Lucia O'Byrne & Susan Ni D

Lucia is the owner and founder of Aspire Health. 

Aspire Health is a holistic health practice dedicated to enabling people  gain maximum health through integrative therapies. After taking a career break from a busy IT job, Lucia entered the world of integrative medicine and never looked back.

Today she is qualified in a range of holistic therapies including yoga, reflexology, Swedish massage as well as her degree in Acupuncture.  Lucia completed her clinical studies for Acupuncture in Shanghai 6th People’s Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University. She spent many years working in holistic centres, hospitals, addiction centres before setting up Aspire Health in 2006.

Susan is a co-founder and senior teacher in Mandala Yoga.

Mandala Yoga is a welcoming community-centred yoga studio in Dublin 2, in a light-filled space off Haddington Road.

Susan has been practicing yoga for over 16 years. She completed her first yoga certification in 2009. And has completed many more since. She is qualified to teach a range of ‘Yang Yoga' styles. She has been teaching Yin Yoga since 2014 having completed a number of yin yoga and meditation trainings with international teachers. Susan is also a qualified massage therapist. She has travelled and taught extensively overseas before founding Mandala Yoga in 2018.