Hakaniemi looking romantic in the morning light

Today was my back-to-work-day. I held a mindfulness mini retreat (1 day) in Hakaniemi, Helsinki. Hakaniemi is very downtown, so it's not a place you'd perhaps imagine retreats being held, but it's a very nice surroundings and we are inside with the option to do some practicing outside by the sea.

I was early this morning so I took a walk around the market square and few additional pictures are in Instagram.

It was a pleasant day. But very hot inside, so I'm almost waiting for hurricane Bertha to bring us low pressure area in the midst of next week. Almost! :-)

Mindfulness is about love and loving life. When you cultivate this love, it gives you clarity and compassion for life, and your actions happen in accordance with that.
Jon Kabat-Zinn

Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes.
Thich Nhat Hanh