BALTIC HEALING
Film
Workshops
BALTIC HEALING
Film
Workshops
When Andrea Lötscher heard about women in Latvia who had preserved their traditional European healing knowledge to this day, she had the idea to make the documentary BALTIC HEALING.
In the summer of 2023, Andrea Lötscher & Baiba Baika travelled to Latvia to meet with four women healers working in the pirts, the traditional Latvian sauna.
The resulting documentary feature BALTIC HEALING premiered in spring of 2024, and in the same year had more than a dozen cinema and open-air screenings.
When Andrea Lötscher experienced a pirts ritual with Ilga Gavare (one of the healers in the film), on her next visit to Latvia, the idea for the workshops was born.
In January 2025, Ilga Gavare led the first pirts rituals and Amanita ceremonies in Dortmund, where they will now be happening on a regular basis.
In 2026, Ilga Gavare will lead an international Pirts Basics Camp in Latvia. And because it was so successful last year, there will be two Women’s Retreats in Latvia in 2026.