My First Steps Into the World of Biohacking
I have been interested in healthy living for most of my life.
I love movement, healthy food, nature, hiking, yoga, and learning about the human body. I have studied nutrition, completed different fitness and coaching courses (including NLP), and I am also a yoga teacher with more than 600 hours of YTT training.
I meditate… not always regularly, but I try.
I am also familiar with Ayurvedic principles and have followed and used some of them in my daily life for many years. I have always believed that health is not only about exercise or food, but also about balance, and how we live our everyday lives.
Many people think a healthy lifestyle means strict discipline, hard workouts, and eating only salad. For me, it has never felt like that.
I am not obsessed with being “perfect”. I am not vegan, and I still enjoy a glass of wine sometimes.
I love how good it feels to have energy in the body. I love the feeling after a good workout or a long hike in nature. Physical tiredness can actually feel wonderful when the body is strong and healthy.
I turned 60 this winter, and I have felt youthful, active, and full of life most of the time.
For most of my life, I have slept well, stayed healthy, and had a lot of energy and motivation for new adventures.
But recently, something changed.
Last autumn, after the yoga and hiking retreat season ended, I suddenly felt completely drained. My wrists, shoulders, and knees started hurting more than before. Usually, small pains disappeared after a few days or a week, but this time they stayed.
I know that many health problems begin in the body years before we actually become “sick”.
So I started looking deeper.
I tried acupuncture and started taking some vitamins and supplements recommended by the acupuncture doctor. I looked into functional medicine, tried bioresonance therapy, did a body cleanse, and added more minerals and vitamins.
Of course, I also visited regular doctors and had X-rays and MRI scans. The results showed nothing serious — just some normal wear and tear in the joints.
I reduced my training load, focused more on breathing exercises, recovery, meditation, and rest.
Things are definitely better now than they were last autumn, but after many months, I still do not feel completely like myself.
That is when I became seriously interested in biohacking.
Many people have heard this word but are not exactly sure what it means. The book defines biohacking as the optimization of performance, health, and well-being through science, technology, and nutrition.
For me, biohacking means learning how to support the body and mind in smarter and more natural ways. It means understanding how sleep, recovery, nutrition, movement, stress, breathing, exposure to cold and heat, hormones, and daily habits affect our energy, health, and longevity.
Not extreme things.
Not becoming superhuman.
Just small changes that can help us feel and function better.
I had heard about biohacking before, watched a film, listened to podcasts, and read articles online, but now I finally ordered the book Biohacker’s Handbook, written by Finnish experts Teemu Arina, Jaakko Halmetoja, and Olli Sovijärvi. What interested me about this book is that the authors come from very different backgrounds. One is a medical doctor, one is a technology and performance expert, and one focuses on nutrition, herbs, and natural health. I really like this combination because I believe health should be viewed as a whole system, not just from a single angle.
And honestly, I realized there are still so many small things I can improve.
Sleep quality, recovery, and HRV.
Blood sugar balance.
Minerals.
Cold and heat exposure.
Breathing.
Stress management.
Hormones.
Gut health.
Training.
I do not want to become obsessed with health.
I simply want to understand my body better and continue living an active, strong, and energetic life for many more years.
So this is the beginning of my biohacking journey.
I will share what I learn, what works for me, and also what does not.
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