When your body tires before you do, it’s time to listen to what it’s trying to say.
I often find myself asking: Why is a movement more powerful when we use less force, not more?
It is from this lifelong questioning — and from thousands of hours of observing, failing, correcting and learning — that was why Method Putkisto was born. It is also why our training models look and feel so different from traditional exercise.
Because in truth:
Body maintenance should never be a hobby.
No more than sleeping or brushing your teeth.
It is a necessity — every single day.
So the question becomes: What is enough? And how do we know?
When motivation drops, the problem is rarely you — it is the method. We are taught to think we must push, do, move, try harder. But the body does not thrive under pressure.
Even a young and healthy body loses clarity without rest; even the most active walker can lose their posture; even the regular gym-goer can shorten their muscles — despite all the effort.
And many of us know the other version: falling into the deep, soft embrace of the sofa and struggling to rise again with ease, day after day.
I too “worked hard”… until I realised I was working against myself. Before I understood my body, I wasted so much energy.
So much doing — all the wrong things.
My deep hip structures were misaligned and no amount of training could fix it.
It wasn’t more workouts I needed, but clarity.
Had I known then what I know now, I would have spared myself years of unnecessary tension.
Why we run from one thing to another — and why it leaves us empty
New trends are exciting — and that’s wonderful.
But when we jump from one method to the next, the essential is lost. Many believe they are “trying new things”, but in reality, they are trying… nothing deeply enough to feel a transformation.This restless hopping is often substitute behaviour: a way to avoid the one thing we should be doing.
No wonder we end up exhausted, explaining ourselves, feeling “empty-jacketed” as we Finns say. The opposite of enthusiasm is not boredom — it is rigidity. Rigid attitudes keep us from seeing and feeling who we truly are.
True change begins the moment you know your body. When you deepen your body awareness, you can finally:
remove what is unnecessary
focus your practice on what you specifically need
stop wasting time on exercises that don’t serve you
restore clarity, calm, and confidence
We often think “less” means withholding, limiting or reducing. But the truth could not be further away.
Less is precision.
Less is clarity.
Less is peace.
When you know exactly what your body needs, certainty flows through your whole being. The most valuable skill in life: choosing well — and choosing with presence. To choose is not to close your eyes.It is to open them wider. To see more clearly, commit more gently, focus more deeply. A real choice must withstand fatigue, doubt, time pressure and criticism. Endurance is what allows new growth.
If bodywork feels foreign, complicated or “optional”, here is my advice: Don’t overthink it. Let body–mind practice become part of your everyday life.
Become a conscious chooser.
Welcome body maintenance into your life gently, steadily, regularly. Not with force or perfectionism — but with small, focused, consistent steps.
Very soon you will know:
how to practise more efficiently
what your own structure responds to
how to adjust movements to your personal alignment
and how to keep your body light — every day
And suddenly…
everything becomes lighter. When movement becomes self-expression, training becomes nourishment.
This is when your practice becomes your time: a moment to gather yourself, to return to your centre, to remember who you are. After that, you have so much more to offer the world. Your joy increases. Your energy expands.
This is the life skill I want to continue sharing. “With less, you can achieve so much more.” It has become my mission.
✨ The new January season begins 12 January 2026.
