Closing the Studio, Trusting the Jump & Welcoming a New Chapter | Wellness Events & Outdoor Yoga in Wexford

Trust your intuition ~

At the end of this month, I’ll be closing the physical doors of the Soul studio. Writing that feels emotional, strange, exciting, terrifying and also deeply right.

This little space held so much over the last year and a half. Yoga classes after long work days. Quiet conversations over tea. Guided meditations. Sound baths where people finally allowed themselves to rest. Private sessions. 1:1 clients navigating grief, anxiety, burnout, heartbreak, uncertainty, and all of life’s challenges. Women’s circles that cracked open hearts that have felt tired after years of holding it together.

This space has held so many of you and me too.

It became more than four walls. It became a place where people could exhale for a moment. A place where people came exactly as they were. A place where I reminded people over and over again, that you don’t need to be fixed, you often just need space to reconnect to themselves.

And while I’m incredibly grateful for everything this chapter has been, I’ve also realised that I’ve outgrown the space. Physically, emotionally and energetically.

Its size. Its limitations. The pressure of trying to make a small studio carry something much bigger than itself. And with rising rent costs and the realities of running a business, it’s hard not to see all the little moments that felt manageable when I first started out, but become much heavier when things get tight.

There’s a version of me a year and a half ago who just wanted somewhere to begin. Somewhere to create. Somewhere to try. And I’m so proud of her for doing that.

But lately, I’ve felt something shifting.

I’ve realised that growth sometimes asks us to let go of what feels comfortable, even when it’s beautiful. Sometimes the next stage of your life doesn’t fully reveal itself until you make the decision to leap first. And if I’m honest, I don’t fully know what the net looks like yet.

But I’m jumping anyway.

Over the last few years, I’ve gone from hustle life in Vancouver, to opening a wellness space in Gorey, to holding retreats, teaching yoga, facilitating circles, supporting people through burnout, anxiety, grief, transitions, and change all while quietly navigating my own.

Now, I feel myself being pulled into an even deeper season of learning and expansion.

Next on my list is completing Reiki Level 2 again, this time from an entirely different place in my life. I’m applying for my Masters, continuing my studies in yoga, and spending more time travelling, learning, and experiencing different ways of living, healing, and connecting.

Throughout this process I am reminded there are more chapters of Soul still waiting to be created. New ideas, new offerings, new spaces, and new ways of bringing people together.

This is only the start.

And while the studio is closing, Soul is not ending. If anything, it’s expanding.

This next chapter feels less about staying inside four walls, and more about movement, collaboration, nature, community, and creating experiences that feel alive.

You’ll see more outdoor yoga in Wexford, beach gatherings, cacao ceremonies, wellness retreats, community events, guided meditations, snd experiences rooted in connection.

Some of my favourite moments this year haven’t happened inside the studio at all. They’ve happened walking through Wells House gardens after yoga, standing barefoot on Cahore beach with coffee in hand, sitting in circles listening to people finally exhale, or watching strangers become connected through shared experience.

That’s the direction I want to keep moving toward.

More outdoor wellness events in Wexford.
More retreats.
More collaborations.
More honesty.
More courage.
More moments where people can simply come exactly as they are.

Closing the studio is not failure.
It’s evolution.

And maybe this is your reminder too that sometimes bravery doesn’t look like confidence. Sometimes it looks like sitting in uncertainty and choosing to move anyway.

Choosing yourself anyway.
Beginning again anyway.
Jumping even when you can’t see the net.

Thank you to everyone who has been part of this chapter so far. Truly.

I don’t fully know what the next few years will look like yet, but I do know this: I want to keep creating spaces where people can reconnect to themselves whether that’s through yoga, retreats, Reiki, meditation, outdoor events around Wexford, or simply honest conversation.

This is not the end of Soul.
It’s just the next version of it.

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love Jess xx