FUTURE CALLS - PIHASALI YOGA STUDIO

About two years ago I finished my Bachelor degree in businesses and took off for a 4 months trip around the east part of the world. When I came back to Finland my mom suggested that I would take over her company, a yoga studio in Helsinki called Pihasali - Joogaa räjähtäneille. It wasn't even 12 hours from landing back to my home country but there I was, hearing myself answering "yes" to her question. My mind was going "What on earth are you thinking!? Are you crazy, lady?!" but the answer came from somewhere else, from the heart. So the next thing was to find out how to proceed with this project and one year later, summer 2012 I became the happy owner of our small yoga studio and joined the entrepreneurs colourful group! Here's some pics from our reopening and a video. Please have a look and hopefully you get the same feeling which we all had in the party, very happy and grateful.

More pictures of the party in our Facebook group. Pictures and video by Joni Helminen (except two last ones).

Joogastudio Pihasali - Kutsu tulevaisuuteen from Pihasali on Vimeo.

HELLO WORLD!

Okay soooo where to start. Maybe from the last post which was made in summer 2012 after visiting France for a yoga retreat. You remember that one? Well, I kinda got busy after it and disappeared for a while from the blogsphere. My apologies for it! What happened was that I bought my mother's business, a yoga studio in Helsinki called Pihasali - Joogaa räjähtäneille and became an entrepreneur. Exciting! But very VERY busy times! I was painting and renewing the studio during the summer and in the end of August we opened the doors again for a new season. If I wasn't busy enough before that things got quite hectic once the season and my new life started.

And if having one company wasn't enough I also got busy with NANNANDA recycled jewelries. So that's what's up!

This year has been quite a ride and I feel it's just starting! So many adventures, projects and plans ahead but I will try to brief you with the past year bit by bit. This is the first post after a long break but Hanna's Nest hasn't been buried, it is not dead. Just a small silence when my energy has been elsewhere but slowly this too will find it's own place again in the puzzle of my life.

So hello world, I'm back! Who's there?

xxx
H

Picture by Joni Helminen

PARIS - NICE BY TRAIN

Mom and me decided to go to France to our Finnish yoga teacher's course. The course was
arranged in the mountains out from Nice but we wanted to see Paris too so the easiest was
to fly to and from Paris and travel with a train in between. So we set up for the adventure!

Paris was freezing when we first came and I was happy to find my IVANAhelsinki wool cape
just perfect for the weather. And yes, I am wearing shorts under it.

Marseille.

Meeting new people in the train and borrowing their travel guides. Trains are THE best
way to travel, if you ask me. You meet people, see the view changing, can just read and relax.
Eat. Sleep. Perfect!

Nice was sunny and beautiful. But we were hungry so our next destination was a nice little
restaurant - but where to?!

Maybe here? Actually around the corner we run across our fellow course members - what a
sweet coincidence! But after their not too positive review of the restaurant we continued on
our task for good food.

And just when I thought we won't find any, a guy walked over to me and asked if he can help
us and voilà! He showed us a nice Lebanese restaurant close to our hotel. It looked cozy
and just relaxed enough for us to feel like non tourists.

The 10 different mezes were amazing and staff friendly! Soooo good. If you like Lebanese
food and happen to go to Nice, try to locate Beyrouth. Easy, mid priced and delicious.

PIHASALI SUMMER LOOK

Mom and me packed the car with trees and flowers to make our yoga studio
Pihasali bloom like a secret garden for the summer.

And now the old industry building is looking a bit more colorful and lively!

If this test works out well, I'll share more about it later... what will it be hmmmm?