​HOLISTIC RETREATS
AND JOURNEYS
WALKING TALL WITH YOUR POWER ANIMALS
Shamanic Healing and Dance Retreat
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Bali - Indonesia
Photo: Treza Trisnandhy
FEELING A BIT DISEMPOWERED IN YOUR LIFE?
LOOKING FOR MORE LOVE, JOY AND HAPPINESS?
GOING THROUGH A CHALLENGING TRANSITION THAT CALLS FOR REFLECTION AND ACTION?
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Then fly to Bali and join us!
Great opportunity to spend Christmas and New Year
at this magical Shamanic Journey & Dance Retreat!
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A hummingbird is in constant move and it moves quickly and with grace - suggesting us to be in continuous move and hold direction from the past through presence into future.
The hummingbird’s delicate grace reminds us that beauty is everywhere, that life is rich, full of opportunities to be happy, grateful and smiling..
Imagine Yourself moving in your body and mind deeply relaxed and open, soothed by warm tropical climate, hearing the songs of the birds mixed with gamelan orchestra rehearsing in nearby Banjar.
You are gazing across the verdant rice fields to the volcanic mountains in the distance. As you move around there is always the smell of incense, smiling and calm faces, hallucinogens colours of nature and a sense of the sacredness in each moment.
You are surrounded with a group of like minded, creative and amazing people in an island full of cooling waterfalls, ancient temples, delicious cuisine, enlightening conversations …
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Where am I – you ask yourself?
You are at “Walking tall with your Power Animals - Retreat!” in magic island of Bali, known around the world as a tropical paradise, but also a spiritual and healing energy center. It is connected to the legend of the Rainbow Serpent and considered one of the Earth Chakras.
You are not in Ubud by chance! Ubud is a cultural and spiritual center of the island. It was originally a source of medicinal herbs and plants for local people and therefore it gets its name from the Balinese word
ubad = medicine.
Bali is a powerful place for profound personal transformations.
It is believed by Indigenous people around the world that we all have power animals. Power animals help us with their special attributes to accomplish our goals, path and mission. Power animals are strong animal spirits which reside within each individual. They add their power and protect us from illness and negative energy and they act similarly like guardian angels. The animal spirits also lend us the wisdom of their kind.
GET READY FOR A TRANSFORMATION ON PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL LEVEL:
Learn how to find purpose and accomplish your goals with a help of shamanic journey and meeting your power animals.
By recalling your power animals, you can invite unlimited abundance into all areas of your life
Redesign your life around your gifts & talents so you can finally follow your passions & love the life you live!
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DELIGHTS ...
To balance and harmony your mind, after having a bit of “workout” with facilitators each day, you can relax in a loving touch of a swimming pool or let us guide you to dive in a deeply relaxed state through Yoga Nidra.
If you are a more lively, restless and social type, you can visit nearby monkey forest, colorful and attractive food market with all sorts of tropical fruits like snake fruit, dragon fruit among others or just hang in a nice cafe and observe welcoming and polite attitude of Balinese locals and expats.
The best way to approach new people is to make them laugh! Then the people involved have an open mind towards each other and a good first connection is made :)
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And if your heart will not have melted after all this, we will take you to nearby Dragonfly village, set in the midst of one of the most beautiful rice field walks, tucked away from hassles and bustles of pre-new year Ubud to evening steam and Silent Sauna.
We will also have you experience the surrendering under the ultimate power of a waterfall, reminding you deeply on how precious every moment of your life is. And this feeling of magnificence will be empowered with honorable and unforgettable Shamanic ritual with 5 elements.
Evenings you can spend by wandering around Ubud, tasting delicious vegan cakes that are offered on every corner of this tremendously high - conscious town, or just spontaneously jump into one of jam sessions .... Your imagination will be deeply touched, when you will see local dance performances that are integral part of Balinese lifestyle... Stunning feminine beauty of Legong and deeply affective ritualistic dance of Kecak is something you really don’t want to miss.
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And besides, do you find yourself running out of time to write Your New Years Promise List? Is there something profound you wish to change in your life and this something is too lucid, so you feel you need to unravel it in company of topnotch individuals?
Visualize having Christmas dinner in a beautiful traditional Balinese open pavilion with a large wooden floor on the roof top of beautiful retreat, in embrace of breathtakingly green jungle.... eating tasty and heavenly delicious specialties and feeling completely calm and alleviated after having spent twelve days of intensive and in-depth body-mind-spirit work!
Yes, this is how this retreat will make you feel at the end!!
Finally ready and determined to make life changing decisions that you’ve been postponing for years... and counting last days until the dawn of New Year to make new, tactful commitments!!!!!!
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SO, WHAT BENEFITS CAN YOU EXPECT?
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During our retreat, through a combination of shamanic healing and dance, we'll introduce you to the radiance and wisdom of your authentic self. As you deepen that connection, by starting to trust into wisdom of your power animals, old habits will be replaced naturally (and often spontaneously) with activities and relationships that really matter!
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Working with 4 facilitators you can receive an insight of what is happening to you. We will provide you with tools and skills to bring clarity and quality into your everyday existence. You will learn to have, know and take charge of your own actions.
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With our simple techniques of body/mind/spirit awareness, you will rebirth yourself by letting go of old mindset and fill yourself with the core confidence to explore unknown territories.
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Through playful daily improvisational dance practice that bind with specific abilities, desires and expectations of the individual, you will develop a conscious body and see mistakes as valuable lessons rather than obstacles. You will get tools to push your boundaries of what is possible.
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By the end of this retreat, you will open your heart and invite in a profound compassion and love for yourself and others through ancient healing techniques, breathing, sound and deep relaxation. You will get in touch with your inner essence and will navigate your life from the heart using your internal guidance.
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In this 12 days shamanic journey your mind will most possibly become more fluid and harmonized. Through engaging body-mind and spirit exercises, your emotions will nest in a balanced way and you will relax in your nature being immensely surprised what beauties, innocence and perceptiveness you have.
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OK, BUT HOW DO I KNOW IF THIS RETREAT IS REALLY FOR ME?
SIMPLY SIGN UP FOR 20 MIN FREE SKYPE SESSION
WITH ONE OF OUR FACILITATORS!
Each day we will provide you an embodied wake up with
Osho Kundalini Meditation . After you will have an option to experience a group Body-Mind-Spirit dance & movement session or work individually with professional team of health practitioners and artists through your current issues.
Possible one-to-one sessions on following expertise:
Ayurvedic, Swedish and iVitalis Massages*
Improvisation & Performance coaching*
AstroStory Telling*.
After lunch you can join a group in deep rest through Yoga Nidra and afternoons we will guide you through Calling Your Power Animals
The program as well offers 2 Shamanic sounds journeys with 3,5 hours lasting Pearl Sonic Waterfall, Shamanic Journey with Drum & Breath Work to bring aspects of self into balance.
Photo by Jairo Alzate
Photo by Amar Yashlaha
ITINERARY
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DAY 1
Upon your arrival into healing atmosphere of Ubud, we will comfortably accommodate you into our retreat center. You can take a a swim and a rest by the pool.
In late afternoon, we will perform a welcoming ritual and you will get to know all like-minded beings that will support your profoundly transformational endeavors in this retreat.
After dining your first Balinese delicacies, your ears will melt into gentle acoustic sounds of this small, but really gorgeous town, full of chic little Dutch style boutiques and cosy open air vegan bars filled with calm and nice people. Better to pamper yourself immediately with nice and easy-going walk around!
DAY 2, 3, 4
Imagine waking up really, really early ... just to shake your rocky-like being in a studio, surrounded with jungle and on the catch of the fresh Qi essence in the air....hearing sounds of children laughing in a distance…
You’re still not sure if you are dreaming, right?
But yes, you are in the embrace of this divine volcanic island in the middle of Indonesia!
And after breakfast, four amazing facilitators will be available just for you to individually discuss and provide insights for currently hot issues that burden you and prevent you to surrender to your inner blissfulness completely.
For those more frisky, Goran & Sandra will welcome you to balance your Body, Mind, Spirit and by opening the senses, you will delve into your first inner dance journey through meditative movement and improvisation practice. Your dancing appetite will awaken….yuppie…..
And how about digesting in a unique state of silent & restful alertness instead of heavily lying on your bed and bla-bla-ying? After lunch we will immerse into Yoga Nidra to reduce our tensions and anxieties.
After good rest in afternoons, Neja will invite you to Shamanic Journeys with a drum, where you will get opportunity to call your power animals and explore their attributes, messages and wisdom they are carrying for you.
You will finish your days, proudly walking around equipped with tools and skills to bring clarity and quality into your everyday existence. And still enough time in evenings to see some Ubud’s best offs! You will immediately notice how very ritualized every day is in Bali. By observing stunning locals, making offerings to the spirits throughout the day, you will slowly fall into this profoundly mindful & respectful atmosphere.
DAY 5
Today is a day of purification and profound inner journey!
Island full of music, dance, magic, and beliefs in power animal spirits.
You can’t leave Bali, without visiting sacred site of Pura Tirta Empul. Visualize voyaging to a temple with mystical atmosphere, where you can bathe in holy spring water...
Not only a profound cleansing experience, but as well soul nurturing feeling of subtleness and purification. Spending morning until late-afternoon there, you will have time for light absorption of first boost of newly received information and for silent reflection.
Pura Tirta Empul is a Hindu water temple and a Holy Spring where Balinese Hindus go to for ritual purification. The site serves as a legendary setting of a traditional tale about good versus evil. For more than a thousand years, Balinese worshipers have been drawn to this temple, whose sacred spring is said to have been created by Indra and to have curative properties. The tradition continues almost unchanged at the temple today. It is a place for self-cleaning. Not cleaning physically, but spiritually.
And for sure after first intensive days you will have something to let go from yourself.
We will finish the day with Pearl Sonic Waterfall & Shamanic Journey - a 3,5 hours long ritual that invites your spirit to travel through unique and profound realms, meeting your power animals on the way, all through means of sounding gong, Tibetan singing bowls, gong, koshi chimes, shakers, bells, rain sticks, frame drum and various percussion.
You will keep on asking yourself, why did I hesitate for so long?
DAY 6
After purification and shamanic journey it’s time to continue with our mornings by focusing our body, mind and emotions and afternoons by keep on calling our power animals.
In this first six days there will be plenty of body - mind processing. But no worries, there will be many breaks too, with relaxing jumps into delightful swimming pool in between!
But today we have an option in the evening to dive deeper in physical cleaning too! We can take a Herbal Steam Sauna in near by Dragonfly Village. We can also seat around Bon fire, drinking herbal tea and swim in salt water poll, but no words are permitted!
It’s a Silent Sauna evening!
DAY 7
This day is a real treat!
We will drive to nearby village Mas and visit the Setia Darma Masks & Puppets House.
It is a unique museum with a mission to preserve some of Indonesia’s most colorful heritage items. The house currently houses over a 1,000 masks and over 4,000 puppets from all over the Indonesian archipelago, Africa, China, Latin America and Europe.
We will have a chance to learn the meaning and purpose of using this masks in rituals and ceremonies. Our local dancer friend Tebo, will awaken your inner tiger spirit, so you will get opportunity to taste traditional Barong dance.
Barong is a lion-tiger-dragon like creature and character in the mythology of Bali, Indonesia. He is the king of the spirits, leader of the hosts of good, and enemy of Rangda, the demon queen and mother of all spirit guarders in the mythological traditions of Bali.
In the afternoon you will "meet with "another Balinese traditional dance - Legong. You will have a chance to try a traditional dance with fan with famous dancer Dayu. Legong is a refined dance form characterized by intricate finger movements, complicated footwork, and expressive gestures and facial expressions.
Legong probably originated in the 19th century as royal entertainment. Legend has it that a prince of Sukwati fell ill and had a vivid dream in which two maidens danced to gamelan music. When he recovered, he arranged for such dances to be performed in reality.
DAY 8
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OMG - tonight we have a Christmas dinner!
Usually we have it with our family, but here you will create a new family - the one that journeyed together in deep realms of body, mind, emotions, spirit - now for a week already, sharing the stories of our lives on the way!
Before fabuolous Christmas dinner & party - we will be diving into breathing and energy exercises, dancing even deeper into meditation... opening our heart and invite in a profound compassion and love for ourselves and others.
DAY 9
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Breakfast will be later in case you want to catch back some sleep ....
Here you are! Starting to fully train your perception (of self, others, group) on physical, mental and emotional level by translating information, gathered through opening the senses (touch, gaze, voice, smell and taste) into movement and dance.
Your old emotions has released and you feel more peaceful and calm. Shhhhhhhh.....the silence is nesting so profoundly inside you....no need to use any more words ...
DAY 10
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You will dive deeper into local way of life! By visiting Waterfall...walking among all this greenery, smiling faces of locals, walking through jungle...singing and sweating...
Your rebirth is starting and you are filling yourself with the core confidence to explore unknown territories! Stretch your boundaries of what is possible !!
DAY 11, 12
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Time to integrate, share, reflect and feedback and Congratulations!! You have found your true self and your life purpose and learned how to focus your body, mind and emotions on creating what you truly want in your life.
DAY 13
Departure day! We can help you arrange Airport Transport (if you are not staying in Bali over New Year! :). Check out is by 11 am. Depending on your travel schedule, you may have time for photos, last minute shopping, and many hugs and kisses!
Photo by Hannah Wei
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* Organizers have the right to change the locations and program activities
* we do not support alcohol and other substances - any kind of use is on your own responsibility
WE CAN ALSO ORGANIZE THIS RETREAT UPON YOUR REQUEST FOR MINIMUM 10 TO MAXIMUM 20 PEOPLE!
EARLY BIRD PRICE - 500 EUR discount!
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2.850 EUR / double room 3.250 EUR / single room
REGULAR PRICE
3.350 EUR / double room 3.750 EUR / single room
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POSSIBLE PAYMENT IN 8* (or less) INSTALLMENTS
If you have found this trip after registration date - no worries -
mail us and we will do our best to make it happen!
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There are minimum 9 and maximum 20 places for this retreat.
We reserve the right to cancel the trip if it is not meeting the trip minimum.
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Price includes:
-12 nights accommodation double / twin or single occupancy; yes there are 2 beds in the room
Each room has a private bathroom with western-style toilets, hot water, a shower and a porch.
– 3 meals per day / organic vegetarian and vegan / drinking water
- 9 Calling Power Animals sessions and 1 Transformation mantra
- 8 morning Kundalini meditations
- 8 Body-Mind-Spirit with Embodiment of Power Animals /Dance Improvisation sessions
- 5 Yoga Nidra sessions
- 1 Breath of 5 archetypes session
- 1 Portal of inner consciousness session
- 2 Pearl Sonic Waterfalls & Shamanic Journeys with Drum
- 1 workshop of Legong - Bali traditional dance
- Visiting traditional dance performance in Ubud
- Visiting Mask museum and Barongan dance performance
- Excursion to Pura Tirta Empul for Purification ritual
- Excursion to waterfall in the jungle and Shamanic ritual with 5 elements
- Christmas dinner
- Wi-Fi
Price does not include:
- Flight tickets; Your round trip airfare from home
- Indonesia entry Visa
- Transport from airport to Ubud and back (approx. 25 EUR - one way)
- Personal, medical or trip cancellation insurance
- Adittional drinks and meals
- Other non-included items would include souvenir shopping, personal phone calls, spa services, laundry and tips for your room housekeeper...
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Other Private Sessions with retreat leaders upon request:
- AstroStory Telling: Natal Chart - 90 EUR, early bird 60 EUR
- AstroStory Telling: Natal Chart & Solar Return Chart - 120 EUR, early bird 90 EUR
- Ayurvedic, Swedish and iVitalis Massages - 40 EUR per hour
- Body in movement consultation and coaching - 60 EUR per hour
- Improvisation & Performance Coaching - 60 EUR per hour
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Flights:
You must arrive into the Denpasar International Airport (Ngurah Rai).
We can can arrange for you our friends taxi drivers if you want to be picked up at the airport.
It takes between 1 - 2 hours drive to Ubud ... so make sure to come to Retreat place on time.
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BOOKING DEPOSIT
To secure your space for this retreat all we require is a €450 registration deposit.
The remaining balance can be paid in installments or in full by 2 weeks before the Retreat.
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CANCELLATION & PAYMENT POLICY
It is your responsibility to read and understand our cancellation policy.
No one books a retreat with the intention of canceling it, but unexpected events do occur and we encourage you to purchase Travel Cancellation Insurance to cover any unfortunate eventualities.
Please note that because this retreat has limited numbers, it allows for a more personable, intimate experience.
Our nonrefundable cancellation policy is in place to ensure the highest quality of service and experience for all.
Exceptions cannot be made for any reason, including weather, injury/illness, or personal emergencies.
No refunds for arriving late or leaving early is available.
Deposits are non-refundable, unless Retreat is canceled from our side.
We reserve the right to cancel the trip if it is not meeting the trip minimum.
If we do so, your deposit and payments will be refunded in full.
Although deposit can be applied to another trip within a one year period.
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The final payment must be made by 2 weeks before the Retreat.
Contact us for any further inquires about our policy.
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PLEASE NOTICE
If you are to participate in this retreat , it should NOT be confused with professional therapy or counseling for specific conditions in your personal or professional life. As a trip participant, you shall agree to be mindful and personally responsible for your own wellbeing during the retreat and if needed, to seek professional & licensed medical treatment in your state/country. We do not provide medical, therapy, or psychotherapy services.
What we do is to facilitate conditions and a space for your personal growth.
“Before my first inhale and after my last exhale everything already exists. I only have to be. To move from point A to point B with acceptance, understanding, and sincerity.”
Goran Bogdanovski
Guardian of Balance and soft Communication. The Peace Keeper and a Rock Stone in times of crisis. A Lone riding Wolf that can activate his Tribe and raise the energy to a high level. Throwing the arrow far in the sky and then running fast, effortlessly trusting the flow.
He is an award winning artist, dance teacher and a father in a patchwork family, who traveled around the world helping people to expand their awareness of the body, mind, emotions and spirit through dance improvisation and creation. Teaching methods he uses are synthesis of techniques and tools, that he has intensively experimenting with and developed throughout the last 25 years. Ranging from dance to martial arts, from Tai Chi and Qi Gong to Kundalini and Dynamic meditation, from contact to theatre improvisation and from artistic experience he had, working in his own creations and collaborations with more than 70 top- notch artists worldwide. His special topics are: Improvisation, Being present, Group consciousness, Group Dynamic, Artistic Creation, Shamanism and Synergy.
Goran will help you to focus your body, mind and emotions and teach you how to find the eye of the hurricane to put yourself in “the zone" for making clear decisions in any situation.
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Sandra Anais
Her path has encompassed a weaving together of cultural, dance / movement and spiritual wisdom practices. For last 4 years, besides being patch-worked family mother - she has traveled the world as a workshop/ journey facilitator and she strongly believes that one should Let the Heart Desire take the Lead in their lives.
She had her first contact with shamanism in 2012, when she attended Life Purpose workshop. There she met Brazilian and Slovenian shamans that performed a traditional ceremony with in-depth cleansing. Experience was so profound that besides healing her body and purifying her mind and soul, it encouraged her to quit regular job, stop with unhealthy habits (such as smoking and excessive partying) and start freelancing as an artist and retreats/journeys facilitator.Simultaneous discovery of Osho active Meditations, Dervish and other ritual dances, completely transformed her purpose and direction in life. She started seeing dance as a “moving meditation”, a tool to support self - growth and as crucial part of healing processes. From then on, she is also a passionate worshipper of Animal Spirits and inexhaustible weaver of nature & dance.
Sandra will never teach you to repeat steps after her - but rather facilitate conditions for self-exploration, provide you tools for improvisation and guide your body in creation of unique movements & qualities. With the right balance of direction and freedom, she will make you overcome almost all your fears of trying new things and pushing limits. She can also provide very unique insight through innovative AstroBody Storytelling.
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»Pearls are formed within oysters when a foreign substance invades the shell, entering the soft mantle tissue. In response to the irritation, oyster secretes a crystalline substance, which builds up in layers around the irritant and in course of time forming a wonderful pearl. We can find remarkable resemblance in our lives ... out of pain and suffering we are able to create Pearls"
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Dr. Neja Zupan established BISERNICA (meaning PEARL), an institute for the development of creativity and personal growth. Neja is an international trainer of Personal excellence and natural healing specialist, lately initiated also as a shaman by her longtime teacher and friend from Brazil. She is dedicated to self research for more than 25 years. Through her own experience of overcoming the cancer in a natural way, she developed Bisernica’s Holistic Detox retreat. She has proved that she walks what she talks!
Her knowledge comes from her scientific research background and from her research into alternative science. She recognized that combining both fields is effective especially when things change quickly. She lectures and facilitates seminars and workshops worldwide.
She has done also many sessions with individuals helping them awaken their inner qualities and potentials. Among all individuals that she helped, some of the most relevant were recovery from cancer, hyperactivity, asthma, dyslexia, suicidal attempts and others. Some stories are described by individuals on DVD “The Body Speaks the Truth”, published in 2008 by institute BISERNICA.
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Petr Zupan
iVitalis trainer, Touch for Health Practitioner, Healing with Sound specialist.
“Music accompanies me in different forms all my Life. Singing, dancing and playing on different instruments travel with me through the endless Universe of Sound, Motion and Rhythm. I am researching the magic and the soothing influence of the universal language on well-being, balance of energy state and widening the realization of myself and others. I am walking with Sunshine and Laughter in my hands and in my heart.”
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RESPONSIBLE TRAVEL PROMISE
Environment
Our retreat in Bali is at a retreat center - made up of the traditional Balinese family compound with home-stay accommodation reflecting the true art and beauty of the Balinese culture and the retreat centre located in a tranquil oasis set behind the home-stay reflecting the true nature and spirit that lies in the heart of Bali. This kind of environment asks the customers to care deeply about the waste of water and energy. Customers may be asked to turn off the lights, air conditioning and fans when leaving a room. We also recommend to reconsider using air conditioning if possible. Regarding taking care of water usage, we ask clients to reconsider whether they need new towels every day and let the retreat staff know if they would prefer to reuse their towels – this would reduce water used.
Local Balinese people traditionally used only organic materials leaving no waste behind. With the introduction of plastics, non-degradable waste is now covering Bali from head to toe.Therefore, when visiting waterfall, we encourage our guests to pick up all the garbage on the way. By doing that we set up an example to local community as well as to our clients on a proper waste management. We do that in a context of site-specific exploring practice - as a silent meditative walk. Also, we remind our guests to recycle cans, paper and plastics and encourage travelers to tell the accommodation providers that recycling facilities would be welcome, if they’re not currently offered – demand often precedes supply of such services.
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Community
Local crafts and culture
The retreat center is fully licensed and comply with Indonesian legality for hosting all residential retreat groups. We employ local cooks and kitchen staff, accommodation staff, drivers and receptionists. For this retreat we also employ local artists to run traditional dance workshops, like Legong and Barongan. In this way we support local economy and promote Balinese art and culture.
Friends & Neighbours
This retreat was created as a collaboration between artists, healers, tour guides, accommodation providers and spiritual seekers. People that have history and experience in supporting many different community-led projects and events around the world, with the goal of ensuring that the money made from our traveling to a region goes directly to those most in need, in order to make a lasting difference in the local communities that we visit.Part of money gathered from our retreat also goes to support local artistic communities (hand - crafters, musicians, dancers...) in Bali and to support a shamanic healing center in Brazil.