About us
WHAT SLOW TRAVEL REPEAT IS ABOUT
Life-Enriching Slow Travel and Mindful Living
Making conscious travel easier for you — one destination, one practice, one honest reflection at a time.
Who's Behind This
I'm Sini Hietaharju — Finnish by birth, retreat photographer by trade, and your test rabbit for slow living and mindful travel.
I'm also a Master of Tourism Research and an RYT-500 certified yoga teacher. But the credential that matters most is this: I've spent years behind the scenes of the wellness industry, photographing retreats. I've seen what actually happens on them — not just what the brochures promise.
Slow Travel Repeat is the slow corner of the internet for hidden gems, mindful destinations, and practices you can bring home.
Who This Is For
This site is for women who are tired of performing.
Who want to slow down, but don't know where to start. Who need someone to go first and tell them the truth. Who are ready to finally choose themselves — and want a guide who won't make them feel guilty for it.
If that sounds like you, you're in the right place.
Why I Started This
I got tired of Instagram.
I'm not a "fast videos, flashing lights, read the caption" kind of creator. I wanted a place for slow content — something you can always come back to, read at your own pace, and actually use.
Mindful thoughts and helpful tips just fit better on a static website than on a dopamine-rush machine fuelled by narcissism, greed, and negativity.
All we need is less.
What You'll Find Here
Slow Travel Repeat is built on three pillars.
SLOW — Reflections for the mind. Essays on overthinking, presence, anticipatory anxiety, and learning to trust yourself.
TRAVEL — Guides for the soul. Wellness hotels, retreats, and slow travel destinations I've personally experienced and honestly reviewed.
REPEAT — Practices for the body. Yoga, Pilates, breathwork, somatic movement, and digital detox challenges. All free. All repeatable.
The goal of everything here is simple: to help ambitious women finally choose themselves — and to give them the tools to do it.
What I Stand For
Three things I come back to, every time I make something for Slow Travel Repeat.
Real healing.
I don't do vague wellness. The practices here are for real things — tension that won't shift, a nervous system that won't settle, sleep that won't come. If it doesn't help with something real, it doesn't belong here.
Real freedom.
Nothing I make requires a studio, a subscription, or a specific address. You can do it in a hotel room in Spain, on a cabin floor in Finland, or in your living room at 7am before work. Wherever you are is the right place to start.
Real empowerment.
I'm not here to be your guru. I'm here to hand you the tools and step back. You lead. You decide. You build the practice that fits your life — and then you repeat it until it becomes yours.
Simple to start. Consistent enough to matter. Clear enough that you never wonder what to do next.
My Promise About Content
Every photo on this site was taken by me, in a real place.
Every video was filmed by me, on location.
Every voice you hear is mine.
No AI-generated images. No AI visuals. No synthetic voice.
I use AI for brainstorming, for thinking through topics, for organising ideas. I'm not pretending otherwise. But there's a line I've drawn, and it's this: what you see and hear here was made by a hand, by a person, by someone who was actually there.
You can read my full commitment here.
What Slow Travel Means to Me
I strive to travel slowly, for a long time, and in a present way.
For me, this means avoiding popular destinations and high season — finding unique places and enjoyable things to do instead of navigating from one tourist spot to another. It can mean staying somewhere longer, understanding the culture better, and finding experiences you couldn't plan if you tried.
I'll always recommend destinations where nature is close, and where yoga retreats and wellness holidays are genuinely possible.
During my travels I've seen wonderful places and learned a lot. I don't want to keep the hidden gems to myself. What's the point of keeping know-how secret when people like you are looking for the same things?
Conscious Travel Should Be Easy
I think conscious travel could be clearer and easier. Right now I see two problems.
One: it sounds too complicated. There's no clear information, or it's contradictory, or it's expressed in difficult terms.
Two: the conversation too often turns into blaming individuals and declaring that all travel is bad. As if the only option is not to travel at all.
I think it's more useful to focus on how we can make travelling a little more conscious and a little less harmful — instead of pointing fingers.
Travel is about life-enriching experiences without harming nature, people, or culture. I want to help you find better destinations and better choices, easily.
Behind the Camera
I've been producing content for years — for my own platforms and for travel and wellness businesses.
With over 8 years of experience in SEO, copywriting, blogging, photography, and tourism research, I also co-create content for tourism businesses. You can see all my services at SINI STUDIO, my marketing agency for wellness and travel brands.
I'm also an RYT-500 certified yoga teacher. On the REPEAT section Sinimalism you can practise with me for free.
Get in Touch
Got a question? Want to collaborate? Want to tell me about a retreat I should experience?
Email me at sini@slowtravelrepeat.com. I read everything.