Hi,
I’m so glad you found your way to the Bohemic Mermaid site!
In this very first post, I want to tell you a little bit about myself and why I created the Bohemic Mermaid website.
Bohemic Mermaid was born from the desire to focus on the beauty of the world and the personal need to pause and simply breathe. Before Bohemic Mermaid, I had been an entrepreneur for over a decade, with nearly ten years spent in the food industry. More specifically, I hand-crafted chocolate and coffee. The food industry is highly competitive, and my specific field is also very seasonal. Additionally, the industry is sensitive to environmental changes, and consumption can fluctuate rapidly for various reasons. In other words, as wonderful as chocolate and coffee are, making them can also be extremely stressful, at least commercially. And that’s how entrepreneurship tends to be, but perhaps for me, the food industry wasn’t the best direction, even though I occasionally really enjoyed it.
Last summer, my partner and I concluded that we both needed to find new paths to follow, and as a result – after many plans and reassessments – the idea of Bohemic Mermaid was born for me.
I’ve always been interested in a more natural lifestyle and alternative ways of living and taking care of myself. I started my yoga journey at the age of 14 in 1998, and since then, it has, in one way or another, been a part of my life. Originally, I studied to become a hairdresser, but during my first year of work, I realized that salon chemicals weren’t exactly enhancing my well-being. Even during my studies, I was the odd one out who dug through the beauty school’s storage for old plant dyes and asked the teachers if I could use them. I also gathered knowledge from an old herbal site and tried to create my own skincare products using that knowledge. This was a time when eco-hairdressers weren’t yet trained.
Additionally, I’ve been deeply fascinated by Ayurveda, meditation, and holistic life philosophy. By holistic life philosophy, I mean a lifestyle where, as much as possible, things are made by hand, recycling what we can, reusing items, and repairing things before buying new. For example, a very important part of my life has become gardening. Before I had my own yard, I grew countless plants in my room. Gardening has always brought, and still brings, me comfort. And what could be more rewarding than toiling in the garden soil until dusk and watching the stages of growth throughout the summer, and hopefully harvesting the fruits of your labor if everything goes well. And if it didn’t work out this year, there’s always next time.
Bohemic Mermaid was born from the desire to focus on what matters, the desire for a more natural lifestyle, and the interest in all things naturally beautiful. That is what I aim to bring to this site. My intention is to share tips and advice on well-being, beauty, creativity, and a bohemian attitude towards life. I will also definitely share tried-and-true recipes, life stories, nature photos, and maybe now and then, some easy craft tutorials. So, Bohemic Mermaid will cover the spectrum of life in many different ways.
And yes, Bohemic Mermaid is also a store, but the purpose of this site is not just to be a store but, above all, a place for those who appreciate a nature-oriented life, where hopefully you, the readers, will share your tips as well. I will be adding products to the Bohemic Mermaid store gradually. At the moment, I offer handmade beeswax candles, natural stone jewelry, and handmade accessories from my workshop in Kustavi, Finland. I will also be adding meditation videos to the Bohemic Mermaid YouTube channel initially, and later, yoga videos. But I’ll share more when there’s something to share 🙂
If you already have a request for a post or a video idea, please don’t hesitate to let me know. I’m open to ideas and would love to hear your wishes.
Finally, I just want to say that Bohemic Mermaid’s purpose is to bring a touch of feminine softness into your lives, to enrich with inspiration, and hopefully create joy.
Thank you for reading!
Tanja
