Recovering perfectionist,Tired of feeling trapped under your sky-high standards?
It's time to connect with joy, creativity, and emotional freedom again.
You are skilled, passionate, and people appreciate your work.
And, sometimes you feel stuck.
Your high standards are the guarantee for quality, and you expect to meet them at all times.Yet, trying to live up to your own expectations often leaves you feeling paralysed and isolated. You keep pushing through work and life while your creative projects stay on hold, and inspiration seems to just fly away.Some days, all you can do is eat chocolate and wish you were a cat like Charlie...
It’s not like you haven’t tried anything.Maybe you have found relief in a movement routine. Or moving in nature. Different treatments and relaxation techniques. Talk therapy. Meditation, vision boards...
The thing is, you are not stupid. You are not lazy. But when the trigger hits, there’s usually no time to do a yoga pose.Focusing on restorative routines seems like a logical reaction under stress. Unfortunately, it can also keep us stuck in trying to control the symptoms rather than addressing the root cause.
The following principles help us get to the root of it all:
Listening with the whole body:This helps us become present and connect with our sensory input instead of our busy thoughts. In other words, we get out of our heads and have a chance to feel what's going on right now.Curiosity instead of judgement:Most of us have grown up dividing things into "good" or "bad". Neutral and curious inquiry helps us to observe our actions and reactions, and to understand where they come from.Spacious focus:We are trained to go all in, to focus 110% on our goals.When we remember our ability to shift the focus, to zoom in and out and move between different aspects of ourselves, the space opens up.Suddenly there's more room to breathe. We can access a whole universe of possibilities that we weren't aware of before.By applying these principles, our belief structures can shift, and we can reach our goals with so much more ease.
Once we settle into the space within, creativity, joy and inspiration can flow right back in where they belong!
I am Hanna, a recovering perfectionist and a lifelong learner.
I feel closest to my purpose when I can combine music, somatic awareness and emotional healing.
I spent 15 years working full time as a musician and reached a lot of typical career goals like a permanent orchestral job, recordings and a teaching position at a university.I also came close to burnout and an identity crisis, and started to look for new ways of doing what I love.Through a solo recording project, I discovered the healing potential within the sound of my instrument and my voice. I began studying various healing modalities and became a Reiki master and a certified Adrien Blackwell Method energy healer. I also hold Master of Music degrees from Helsinki, Finland, and Weimar, Germany.Other strong influences in my approach are Alexander Technique and Feldenkrais Method, which I've been studying since my early twenties.I love creating a safe space for people to feel into their own solutions beyond just analyzing the problems, with intuitive sound improvisations and other healing techniques.My approach has already helped people to overcome sleep issues and anxiety, reduce physical pain and emotional overwhelm, and shift their everyday life experience for the better, permanently.
What people say:"My life has shifted in many ways since working with Hanna. I sleep more deeply and feel more restored in the mornings, and I am generally less nervous about things.I used to feel panic around unfinished plans: my mind would go into a loop where one fearful thought would trigger the next. Since working with Hanna, I don't have to enter that loop anymore. I am able to stay calm when other people change their plans at the last minute, and often someone else spontaneously reaches out and offers the help I need!Hanna has a phenomenal calming and allowing presence. I can share anything with her and trust that she will not judge it. What astonishes me is that her sessions create access to the vast spaciousness and limitless possibilities, while they also bring me into more direct contact with my own body and mind.This creates not just relaxation, but an ongoing positive shift in the state of my nervous system."K.A. (Greece/Austria)
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Copyright Tmi Hanna Pakkala 2026
You care about doing your absolute best, at all times.
And it so easily gets overwhelming and exhausting to keep up the standards, just when it matters the most.
If you are a perfectionist like me, you know what it is like to always aim for your absolute best work.It is exhausting. Like trying to control the ocean waves but ending up hitting the rocks on the shore.And yet you also have experienced the moments, when everything flows effortlessly.The wave just carries you.What would it take to feel like that more often?
Catching the Wave
A sound healing container
of six sessions to accompany you from the overwhelm of perfectionism to joy and creativity.
My highest intentions for you:
Experiencing more trust, joy, and excitement in your life and work
More space for creativity and inspiration to flow in, even when the stakes are high
Greater capacity to handle stress and strive for your goals
Grounded, aligned decision-making
Stronger state of presence when challenges arise
More ease and joy in your close relationships
This is for you, if you
really want to do something creative and meaningful, and have felt limited by the perfectionist patterns our society seems to reward.
are really good at analyzing and understanding your problems but sometimes struggle with their emotional charge. One thought leads to an emotion, which brings up another thought that feeds the emotion...
have a sense of the realm beyond your immediate see-hear-feel experience, and you’re curious about it. Some might call this spirituality, others imagination. Whatever your perspective, being in touch with this realm enriches your life.
enjoy listening to music. And maybe you've already experienced how music can sometimes express exactly what you're feeling, even when you don't have words for it.
This is not for you, if you
are experiencing acute or severe mental illness. This work can be therapeutic, but I am not a qualified therapist nor a clinician. Depending on your situation, I may be able to refer you to someone else.
don’t like doing things online. I totally get that, and I love being in the same room with people, too. I offer limited amounts of live sessions and sound healing events in Finland and Greece. I also know some people who have been surprised by how deep the effects of energy healing can be over Zoom. If you are not sure, let's have a conversation about it!
Music moves us
Music - sounds created with intentions - has been used for rituals as well as medicinal and therapeutic purposes since the very early stages of human civilizations. When the expressive intention is carried through the physical sound waves, it connects us up with our body, spirit, our emotional intentions as well as other beings.Sadly, most of the music we hear these days comes from devices, is often created with samples in a program, or at least highly edited and modified. We rarely have a chance to hear someone playing an actual instrument or singing in real time.And yet, singing, listening, resonating and being in harmony with others are very deep human needs. Music can meet us where we didn't even know we were yearning to be met. It can expand our joy, and guide us through painful emotions and rough patches with ease and flow.Whenever music is played and heard in real time, it becomes a dialogue. The notes I play during an improvised sound session, as well as their qualities, are affected by the people listening and responding emotionally to them.Together we create an alive field of resonance. This is where resistances, blocks and unfelt emotions can be met without even naming them, and healing has space to happen by itself.
"During Hanna's sessions my whole body calms down and releases physical tension. No amount of walking or Pilates would have the same deep effect. I find myself again, can access my own thoughts and emotions, and make my own decisions. Like my mind and body are back in coherence.Hanna's work has given me both the first aid in an extremely difficult work situation, as well as space to process the issues in a calm and productive way. I have recognized some of the elements that have affected the mental health of myself and my family members for decades, and now I can choose a healthier working environment.With Hanna's healings I've also let go of some inhibitions and found new ways to express my creativity: my first poem collection is about to be published."M.V., Finland
About me
I'm Hanna, a recovering perfectionist and a lifelong learner.I spent 15 years working full-time as a musician and achieved many typical career goals such as permanent orchestral position, recordings, and a teaching position at a university.I also came close to burnout and an identity crisis, and started to look for new ways of doing what I love.Through a solo recording project, I discovered the healing potential within the sound of my instrument and my voice. I began studying various healing modalities and became a Reiki master and a certified Adrien Blackwell Method energy healer. I also hold Master of Music degrees from universities in Helsinki, Finland, and Weimar, Germany.Other strong influences in my approach are the Alexander Technique and the Feldenkrais Method, which I've been studying since my early twenties.I love creating a safe space for people to feel into their own solutions beyond just analyzing the problems, with intuitive sound improvisations and other healing techniques.What people tell me about the results of my work is, that they feel more at ease in their relationships, resolve conflicts more gracefully, find themselves pursuing their creative projects successfully, and feel consistently more relaxed and happy in their every-day life.
The journey and what it's about
The one-on-one Catching the Wave journey will be custom-designed to meet your unique needs and support you in finding your creative flow.During each session, we will discuss the challenges that you are currently facing in your life and identify the underlying issues behind them.After that, we enter the clearing process with the improvised sounds that I hear through our shared listening. The sound carries a transmission that meets whatever is resonating in your field."I have been a perfectionist all my life. Can things really change in six sessions?"Awareness is the first step towards healing. And since you're reading this page, you're probably already on your way there!The trouble is, sometimes we see the problem and get tangled up in our own thoughts, trying to overanalyze our behavior. That can keep us stuck in the place of noticing what needs to change and not quite knowing how.When we activate your whole body's listening capacity, you get direct access to the deeper emotional blocks, beyond the control mechanisms of your mind. This way, healing happens smoothly and effectively, and the things you've been fighting with may shift surprisingly fast.Some people choose to work with me for longer, but the six-session container already gives you plenty of time for deeper understanding of your patterns, releasing outdated beliefs, as well as integrating new ones.Many former clients tell me a year or two later that they've gone on discovering other helpful things, and have seen how their lives keep changing for the better.
What it contains?
6 sessions, one hour each
Each session will be scheduled individually. The recommended pace is twice a month, and we can also be flexible according to your schedules and needs.
Email support between the sessions
Questions and observations can arise in between the sessions. And sometimes just writing and being witnessed through the words can be part of the healing process.I typically respond within 24 hours on weekdays.
Customized sound track to support your healing in between the sessions.
Sometimes overwhelming emotions come up in between the healing sessions.Catching the Wave journey includes one personalized 10-15-minute soundtrack that I will record and send you after our first session.You can use it to support your meditative practices, take a conscious rest instead of doom-scrolling, or guide you back to calm when feeling overwhelmed.
What it costs
Autumn deal: first 5 packages sold between Oct 22nd and Nov 13th for 500€ !
Normal price:Pay from the heart: 550€ / 650€ / 750€Pay from the heart gives you a range to tune in and find the most resonant and nourishing number for you.Take a moment, become aware of the space you're in.Invite yourself to drop back into your body. Feel the movement of your breath, and the weight of your body against the surface you're on.Tune into your heart. Test, which number feels the most expansive and resonant for you.The middle number is the sustainable price for my business, so if your heart agrees, choose that. If your heart feels resonance with the highest number, that will compensate for someone who chooses the lowest one for their sustainability.Payment is possible in one or two installments. The second payment will be charged after three sessions.Supported payment methods at the moment are Paypal and invoice / bank transfer for EU clients. Ask me for options if needed.I don't generally offer refunds. Having said that, we all know that life can throw curve balls at us. If that happens during this container, let's talk and find a supportive solution.
To sum up, here's what it includes:
Six 1:1 healing sessions, customized and scheduled to your needs
Email support in between the sessions
A personalized 10-15-minute soundtrack, attuned to your needs
How do I get started?
To find out if my work would be just the right thing for you, book a free assessment call with me. I'll send you a few questions about your situation, and we'll go through them together on the call. You can also ask me anything about my work you're still wondering about.The meaning of the assessment is just to see if we're a match. You will always have time to make your own decision afterwards and I will never ask you to make a purchase decision during the call.
Copyright Tmi Hanna Pakkala 2026