Dare to Heal

Whether it's a speaking presentation, workshop, or retreat, Karita's programs will always empower and transform. Aimed at those who are defying the odds, daring to heal, and taking the responsibility of their wellbeing in their own hands.

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Speaking

Karita shares the incredible story of her brain cancer survival against all odds, empowering audiences with an actionable and effective 7-step system towards holistic healing.

Workshops

Focus in on a theme and make discoveries through powerful exercises and interactive tools, all under Karita's lighthearted presence and deep-diving guidance. Live and virtual workshops available.

Retreats

Karita leads retreats around the world for yoga, wellness, and adventure as well as peer support and detox retreats for cancer patients and their loved ones. Join along, or bring Karita's magic to your next retreat!

SUGGESTED FORMATS: Keynote, Partial Day, Full Day, Lecture, Workshop, Weekend or 1-Week Retreat. Programs available both live and online. Requests for interviews, social media live talks, and podcast features are welcome! ♥

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POSSIBLE TOPICS

Practical, holistic steps to take in all areas of life to heal and feel your best
The healing mindset–what is it, how to achieve it, and how you'll maintain it
Nordic approach to health, wellness and a healing lifestyle by blending both age-old Finnish traditions and fresh perspectives from anywhere in the world - the Nordic approach is: whatever works best must be used!
Seven choices to make every day to support your healing and wellbeing
Working towards change in the medical world by complementing western medicine with holistic approaches–in harmony with each other, and not pitting the methods against each other
Dharma Code: How to discover and begin becoming aligned with your life’s purpose, and share it with the world
Yin yoga, deep breathing and slowing down as a way to maintain wellness and listen the body’s whispers before they turn into screams (in the shape of disease)
Peer support for cancer patients, survivors, and loved ones–both mindset (even when hope feels lost, there is always, always hope) and the physical (keys to adopting a new, healthier lifestyle, with a bit of ayurveda and detoxing mixed in)
Witch Drinks: Sharing the secret health-boosting juice recipes from wellness gurus of Finland

Karita Aaltonen wellness educator and speaker and author on stage, speaking to a microphone

POSSIBLE TOPICS

Practical, holistic steps to take in all areas of life to heal and feel your best
The healing mindset–what is it, how to achieve it, and how you'll maintain it
Nordic approach to health, wellness and a healing lifestyle by blending both age-old Finnish traditions and fresh perspectives from anywhere in the world - the Nordic approach is: whatever works best must be used!
Seven choices to make every day to support your healing and wellbeing
Working towards change in the medical world by complementing western medicine with holistic approaches–in harmony with each other, and not pitting the methods against each other
Dharma Code: How to discover and begin becoming aligned with your life’s purpose, and share it with the world
Yin yoga, deep breathing and slowing down as a way to maintain wellness and listen the body’s whispers before they turn into screams (in the shape of disease)
Peer support for cancer patients, survivors, and loved ones–both mindset (even when hope feels lost, there is always, always hope) and the physical (keys to adopting a new, healthier lifestyle, with a bit of ayurveda and detoxing mixed in)
Witch Drinks: Sharing the secret health-boosting juice recipes from wellness gurus of Finland

WHAT'S BEING SAID

"Karita has a special energy about her that captivates our audience every year. Serious subject with great humor - thank you for bringing your message of hope."

Karita Nordic Healing - I Survived author of Nordic Guide to Healing

Karita Nordic Healing books and magazines

Karita Aaltonen

AUTHOR • SPEAKER • WELLNESS EDUCATOR

Karita is a wellness educator, speaker, author, and yoga retreat leader from Tampere, Finland. Her mission in life is to give people hope, offer positive peer support to cancer patients, and share knowledge of holistic healing–with the aim of facilitating wide adoption of complementary practices along with western medicine in treatment of disease.

On Valentine's Day 2012, what was suspected to be a bad migraine was diagnosed as the worst and most feared type of brain cancer, Glioblastoma Multiforme Gradus IV. This brought Karita's busy life to a standstill. Her two boys Rene and Nooa were just 8 and 5 years at the time. "A mom of small children can't die!", she thought, and knew that she had to make a choice:

Will I live in fear, expecting to only live for a few months to a year, focused on the reasons I DON'T want to die... Or will I focus on the reasons I WANT to live for - and I chose the latter, easy. I wanted to live so much it almost burst my heart.

After a 6-hour surgery, a week in the hospital, and learning how to walk again, Karita soon returned to her normal life. But it was far from normal - not because of the epilepsy seizures because the doctors told her to expect them... But her intuition was telling her, strongly, that something's not right. She insisted on a scan right away to confirm: grade 4 brain cancer had renewed, after just two months.

This was the beginning of a "new life" for Karita. The idea of a Healing Circle was born–a system of holistic healing with seven areas of focus: the decision to heal; the people around you; your diet; the power of the mind, body and nature; hope... It was necessary to revamp all these aspects of life and gear them towards healing.

I decided that if no one has cured from this type of cancer before, then I simply have to be the first one to do it.

Instead of seeing the cancer as an enemy to fight within her body, Karita viewed it as a 2-inch friend who had come to teach her. "I believe cancer is a an urgent call from your body, mind, and soul to change."

Celebrating eight years healthy, Karita has dedicated her life to wellness education through public speaking, holistic health advocation, yoga and detox retreats, spearheading TV shows and wellness summits, launching an online course Build Your Healing Circle: The 7-Step System to Holistic Healing, and authoring two books in Finnish. Her first English book I Survived: A Nordic Woman's Guide to Healing from Cancer launched in September 2021 (by Nordic Wisdom).

Karita Aaltonen

AUTHOR • SPEAKER • WELLNESS EDUCATOR

Will I live in fear, expecting to only live for a few months to a year, focused on the reasons I DON'T want to die... Or will I focus on the reasons I WANT to live for–and I chose the latter, easy. I wanted to live so much it almost burst my heart.

Karita Aaltonen Nordic Healing Guide for cancer survival and her kids

After a 6-hour surgery, a week in the hospital, and learning how to walk again, Karita soon returned to her normal life. But it was far from normal–not because of the epilepsy seizures because the doctors told her to expect them... But her intuition was telling her, strongly, that something's not right. She insisted on a scan right away to confirm: grade 4 brain cancer had renewed, after just two months.

I decided that if no one has cured from this type of cancer before, then I simply have to be the first one to do it.

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