NIAMH HENNESSY

Hi! My name is Niamh.

I love the human body and how it works. Professionally I’m a biomedical engineer. I worked in the medical device industry pre moving to Australia and have Msc. in Mechanical Engineering which focused on muscle tissue biomechanics.
Gaining understanding of how my body feels and how it works has been a huge driver in my life. On one level that brought me into engineering, and on another it lead me to become a yoga teacher. It’s also been fundamental to my understanding of self.

I’m a classic polymath and depending on who I’m talking to I’m a dancer (ballet), a poet, an artist, a bookbinder, a reiki healer, a hiker, a photographer, a friend, or something else entirely. I’m mastering my life by figuring it out as I go along and feeling every moment of it.

Image of Niamh a white non binary person with short brown hair holding onto a tree with their foot in retire position. They are standing on a boulder and wearing navy shorts and a colourful shirt.

Education & Qualifications

B.A.I in Biomedical Engineering

Undergraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering. Studied at Trinity College Dublin

Msc. in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Research Masters in Engineering at TCD with Prof. Simms on the topic of

Second Harmonic Generation Microscopy as a Tool to Assess the Structural Properties of Skeletal Muscle ECM

Yoga

200hr Vinyasa Ashtanga teacher training with 9hr Ayruvedea message completed with Bend it Like Buddha and Vibe Yoga in 2019

Yoga for Adults with Special Needs training completed with Special Yoga in 2021

Kids Yoga training completed with Peaceful Babes in 2022

Reiki

Reiki 1 completed with Patricia Loughlin of Reiki in Ireland, January 2018

Reiki 2 completed with Farrah Furtado of Bend it Like Buddha, Feburary 2021