Ciúnas Centre is a community service, based in Feakle in East Clare, that provides low cost stress-relieving holistic therapies to carers and those in their care, whether they be elderly, people with disabilities, special needs or long-term illness.

Ciúnas means stillness.
Our aim is to provide holistic therapies, such as massage, reflexology, aromatherapy, music therapy, nutritional counselling and more, in a compassionate and confidential setting, where finances are not a barrier to access.

Our purpose-designed centre provides a friendly focal point where members of our community can regularly receive beneficial stress-relieving therapies, meet others, network and participate in group based wellness classes. These classes include music and relaxation, stress reduction and coping skills, gentle movement, creative writing, yoga in a chair and movement therapy for children with learning difficulties.

All of our therapists are fully qualified, vetted and insured.

Our aims are:

• to provide easy and affordable access to beneficial complementary therapies to help alleviate the stress associated with family caring and special needs, long term illness and support for the elderly in our community.
• to offer a low cost service so that ability to pay is not a barrier to accessing support.
• to offer sustained support to clients, including outreach, to help families avoid crises.
• to establish a rural centre of excellence with the aim of becoming an integrated part of primary health care in the region.
• to provide links to local, regional and national information services to facilitate clients’ access to accurate, up to date information and advice on issues that may affect them.
• to provide an excellent environment for therapeutic work and provide support to therapists, including opportunities for ongoing employment and continuous professional development.
• to provide a community space for therapeutic activities out of hours such as art and music therapy, meditation, curative movement therapies and social networking, stress reduction and creative writing.