Strong and sensitive 4/2026

10.04.2026 00:00 - 12.04.2026 00:00

Registration ends: 27.03.2026 00:00 - If registration has already closed, please inquire about course places by calling 017 570 1810.

myyntipalvelu@valamo.fi, p. 017 5701 810

, 300€/Student hotel 1 room, incl. accommodation, tuition, meals, 270€/College hotel 2 rooms/person, incl. accommodation, tuition, meals

Course description

About one fifth of women and men are hypersensitive, meaning that their nervous system is more sensitive than usual. In the course, you will learn to understand how hypersensitiveness manifests itself and what a gift it is for you and your environment. Together and individually, we will seek healthy boundaries and balance in those areas that create challenges for sensitive people. The strength typical of sensitive people can be turned into a resource instead of a burden. The course is intended for those of you who know that you have the characteristics of a hypersensitive person. Someone close to you may also be hypersensitive. The course is also suitable for those of you who want to delve deeper into your sensitive side and make it your strength. The teacher is Heli Väisänen, M.A., LCAF Certified Coach®, well-being and change coach. More information about the teacher: www.visiosi.fi 

Bring note-taking equipment to the course.

Course program

Clear Friday 10.4.

Arrival and dinner

15.45 Course opening

16.00 Sensitive Me

Characteristics of the Particularly Sensitive

18.00 Easter Vigil and Vespers.

19.30 Dinner

20.00- Evening task

21.00

Bright Saturday 11.4.

06.00 Easter hour and morning service. Midnight and morning service. The Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. Procession around the church.

07.30- Breakfast

09.00 Strong me

Why am I stressed?

Understanding stress mechanisms and stress regulation methods suitable for the sensitive

12.00 Easter prayer service.

12.30 Lunch

13.30- Balanced I

Gifts of Sensitivity

14.30 Break

15.00- Balanced self – healthier self

Strength as a resource

18.00 Vigil

19.30- dinner

20.00- Evening assignment

Sunday 12.4.

07.30 Breakfast

09.00 III moment and liturgy. Panagia.

10.00 Flourishing me

Towards a healthier life, one that is in line with my values and myself

12.00 Closing lunch

Rooms must be checked out by 12:00.

Rights to changes reserved

Teacher

Väisänen Heli

I am Heli Väisänen, a wellbeing and change coach. I have been a tutor at Valamo College since the summer of 2017 and currently have five different courses a year. Each of my courses has the same core: How to find not so much the best, but the most authentic version of ourselves. Valamo is a great place for this in every season. A place where it is easy to be present for yourself and others, to gain a new kind of vitality and inner peace. To start the change you need the most - with small, easy, but effective means. I am a Master of Arts in Education, a classroom and music teacher and a certified coach. Nowadays I mainly work as an entrepreneur, but I sometimes substitute as a resource teacher and early childhood education teacher in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area. The words serial enthusiast and eternal student describe me. People of all ages are my greatest interest. I often wonder what kind of mark we leave on each other and what we could do differently to have more joy, beauty and hope. I have met wonderful people in my life who have meaningful things to say to all of us. For these reasons, I make a podcast called Kuusi kehää. You can find it on YouTube. Some of the guests on my podcast have come into my life right here in Valamo. You can read more about my courses and coaching, as well as the coaching programs I have developed, on my website https://visiosi.fi