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14/06/2026

Welcome to my soul’s landscape, as we say in Finnish (sielunmaisema, also Seelenlandschaft in German)!

On August 6th-9th, I’ll have a great pleasure to invite you to experience that landscape with me. We will gather for the annual WiseMotion Retreat Lapland on the serene which combines luxury hospitality to peaceful untouched nature.

AINO is a beautiful island near Rovaniemi, Finland and a sister hotel of . The private island offers us the perfect surroundings to immerse into overall wellbeing, brain health and vitalizing movement exercises. We will learn how our bodies can support our mental performance, creativity and emotional wellbeing, all backed by the latest brain research.

AINO has only seven rooms, so we will have an opportunity for an intimate gathering away from the crowds and noise in the pleasant temperatures and white nights of the idyllic Nordic summer.

The retreat is hosted by Dr. Hanna Poikonen, the founder of WiseMotion and senior researcher at ETH Zurich. She’s a neuroscientist and dancer with two decades of experience in science and movement practices to enhance mental performance, improve focus and creativity and support emotional wellbeing.

You are warmly invited to join us for the WiseMotion Retreat in Lapland of Finland on August 6th - 9th 2026:
https://wisemotionco.com/product/aino-private-island/

01/01/2026

Health, success and joy to your 2026 ✨

Thank you for all the inspiring encounters, insightful conversations and soulful dances over the past year! Cannot wait to see you again this year, dear friends, clients, guests and collaborators 💛

Some highlights of the year:
- 3-day meeting in Valencia for our DanceCARE co-funded by the European Union
- WiseMotion workshops at the Wellbeing Festival of in Greece
- WiseMotion Retreat Lapland at
- The World Frequency Day organized by in Dubai on 11/11
- 8-session online course for people with MS or other rare neurological disease in collaboration with

31/10/2025

Join me for the inaugural World Frequency Day on 11/11! ✨🌍

I will be speaking at the in Dubai in collaboration with and , together with artists, business leaders and wellness experts from around the world.

On 11/11 at 11:11 AM (local time), people around the globe will take a moment to use sound, stillness, movement, or intention to reconnect, with ourselves and each other.

Take 10 seconds while waiting for coffee: close your eyes, breathe, tune in!

How you can participate:

• Host a gathering, big or small
• Invite your community to join
• Pause at 11:11 AM for a shared moment of awareness
• Share your moment with

This is a global wave of presence, resonance, and unity.

Will you tune in? 📡〰

16/10/2025

When talking about risk factors for memory illnesses, I describe our current situation as a very worrying palette.

We sit a lot, our attention constantly shifts from one thing to another, so we don't practice deep concentration or challenge our brains to create new neural connections. We are lonelier than ever, we stress a lot, which also affects sleep.

I often say that memory illness is not a disease of old age, it is a disease of middle age. For example, lack of sleep and the risk of memory disease go hand in hand already from middle age.

It is crucial to get information about the importance of memory health to younger people. Small everyday choices and lifestyles that form routines help brain health in later life.

Lastly, the best way to create neuroplasticity in the adult brain is physical movement in a sensory-enriched environment.

Thank you the Finnish Brain Foundation for the interview and for your valuable work on supporting brain health:
https://www.aivosaatio.fi/ajankohtaista/aivot-syttyvat-tanssista/

Remember also the WiseMotion online course on Memory Health:
https://wisemotionco.com/product/memory-health/

Aivoterveys on muutakin kuin ristikoita: Aivot syttyvät tanssin tuomasta liikkeestä, haasteesta ja ilosta.

Lääketieteen tohtori Hanna Poikonen on tutkinut tanssin vaikutusta aivotoimintaan ja kuntouttaa muun muassa muistisairaita, MS-tautia sairastavia ja aivoverenvuodosta toipuvia tanssin avulla.

“Paras tapa luoda neuroplastisuutta aikuisen aivoihin on liike rikastetussa ympäristössä. Tanssi yhdistää musiikkia, vuorovaikutusta ja kosketusta, sosiaalista kanssakäymistä ja visuaalista estetiikkaa,” kertoo Poikonen.

Jo 2–3 tanssikertaa viikossa voi tutkimusten mukaan aiheuttaa aivoissa plastisia muutoksia.

Lue miten tanssi vaikuttaa aivoterveyteen: https://www.aivosaatio.fi/ajankohtaista/aivot-syttyvat-tanssista/

11/09/2025

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30/06/2025

Tervetuloa WiseMotion-retriittiin, jossa perehdymme aivojen, mielen ja kehon hyvinvointiin tohtori Hanna Poikosen kanssa! Kokoonnumme tämän ainutlaatuisen retriitin äärelle Arctic TreeHouse Hotellissa Suomen Lapissa 1.-4.8.2025.

Tällä retriitillä kohennamme hyvinvointiamme hermoston, kognition ja tunteiden näkökulmista, jotka yhdessä muodostavat meidät kokonaisuutena. Päivät alkavat liikemeditaatiolla luonnossa. Opimme uusimmasta aivotutkimuksesta ja hyvinvoinnista tieteen ja taiteiden kautta päivittäin Hannan kehittämän WiseMotion-menetelmän työpajoilla.

WiseMotion-työpajat kattavat neljä toisiinsa kietoutuvaa teemaa, jotka vaalivat kehon, aivojen ja mielen terveyttä: tietoinen havainto, kirkas ja keskittynyt mieli, tunteet kehossa ja aivoissa sekä luovuuden aivotoiminnot.

Arctic TreeHouse Hotelli on palkittu designhotelli Rovaniemen kupeessa Suomen Lapissa. Arctic TreeHouse Hotelli tarjoaa ainutlaatuisen yhdistelmän ylellistä mukavuutta arktisen luonnon sydämessä, todella herkullista paikallista ruokaa ja modernia skandinaavista designia. Lapissa luonto vaihtuu ympäri vuoden, ja tällä kertaa kutsumme sinut mukaan kokemaan upea kesä valoisin öin ja miellyttävin lämpötiloin.

Ole meihin suoraan yhteydessä ja nähdään pian WiseMotion-retriitillä Lapissa!

WiseMotion-retriitti Rovaniemellä 1.-4.8: https://wisemotionco.com/product/arctictreehousehotel/

09/06/2025

Join the WiseMotion Retreat in the Finnish Lapland - Brain Health through Movement and Science with Dr Hanna Poikonen on August 1st - 4th 2025!

The creator of WiseMotion Dr Hanna has shared her knowledge through various ways and platforms: academic research papers, popular science magazines, newspapers, general audience talks, podcast interviews and movement workshops in person and online.

However, she has noticed that the best way to create lasting changes in our everyday habits which support our wellbeing and cognitive performance is through several day retreats in a calm location where you can fully immerse into the world of movement, science, and creativity with an insightful group of like-minded people.

Thus, the yearly highlight is coming again in August! In collaboration with Arctic TreeHouse Hotel, we will organize the second WiseMotion Retreat in the Finnish Lapland. Warmly welcome!

WiseMotion Retreat Lapland, August 1st - 4th 2025: https://wisemotionco.com/product/arctictreehousehotel/