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About Mary

Mary Lally – Integrative Health & Wellness Practitioner

Mary Lally is a highly experienced health and wellness practitioner, combining over 20 years of expertise in healthcare, acupuncture, and coaching. With a background in NHS mental health services, she specializes in acupuncture, meditation, and health coaching, offering a holistic approach to well-being.

Mary is deeply rooted in the principles of Five Element Acupuncture, using this ancient wisdom to restore balance in the body, mind, and spirit. She integrates breathwork, mindfulness, and personalized wellness strategies to support individuals facing stress, chronic conditions, fertility challenges, and lifestyle changes. Her coaching is evidence-based, yet infused with spiritual insights, helping clients create sustainable transformations in their health and well-being.

Her approach empowers individuals to reconnect with their innate healing potential, using the wisdom of Eastern medicine and modern health science. As a passionate educator and mentor, Mary develops and delivers training programs for entrepreneurs, health professionals, corporate wellness initiatives, charitable organisations and individual coaching sessions. For consultations, corporate wellness or to explore Mary’s work, book here.

“I combine the ancient wisdom of Five Element Acupuncture with modern health coaching to help people restore balance, reduce stress, and achieve lasting wellness. Whether you're seeking relief from chronic pain, fertility support, menopause support or emotional well-being, my approach is tailored to address the root cause—not just the symptoms. With over 20 years of healthcare experience, I provide a compassionate, holistic space where healing happens naturally. Ready to realign your health and vitality? Let’s start your journey to wellness today."

Mary has a unique ability to integrate Five Element Acupuncture, holistic health coaching, and mindfulness-based therapies into a deeply personalised and transformative healing experience.

Key areas of expertise:

✅ Expertise Across Disciplines – 20+ years in healthcare, including NHS mental health, acupuncture, and coaching, blending Eastern and Western approaches.
✅ Five Element Acupuncture & Holistic Healing – Addressing not just symptoms, but the root cause of imbalance in body, mind, and spirit.
✅ Personalized, Intuitive Approach – Combining clinical knowledge with spiritual insights, breathwork, and meditation for long-term well-being.
✅ Fertility & Women’s Health Focus – Supporting natural conception, IVF journeys, and hormone balance with acupuncture and lifestyle medicine.
✅ Health & Wellness Integration – Bringing mindfulness into wellness practices for a unique, multi-sensory healing experience.

  • Statement in Support of Acupuncture Regulation and Professional Amalgamation in Ireland

    As a registered and insured practitioner, I fully support the move towards national regulation and professional amalgamation within the field of acupuncture in Ireland.

    Regulation is an essential step in ensuring public protection, professional integrity, and recognition of the high standards already practiced by qualified acupuncturists. It will help create a clear, trusted framework that allows patients to confidently access care from trained, insured, and accountable practitioners.

    If we want acupuncture to be seen, respected, and measured alongside our professional peers—such as physiotherapists, nurses, and other allied health professionals—we must be the ones to create that structure ourselves, not wait for those outside our profession to define it for us.

    The process of amalgamation and regulation offers an opportunity to unify the diverse strands of our profession, ensuring consistency in training, ethics, and clinical standards. It also paves the way for stronger collaboration with mainstream healthcare, supporting better outcomes for patients and greater understanding of acupuncture’s role in modern, integrated health practice.

    This is our moment to shape the future of acupuncture in Ireland—to stand together, define our standards, and demonstrate the professionalism, safety, and therapeutic value our work brings to individuals and communities across the country.

  • Qualifications include:

  • Mary is a member of the following professional associations:

    Association of Acupuncture Clinicians

    Acupuncture Foundation Professional Association

    General Hypnotherapy Register

    She has practitioner insurance for:

    Acupuncture; Breath Therapy; Cosmetic Acupuncture; Derma rolling / Microneedling; Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture; Hypnotherapy; Mind Coach; Oriental Body Balance.

  • Mary attends regular CPD training in Five Element Classical Acupuncture, Fertility, Gynaecology, Acupressure, Breathwork, Coaching, EFT, Hypnotherapy, Meditation and Mindfulness. Her Continuing Professional Development including the following:

    -Shiatsu level 1

    -CBT for Mental Health Professionals

    -Five Elements Advanced Nora Franglen

    -Water Element Paul Hougham

    -Creation Template Kay Gilliland

    -TCM Fertility Jani White

    -Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction

    -Master Tung Series Susan Johnson

    -Radiant Ageing Summit

    -Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

    -Mentorship Training

    -Dr Sears Pregnancy Health Coach Training

    -Microneedling

    -Medik8 Cosmeceuticals

    -Pharmanord Supplements

    -Teaching in Adult Education

  • Mary has delivered PG Cert Innovation and Enterprise Development, with Tangent, Trinity College Dublin, participated as an Innovation Facilitator for the NUIG Climathon and currently facilitates Peer Mentorship sessions on the Level 9 CREW Digital CEED Programme.

    She has completed professional development training including:

  • Interview with Food Fitness Fertility

    World Medicine in Sri Lanka

  • Supporting Community and Charity is at the Heart of 5 Elements. Our primary charity is National Breast Cancer Research Ireland. Mary created and facilitates ‘Meditate in Pink’ for NCBRI.

    We also work other local charities, including Madra, GSPCA, GRCC, Galway Simon, Galway Lions and Galway Hospice.

  • Customer Care
    At Element Acupuncture, we are committed to delivering the highest standard of service to every client. Our Customer Care Policy ensures:

    • Simple, accessible communication and transactions

    • Consistent, high-quality service and support

    • Clear processes and guidelines for our team

    • Transparent pathways for feedback and complaints

    • Alignment with the vision and mission of 5 Elements Health & Wellness

    The full Customer Care Policy is available on request.

  • About Mary

    Mary’s curiosity for natural healing began in childhood, but it was in the late 1990s and early 2000s that her deep exploration of body, mind, and spirit truly unfolded. Over the past two decades, she has immersed herself in wisdom traditions and healing practices that weave together the physical, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of life.

    Training & Lineages

    • 2000–2003 — Chi Nei Tsang

    • 2001–2005 — Classical Five-Element Acupuncture

    • 2003–2006 — Wu Style Tai Qi Teacher Training

    • 2005–2007 — Taoist Qi Gong

    • 2006–2022 — Beauty Way Shamanic Apprenticeship

    • 2009–Present — Creation Template / Quantum Consciousness Healing

    Mary has been blessed to study with many gifted teachers, including Professor J.R. Worsley, Nora Franglen, Paul Hougham, Arwyn Dreamwalker, Anja Huikeshoven, Kay Gilliland, Trish Cameron, Deepak Chopra, and Roger Gabriel.

    Her path has been profoundly shaped by the Oriental, Indigenous, Celtic, and Vedic wisdom traditions. With deep gratitude, she honours the Guardian Elders and Lineage Keepers who continue to share their teachings—sustainable pathways of connection, balance, and guardianship for all beings on Mother Earth.