The Blessing of Grandmothers from Matriarchies Worldwide
Since the mid-1990s, the two of us have visited various matriarchal tribes across different continents, lived among them, and forged friendships. We have been able to share knowledgeable accounts of their lives and matriarchal consciousness through feature-length films—films that are now being shown in locations all over the world. In doing so, we have brought the good news of their existence to the Western world, which is our own home. With the help of our MatriaVal association and the UNNA Foundation, we have also been able to invite a number of our friends from these various matriarchies to visit us here; in turn, those raised in matriarchal societies have been able to see the conditions under which we must live. They express their sympathy for us with great respect.

Now, as we prepare for this festival, they learned from us that this event—aimed at bringing matriarchal consciousness to people everywhere—is taking place for the second time. A desire arose within them to convey the blessing of their elders for this occasion. The blessing of their elders is the most important thing in life to them, and they wanted us to receive it as well. And the two of us were chosen to be the bearers of that blessing.

The elders—especially the very oldest among them—do not exert influence through their actions; rather, they make an impact through their very presence and the energy they radiate. Their presence brings happiness to any home.

Now, that happiness is to enter this house here at Kasteel de Berckt in Venlo. The matriarchs wish us peace and balance, joy, and a good life for all!

It is a fortunate coincidence that we can provide moving images drawn from impressive scenes in our films—footage that Nana Sturm has compiled and previously broadcast on her YouTube channel, «MatriWissen». We can thus envision the blessing great-grandmothers; they are here with us now.

MatriaVal e.V. Association
The MatriaVal e.V. association focuses on matriarchal societies and matriarchal values. The «Val» in the association’s name is derived from the English word «value.»

Matriarchal societies are societies in balance; they are attuned to nature and peaceful in all respects. Women and men respect one another, and the elderly are held in high esteem. Mothers stand at the center, and the maternal principle of nurturing and care forms the foundation of the entire social structure. Numerous matriarchal societies exist around the world.

Mutterlandbriefe (Motherland Letters)
The «Mutterlandbriefe» reach women four times a year: in spring, summer, autumn, and winter.

They share reports and stories about matriarchies worldwide, as well as the diverse activities, projects, and experiences that bring matriarchal elements into our daily lives—whether within ourselves, in our families, or in the public sphere.

https://matriacon.net/
https://www.tomult.de/

In the Matriarchy Film Room, curated by Laura Hirch, films about matriarchy, female wisdom, and women’s history will be shown throughout the day. There, you can retreat from the hectic festival life, learn, and enjoy.

The film program will follow.

Andrea Lötscher is an ethnologist, filmmaker, and speaker specializing in modern matriarchal studies. Born in Basel in 1974, she spent her childhood in Switzerland and Canada and has lived in Germany since 1989.
1994–2001: Studied ethnology at the University of Münster (WWU), graduating with a Master’s degree (Magister).
2001: Edited her first documentary film project.
2001–2004: Worked as an assistant director and film editor for a production company in Cologne.
2007: Founded “Mondrosen – Dokumentarfilme.” Since then, she has worked as a freelance filmmaker, producing documentaries, corporate/promotional films, and various other documentary projects—resulting in over 120 short films and two feature-length documentaries.
2024–2026: Enrolled in the “Modern Matriarchal Studies” program at the HAGIA Academy.

The Latvian *pirts* (a traditional Latvian sauna or steam bath) preserves an ancient European healing tradition that has survived to the present day.

I first encountered this healing tradition through my documentary film *BALTIC HEALING* (92 minutes, 2024), which I screened at the inaugural “Matriarchy for Future” festival.

We now offer Latvian *pirts* rituals in Dortmund. Additionally, I organize retreats and *pirts* camps for women in Latvia (www.baltic-healing.com/workshops).

For my final thesis in the comprehensive program at the HAGIA Academy, I focused on the topic: “Matriarchal Elements in the Latvian Healing Art of the *Pirts* (Traditional Latvian Sauna).” My new film, STEAM & SPIRITUALITY (working title), delves even deeper into the Latvian healing tradition of *pirts* and will be screened at the Matriarchy For Future Festival 2.0.

www.mondrosen.com

Laura Hirch (born 1987) is an independent filmmaker, artist, and speaker in the field of modern matriarchal studies. Her projects—including the six-part documentary series *FROM THE GODDESS*—focus on themes such as women’s history, healing, spirituality, and art, with the aim of highlighting the sacred role of women in society and challenging the patriarchal narrative. Based in Berlin and Ibiza, Laura integrates her spiritual and ecofeminist perspectives into her creative endeavors.

New film currently in production
Laura Hirch will present a film that is currently in the making. Further details to follow.

Film Space
Together with Nana Sturm and Andrea Lötscher, Laura will once again curate a “matriarchy film space”—a sanctuary away from the hectic pace of the festival, where attendees can watch films throughout the day centered on matriarchy, feminine wisdom, and women’s history.

www.womenbodiment.com

Nana Sturm
Trained as an actress, I worked in this profession until 2020. Then the Matriwissen channel went online and I completed training in healing massage and graduated from the Hagia Academy as a matriarchy consultant.

Matriarchal knowledge on YouTube – a journey that will soon last five years
In 2020, there was suddenly a lot of time to reflect on what is actually important – and that’s how the YouTube channel Matriwissen was born. Because knowledge of matriarchies not only gives us a perspective on a real alternative to our current political and social system: it also enables us to see through the patriarchal structures within us and around us. Recognize, name, heal! That’s what I’m all about.

On this path, I have conducted numerous interviews, with many women and some men, and have created a colorful cornucopia of matriarchal knowledge that is freely available.

In addition to presenting film examples, I also talk about my experiences on this journey and invite you to talk!

I look forward to meeting you in person!
Nana Sturm

Youtube Kanal Matriwissen

Magna Dea
Magna Dea – The Great Goddess is an exhibition dedicated to the archetype of the feminine sacred. Its point of departure is prehistoric Goddess figurines and their contemporary reinterpretations in ceramics, sculpture, and installation. The project explores traces of the Great Goddess in culture, religion, and collective memory, restoring visibility to representations of female divinity that have, over the centuries, undergone transformation, suppression, or oblivion. The exhibition evolves over time and is presented in former sacred spaces that today function as secular venues.

Aleksandra Szczodry
Visual artist working with ceramics, painting, and installation. Her practice combines archaeology, iconography, and cultural memory studies, focusing on female archetypes, ancient belief systems, and the relationships between contemporary art, spirituality, and cultural history.

www.aleksandraszczodry.com

OPUS MULIERUM – a traveling exhibition on the forgotten art of women
The «Opus mulierum» exhibition showcases women from four millennia who were active in the fields of alchemy, healing, cosmetics, and perfume making. They frequently pioneered work at the still and in the processing of medicinal plants. «Opus mulierum» refers to the work of women (and housewives), as the practical experience they gained in the home—through cooking, pottery, bread baking, beer brewing, and more—was applied to alchemical pursuits.

More information about the exhibition
destillierkunst.de/opus-mulierum

Guardians
Susanne Fischer-Rizzi, Anke Brüchert, Dorothea Rupprecht, Rita Reinicke, Roswitha Klein, Roswitha Ziegler, Sandra Kesenheimer, Amarilis Gonzales Gomez, Anita Schrotberger, Antonia Knobloch, Claudia Mauti, Ellen Voges, Esther Kempf, Lisa Raimund, Markus Metzger, Monika Trost, Prisca Vetsch, Sabine Krummrei, Sibylle Wagner, Sonja, Susan Wacker, Vera Schneider, Viktoria Günter-Pavel

www.destillierkunst.de

Inspired and informed by the wisdom of contemporary and historical matriarchal societies, we strive to spread matriarchal values and inspire to take action to bring about matriarchal social patterns.

We are an alliance of several organizations recognizing our shared mission to move society towards matriarchy. We are committed to fostering a future guided by balance and respect for life.

Our mission is to empower all genders to co-create a world that honors the Earth and humanity’s interconnectedness.

We will once again be holding a political action by Matriarchy Now! at the «Matriarchy for Future» festival, held at Kasteel de Berckt in Venlo, Netherlands—on Saturday, July 3, 2027, from 9:00 to 10:00 AM.

See our website: www.matriarchy-now.com

Carmen Navarro
My dance journey began at the age of three within my family, at celebrations. I learned authentic flamenco, Oriental folklore, tribal dance, Sufi dance, ecstatic dance, Persian dance, trance dance, and group dance — including performances, live music, and performance art — as well as choreography and dance training.

I offer workshops, guidance, and facilitation for intuitive circle dance with live drumming and sound journeys, as well as workshops and guidance for women’s Sufi trance dance.

Goddesses speech visible in dance pattern
My workshop introduces movements and patterns from the traditional dance language of the goddesses: pantomimic gestures, depictions of the elements, honoring the feminine, foot and pelvic movements from tribal dances, hair dancing, and empowering postures. Learn these techniques and integrate them into your daily life, your dancing, and celebrations.

https://www.instagram.com/dancespiritnow/

Barbara Brosch
Since 1993, I have been offering nature-oriented events for women, aligned with the cycle of the seasons. Currently, these include coach tours to Ireland, Avalon, and journeys tracing the footsteps of the Goddess in Germany. For the past 20 years, I have lived as a beguine at the former Malgarten Monastery.

Morning Circle Dances
Through gentle, simple, meditative, and enlivening circle dances held outdoors, we experience a strengthening connection—both with one another and with the nature that surrounds us—at the start of the day.

www.frauenreisen-barbara-brosch.de
www.beginen-in-malgarten.de

BarbAra Ihme – Soul expert, qualified therapist, lecturer, author, and founder of the «Lebensglück Akademie» (Academy for a Happy Life). Practitioner of Soul Work according to the IHME® method. Dedicated to the «Mütterwand» (Mothers’ Wall) and «Human Duties» through workshops, campaigns, readings, exhibitions, and the popular Mütterwand T-shirts.

An inner encounter with the Clan Mothers of the Lake Constance Mütterwand—a 6,000-year-old sanctuary of the feminine
Let the Mütterwand tell you its story. Make space for it in your heart, your womb, and your daily life! The womb and the soul know everything; they are familiar with the past, present, and future. As with other festivals of the feminine, I invite you to dive inward and delve deeper into remembrance—reaching back to the roots we all share, to our ancestresses, the Mothers of the Lake, so that we may cherish and honor them. For the blessing of them, of us, and of all. It is always fascinating to discover what they wish to tell us and what they want us to experience.

www.barbaraihme.de

Ingemar Rohn
For almost 40 years I have been studying the old Neolithic egalitarian, women-respecting cultures that lived in harmony with nature and all beings and worshipped the Great Mother in her countless aspects.
I am very familiar with the Minoan culture on Crete. Since the late 1990s I have been offering women’s trips to Crete together with Arunga Heiden, where dance, singing and visiting Minoan sites are part of our seminars.
Born in Romania myself, I also offer women’s trips there, including to the archaeological sites and museums of the Cucuteni and Gumelnita cultures.
The spirituality of the matriarchal cultures was firmly integrated into people’s everyday lives. There was no separation between politics and everyday life. People lived a ritualized life.
In the Minoan culture in particular, ritual dance was, among other things, the medium for contacting the Great Mother/Goddess, feeling her and asking for support.
Since 1996 I have been offering dance seminars in Heidelberg, Überlingen and other places and every time I am touched and delighted to feel connected to the community and the divine power in the dance in the great network.

(Ritual) circle dances – dances for the joy of life
The circle dance has been an elementary form of expression for people for thousands of years and an integral part of their spiritual life and being. In ritual dancing we integrate ourselves into cosmic processes, open our hearts and our senses to dialogue with the spiritual forces. In the connection to earth and sky, to ourselves, we immerse ourselves in the power of the circle.
We will dance (simple) dances from the Balkans, Greek, Romanian, our own choreographies, dances that awaken our joy of life and celebrate the abundance of summer…

www.kreistanz-ingemar.de

Spiral of Lament and Ritual
A spiral of lament—public and powerful, in the tradition of professional mourners. An accessible space for all our grievances and outcries: the genocide in Palestine, German arms shipments to Israel, wars and militarization worldwide, violence against women, femicides… There is room here for all your concerns. Organized and prepared by Barbara Brosch and a group of women—practitioners of ritual—from the Lower Rhine, the Osnabrück region, and the Lake Constance area.

Ritual of Lament, Friday, July 2, 2027, 7:00 PM
Here, you can raise your voice and share your horror, despair, and rage, as well as your feelings of helplessness and grief, with us.
As a circle, we will support one another through drumming, rhythmic stomping, and songs of lament. Afterward, there will be a period of silence—accompanied by candlelight and circle dances—to allow for reflection and processing.
You are welcome to bring your own drums or rattles.

www.frauenreisen-barbara-brosch.de
www.beginen-in-malgarten.de

Melanie Nowak is a dance and movement therapist with her own private practice and the founder of NatureLoveDance—a form of healing dance practiced in and with nature. Her mission is to guide people toward their hearts, helping them establish a meaningful connection with themselves, others, and the natural world.

Planetary Dance
The Planetary Dance is a ritual dedicated to peace among people and with the Earth. It was part of the opening ceremony in 2025 and will play this role again in 2027. It is a simple walking ritual performed in a spiral formation, and everyone is welcome to participate.

Developed by dance pioneer Anna Halprin, the Planetary Dance has been celebrated annually around the globe since the 1980s. What makes this peace ritual special is the collective power that fosters connection and strengthens the heartfelt intentions of each individual. The drums set a shared (heart)beat, and every step becomes a personal prayer.

www.melanienowak.de

Sandra Dünki
After an extensive world tour that took me to China via the Trans-Siberian Railway, I remained captivated by Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Taoist perspective on humanity and the universe. For 25 years, I have run a successful practice for TCM and naturopathy in Winterthur, specializing in acupuncture, Tuina/massage, herbal medicine, and nutrition.

In addition, I teach Qi Gong in various courses and schools. It gives me great satisfaction to share a method for maintaining and promoting health with my students.

Qi Gong – Meditation in Motion
Qi Gong is a form of Chinese meditation in motion that gently guides you toward inner balance. Through slow, flowing movements, you experience deep relaxation that has a beneficial effect on body, mind, and soul.

The practice encompasses exercises for the body, breathing, concentration, and meditation. These practices improve flexibility and balance, reduce stress and tension, and strengthen inner peace and joy.

www.praxis-punktgenau.ch

Claudio Harder—organizational developer, coach, process worker, and grandfather. Founder and managing director of enterprises in the social economy. He is committed to healing the legacies of the patriarchy and to fostering matriarchal knowledge and consciousness. He is fascinated by cooperative, empathetic, and life-affirming forms of interaction.

Men – Paths Out of Unease
Many men today experience a sense of unease arising from the tension between societal role expectations, the pressure to conform, and their own personal or ethical standards.

We know what we want to move away from, but rarely where we want to go or what a suitable path forward might look like. We lack shared visions of a life-affirming future for men. What can I contribute? Are there ways to be a man who is at peace with himself—and also accepted by others?

An exchange regarding the journey of exploration and discovery; shared reflection.

www.n-b.ch

Martina Spierings
In my professional life, I work as a systemic therapist at a counseling center in Karlsruhe, supporting women dealing with separation or violence. Alongside this, I facilitate women’s circles and have authored a guide for mothers on supporting their daughters through the often shame-laden time of puberty and menarche. My current project focuses on fairy tales that promote freer, more liberated gender roles.

Returning to Your Inner «YES»
Female socialization often involves unlearning how to sense one’s own needs. In a patriarchal world, the external «NO» is frequently so overwhelming that women also develop an internal «NO.» In this workshop, we will explore—in a spirit of loving sisterhood—how to reconnect with our inner «YES» to ourselves, thereby enabling us to lead a life of expansiveness, abundance, and love.

www.proud-women.de

Arunga Heiden
As a musician and composer, I share my life experience and spirituality through my songs, sounds, and dances. I am deeply familiar with the healing, cosmic power of sound and teach this in my training groups. For over 30 years, I have been exploring ancient goddess cultures—both at home and abroad—conducting research, sharing my passion, and leading seminar journeys. Crete and its ancient culture are my second home.

Ancestral Cycle – a sung, multisensory mystery play exploring our connection across the generations
I invite you to experience the cycle of becoming and passing away—of past, present, and future; of the invisible and visible worlds; and of being held within the lineage of ancestors and the unfolding of the cosmos—through a game I have developed that involves singing and drumming within four concentric circles.
In patriarchal cultures, we have lost our connection to the generations that came before and those that follow. Without this connection, we have become unmoored, disoriented, and immoderate. Drawing upon matriarchal values, we consciously place ourselves once again within this lineage of generations and cosmic cycles.

To begin, we will all learn the four melodies and short texts corresponding to the four circles. Afterward, we will experience the cycle together. There may also be time for a brief group discussion.

www.arunga-heiden.de

Carien Wijnen (b. 1956, NL): Voice and vocal therapist, vocal sound healer, singer, CD producer, choir director, physician, naturopath, and body psychotherapist; a pioneer since 1986 in the healing and empowering effects of holistic voice and vocal work. She leads numerous seminars both at home and abroad.

Arriving in the body through singing and toning – Healing Voice®
A wonderful warm-up for voice and body
Intensive body and breath work
Healing toning
Singing and dancing for Mother Earth

www.healingvoice.de

Monika Fustermanns
For 30 years I have been on the medicine path of natural religious and Buddhist traditions. Professionally I accompany people, often women, through shamanic work, with various massages, meditation and singing. Having grown up on an old farm, I love the cycles of nature and the moon, the different seasons and their qualities, the animals, trees and plants, especially edible and healing wild herbs, music, travel, languages, special places of power and the independent self-sufficient life in direct contact with the hands in the earth, connected to the four elements.
In addition, as a whole family we love old crafts and sometimes pass these on to small groups and have created some community structures on the Fellerhof in Willich, such as helping and baking together (in the clay oven), handicraft and spinning meetings, a SoLaWi in development…
I am always very excited by the implementation of small, local groups, circles and solidarity communities of all kinds, because for me they are quintessentially feminine, viable and meaningful.
I have carried children three times, given birth to them, breastfed them for a long time and accompanied them out of school for 12 years, with a life base in Lorraine/France.
If there is a lot of interest, I could also offer a spontaneous, open discussion group/exchange on school-free education (in Germany or Europe) or bring materials for viewing.

Singing heartfelt songs together
For many years I have regularly organized small and large singing circles around a fire pit or bowl or an altar with candles, often combined with the annual cycle festivals. We sing simple mantras, heartfelt and women’s songs from all over the world together, in the respective languages ​​and rhythms, and allow ourselves to be touched and carried by them. I accompany most of the songs on the guitar. My particular heartfelt concern lies in the songs and prayers for our beautiful Mother Earth. Some songs may also be danced to.

www.monika-fustermanns.de

Yael Deckelbaum is a musician and peace activist known for her song «Prayer of the Mothers», which became the anthem of the March of Hope. She uses her music to inspire positive change and support nonviolent communication between cultures in conflict, emphasizing the need for female leadership.

Voice Ceremony
For thousands of years, the female voice has been restricted and silenced. Like our sexuality, our voice is the key that connects us to our true power. It is magnificent, it is beautiful, it is wise and holds great spiritual expression. An expression that we have not allowed ourselves to express freely for far too many generations.

For all people, the voice is a ladder – a meeting point between spirit and matter. And for most of us, access to this gateway is limited by the partitions that life has taught us to erect.

Through our breathing, through exercises and some simple tools, we will learn to dissolve these barriers of shame, judgement and guilt and free the wings of the hidden voice, to love it again, to enjoy this free expression as individuals and as part of a group, and to join our voices in harmony.

www.yaeldeckelbaum.com

Ajana Holz is a funeral director, a «soul midwife,» and a sensitive guide through transitions on all levels, guided by the deep wisdom of the female body. Through her mobile, nationwide funeral service—DIE BARKE – Bestattung & Begleitung in Frauenhänden (The Barque – Funeral & Guidance in Women’s Hands)—she has been wholeheartedly guiding the deceased through their transition and the living through farewells and grief since 1999.

Carried by Life – For a Living Funeral Culture: A Reading from the BARKE Book
Ajana Holz: «Through our love for the dead, we honor life.» This workshop—which includes a reading—explores questions such as: Is our body «merely a shell»? What are the consequences of this assumption? What does the wisdom of the female body tell us about this? What needs to be considered regarding a funeral, and what is permitted? What was our funeral culture like in the past? What is the standard—often violent—way the dead are treated today? How does a loving funeral culture, integrated into life itself, transform our lives? What specific legacy regarding this can be found in European women’s history? How does the living power of grief work?

www.die-barke.de

Claudio Harder
Organizational development specialist, coach, process worker, grandfather. Founder and managing director of social enterprises. Committed to healing the legacies of the patriarchy and to fostering matriarchal knowledge and consciousness. Fascinated by cooperative, empathetic, and life-affirming forms of interaction.

Book Presentation: Matriarchal & Post-Patriarchal Organizing
What defines matriarchal organizing? How do the underlying attitudes and approaches manifest? How and where can steps in this direction be taken within one’s own environment today? How can personal initiatives and projects be approached accordingly? How can we shape cultural change? An exchange of ideas and discussion regarding potential implementation.

https://www.n-b.ch/

Martina C. Meier, born in 1961, daughter of Carola Meier-Seethaler, a biologist by profession, theorist of nonviolence and long-time activist against genetic and reproductive technology. I would describe myself as an ecofeminist.
Co-editor of the commemorative publication, which will be published in January 2027, with the title: “Origins and Liberation – The Art of Radical Philosophizing. Carola Meier-Seethaler in memory.”

Recognizing patriarchal thought patterns – what we can learn from Carola Meier-Seethaler
At this workshop I will give a 20-minute input on the work and the commemorative publication in honor of Carola Meier-Seethaler. We then discuss the significance of the author’s theses and findings for today’s women’s, ecology and peace movements.
The commemorative publication can be purchased at the workshop.

www.martina-carola-meier.ch

Ricarda Scherzer
I have been interested in topics related to matriarchy since my studies in cultural anthropology and European ethnology in the 1980s. While my focus over the last decade was on contemporary matriarchal societies, my interest has shifted in recent years toward the cultures of “Old Europe”—a subject extensively researched by Marija Gimbutas.

Marija Gimbutas for the Future? An Exploration of the Life and Work of a Visionary Archaeologist
Marija Gimbutas (1921–1994) was a prominent archaeologist whose research and interpretations continue to fascinate and spark controversy today. Through her concept of “Old Europe,” she envisioned a peaceful culture—characterized by feminine symbolism and the worship of goddesses—that predated patriarchal society. This lecture offers insights into her eventful life, her scholarly work, and the reactions to her theories. It examines both her groundbreaking contributions and the critical questions raised by her interpretations. Ultimately, the discussion centers on the significance that Gimbutas’s research and visions may hold for how we think about society, gender relations, and the future today.

Sofie della Vanth
A woman of the land and crafts, a performer, activist, and craniosacral therapist, I dance through life on the waves of transformative shamanic experiences. Based in Italy for the past 25 years, I am deeply connected and active through publications, seminars, venues, and networks—in love with the living magic of existence.

«Earth Voices – The Powerful Disobedience of Women’s Shamanic Reawakening»
This book is a foundational work that links shamanism with a political stance and, in the process, redefines a host of paradigms from the perspective of interconnected being… through a matriarchal-feminist lens! The work distills the timeless, embodied, and distinctly feminine wisdom found in countless women’s circles, shamanic-political experiences, and unbridled, ongoing collective inquiry.

www.sciamadonne.com
www.ladanzasullasoglia.com

My name is Conan Luidens, and I feel grateful to be of service to this festival and the vision it represents.

I cook with organic and mostly local ingredients, with deep respect for Pachamama and all the beings involved in growing and harvesting her fruits. Pachamama is abundant, and so is my cooking. My dishes are inspired by flavours and traditions from all corners of the world. For me, food is a beautiful way to connect with gratitude, which I believe is one of the most powerful states we can experience.

Together with an amazing team, I look forward to taking you on a journey of flavours, connection and prayer.

https://conanluidens.com

Ajana Holz
In 1999 she founded DIE BARKE — a mobile, nationwide funeral service run by women. She is a «soul midwife» and a sensitive guide through life’s transitions, honoring the wisdom of the female body on every level: «Through our love for the dead, we honor life.»

Gwendolin Altenhöfer
creates spaces of the heart for women during nature rituals, and for people of all genders through the funeral support services offered by DIE BARKE. She loves wild landscapes, forests, woodcarving, and women in all their infinitely diverse forms.

DIE BARKE – Funeral services & support led by women – mobile & nationwide
Comprehensive information on shaping farewells and funerals, and on how a consciously feminine approach to the dead and the grieving changes the world—honoring the wisdom of the female body.

www.die-barke.de

Frauen im Freien (Women Outdoors)
Nature-based transition rituals help women tap into their innate power; hand-carved spoons and bowls made from local green wood, along with sustainable shirts and bags featuring nature-inspired feminine motifs, bring joy to your life 🙂

www.frauen-im-freien.de

BarbAra Ihme
A soul expert, qualified therapist, and artist specializing in visual and social art, she presents “Mothers’ Wall” (Mütterwand) T-shirts, art books, and cards. In the women’s tent, she offers two experiences: her own “Deep Soul Work” and a meditative connection to the “Clan Mothers of the Lake” through one’s own womb. Furthermore, she provides an empowering start to the day with her session, “Laughter Makes You Happy.”

My Market Offerings
Art books on the art of living, the spiral, and human responsibilities.
Art postcards, including themes such as «What Women Need,» «Mothers’ Wall,» «Moonlight,» and more.
T-shirts featuring the «Mothers’ Wall» (Clan Mother Anna) — «Mothers to the Center» — and «Laughter Is the Gold of the Soul.» Available in various sizes and in every color of the rainbow.

www.barbaraihme.de
www.ihme-art.com

Beate Müllers
has spent a great deal of time studying traditional folk costumes, which inspired her to incorporate energy-preserving principles into her garment patterns. The result is a collection of durable, highly feminine clothing. For over 30 years, she has been dedicated to designing women’s apparel made from natural materials. She works according to energy-preserving principles, ensuring that supportive energies can flow freely. She often finds new inspiration while walking through the forest. She also enjoys working with larger sizes, having developed specific patterns tailored for “strong” (curvier) women. These lovingly crafted, limited-edition pieces are available only at a few select markets or in her studio. Deliberately, there is no website or online shop.

Primordially feminine clothing
that empowers and protects—a small-batch collection of handcrafted, unique pieces. Inspired by the purpose and impact of traditional folk costumes from around the world. Patterns designed to allow energy to flow freely. Natural materials that resonate positively with the frequency of the human body. Natural, energetic, protective, dignified—and entirely offline.

Presentation
A talk on energy-preserving clothing, exploring its roots in ancient folk costumes, the energetic principles involved, the vibration and properties of various materials, the quality of craftsmanship—past and present—as well as personal insights and how these concepts can be applied today.
The presentation lasts approximately 20 minutes.

Gerit Sonntag
For five years I was a volunteer for Mother Hood e.V., which campaigns for better birth conditions. I helped set up the association Midwives for Germany e.V. In 2021 I founded the Magas publishing house, mainly to have relevant books translated into German. I run the publishing house as a one-woman publishing house as a side job. My main job is in the public sector, in the field of research funding. I have a daughter and a son and have been divorced since 8/2024. I speak German, English and French and have completed further training as a moderator and relaxation trainer, among other things.

Magas-Verlag

We are an independent small publishing house, founded in 2021, specializing in the topics of menstruation, pregnancy, birth, menopause, goddesses and female sexuality.

«Go back to the body, that is where most of the disagreements in Western culture arise.» (Carolee Schneemann)

In pre-Christian cultures, the female body was treated with respect, even worshipped as divine. After all, it is the woman who creates new life.

https://magas-verlag.de

Katharina van den Bos
I first learned about energetic soap treatments in 1998. Then I came across an interview by Gabriele Johannsmann and Gabriele Fischer about the healing power of Palaeolithic goddess figures.

I felt for sure that women could reactivate their self-healing powers through these images of women. Later I received a gift in the form of a Venus of Willendorf as a herbal soap. Like a flash, I had the unifying idea of ​​creating my own healing goddess soaps.

Goddess soaps
Sensual and fragrant natural soaps for conscious and healing women’s body care.

Creative work with images of women, primal female symbols and natural soap materials – that brings endless joy.

There are always new «goddesses» in my soap sculpture repertoire, because there are still many «new» ones to be discovered.

To feel the concentrated energy of the goddess body soaps in daily pleasurable, nourishing and healing use. To absorb «them» through your own skin and let it get under your skin – that is my intention.

https://www.goettinnenseifen.de/

Renate Fuchs-Haberl,
The «Wild Poppy Woman», as a speaker for modern matriarchy research at the Int. Academy Hagia, conveys knowledge about matriarchal cultures that is important for our time. She is a landscape mythologist, ritual woman, author and deals with the spiritual-shamanic women’s traditions of the Alpine region.

Goddesses’ Marketplace
From my own experience, I know that it is not that easy to find attractive and beautiful goddess and women’s products. That is why I offer products on my goddesses’ marketplace that you can order from me, buy at my events or pick up from me in Nußdorf am Haunsberg.

https://www.wildmohnfrau.at/marktplatz-goettinnen