VECHERA

the luxury of a ritual bath to begin a new life chapter

Vechera is not just a place to cleanse your body, it is a transcendent journey into yourself, enveloped in ancient rituals and the warmth of its founder Daria's soul. Her ritual bath is a reflection of her philosophy of life: harmony with nature, respect for traditions of the past and a deep understanding of the inner world of man.

In this interview we will dive into the wonderful world of Vechera and find out how Daria turned her passion into an exquisite space that initiates deep inner transformations and changes in people's lives.

— It started with a desire to realise my creativity and passions. I became a fan of the bathhouse, as it's said, many years before it became mainstream. I am a fan of manor life in its natural, large-scale and artistic manifestation at the same time. A fan of meanings, depth, generosity and courage. And, of course, a fan of horses. For many years, all of these qualities have been languishing in me to come together in one point, one moment. The day I arrived for my home inspection, walked into this forest and this garden, the first thing I thought and said was: ‘This house is mine, and here will be a bathhouse to which guests from all over the world will flock! And its name will be ‘Vechera’.’ It may sound fantastic, but that's exactly what happened.

—This is my second profession. I am a jockey by sport education, a racehorse trainer. I've been on a horse for over 25 years and it seems there's nothing I can't do. My dream is to gather a trio of silver-horned horses and master sledging with them.

— A ritual bath is carried out strictly individually or for a couple. Therefore, all processes are aimed at individual deep working or working with the couple's union. In both cases, the reason and request for the bath can be different. Ritual bath is the most powerful and total tool for closing old energy processes and bringing a person into new ones: new energy filling, new event series. The ritual bath is a long forgotten initiation into a new self, which was obligatory and widespread among our ancestors. All important events in a person's life, which changed his role and moved him to a new stage of life, passed through the bath. For each event there was a different initiation rite. For example, when a girl becomes a girl, and further – a bride (‘Vesta’ is more correct) and a mother. A ritual bath was held for her, where they closed her energy processes of the previous role and gave her a natural competent
entrance into a new role, where her body and consciousness should work differently andbear a different responsibility and manifestation in the world. The event series in a person's life will be formed in the best way in accordance with the new filling.

The reason for a ritual bath can be any, both good and bad. Any event that changes a person requires the closing of old processes in order to easily and gently enter a new life: the day of the Apparition, the transition into a new role, the birth or anniversary in the case of a bath for a couple, just the feeling and readiness of the guest to enter a new level of self and what is happening. Also in the case of loss: divorce, bereavement - any event that needs to be ‘closed’ and given life to a new self. Depending on the guest's request, we select herbs, compositions and form the ritual processes that will make up this luxurious sacrament, which will remain in warm memory for a lifetime.

As we say between us in a team: it's not what happens in the bath that matters, it's what happens afterwards. The Vechera bath is luxurious and massive as an event in its manifestation to the guest, but the most important changes happen afterwards. After the total closure of old energy processes, a person enters new ones, and it should be remembered that in the new self he has laid down a certain request for a new life. Then the most interesting thing begins: to observe how the consequences of the bath will unfold in life. After all, the outside reflects what is inside of us. ‘New’ you came out of the bath back into the ‘old’ life, and it began to unfold under your new filling. Anything is possible: sudden and unexpected changes, both positive and negative – so it will seem at first glance. What you could not decide to do for a long time, but really wanted: life will lead to the fact that it will happen without your decision. A ritual bath is not an attraction, but a serious life-forming thing. If a guest does not realise this, I refuse to host a bath.

Every place has its own people. Happy people come to me to become even happier. The most frequent request is for a new life. The most interesting case is separation with a child and preparation for conception.

I perform such a bath only if the guest himself has asked with this intention. It is also about initiation into the role of a mum and about giving your child a place in your life. And how will you give him a place if there is no place? It is necessary to ‘close’ the old one in order for this new place to appear, where you will call your child. This is a bath about preparation and opening of your physical and subtle bodies to the role of motherhood.

A ritual bath should be informationally clean, as it has a tremendous influence on a person's life. I pay special attention to the purity of what is going on. Bathhouse Vechera is atemple where a strictly limited number of guests come: no more than three per month. Even with this chamber format, all processes where textiles and hay take the most information from the guest are burnt. Not to mention the general regular cleansing of the information space of the bathhouse. Fire burns information. In general, purity is a separate topic. I am sorry that the majority of ritual masters work in rented bathhouses. Nobody thinks about informational and energetic cleansing there, and it is impossible. Just imagine, you come to change your life in a place where 1000 people washed themselves for the last month, and how many there were for several years! This is not the way to do it. Unfortunately, no one involved in this process understands the scale of responsibility to each other's lives!

I wanted to create an unforgettable event that would become a vivid picture in the lives of our guests, an occasion for getting to know each other and warm dialogue. On the 13th of July 2021 I came to this forest and Vechera was immediately born in my mind. Annually on this day I organise a celebration for my guests. It is important to me not just to do something for people, but only what delights.

I like things to be complicated. The Vechera bathhouse will definitely become greater in its manifestation to the guest. T oday, Vechera is a luxurious three-day journey into yourself with absolute care and full concierge service. This Spring, once again, the bathhouse will be remodelled to make The Wedding Bathhouse even more amazing. There will be a small stable on the territory, where my white-haired Milan will move to. I will harness him in a cart and, for example, take my guests for a morning picnic by the sea. Now I have started the Vechera home - an atelier of homestead life, where I sew clothes and textiles for the home from linen, as well as create interior works of art that delight the body and soul!

Vechera is me. For me it's not a business, it's an idea, my soul, my creativity. And Vechera is also my home. I live here and can't afford having the ‘wrong’ guest in the house and bath that I put so much love and resources into. Who is this person, what is he/she coming with, can we synchronise with him/her in our story? This is why I never try to ‘sell’ the bathhouse, to force a decision to come to me. I simply tell my story of an incredible bathhouse on the Vechera tg-channel, people get inspired and ask me to organise a ‘journey into themselves’, i.e. to Vechera. A mutual understanding is born that they need to be here. There is no other way to get to the baths. So it turns out that ‘my’ people come to Vechera, and each of them has their own incredible story about how Vechera came into their lives, how they found out about me, and in what amazing way their lives pushed them to realise that they needed to be here.

Can you tell us how it all started?

Daria, what is the essence of a ritual bath, what kind of bath is it?

Have there been any unusual requests for a Bath event?

What is the speciality of the bath in preparation for conception?

We also know you burn something when carrying out a bath. Tell us what exactly and why?

You mention that only ‘’your own‘’ people come to you. Are there special qualities that unite the ‘Vechera family’?’

Vechera is a whole culture of natural respect for one's life.

This year's Vechera birthday was celebrated in 19th century style. What was your inspiration for creating such an unusual celebration?

Tell us about your plans, what's coming up next for Vechera?

You've mentioned horses. It is curious that you look like such a fragile woman, and yet you can easily harness horses in a brigade or ride them. Where did you learn to do that?

Please reveal the mystery: what changes happen to people in a ritual bath?