At the edge, different parts of you tend to have strong opinions—the rusher, the fearful one, the critic, the caretaker, the people pleaser... All trying to help. Often carrying stuck patterns that aren't yours alone, but inherited.You may have learned to just push through—in a fast-paced world, we're often conditioned to speedy resolve.This is your invitation to pause.
The Inner World of Parts (IFS)When we pause, we can finally meet the parts that have been running the show. Here, we welcome all of them. We get curious. We listen. We help them soften so that something else can emerge:The place beneath all the parts. The aspect of you that is already calm, clear, and capable. From here, taking action feels different—less driven by fear, more aligned with something deeper.The Living World (Inherited Wisdom)Wisdom as old as humanity. We don't exist in isolation. We are always in relationship with the land, the water, the ancestors, the more-than-human world. Tending to the relationship with the living world can offer another layer of wisdom and support for your life.The LiminalThe magic of the liminal. Neither inner nor outer. Rooted in my Finnish ancestry—where the sauna was our liminal space, and the first room after the womb, and our last before the ancestors. In between, it held everything—illness, healing, grief, emergence.Real change happens in the liminal, but we run from it because it doesn't look like action. You just have to be in it. Less thinking. Embodied presence. Being in it changes you—not by doing, but by pausing in the stillness.This is the stance I invite to our time together.
From the flurry of parts, to the calmness beneath, to the wisdom of the living world, to the stillness of the liminal. So clarity can emerge on its own breath.This is how the pause offers its gifts.
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1. Individual GuidanceFor anyone standing at the edge—navigating a life transition, feeling stuck in old patterns, feeling the weight of the world on fire, when the old ways of resolving aren't working any more.Sessions and are typically 60-75 minutes.I offer a free intro session to explore whether this is a good fit for you.2. The Virtual Sauna: A Free Monthly Group GatheringMore details Coming Soon!A chance to pause, release and reanchor—together. Through connection with one another and the wider web of life.3. Ancestral Lineage Healing (1:1)What feels personal is often generational. The burdens you carry—the stuck patterns, fears, and protections—may not be yours alone.This is a focused container for releasing what was never yours to carry and relearning how to live in a conscious, day-to-day relationship with your ancestors—so you can emerge with full access to the resilience and gifts in your lineages.Explore More Below:

I'm Riitta.My Finnish heritage carries something quiet and old—generations of people who knew themselves to be part of the land. That knowing lives in me.My work weaves together psychological depth with the wisdom of the living world. I hold an M.A. in Counseling Psychology, with training in IFS (Internal Family Systems), somatic modalities, ancestral lineage healing, and am a student of Finnish shamanic traditions.I also practice from my full humanity: weaving a new story from personal and generational trauma, an immigrant, a mother, and a wife in a multicultural family—and someone who will dance and sing whenever the moment allows.If you're standing at the edge, wondering what's next—I'd be honored to pause there with you.

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