Heidi R Yoga

Things you don’t necessarily see in beautiful yoga photos:

A dog in the bed

The slightly messy kitchen behind

A full day waiting on the other side of the practice

The body that feels stiff and achy

And yet… we practise.

I’ve become less and less interested in perfection in postures, or having the perfect conditions for practice.

I’m much more interested in asking: How can the practice live here?

In this body, with this mind and in this particular season of life. Here, in this home and with everything else going on.

This what makes a practice sustainable: not that we create perfect conditions for it, but that we learn to return to it in the middle of the ordinary life.

This is also why I love teaching Mysore online. You don’t need to live near a shala or rearrange your whole life around your practice. You can build a relationship with your teacher and your practice while staying rooted in the life you already have.

Not perfect life.
Not yoga life.

Real life.

Our online Mysore classes continue on Monday evenings and from September 2nd onwards, on Wednesday mornings. Message me if you’d like to practice with me and the group from home! ❤️

Astangajoogasunnuntai Porvoon Linnunlaulussa 20.9. ✨

Elokuun Porvoon kurssimme oli ihana, ja nyt sille on tulossa jatkoa: 20.9. jatkamme Asento on vakaa ja miellyttävä-teemaa pureutumalla tällä kertaa tarkemmin asanatekniikkaan.

Ohjelma:
10-12 Ohjattu seisomasarja ja Mysore
12-13 Asanatekniikka

Tuo mukaan itsellesi haastavat asanat yhdessä purettavaksi! Kurssi sopii kaikille astangajoogan harjoittajille ja harjoituksen pariin palaaville.

Hinta: 70 euroa, Early-bird hinta 60 euroa voimassa 28.8. asti.

Ilmoittaudu mukaan: [email protected]
Nähdään matolla! ❤️

This photo was taken on my birthday, about a week ago.

We’ve been taking regular walks through this community garden all summer, noticing the little changes from week to week. New flowers opening in astonishingly bright colours. Big, fat zucchinis ripening, and raspberries becoming so round and heavy that just looking at them makes you feel both hungry and full at the same time.

Late summer has a quiet way of reminding us to pause and recognise what has already grown.

Nothing is rushing.
Nothing is trying to bloom forever.

There is so much we can learn from nature and its cycles.

As August begins, Laddu and I are returning from our summer break, and with it begins a new season of online practice with the theme of cultivation.

This Saturday, August 15, I’ll be teaching an online event, Cultivating Strength. We’ll explore a different kind of strength—not something we force or strive for, but something we patiently cultivate through breath, attention, and steady practice.

Programme
🌿 8:45 AM – Silent Sitting
🧘 9:00 AM – Led Primary Series
☕ 10:25 AM – Snack break
✨ 10:35 AM–12:00 PM – Cultivating Strength

Fee: €40
Early bird: €30 until August 5
Led class only: €20

If you’d like to join us, simply send me a message or email me at [email protected].

I’d love to have you join us. 🌻

Gracias por la photo Pacosamo ❤️

It’s been a good summer, says Laddu.

Us, humans, are swimming in the background...

We’ve had our swims, our bike trips, our books, movies, conversations and plans.

Laddu has had her sniffs, her playtime, and her important rest.

And as always, she’s been there to remind us when it’s simply time to just be. ❤️

Summer has a way or reminding us how little we actually need to feel content. A walk. A swim. Good company. A quiet morning. The same familiar practice.

Soon the rhythm will change again.

Calendars fill up, mornings get darker and routines return. But perhaps we don’t need to leave summer behind entirely.

Maybe we can carry a little of its spaciousness into ordinary Tuesdays.

A slower breath before rushing to the next thing.
A practice that steadies us.
A moment of noticing what is already here.

(Laddu seems convinced that’s the whole secret).

If you’d like to ease into the new season with a little more steadiness, I’d love to practise with you.

✨ 1–2 August I’ll be teaching a weekend workshop in Porvoo, exploring how the practice becomes a place that can hold whatever life brings.

🌾 Then, on 2 August, our Late Summer Cycle – The Fruits of Practice begins. Ten weeks of Mysore practice, monthly gatherings and a supportive community, carrying a little of summer’s spaciousness into autumn.

One ordinary morning at a time.

If you’d like to know more about either the Porvoo weekend or the Late Summer Cycle, send me a message or have a look through the link in my bio. ❤️

See you soon!

Photo by Inka Rainemaa 🙏

✨ Kesäinen Astanga-intensiivi Porvoon Linnunlaulussa 1.–2.8.2026 ✨

Tervetuloa syventämään astangajoogaharjoitustasi viikonlopun mittaiselle intensiivikurssille Linnunlauluun idylliseen Porvooseen. 🌿

Viikonlopun aikana sukellamme harjoituksen ytimeen lempeällä m***a syvällisellä otteella – hengityksen, liikkeen ja läsnäolon kautta.

Kurssi sopii sinulle, joka haluat:
✨ vahvistaa omaa harjoitustasi
✨ saada uusia oivalluksia Mysore-harjoittelusta
✨ pysähtyä hetkeksi joogamaton äärelle hyvässä seurassa

🗓️ Ohjelma

Lauantai 1.8.
10–12 Kurssin aloitus, ohjattu seisomasarja & Mysore
12–13.30 Teematunti: Sthira Sukham Asanam – asento on vakaa ja miellyttävä

Sunnuntai 2.8.
10–10.15 Silent Sitting
10.15–12 Mysore
12–13.30 Teematunti: Mysoren harjoitteluperinne

💫 Hinnat
120 € / koko viikonloppu
70 € / päivä

Ilmoittaudu mukaan 15.7. mennessä sähköpostitse: [email protected]

Olet lämpimästi tervetullut mukaan. 🤍

And so ended our summer retreat in Kadermo. What a wonderful week, thank you, you people for making it so special!

I’n starting my summer holiday inspired and with a full heart. The classes continue on August 2nd. Have a lovely summer! 💕💕💕

Sometimes what we need most is a place where nothing is required of us.

(This morning Kadermo Conscious Living 🌿)

The first morning practice.

The deep rest afterward, surrounded by silence, interrupted only by the occasional birdsong.

And then, the first dip in the sea.

In the middle of daily life, work, family, and routines, it can feel difficult to step away from all the responsibilities.

But once you arrive on the island and have the space to simply be, you remember:

This is what you needed.

A little less doing.
A little more being.

✨ My next in-person Mysore workshop will be held in Linnunlaulu, Porvoo, on August 1–2.

Saturday, August 1
10:00–12:00 — Opening session, led standing postures & Mysore practice
12:00–13:30 — Sthira Sukham Asanam — “The posture is steady and comfortable”

Sunday, August 2
10:00–10:15 — Silent sitting
10:15–12:00 — Mysore practice
12:00–13:30 — Talk: The Mysore Yoga Tradition

Investment
€120 / two days
€70 / one day

Please register by July 16 to reserve your place:
📧 [email protected]

Summer, slowly. ☀️

There’s something special about yoga practice in the summertime.

No rushing out of the door.
Fewer schedules.
Long moments of sipping the post-practice coffee.

Time for reading, swimming, resting, and noticing the beauty of summer — even in the middle of the city.

This Sunday, at the summer solstice, we begin our Summer Retreat at Kadermo Conscious Living in Hanko.

A few days of yoga, meditation, chanting, sauna, delicious plant-based food, and good company.

And this Thursday is our final online Mysore class before our summer pause. We’ll meet again in August.

However you’re spending these midsummer days, I hope they bring you a little more space, joy, and ease.

Happy midsummer ✨
Heidi

Where do you go when you practice? 👀

Into the breath?
Into your head?
Into “why is this pose suddenly impossible today?” 😅

Yoga has this sneaky way of showing us how we relate to ourselves.

The inner coach.
The critic.
The one trying very hard to be “good.”
The one who just wants a nap in savasana.

And often… we don’t even notice the conversation happening.

This Saturday, we’ll explore all of it together — through practice, reflection, and a little curiosity.

✨ Led Primary Series + Talk
🗓 Saturday, May 23
🧘‍♀️ Online

We’ll move, sit, breathe, snack ☕️ and explore:

Yoga, the Self & Learning to Be Free from Self-Judgement

Come as you are.

To join:
Email [email protected] with
“I’m in for Saturday, May 23rd!” 💌