Life after Midsummer festivities

We are living the last days of June 2011. 

The summer has really started to blossom in Finland, everything is so luscious and green and weather is quite warm.  I am a big fan of these summer nights full of light, not so dark even in the darkest hours.

We had Midsummer festivities last weekend and people were enjoying it in many different ways. It is very quiet in town at the midsummer festival time. I stayed with my son at home and didn’t even go to see any bonfires which were burned near the lakes.  In the morning of June 25^th I woke very early after a short sleep and went for a jog into the nearby forest and lakeside. It was so beautiful and silent, just birds were singing. Wind was totally calm and the surface of lake was so smooth and still just a couple of ducks were swimming there. Ah…  That was a heaven.

Midsummer is few days after the Summer Solstice and it is very energetic time. I have had strong dreams and weird feelings every once and a while. Here in Finland employed people are leaving to their annual summer vacations after the midsummer time. July is the main summer holiday time because it is the warmest time in Finland – usually. I am working and having some fun and off time whenever I can. Meeting relatives and friends all over Finland and attending to some summer events. I will lead some workshops too here in Finland in different locations and that is a lot of fun. 

Time to go now to enjoy outdoor life in this sunny Monday.

Back in Finland again

It is always amazing how fast time is passing. It feels that I was just planning my trip to Boulder and now it is over and I am back in Finland again. The date before the title is showing Boulder time, in Finland it is Thursday morning already.


The flight here was good although my flight from Denver to London was delayed two hours. Fortunately I had plenty of time to change the plane in London. It gave me a couple of hours more to spend time in Boulder. We went for a short walk in a park near Baseline. There was nice trail along the river. Birds were singing and I heard some crickets too, I just love the sound of crickets. I should have got few of them as suveniers because there is no crickets in Finland - just few grasshoppers later in July.

Departure from London was about half an hour late too, not too bad. The flight from London to Helsinki takes about three hours. When we had flown two hours the pilot announced that the baggage claim crew had just walked out from the airport in Helsinki. This meant that we didn't get our luggage after landing but they would be delivered some time later. I had three of them because I was bringing my daughters stuff back to Finland. She moved back to Finland last spring after she graduated from the high school and we couldn't get all her stuff back then.
I arrived to Finland about 10pm on Friday evening after traveling about 16 hours alltogether. One of my friends was picking me up and we headed to Tampere where I live here. It was about two hours drive.
Two of my bags arrived on Monday evening and one on Tuesday evening. Good that I had clothes here - otherwise it would have been a bit uncomfortable situation.

It is nice and lushious summer here as it is in Boulder too. So lovely weather at the moment - warm and sunny, hopefully it will continue longer. The first thing in the Saturday morning I went out walking to the forest nearby. Actually it starts immediately from the front door of this house. So nice!

Yesterday -Wednesday- evening I was in a concert where a couple of my friends were playing Tibetan Singing Bowls and bass guitar. It was beautiful and relaxing - really nice combination. I loved it.

I will begin to work here again next week, I did few Sound Healing sessions on Tuesday but I have been quite a lot in Jetlag mode still and getting overly tired in the afternoons when my best working time is.
Today I will take some people to the forest and lakeside nearby and we'll be meditating and observing and listening/feeling some nature phenomenas there. It'll be fun.