• About
Can retreats and meaningful experiences help us slow down, reconnect, and live more in tune with the world around us?
Experience Aika was founded in 2025 by two longtime friends—one Finnish, one Finnish-American—who shared that simple question. Together they imagined a different kind of company. One that begins with a place. One that believes the best experiences emerge from inviting attention rather than constant activity.
Today, Experience Aika draws upon Scandinavian sauna culture, local food, ecology, creativity, nervous-system regulation, and the simple rituals of spending time together outdoors. Every experience is different because every place is different.
Partnerships & Experience Development
Jukka Karhula
Jukka Karhula is the founder of Frame Rate Ltd. and brings decades of experience in media, communications, marketing, and event production. Throughout his career he has helped organizations create meaningful encounters between people, brands, and places. At Experience Aika he leads partnerships, experience development, and strategic collaboration.
Creative Director
Mika Johnson
Mika Johnson is a multimedia artist, meditation coach, and Somatic Experiencing® practitioner. His work spans filmmaking, photography, and immersive installation, exploring the overlap between ecology, ritual, embodied practices, and contemporary life. As Creative Director, Mika designs experiences that invite people to slow down, pay closer attention, and rediscover their relationship with themselves, one another, and the living world.