Qualifications

Lic.Ac.Tcm
Clin.Ac. (Beijing, China)

Registered practitioner with:
Acupuncture Foundation Professional Association (Ireland) - AFPA

European Traditional Chinese Medicine Association - ETCMA

All Acupuncture treatments are covered by:

VHI • BUPA • QUINN HEALTHCARE • HIBERNIAN HEALTH

Having studied Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medical Theory extensively in Ireland and completed a rigorous clinical placement abroad in Beijing, China I decided to return to Ireland as a Practitioner and set up the Blue Heron Acupuncture Clinic in 2008.

I believe there is no better alternative to enhancing mental, spiritual and physical health than Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine and fell very grateful to have the opportunity to offer my skills to the people of Galway.

Why I chose Chinese Medicine

Acupuncture & Traditional Chinese Medicine are rooted in the Daoist philosophy of harmony, oneness with nature, self-reflection and longevity.  I found that this form of thinking matched what I had been searching for my entire life and am honored to be capable of applying this in a healing modality to those in need of care.

Some of the conditions treated:

INFERTILITY PMT PAINFUL PEROIDS ANXIETY STRESS INSOMNIA DEPRESSION CHRONIC PAIN IBS DIGESTIVE ISSUES LOW ENERGY SKIN ISSUES VIRAL INFECTIONS SINUS SMOKING NAUSEA ASTHMA MIGRAINE BACK PAIN CONSTIPATION  MENOPAUSE

Blue Heron Symbolisim

•    In Egypt the heron is considered the creator of light
•    In China the heron is a symbol of strength, purity, and long life
•    Native American Indians considered the heron a symbol of wisdom and a very good omen

According to North American Native tradition, the Blue Heron brings messages of self-determination and self-reliance. They represent an ability to progress and evolve. The long thin legs of the heron reflect that an individual doesn't need great massive pillars to remain stable, but must be able to stand on one's own.

Blue Herons reflect a need for those with this totem to follow their on unique wisdom and path of self-determination. These individuals know what is best for themselves and need to follow their hearts rather than the promptings of others.

Those with the Medicine of the Great Blue Heron may sit until the rest of us loose patience. And, when they follow the promptings of the heart, they are one of the most magnificent when they choose to soar.

My Mission

My mission as a Practitioner of Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine is to Naturally and Holistically balance the mental, spiritual and physical health of those who visit my clinic by combining the ancient wisdom of Traditional Chinese Medicine with the highest possible quality equipment, herbal Supplements in a professional Therapeutic clinical enviornment. 

Contact me at

Phone: 091 895748
Email: info@blueheronacupunctureonline.com

Blue Heron Acupuncture & Traditional Chinese Medicine
Ard Ri House
Lower Abbeygate Street
Galway, Ireland

Qualifications

DARREN MACFARLANE I.T.E.C & I.M.S.T   SPORTS INJURY THERAPY


I have always had a keen interest in sport and as a result of an injury I suffered myself I decided to study Sports Injury Therapy at the internationally recognised Institute of Massage & Sports Therapy. Where I qualified as a sports injury therapist with a diploma in sports injury therapy, sports massage and sports injury equipment. I have also completed a course in core training which I use in my rehabilitation programs I have recently furthered my studies with a Diploma in Advanced Functional Rehabilitation at  The Institute of Optimal Functional Performance. This is what differentiates me from other sports injury therapists and physiotherapists.

Services Provided:

•    Injury Treatment / Pain Relief
•    Sports Massage
•    Advanced Functional Rehabilitation

I offer a professional, personal and confidential service that is designed to meet your specific needs. My individual treatment plans are specifically tailored to suit you. I cater for all aspects of pain and injury management as well as offering expertise to help you to prevent or manage injury. I am proud of my reputation, which is to provide a friendly yet knowledgeable service at a very competitive cost. All of my treatments are one to one sessions and at least 1 hour in duration   therefore you won't feel rushed.

INJURY TREATMENT/SPORTS MASSAGE:

•    1 Hour Treatment or Sports Massage
•    Consultation fee included
•    Fee is €50 per session

PACKAGES ALSO AVAILABLE,CHECK MY WEBSITE FOR DETAILS

ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL REHABILITATION:

•    Initial Assessment (lasts 1hr 15mins approx)
•    Individual Corrective Exercise Program Design
•    One to One personal training of Your Exercise Program (lasts 1hr 15mins approx)
•    ALL FOR €75


CALL TODAY FOR APPOINTMENT - Contact Darren 086 1957378


E-mail: darren@sportsinjurytherapy.ie
VISIT MY WEBSITE   www.sportsinjurytherapy.ie

Blue Heron Acupuncture & Traditional Chinese Medicine
Ard Ri House
Lower Abbeygate Street
Galway, Ireland
Ireland

About Positive Nutrition

Positive Nutrition was founded by Sally Milne and Heather Leeson who have a shared passion for the role of nutrition in good health.

Both are fully qualified nutritional therapists, registered members of BANT and NTOI, and follow a strict code of practice and confidentiality.  As well as seeing clients in their clinic in Dublin, they regularly contribute articles and speak on radio on nutrition-related health issues.  They also run cookery classes, teach about the role of nutrition in schools  and colleges and give corporate talks.

They are working with Dr Marilyn Glenville PhD, the UK’s leading nutritionist for women’s health and fertility and are the only nutritionists trained to provide her hugely successful programmes for fertility, female hormone problems and weight loss in Ireland.

Their philosopy at Positive Nutrition is to guide and support you in improving your own health naturally, using the most up-to-date scientific research to help you make practical changes to your diet and lifestyle.

Sally Milne

BSc (Hons) Physiology, Dip Nutritional Therapy, mNTOI, mBANT

Sally is an experienced nutritional therapist, also working as a part-time lecturer in diet, nutrition & health sciences, and as a clinical supervisor in student training clinics for the Irish Institute of Nutrition & Health (IINH) and for the Institute of Health Sciences (IHS).

Sally graduated from University College, London with a BSc (Hons) in Physiology and settled in Dublin over 10 years ago. Having travelled widely, Sally has always been interested in trying new foods and continues to seek new tastes and cooking ideas.  But it was personal experience of the life-transforming benefits of making healthy dietary choices that led her to a change of career.

She chose to study nutritional therapy as she believed this training gave a greater emphasis on empowering indivduals to make beneficial changes to their own diet and lifestyle, to achieve optimum health.

Her interests include keeping up to date with nutrition research through attending regular lectures in Ireland and abroad. And she enjoys both attending and giving cookery classes, with the emphasis on practical advice for making informed food choices.

Sally’s particular areas of expertise include balancing women’s hormones, fertility and children’s health.

Sally can be contacted at:

Phone: 01 402 0777
Email: sally@positivenutrition.ie
www.positivenutrition.ie

Heather Leeson

BA Hons, Dip Nutritional Therapy, mNTOI, mBANT

Heather graduated from Dublin City University in 1994 and has previously worked in a variety of roles in the food industry throughout Europe and in Ireland.  Her experience made her aware of the detrimental health effects of a diet largely based on the processed food available today, and taught her the importance of understanding what is in our food and how it is made.  Having personally  experienced the health benefits of improved nutrition, Heather went back to college to study nutritional therapy and has been working as a nutritionist ever since.

Through her personal experience of fertility problems, she developed a strong interest in the role of nutrition for improving fertility and is passionate about helping couples to optimise their fertility and realise their dreams of having a family.

Now a busy mum of three young children, she understands the importance of making manageable changes and also how healthy food must be tasty, easy and quick to prepare.

Heather can be contacted at:

Phone: 01 402 0777
Email: heather@positivenutrition.ie
www.positivenutrition.ie

Blue Heron Clinic
Ard Ri House
Lower Abbeygate Street
Galway, Ireland

Qualifications:

Reiki Practitioner to Master Level
Diploma in African Reflexology
Certificate in Indian Head Massage

Registered practitioner with ARCHTI
(Association of Registered Complementary Health Therapists Of Ireland)
www.irishtherapists.ie

About me - www.matthewconnollytherapies.com

In search of relief from my own lower back pain in 2005, I turned to
Acupuncture, and I soon found myself on a journey that would teach me
a new, more balanced way of living. Beginning with the study and
practice of African Reflexology I began to discover powerful methods
to release and heal our energy systems, and bring balance and harmony
to mind, body and soul and to our external lives.

Reiki - Universal Life Force Energy

is a 'laying of hands' healing technique which was developed by Dr.
Mikao Usui who lived in Japan from 1865-1926.

Reiki has undergone many changes and transformations since its
introduction to the western world in the 1970's, but it remains a
wonderful tool for healing, personal development and empowerment on
all levels.
Dr. Usui originally developed his healing technique as -

"A method to achieve personal perfection"

Today, the word ‘Reiki’, pronounced Ray-Key, is a Japanese word
meaning Universal Life Force Energy.
‘Rei’ means universal, and ‘Ki’, or ‘Chi’, is a subtle energy that
sustains us. So ‘Reiki’ is
Universal Life Force Energy.

Reflexology -

(sometimes called zone therapy) is a therapy in which the nerve
endings primarily in the feet are stimulated by specific massage
techniques to effect changes in another part of the body and thereby
create health and help overcome disease.

Although there is scriptural evidence to suggest that reflexology was
being practised as far back as ancient Egypt, the science of
reflexology used today was founded by Dr William Fitzgerald, an
American ear nose and throat surgeon. He noticed that pressure on
specific areas of the body produced a anaesthetising effect on a
related area. Developing his theory, he divided the body into ten
equal zones which ended in the feet and hands.

In the 1930's a massage therapist called Eunice Ingham refined Dr
Fitzgerald's zones and developed what is now known as 'reflexology'.
She observed that congestion or tension in any part of the foot
mirrored congestion or tension in a related part of the body.
Therefore, treating the areas of the feet could have a relaxing and
healing effect on different organs and tissues inside the body.

Indian Head Massage -

Indian Head Massage is the ideal stress-busting treatment for anyone
who is suffering from aching shoulders, a tight neck, tension
headache, eye strain, insomnia, or poor concentration. It is a safe,
simple yet effective therapy renowned for relieving symptoms of
stress.

Benefits -

   * Antidote to stress, anxiety and mental tension
   * Clears the mind and revitalized mental capacity, so improving
      alertness and concentration
   * General "balancing", giving a sense of calm and peace
   * Works on balancing the Chakras by releasing stagnant Prana so
      the body can function in a more harmonious manner
   * Calms the respiratory system
   * Improves blood circulation to the head and neck
   * Increased blood flow enhances nourishment to the muscles which
      can promote hair growth
   * Improves lymphatic drainage from the head and neck
   * Improves muscle tone and mobility in the head, neck and shoulder area
   * Increases circulation of cerebral spinal fluid around the brain
   * Physically revitalising
   * Relieves mental and physical strain, so helping to improve
      concentration and productivity
   * Relieves eyestrain, headaches, sinusitis, congestion and insomnia
   * Further nourishment to the skin and hair if oil is used in the treatment

Mission Statement

As your therapist I am committed to honouring and working with the
physical, psychological and spiritual aspects of your being  to
promote the best possible conditions for health to flourish. I
thoroughly believe in concentrating wholeheartedly on the perfectness
of spirit of each individual and nourishing that spirit as a path
toward holistic health, in a professional therapeutic clinical
environment.

Contact me at:

Phone: 087 2036160
Email: matchuconnolly@gmail.com
Web: www.matthewconnollytherapies.com

Qualifications

IET, MIET, RGN certified

Olga Dali, born with the gift of healing has seen the Angels from a young age. She is a Spiritual medium who uses her natural intuitive ability to connect with the Spirit World with only honesty and integrity.  She has a medical back round for many years and hold a IET certificate and tried  to put  together her knowledge, skills and experience to heal as a soul, as a body. Olga talks with the Angels to bring through messages to help with any situation.

What are Angels?

The word angel is taken from the Greek word Angelos which means messenger. It is believed that angels bring us messages to guide and protect us. Angels were created as servants of creation and their service is to work with each of us regardless of who we are. Everyone has equal access to Angels and their divine assistance. Angels translate that which is beyond our ordinary consciousness into a form that we are capable of understanding. Angels are Gods loving Messengers, our connection between heaven and earth. They only surround you with love and light and healing energy. There are no limits to what angels can do in your life. They are very powerful beings. If you don’t quiet yet fully believe in angels, you will know that they are real after asking for and receiving their help few times.
Angel therapy

Angel therapy is the fastest, most effective, and most enjoyable form of healing.  Angel therapy starts with the understanding that whenever you feel pain- emotional or physical.  After indentify emotional blocks she use angel therapy to clear and heal the blocks away. Angel therapy will help you to feel safe and protected by surrounding you with their loving energy.

IET (Integrated Energy Therapy)

Integrated Energy Therapy uses a divine angelic energy ray to work directly with your 12-strand Spiritual DNA.  IET  supports you in safely and gently realizing limiting energy patterns of you past, empowering and balancing your life in the present , and helps you to reach for the stars as you evolve into your future.
 During a treatment, Olga connects with the ‘universal energy’ through her hands and uses it to diagnose energy flow in the client. This is done for as long as is needed. Loving, positive energy is then channeled and reintegrated back into the newly-cleansed cellular area so as not to leave a void and to restore balance. Energy Therapy is the art of healing with the pure energy of spirit. This universal life energy surrounds all matter, especially the human body, mind, and spirit.   Energy should flow unrestricted within our body, in a system similar to our blood vessel system. Olga gives this energy to nourish and heal our organs and systems, and to maintain physical, emotional, mental and spiritual balance.   
Benefits
   
•  Painlessly identifies and releases your deeply suppressed feelings and core cellular memories
•  Provides gentle yet powerful support for survivors of childhood traumas such as physical and sexual abuse, alcoholic and dysfunctional families.
•  Supports your self-healing at all levels, physical, emotional, mental and spiritual

Contact Olga at
Tel: 087 7865389
Angelicspirits@mail.ru

Blue Heron Acupuncture & Traditional Chinese Medicine
Ard Ri House
Lower Abbeygate Street
Galway, Ireland

Qualifications


I.T.E.C. Sports Massage

Having qualified as a Sports injury therapist in 2005 I have worked in various positions with local sports teams including Connaught rugby and visiting International teams. I have a strong interest in people and pay particular focus to the individual situations and needs of my clients. Along with treating injuries and promoting recovery it is my aim to provide a relaxing environment in which my clients can learn thereby reducing chances of rein jury at a later stage.

Benefits of Sports Massage


•    When injured tissue is massaged it heals with less scarring and can repair 5 – 7 times faster than tissue that is not massaged
•    The pain in an injured area can also be reduced with massage, and also a healthy range of movement can be maintained
•    Sports massage does not have to be saved for injury, it is much more powerful used as a preventative tool to keep the body healthy


Who benefits from Sports Massage?


The answer to that is everyone.

You do not have to be an athlete to benefit from sports massage, some of the more common problems the everyday man or woman have are neck and shoulder tension from sitting in front of a computer all day, 5 or 6 days a week the cause of this is when sitting in this position for long periods – the back muscles weaken causing the chest to muscles to over compensate, so many people suffer from this every day and don’t realise how easily it can be rectified with massage.

Another common problem is Sciatica, mainly again in drivers, office or factory workers where you may be seated for long periods of time, the cause of this, the muscles in the hips tighten when held in this position for long periods, the main culprits are the iliacus and psoas muscles which in some cases grow around the sciatic nerves and when they are tight they squeeze the sciatic nerve – hence the burning pain.  My advice would be to try a massage for this before accepting cortisone injections. 

Injections should be a last resort as they waste the healthy muscles.

Other injuries treated

Foot and ankle injuries; ligament injuries; shin splints; Anterior Compartment Syndrome; Achilles Tendon injuries; Runners Knee; Jumpers Knee; Rotator Cuff; Frozen shoulder; Tennis and Golfers Elbow; Carpel Tunnel Syndrome.

What to expect from a treatment

On your first visit we’ll establish the source of your injury through various tests and begin treatment on that area.
Each treatment is one hour long and takes place in a warm, relaxing environment, having a holistic approach we believe our clients relax more in that environment and when the mind relaxes the body responds to healing in a positive way.

Other Treatments.

These treatments are simply an hour of relaxed bliss which benefits everyone of any age.

Price List



All injury treatments        1 hour        €50
Neck, Shoulder and Back        1 hour        €50
Back, Lower Back and Front Leg    1 hour        €50
Arms, Neck and Shoulder        1 hour        €50
Full Body Massage        1½ hour            €70
Indian Head Massage        1 hour        €50
Holistic Swedish Massage    1 hour        €50


PROFESSIONAL INQUIRYS ONLY PLEASE.


Contact Nicola Carr @ 0863555710
Email: Nicolacarr10@gmail.com

Blue Heron Acupuncture Clinic
Ard Ri House
Lower Abbeygate Street
Galway, Ireland

The word Kinesiology is derived from the Greek word “Kinetics” which is the study of movement. It is a natural healing that combines Ancient Chinese Medicine with western techniques used by Chiropractors.
It works to balance the whole person, on a physical, mental and emotional level. Many symptoms of pain and illness may be treated for years but unless the underlying cause is identified and healed the pain and illness will remain or reoccur.
 
Confidential, relaxing and non invasive sessions

In a Kinesiology session the person remains fully clothed. A number of muscle response tests are carried out. This identifies where there is an energy imbalance and the Kinesiologist can then use gentle yet powerful techniques to restore the natural flow of energy and thereby facilitate self healing in the body.
Kinesiology sessions are safe, relaxing and comfortable. They last for approximately 1 hour following an initial consultation. Confidentiality is assured at all times.

More info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinesiology

Integrated Energy Therapy (IET)
Angel Healing

Ann also welcomes people to receive angel healing through IET, which she also teaches. IET connects with the power of angels for physical, mental, emotional and spiritual healing. Beginners, Intermediate and advanced courses held monthly. Enquire for dates.

More info:
http://www.integratedenergytherapy.net
Kinesiology and IET can be used to help heal:

• Anxiety, panic, stress
• Aches and pains
• Difficult relationships
• Effects of bullying
• Learning difficulties and dyslexia
• Poor co-ordination and concentration
• Effects of abuse
• Depression
• Skin disorders
• Feelings of powerlessness, guilt, anger, regret, shame, h
• Other problems that result in disease or illness

Contact

For appointment, confidential queries or course information:

Telephone: 087-6265613

Email: anntkeenaghan@yahoo.com
Web: www.annkeenaghan.com

Qualifications:   

• Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapist
• HypnoBirthing and HypnoFertility Consultant
• Accredited Mediator
• Former Solicitor in UK and Ireland

Registered Practitioner with:

• The Irish Hypnotherapy Association
• The National Guild of Hypnotists
• The CBT Association of Hypnotherapists
• The HypnoBirthing Institute
• The HypnoFertility Foundation

Profile

Siobhan C. Byrne is a leading Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapist specialising in women’s issues. She is delighted to be a part of the team at the Blue Heron Clinic as clients are offered choice and a variety of therapies. This integrative approach means that there is something for everyone and it encourages an open forum for learning and sharing.

“It is almost always a mistake to look for a single cause to a problem or an imbalance or an illness. Not only is it usually wrong to think of “one illness one cause”, but it is also invariably insufficient to use one therapy or one health maintenance plan.

Carefully co-ordinated combinations (of treatment) are key. Once you learn how to use combinations the effects can be magnificent”. Dr Richard G. Petty, (Petty, 2007)

What is Hypnosis?
 
• Hypnotherapy is considered Rapid Change Therapy. It is solution focused and goal oriented. Hypnotic trance is a normal, natural state that we move into and out of many times in our daily life. Hypnosis is a peaceful, creative and productive state of inner absorption. It is a natural learning state that occurs from within. Hypnosis promotes the relaxation response and rebalances the autonomic nervous system.

• Hypnotic relaxation reduces emotional arousal such as anger or fear. During a state of high emotional arousal the brain’s cortical functions become limited and we lose our ability to reason. Relaxation reduces the arousal giving us access to our higher rational abilities allowing us to gain perspective and reach new insight and understanding.

• The state of hypnosis can itself be therapeutic. The parasympathetic nervous system is activated, giving rise to the relaxation response. This response works in opposition to the fight or flight response and counteracts the body’s physical and emotional response to stress, allowing it to return to a calm balanced state. Simply being in the state of hypnosis will create physiological changes that reduce stress and its negative effects on health and wellbeing.

• The hypnotic state allows us to communicate with or access our unconscious mind so that we can recall past experiences, access our inner wisdom and tap into our personal resources.

• Since our higher cortical functions are activated and our unconscious resources are more readily available we are more easily able to find solutions and resolve problems.

• All of our habitual and automatic behaviours are stored in the unconscious. Hypnotherapy can be used to de-condition habits and to create new automatic behaviours and responses.

Fertility

Siobhan is thrilled to work with women to enhance their fertility and has worked with Clients throughout Ireland and Internationally.  So many women are hard working and have spent a lifetime striving for financial security and putting career needs and the needs of others first.

When they want a baby instead of everything falling into place they are catapulted into a world of anxiety, stress and uncertainty. The urge to have a baby is a deep natural instinct of immense intensity to ensure the survival of the human race and it is simply not helpful to tell a woman ‘just relax’.

The Fertility Program offered by Siobhan, helps women regain a sense of control over their fertility and empowers them by clearing emotional blocks or negative thinking patterns. Women reduce their stress levels immediately. With the unique 'Fertile Harmony' programme you can double your chances of success whether you wish to conceive naturally, or with medical assistance.

Therapy will typically consist of between four and six sessions utilising the structure of the 'Fertile Body Method' by Harley Streets’ Sjanie Hugo. In addition you will receive a unique Therapy Plan, Fertility Information Booklet, the Harmony Hypnosis Stress CD and a complimentary set of CD's by the World Renouned Fertility Expert, Lynsi Eastburn.

Siobhan’s specialist fertility site can be reached at www.hypnofertility.ie.

Childbirth

Siobhan offers childbirth education classes from the world famous ‘HypnoBirthing Institute’. The classes really are about the empowerment of women as they demonstrate how to reignite the primeval ability to birth without pain and fear.

They tap into that deep maternal intuition that lays dormant within all women. Through HypnoBirthing childbirth education women can achieve a calm, gentle, comfortable and easy birth without pain, drugs and trauma. See also www.hypnobirthing.com.

Weight Controll

Siobhan offers an exceptional program in Weight Control and Management that deals with all the cognitive elements of overeating. All women know deep down that excess weight is very little to do with food but is completely wrapped up in how we think and our emotions. The program teaches you the skills to overcome weight related issues for a lifetime.
“A mind that is stretched to a new idea never returns to its original dimension”. (Oliver Wendell Holmes)

Smoking

As a former smoker Siobhan knows what you are going through and all the avoidance measures that the mind will employ to sabotage efforts to quit. Don’t waste your time and money making an appointment until you are ready to stop smoking permanently. You will know when you are ready to stop and when you do Siobhan offers a One Stop Session.
 
Other Issues:

Anger, Anxiety, Attracting Abundance, Accomplishing Goals, Assertiveness, Blushing, Body Image, Cancer, Claustrophobia, Concentration, Confidence, Control Issues, Creativity, Deep Relaxation, Dentist Fears, Depression, Driving Anxiety, Dyslexia, Easing Someone from your mind, Eating Disorders, Ego Strengthening, Energy, Exercise Motivation, Fears (including cats, commitment, confrontation, criticism, failure, Friday 13th, heights, needles, public speaking, rejection and spiders), Fibromyalgia, Forgiveness, Frustration, Gambling, Golf Improvement, Grinding Teeth, Healing Visualisations, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Impatience, Insecurity, Insomnia, Jealousy, Loss of a loved one, Memory Enhancement, Nail-biting, Metabolism, Motivation, Nervousness, Nightmares, Obsessive Behaviour, Pain Relief, Panic Attacks, Peak Performance, Positivity, Procrastination, Psoriasis, Psychic Ability, Public Speaking, Reaching Goals, Relaxation, Self Esteem, Self Hatred, Self Sabotage, Sensitivity, Sexual Libido, Sexual Performance, Shopping Addiction, Shyness, Snoring for the listener, Sports Enhancement,
Stress Reduction, Tinnitus, Worry.

Mobile: 087 2055 475
Email: mail@harmonyhypnosis.ie
Website: www.harmonyhypnosis.ie