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REDISCOVER THE SIMPLE PLEASURES
OF BEING PRESENT

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NOTE: To secure your appointments, we recommend to book them on the booking engine when booking your retreat. If there are free slots left, you can also book them spontaneously on the retreat by writing your name on the notice board schedule.

Bodywork helps

the body and mind release tension

REJUVENATING AROMATIC MASSAGE (PART-BODY, 60 min) - MIIA

Aromatic classical massage combines the healing techniques of traditional classical massage with the natural power of essential oils. The treatment offers a holistic well-being experience, where the body receives gentle muscle care while the mind relaxes through the subtle aroma of essential oils. The massage releases muscle tension, improves circulation, and deepens breathing, while also supporting the calming and restorative function of the nervous system.

During the treatment, the massage proceeds with slow, flowing movements that soften tense muscles and restore the body’s natural movement. Warm oil makes the touch pleasant and helps the muscles receive the treatment gently, without pain or excessive pressure.

Aromatic classical massage is suitable for anyone seeking gentle muscle work, stress relief, nervous system relaxation, or overall balance for body and mind. The massage can help with headaches, neck, shoulder, and back pain, high blood pressure, reduce stress hormone levels in the bloodstream, and of course relax tight muscles. It also improves sleep quality. Usually, the night after the massage brings easy, restorative sleep.

Essential oils can also be added to any treatment to calm, relax, ground, or energize.

TENSION-RELEASING FASCIAL TREATMENT (PART-BODY, 60 min) -MIIA

Fascial therapy is an effective and comprehensive body care technique that releases tension, increases mobility between connective tissues, and restores soft tissues to their natural, flexible state. The treatment combines three effective methods: manual fascial therapy, tissue mobilization using a fascia tool, and dry cupping. When fascia releases from tightness, the body moves more freely, breathing deepens, and overall well-being improves as tension caused by static postures, stress, exercise load, or repetitive movements is released.

Clients often describe feeling light, open, and free after the treatment, with mobility improving immediately. The treatment effectively supports fluid and blood circulation and the removal of metabolic waste, all while being very pleasant.

The treatment is always tailored to the client’s sensations, aiming to restore the body to a balanced state where movement feels natural and the mind is calm. The combination treatment is highly recommended for clients with chronic movement restrictions, joint pain, or prolonged stiffness.

AROMATIC CLASSICAL MASSAGE + FASCIAL TREATMENT (FULL BODY, 120 min) -MIIA

This two-hour full-body restorative combination treatment provides a deep, holistic well-being experience where gentle aromatic classical massage merges with the effective techniques of fascial therapy.

The treatment begins with a calming warm oil massage that relieves surface tension and prepares the body for deeper fascial work. The sliding, precise movements of the fascia tool help release deeper tension, mobilize tissues, and free restrictions that limit the body’s natural movement. Dry cupping is applied during the treatment to stimulate tissue metabolism and circulation, enhancing recovery and supporting the body’s healing processes.

The subtle aroma of essential oils supports the nervous system’s relaxation and reduces the body’s stress load, allowing muscles to receive the treatment more gently. The flowing movements of classical massage improve circulation, soften tension, and bring lightness and warmth to the body.

The long duration allows a deep, unhurried full-body treatment where both muscles and connective tissues receive the attention they need. After the treatment, the body feels open, light, and free, and the mind settles into a calm, peaceful state.

NERVOUS SYSTEM BALANCING MERIDIAN MASSAGE (FULL BODY, 60 min)

-MAIJU

Meridian massage is a relaxing and effective full-body treatment that releases tension, boosts metabolism, and clears the mind simultaneously – an excellent remedy against stress. The purpose of the treatment is to allow the body’s energy to flow freely, balancing body and mind into a natural state of relaxation. The massage involves stimulating the body’s meridians using pressing and stretching techniques. The treatment will help bring either over or under stimulated nervous system towards it's natural balance.

Experience intimate and mystical

nature connection of traditional sauna healing

THE EMBRACE OF THE SAUNA -HEALING AND CEREMONY (90 min) - TAINA

By stepping into the warmth of a traditional sauna, you open yourself to a unique sauna experience, guided gently by a sauna practitioner into the healing traditions of our ancestors. Here, timeless wisdom, the restorative power of nature, and the Finnish spirit converge.

The sauna combines heat, healing plants, and traditional rituals into a holistic experience. Through steam, various plants and herbs, sauna whisks, songs, and chants, you encounter the restorative power of the East Baltic sauna tradition, calming the mind, revitalizing the body, and listening to the ancient wisdom of nature.

The ceremony includes multiple healing elements: heat, scents, plants, sauna songs and chants, and gentle whisking. They envelop you in gentle care, nurturing body, mind, and soul. You are allowed simply to be and enjoy the complete experience.

The ceremony includes initial and final discussions, healing whisking and rinsing, small snacks, and drinks. Cooling breaks are included.

Get perspective and benefit from

therapeutical one-to-one guidance

SOLUTION-FOCUSED AND LOGOTHERAPEUTIC BRIEF THERAPY / INDIVIDUAL GUIDANCE (REMOTE OR BY REQUEST ON SITE) - MAIJU

Individual therapeutic conversation is helpful when you feel stuck in some area of life and sense that you need support in discovering new perspectives and ways of acting. Stuck patterns may relate to ineffective behavior or thought patterns, which manifest as challenges in maintaining nourishing relationships, recognizing life’s purpose, feeling and expressing emotions, or seeing the path toward a self-aligned life.

Solution-focused brief therapy is goal-oriented, action- and future-oriented, and empowers the client by guiding a process of change. A logotherapeutic perspective anchors and brings the conversation and your goals back to your values: what is truly important to you in life, why, and how you can concretely implement these values in your choices and the life you live.

You can book an individual session before a retreat if you want personal support in preparing, or after the retreat if you wish to work more deeply or reflect on topics that arose during the retreat. We can also build routines together to support your well-being, which you may have already started exploring during the retreat, or individual guidance can help implement plans created at the retreat – you do not have to manage everything alone. Read client experiences at the bottom of the page.

NOTE! Please note that brief therapy is not a form of mental health treatment or rehabilitation, but preventive support for well-being.

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Enrich Your Private Retreat

With Tailored Wellbeing Experiences

The guided group retreat includes three activities: a welcome ceremony and two additional group sessions. Their purpose is to support the retreat’s theme and strengthen participants’ holistic restoration — on the levels of body, mind, and nervous system.

All content is carefully designed according to the group’s needs, wishes, and the nature of the retreat.

The welcome ceremony always includes an opening introduction, a sharing circle, and the collective beginning of the digital detox. The details can be further tailored to suit the specific context of your group.

The additional group activities may include, for example:

  • Yin Yoga — a gentle, long-held practice that gradually opens the body and supports deep relaxation.

  • Conscious movement — combining breath, presence, and attuned listening to the body.

  • Yoga Nidra — a deeply restorative guided relaxation that effectively supports recovery and calms the nervous system.

  • Guided nature therapy walk in Utula’s lakeside landscape — an opportunity to awaken the senses and cultivate a profound embodied connection with nature.

Additional activities last approximately two hours. Their content and emphasis are always agreed upon in advance with the group.

Sessions take place on Tuesday and Friday mornings, allowing them to integrate naturally into the retreat’s rhythm and support the overall experience.

GUEST COMMENTS ABOUT THERAPY

"The Solution Focused Brief Therapy -process helped gain more awareness around my "problem", I got words and a form for it, which dispelled the feeling of ignorance and uncertainty."

"I got new tools for myself in my toolbox that will help me in similar situations in the future. In addition, I gained self-awareness and confidence to act in my best interest and and to stay true to myself in ways that  before seemed impossible."

"Solution-oriented short therapy moved a lot of things forward in a short time.

 

The right questions slowly led the therapy process into the core issues that had made the therapy necessary."

"Maiju's approach to the therapy challenged me and pushed me gently forward.

 

I also liked that we had some body-awareness practices and visualizations as grounding exercises into the session."

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