Happy Mundane N-O-W
New Year's Eve 2019 The wind was bitterly cold, with a few hardly visible snowflakes, (yet very feel-able) aimed directly at my eyes, as my dog Randy and I walked across a flat, open land to pick up some freebies. We had walked so fast to try and make up for the...
Yoga Studio in Espoo, Kivenlahti
Primitive Skills Yoga Studio opens its doors in the first week of December (Merivirta 11, Kivenlahti). It has been a rush to get everything sorted with a short notice. Especially at this time of the year. I was sitting here, trying to come up with some kind of...
And it all falls into place
Wow it's been an incredible, ground shifting, confusing, chaotic yet rich and rewarding six months for me. I left UK in August 2018, leaving 16 years of life in that country and all my dearest friends and all my wonderful customers behind. I traveled in Asia for five...
Acceptance
My Birthday in Can Tho, Vietnam The biggest challenge of my trip over the past months has been learning to let go of my past as an identity and the future as an illusion of control. Each "home" I've settled in, even if they've been a home for just a short while, have...
Busy with the mundane
Koh Phangan, Thailand The tiny little ant on the windowsill of that boat didn't need to be concerned about where the boat was heading. It was just doing it's thing. Being busy like the ants are. In the same way I don't need to be concerned where life is taking me. I...
When it’s time to rest
Winter Solstice in Ubud, Bali Whilst they celebrate the longest day of the year at this side of the equator, my body is still living the cycles it's lived for the past 38 years and I'm struggling with extreme tiredness. Being on the road and feeling like a...
Mystery
On a journey to the Tea Country, Sri Lanka The fan is turning. Luca is playing the guitar. I look outside through the window and see a lonely, bright red rose and green leaves, a bright blue sky and a morning full of promises of unpredictable things, including the...
India
Rishikesh I think I love this place so much because it stirs all kinds of emotions in me. It challenges what I'm used to. It puts me face to face with myself. Looking myself in the eyes and see all the things I try to push aside, things I don't like. On one...
The only consistent thing in life is change
The smell of Finnish pine forest.The silence and the slower pace of moving from A to B. Sauna. There is generally a day or two that I feel like a tourist in my home country, until some senses get reawakened from the deep sleep. Then I feel like I've just...
The Lotus Pose
One of the things I learned in India, was how incredibly useful it is to sit cross-legged. Everything over there is geared up for sitting in this position. I don't remember seeing many chairs anywhere. All the restaurants I ate in had floor cushions and low tables, as...
