Oh, hi. It’s Tass.
This is our private corner for the conversations that begin over brunch, stretch across long voice notes, and somehow turn into a recommendation, an invitation, or a fit of laughter.
I write weekly, and there’s always something waiting at the bottom.
the past two weeks have been filled with physical pain, ibuprofen pills, and “I know what’s happening to my body, no need to see a doctor”. My body mirrors whatever stress I feel, and recently, things are just weird.
I can’t find a position that doesn’t hurt my hips or my shoulder. I know the stiffness isn’t only physical, and a sound massage made that painfully clear. I went to a studio to let the vibrations massage my energy — because why not? The experience felt so strangely magical that I left completely mesmerized, already thinking about when I could go back again.
Behind an ordinary door on Eerikinkatu in Kamppi, Vibing Hel, created by Hélène, holds a pink, ethereal space for deep relaxation that is like an oracle for the body. She begins with a short conversation to tune the experience to what you’re carrying. I told her I’d been thinking about my tendency to become deeply entangled in every project I join, how this constant immersion has been slowly consuming my creative energy like vanilla cream folded into coffee: impossible to separate once dissolved. I don’t want that.
I closed my eyes, and my body easily swam with the bowls’ soundings. Then, my right shoulder started to bother me in pain. I moved and got off the flow. The chimes invited me to play, but my heavy shoulders didn’t allow me to enjoy it. It became crystal clear in my body: I’m still skipping fun, pressuring to perform, searching for money through production, not value. At some point, the vibrations won: I surrendered with my arms over my head, and enjoyed the rest of the session.
When the bowls were silent and I re-downloaded my soul back, Hèléne served me some water and asked how I was feeling—she always has this after moment with clients to help us get the most out of it. I explained my shoulder issue, and she said something I’d never expect.
During the session, she placed three bowls along my body, each aligned with a different chakra. The bowls near my head and chest opened into clear, resonant vibrations, but the one resting close to my sacral chakra behaved differently: instead of echoing outward, it held the sound inside itself. It reminded me of something my husband once explained about drums. When he wants a cymbal to stop expanding its sound, he tightens it. A relaxed cymbal vibrates freely. It breathes, carries, sustains. Tension contains the resonance instead of letting it travel.
I paused to digest that information.
My tense pelvis was holding the vibration right where the creativity, emotions, sexuality, and pleasure should flow. It can be only my stiff hips, or it can be the sacral chakra. To solve the mystery, I picked a tarot card.
The Four of Wands showed a turtle curled into the same position my body instinctively chose when my shoulders began to ache. A card about celebration, pleasure, lightness. Not just rest — intentional fun. Four is a stable number, feet firmly on the ground, so joy has something solid to stand on.
But goldfish grow to the size of their bowl, and lately mine has been feeling a little too tight for the shape of my expression. I feel like one of those plants that forces itself through a crack in concrete, quietly pushing against its boundaries to make room to exist. Except I’m not growing through pavement, and the limitation is probably the shape I keep insisting on fitting into.
I would never have guessed that a sound massage could give language to the feelings stored in my body.
Something else:
The Inner Architecture of Energy: A Journey Through the 7 Chakras
I felt the urge to make a joke about “hips don’t lie,” but I controlled myself so as not to kill the vibe.
❋ Join a Sound Massage with a special discount — If you want to try the same experience, Hélène offered us a 25% OFF! To book your session, click here, choose payment at the store (Maksa Liikkeessä), and tell her you’re a Secret Club member. We would love to hear how it goes for you!
❋ Clothing Swap Picnic — Sunday, June 7, we’ll gather at Töölö Bay once again for something that already feels like a tradition. Our fourth edition already — I can’t wait. You’ll find the event in our WhatsApp group.
❋ Secret Vibe Lab — Our first edition was absolutely perfect, and the next session is coming soon. Stay tuned because I’ll probably make a poll on WhatsApp.
❋ Secret Book Club (this is your sign, because a last-minute cancellation just opened a spot!) — Saturday, May 23, our book club returns. This time, we’re reading I Who Have Never Known Men and gathering at the coziest market in town for a delicious brunch. Expect brunch, coffee, gossip, bingo with surprises, and great conversations—guided by Carol Bonatto, a voracious reader and writer.