“Let the Beauty you love,
be what you do.”
— RUMI

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, 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.

  • Mary has 16 years experience, working in Adult Mental Health, promoting physical activity in inpatient settings and 17 years as an acupuncture practitioner. She volunteered with World Medicine in 2006, delivering acupuncture to communities in Sri Lanka which had been devastated by the Tsunami. 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. She is a member of the Worsley Institute, the Acupuncture Foundation Professional Association and The Acupuncture Fertility Network. 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

    -Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction

    -Diploma in Fertility Acupuncture Naava Carmen

    -Master Tung Series Susan Johnson

    -Radiant Ageing Summit

    -Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

    -Mentorship Training

    -Dr Sears Pregnancy Health Coach Training

    -Microneedling

    -Medik8 Cosmeceuticals

    -Pharmanord Supplements

  • Mary has delivered PG Cert Innovation and Enterprise Development, with Tangent, Trinity College Dublin, and participated as an Innovation Facilitator for the NUIG Climathon.

    She has completed professional development training including:

    She is the founder of Element Acupuncture and 5 Elements Wellness and she is a member of Galway Chamber.

  • Introduction to Weight Management

    Introduction to Fertility

    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 working with international Charity Partners World Medicine and local, including Madra, GRCC, Galway Simon, Galway Lions and Galway Hospice.

  • The Element Acupuncture Customer Service Policy is a formal commitment to provide the best possible service to all of our customers.

    Effective customer service is a key component of of service delivery and business success.

    The aims of the Customer Service Policy are to:

    • make all contact, communication, engagement and transactions easier for clients

    • provide clients with a consistent level of service delivery and customer care

    • provide clear written processes and guidelines for staff

    • provide clarity around complaints and dispute resolution processes

    • help achieve the vision, goal and mission of 5 Elements Health & Wellness.

    The full Customer Care Policy is available on request.

  • Though natural healing curiosities began in early childhood, it was the late 90’s, early 2000 when more in-depth explorations of body, mind and spirit began:

    • 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

    Mary is grateful to the many Teachers she has been blessed to connect and learn with. Some of those Teachers include Professor J.R. Worsley, Nora Franglen, Paul Hougham, Arwyn Dreamwalker, Anja Huikeshoven, Kay Gilliland, Trish Cameron. Mary is deeply grateful for the Oriental, Indigenous, Celtic and Vedic Wisdom Traditions, their Teachers, the Guardian Elders and the Lineage Keepers, who continue to share their teachings, offering sustainable pathways, to honour and be in guardianship for all beings who inhabit Mother Earth.