{"id":17,"date":"2025-10-26T19:06:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T19:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.josefiinataivalmaki.com\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2026-03-27T13:34:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:34:23","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.josefiinataivalmaki.com\/?page_id=17","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull superbthemes-navigation-004 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--superbspacing-xxlarge);padding-left:0;min-height:100vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-93 size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.josefiinataivalmaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5342.JPG-1024x683.jpg\" 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class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.josefiinataivalmaki.com\/?page_id=29\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Retreats<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center superbthemes-navigation-004-columns-button is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-d445cf74 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-657d53b7 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--superbspacing-small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--superbspacing-small)\">\n<div 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