embodying clarity.

Don’t fear the return of the lesson.
Welcome it with honesty.
Look it in the eye and ask,
“What part of me have you come to liberate?”

Because every sacred repeat is a divine mirror—
a call to become more honest, more rooted, more whole.
It’s not a loop—it’s a spiral.
You’re not stuck—you’re deepening.
And what feels like going in circles
is often the soul’s way of circling back to itself.

You’re not meant to escape your patterns.
You’re meant to see through them,
and remember who you are beneath them.
-Written by Coach Mantras (facebook)

26/11/2025

Both the Scar and the Sunrise
Beautiful truth✨️🙌

23/11/2025

Please be advised that booking in advance is essential at Lámh Síoda. Few appointments remaining for February and more in March.
It may seem like a long way off but will be upon us in no time.
Put yourself first and create new growth within this Spring 2026✨️🙌