Safe Haven x Portraits of Nature

“If I could choose the place where I’d be born into this world, what would it be?”

When a person is deeply connected to themselves, to their own nature, both inner and surrounding, humanity can feel like a shared experience, even though each person’s own expression of it is unique. In this workshop, it’s safe to pause for a moment and simply be, resting within yourself, to sense that maybe this, just as it is, is enough. Sometimes we need to stop, if only briefly, so that later we have the strength to grow and reach again. Here you’re allowed to enjoy the sun on your eyelids and breathe in fresh sea air, deep down to a cellular level.

The workshop focuses on relaxing grounding, breathing into relief, gentle body-awareness exercises, and recognizing and strengthening your own boundaries. We’ll spend a held moment in a safe, shared space, yet each person is there for themselves. There’s no need to stretch or reach here; everything is allowed to be exactly as it is.

The concrete tools used include dance-movement therapy methods, gentle yoga, mindful breathing, and deep relaxation techniques. The workshop takes place in Olosauna’s Lounge, whose walls are opened up by the stunning images of the Nature Portraits photo exhibition. (Bring your own yoga mat or similar mat.)

Workshop leader Hanna Ojala is a multidisciplinary artist who has traveled the path from super-achiever to someone who savors life, especially through creativity, connection with nature, yoga, dance, poetry, and photography. She is trained as a dance-movement therapy method facilitator and yoga and relaxation instructor, among others, and has led workshops ranging from creative dance to deep relaxation. In every workshop, Hanna strives to be completely honest and open, which helps create the conditions for liberating self-exploration and nurturing interaction. She has both feet firmly on the ground and creates a safe atmosphere where respecting each participant’s boundaries is her top priority.

Workshop age limit 18+.