SOUL & BREATH RETREAT
Baltic Pirts Experience
August 20-23, 2026 | Latvia
There are places in the world where ancient wisdom still breathes through the forests.
Where the land remembers.
Where ritual is not performance… but living memory. 🌿
Enter the Sacred Fire of the Baltics
Deep within the wild nature of Latvia, we invite you into a rare immersive retreat experience where Baltic pirts rituals, conscious breathwork, elemental healing, amber medicine, live folk music, and soul practices merge into one transformative journey.
This is not a wellness escape.
This is a return to essence.
A return to the place within you that existed before exhaustion, fragmentation, noise, and performance.
✨ A Journey Through the Elements
In the ancient Baltic worldview, healing happens through direct communion with the primal forces of life:
- Fire transforms
- Water purifies
- Earth grounds and nourishes
- Air awakens and connects
And beyond them all…
🌿 Consciousness. Soul. Presence.
The fifth element.
The one that experiences all the others.
Inside the pirts ritual, all elements converge into a single living field of transformation.
Not merely for cleansing the body…
but for remembering the soul.
As an old Latvian folk song says:
“Pirti man dvēselīte, ar Dieviņu runājās.”
“In the sacred sauna, my soul spoke with the Divine.”
🔥 WHAT MAKES THIS RETREAT UNIQUE
🌬️ Deep Breathwork & Soul Practices
Guided by Ananda G
Through conscious connected breath, somatic release, nervous system regulation, energy work, and presence practices, you will gently peel away layers of tension, conditioning, emotional residue, and inner fragmentation.
Breath becomes:
- a gateway into expanded awareness
- a bridge between body and soul
- a catalyst for transformation
This work is designed for both:
- personal healing and breakthrough
- professional enrichment for facilitators, therapists, and wellness practitioners
👥 FACILITATORS
🌊 Ģirts Laube
Breathwork facilitator, consciousness guide, ritual leader, and creator of transformative soul journeys rooted in presence, embodiment, and Baltic wisdom traditions.
🔥 Ilga Gavare
Traditional Latvian pirts practitioner, herbalist, and keeper of fire and elemental rituals.
🎶 Rasa Laube
Singer, kokle player, and carrier of Latvian folk soul traditions whose voice opens spaces of deep remembrance and beauty.
🔥 The Primordial Elements Sauna
The Elemental Cell Pirts
On the first day, together we create and enter a primal dome-style sauna ritual space inspired by ancient sweat lodge traditions and Baltic elemental rites.
This living ritual chamber becomes:
- womb
- temple
- purification field
- portal of transformation
Inside:
- heated stones glow in darkness
- herbal steam rises through the body
- breath deepens
- voices merge in song
- layers dissolve
This is not performance spirituality.
It is direct experience.
🌿 Ancient Baltic Pirts Rituals
At the heart of the retreat lies the sacred Latvian pirts tradition.
Far beyond ordinary sauna culture, pirts has historically been:
- a healing temple
- initiation space
- birthing chamber
- purification sanctuary
- place of communion with nature and spirit
You will experience:
- herbal whisk rituals
- elemental cleansing
- smoke and steam purification
- body scrubs with honey, herbs, and amber
- contrast water immersion
- deep rest and nervous system recalibration
Dzintara Spēka Elpa
Breath of Amber Power
Amber is not merely a gemstone in Baltic culture.
It is fossilized sunlight.
A million-year-old memory of the sun sleeping within the Earth.
Throughout the retreat, Baltic amber will be woven into the rituals through:
- incense and sacred smoke
- amber-infused sauna rituals
- candles and fire ceremonies
- honey and amber body scrubs
- energetic and symbolic practices
- savu Pērli — kā dzīvu pieredzi
This retreat invites you to awaken the dormant elemental force resting within Baltic amber itself.
Amber carries the qualities of:
- warmth
- purification
- vitality
- solar activation
- ancient memory
🌲 WHY LATVIA?
One of Europe’s Last Living Nature Cultures
Latvia is a hidden sanctuary of ancient European wisdom.
Long before modern wellness existed, Baltic people cultivated deep relationships with:
- forests
- plants
- song
- ritual
- seasonal cycles
- elemental healing
Unlike many traditions preserved only in museums, Latvia’s pirts culture, folk songs, herbal wisdom, and nature rituals are still alive today.
The Greek philosopher Hippocrates wrote:
“Nature itself is the best physician.”
And in Latvia, nature is still treated as teacher, healer, and sacred presence.
Here you will discover:
- untouched forests
- medicinal herbs growing wild
- silence deep enough to hear yourself again
- ancient traditions carried through generations
Latvia is not loud spirituality.
It is subtle. Deep. Elemental.
🌱 HERBS, PLANTS & THE LIVING INTELLIGENCE OF NATURE
The Baltic forests are rich with healing plants and ancient herbal traditions.
Throughout the retreat we work with:
- juniper
- mugwort
- birch
- chamomile
- wild herbs
- sacred smoke plants
- plant essences and oils
Plants are not decoration here.
They are allies.
They support:
- emotional release
- energetic cleansing
- grounding
- nervous system regulation
- inner opening
🎶 LIVE ETHNIC MUSIC & VOICE ACTIVATION
Guided by Rasa Laube
Voice has always been medicine in Baltic culture.
Through:
- ancient Latvian folk songs
- vocal resonance
- live kokle music
- intuitive singing circles
we reconnect with something older than language itself.
Music becomes:
- prayer
- remembrance
- emotional liberation
- soul connection
🔥 FIRE CEREMONIES & HEART CIRCLES
Guided by Ilga
Each journey begins around the fire.
Together we open sacred space through:
- intention rituals
- elemental offerings
- heart circles
- silence
- storytelling
- presence
The fire becomes witness to transformation.
🌿 WHO THIS IS FOR
This retreat is designed for:
- seekers of authentic transformation
- wellness professionals
- facilitators and therapists
- breathworkers
- bodyworkers
- healers
- artists
- conscious travelers
- people standing at thresholds in life
You do not need prior experience. Only willingness.
✨ YOU MAY LEAVE WITH
- deeper connection to yourself
- nervous system restoration
- emotional release
- renewed vitality
- expanded awareness
- practical ritual knowledge
- understanding of Baltic pirts traditions
- tools for personal and professional practice
- profound inner clarity
But perhaps most importantly:
A remembrance of what it feels like to be fully alive.
🌿 LOCATION
Held in the serene natural sanctuary of:
Pērles Upes Svētnīca
A hidden oasis of forests, water, silence, stars, and elemental beauty.
Accommodation available both:
- onsite in nature
- and nearby retreat house spaces
🌿 A FINAL INVITATION
This retreat is not about escaping life.
It is about returning to it more deeply.
Returning to:
- your breath
- your body
- your soul
- the Earth
- the sacred intelligence moving through all things
If something inside you quietly whispers yes…
Trust it.
✨ Join us in Latvia - August 20–23, 2026
Limited places available.
Last 3 Spots Available At A Discounted Price
- Meals (vegetarian/vegan/raw)
- EARLY BIRD OFFER Until 19th of August
- Gift: 3 month access to Flow As One platform (valued €
Shared Room
- Meals (vegetarian/vegan/raw)
- EARLY BIRD OFFER Until 19th of August
- Gift: 3 month access to Flow As One platform (valued €
The Tower
- Meals (vegetarian/vegan/raw)
- EARLY BIRD OFFER Until 19th of August
- Gift: 3 month access to Flow As One platform (valued €
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FAQ
Join our all-inclusive retreat from August 15th – 18th. Your fee covers accommodation, from 15th August (check-in after 2 pm) to 18th August (check out at 12am) and healthy meals during the retreat days (3 main meals, snacks, and drinks are included). Let us know about dietary restrictions beforehand.
On the 15th of August we will have dinner together.
You will also receive free gift – access to our Transformation Online course valued 50 EUR.
In case you want to bring a friend you can book a Private Room and notify us about your friend.
Questions? Contact lasse@flowasone.com.
Consider arriving in Latvia a day prior to the retreat for some restful downtime. With a well-rested start, you’ll make the most of the activities and greatly enhance your accomplishments during the retreat.
- Session clothing: we advise opting for loose, comfortable, and layered clothing.
- House slippers can add to your comfort.
- Yoga matt
- Towel
- Long pants and suitable walking shoes
- If you plan to go walking, consider sturdy shoes, preferably waterproof
- Swimsuit
- Warm and cozy clothing for evenings
- Prepare for wet weather with appropriate gear
- We suggest having travel and medical insurance
- If noise-sensitive during breathwork sessions, earplugs are recommended.
The venue is 70km away from Riga. If you do not have your personal transportation, write to us and we will arrange it for you from Riga.
Location: Elpāres
Internet access will be provided, however, we highly recommend stowing away all your devices during the retreat period in order to fully engage with the processes.
- Morning Practice (Yoga / Pranayama / Workout).
- Breakfast
- Mid-day Workshop
- Group Share
- Lunch
- Breathwork / Workshops
- Dinner
- Free Time / Evening Events / Sauna
Reserving together ensures simultaneous accommodation. While last-minute bookings might limit our flexibility, rest assured, we’ll strive to assist as much as possible!
Yes, you just need to pay a small deposit of EUR 95 to reserve your spot. The rest you can pay when arriving at the retreat.
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