Health farms are not usually a place I frequent. Necking wheat grass shots, sweating into infrared body wraps and adhering to vows of silence or tech-detoxing are not usually my vibe, and when the phrase “health farm” is uttered in my vicinity, an itinerary with these tasks on it is conjured to mind. If I am going to take a break away in Ireland, I am more likely to be found swimming off the Aran Islands or doing some glitter-coated partying at a festival than being still and serene to a backing track of windchimes jostling gracefully against one another.
Read more: See inside Diarmuid Gavin's impressive Wicklow home and garden Read more: Mobile home in Wicklow's Brittas Bay goes on sale for nearly €500,000 However, wellness activities like yoga, meditation, nibbling on delicious seasonal food and being massaged and forced to lie down and relax are definitely on my check list of activities you don’t have to ask me twice to perform. Yoga in particular is something I took up in 2020 for back pain and persisted with for both the increased lumbar support and the peace of mind. Luckily, I have best friends who are aware of this dichotomy of interests, and whisked me away to Powerscourt Springs Health Farm for my 30th birthday, where the best of both worlds of experiences awaited.
Six of us made the weekend trip, a belated birthday celebration that reunited our group of girls that has been going strong since our first year of secondary school, and into primary school for so.
