26 Day Find More Peace Within, Hindu Spirituality, Balinese Watukaru Yoga, & Culture Holiday in Bali
Balinese Culture and Yoga Holiday in Indonesia
Join one of the most popular holidays offered in South East Asia. It is the perfect chance for you to get away from the often stressful everyday life to unwind, destress, and rejuvenate your body, mind, and soul. BaliReal Retreats can’t wait to meet and grow with you!
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Highlights
- Chakra opening work, Tai Chi, and Martial Arts lessons
- Twice daily Balinese Watukaru yoga and meditation practices
- Pampering spa treatments every other day to melt away every tension in your body
- A perfect getaway to immerse yourself in the beauty of Balinese Hindu culture
- 2 daily Balinese cultural excursions such as rice farming and beach BBQ
- 25 nights accommodation among stunning tropical nature
- Daily wholesome meals made with love and care
Skill level
- Beginner
Yoga styles
Accommodation
Facilities
- Air-conditioned rooms
- Lounge
During this retreat, you will be staying at any homestay or guest house/bungalow type of accommodation, spreading across the Sesandan Megati Village. Balireal Retreats offers an authentic taste of Bali, nestled in the quiet traditional village and the main retreats area (yoga, other activities, dining area) is surrounded by the rice paddy farmlands of Sesandan Megati village.
Homestay type means guests will stay at a local family house. Guest house type means guests will stay at a more private location, not at the local family house. All Balireal Retreats accommodations, either homestay type or guest house type are located separately from the retreat center (yoga, activity, dining area). It takes about 5 minutes drive or 10 minute walk from the accommodation to the retreat center and shuttle services are provided to connect guests between these two places.
Program
Make this holiday a special treat for yourself or loved ones with blissful spa treatments to melt away every bit of tension in your body, magical Shamanic healing and blessing ritual to cleanse and replenish your soul, and super fun cultural excursions to choose from such as waterfall purification, beach BBQ, and more! Let’s not forget yoga, meditation, chakra opening, Tai Chi, Martial Arts, and pranayama practices to get your body moving! All in all, this is an authentic Balinese cultural and wellness experience to open up your perspectives, connect with who you are on a deeper level, and explore what it truly means to relax, recharge and find more inner peace and balance.
Overview
During the holiday, there will be twice daily Watukaru yoga and meditation classes. You will also be provided with spa treatments every other day and twice daily authentic Balinese cultural excursions that you can choose from. Take this much-needed holiday to deeply relax, destress and recharge your body, mind and soul.
Message from Balireal team
"Dear Guest, if you're reading this, we're sending you lots of love, peace, and light from our beautiful village, Sesandan Megati in Bali. 2020 has been rather difficult for us as many Balinese families' livelihoods rely on tourism. Our team took this 'break' to teach all of our staff yoga and have taken lots of biosecurity measures to ensure our retreat center COVID-19-proof. We are proud to say that we're ready to reopen and can't wait to welcome you!
This retreat is run only by local people in a traditional Balinese village away from other tourism. It is the perfect place for you to get away from busy tourist parts of Bali to unwind, recharge, and rejuvenate your body, mind, and soul.
Most importantly, this retreat is about you. It’s about taking time for yourself to observe yourself, to understand yourself, to reconnect with yourself, and to love yourself in a kinder way. Take this incredible journey for yourself and come to help Balireal Retreats spread the love for Traditional Balinese Watukaru yoga, share ancient Balinese wisdom, and support the local community!"
Watukaru Yoga
Traditional Balinese Watukaru yoga is one of the oldest yoga practices in the world. It is said that thousands of years ago, 13 yogis from India (each practice their own style of yoga) came to Bali to practice on the top of Mount Watukaru, also known as Batukaru Mountain.
The spiritual energy of Bali (the Island of the Gods) inspired the 13 yogis, who took the best of their own yoga practices and created Balinese yoga. They gave it the name Balinese Watukaru yoga to pay tribute to the beautiful mountain on which they practiced together. Beauty, grace, spirituality, and strength are some of the stunning features of traditional Balinese Watukaru yoga.
It focuses on the mind and one's spiritual awakening, hence the emphasis on meditation and the inner flow of energy in its practice. Held by traditional Balinese Watukaru yoga practitioners that believe without meditation and chanting, yoga is just an exercise/sport and the physical practice of yoga is the preparation for meditation, which helps people to silence their mind and heal their body.
During this retreat, you will have access to one of the oldest spiritual ashrams in the world, Pasraman Seruling Dewata, which still conserves all of the original 13 styles of yoga exactly how they have created thousands of years ago in the Himalayas.
Apart from your two daily yoga classes followed by meditation, you can take part in two villages or cultural activities every day, such as rice farming, beach BBQ, waterfall purification, coconut oil making, Balinese cooking class, Balinese language workshop, traditional Balinese dance performances, and so many more!
You will share these beautiful 26 days with like-minded people from around the globe, open your mind to the diversity and beauty of cultures, philosophies, practices, and beliefs. The spiritual energy of this peaceful village of Sesandan will elevate your spirit and renew your body, mind, and soul.
A beautiful opportunity to experience authentic Balinese Hindu culture while practicing yoga and self-love! Balireal Retreats can't wait to welcome and grow with you!
Sample Program schedule
- (Please note that none of our activities are compulsory, if you feel like taking more 'me' time to read, write or simply rest, then by all means go for it!)
Day 1
- 14:00 - 15:00 Arrival and settle in
- 15:00 - 16:00 Afternoon Traditional Balinese Watukaru yoga and meditation session
- 16:00 - 18:00 Afternoon Balinese cultural activity
- 18:30 - 19:30 Dinner
Day 2 - 25
- 08:00 - 09:30 Morning Traditional Balinese Watukaru yoga and meditation session
- 09:30 - 10:30 Breakfast
- 11:00 - 13:00 Morning Balinese cultural activity
- 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
- 15:00 - 16:00 Afternoon Traditional Balinese Watukaru yoga and meditation session
- 16:00 - 18:00 Afternoon Balinese cultural activity
- 18:00 - 20:00 Dinner
Day 26
- 08:00 - 09:30 Morning Traditional Balinese Watukaru yoga and meditation session
- 09:30 - 10:30 Breakfast
- 11:00 - 13:00 Morning Balinese cultural activity
- 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
- 14:00 - 15:00 Departure
Included excursions
You can take part in two cultural excursions/activities every day, giving you the opportunity to experience authentic Balinese Hindu culture while practicing and learning Balinese Watukaru yoga and meditation.
All of the amazing cultural activities/excursions are listed below to choose from:
- Local waterfall purification
- Beach BBQ fun!
- Trash Hero activity (join local folks to make their village cleaner and more beautiful!)
- Yoga & Meditation on the beach
- Watch the Sunrise
- Coconut oil making workshop
- Balinese martial arts class
- Balinese Tai Chi class
- Visit to the Shaman
- Balinese music class
- Balinese Cooking Class
- Rice farming
- Herbal Tea Making Workshop
- Balinese Hindu offering making workshop
- Traditional Balinese Ceremonial Dance Performance
- Balinese language class
- Balinese pastry making class
Instructors
I Gede Arya Adiwiguna
I Gede Arya started to learn Balinese traditional yoga and healing meditation by the age of 17 in 1993. He is a disciple of the ninth generation of Perguruan Seruling Dewata in Bali. He specializes in the Watukaru yoga tradition (Balinese traditional yoga) of Perguruan Seruling Dewata, Balinese traditional meditation, and snake style of martial arts (silat). He is committed to conserving the ancient Balinese yoga tradition, meditation, and silat by founding Balireal Retreats.
Krishna
Krishna is a traditional Balinese Watukaru yoga and meditation teacher. She's been studying and teaching Balinese yoga, meditation, pranayama, and chakra opening for the past ten years. Her hands-on approach, passion for teaching, and loving smiles are mind-blowing and will certainly help you deepen your yoga and meditation practice. She's the kindest, most fun, and passionate teacher and friend you will ever meet!
Dewi
From a rice farmer and wife who worked over 12 hours in the rice paddies every single day in addition to taking care of a family of six, Dewi transformed her life by studying English and the practice of yoga. Now, not only does she manage Balitrees, but teaches traditional Balinese Watukaru Yoga to both western guests and women and children from her local community. She believes yoga is a way of life that can lead to finding more peace and joy from within yourselves. When in a class, she teaches with her heart and soul, giving all of her love, warmth, and authenticity to her students.
Retreat location
Balireal Retreats is a peaceful sanctuary away from other tourism located in a spiritual village, close to Mount Watukaru, in the middle part of the magical island of Bali, Indonesia. It is about 30 minutes from Tabanan city, 45 minutes from Tanah Lot Temple, and around two hours from Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS) airport.
Distances
- Tabanan city - 30 minutes
- Tanah Lot Temple - 45 minutes
- Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS) airport - 2 hours
This Yoga Retreat is vegetarian-friendly
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Food
To all of those who share this beautiful journey of life with Balireal Retreats, they offer an experience of profound beauty, grace, authenticity, wholesomeness, human warmth, respect, and care. They are passionate about nutrition, healthy diet, and food as medicine. You need to eat healthy to be healthy. You know what your body needs and they are here to provide the care and nourishment your body deserves.
Every day, Balireal provides wholesome, abundant, and delicious vegetarian and vegan cuisine, made with only local and organic produce. What's more, with each meal, you will eat heavenly tropical fruits like dragon fruit, guava, or snake fruit! It is Balireal's firm belief that the key ingredient of amazing food is always love. If you have any allergies or special requests, please kindly get in touch with them before your retreat.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Snacks
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Coffee
- Tea
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Gluten Free
- Organic
- Hallal
- Other dietary requirements on request
Things to do (optional)
- Additional spa treatments
- Visit a traditional Balinese Shaman healer for a blessing ritual
- Visit the village healer
- Visit the Penatahan hot spring
- Visit the Mount Watukaru Temple
- Visit Tamah Ayun and Tanah Lot Beach Temple
- Sunset Horseriding session on the beach or through the rice paddies
- Surfing lessons with a private coach
Spa treatments
Enjoy a pampering personalized spa treatment to deeply relax, recharge and rejuvenate your body and mind. This is included in your package and you can have these spa treatments every other day. You can choose from Balinese deep tissue massage, modern massage, or traditional massage by a village healer.
What's included
- Chakra opening work, Tai Chi, and Martial Arts lessons
- Twice daily Balinese Watukaru yoga and meditation practices
- Pampering spa treatments every other day
- 25 nights accommodation among stunning tropical nature
- Beach BBQ Fun!
- Twice daily authentic Balinese cultural excursions such as rice farming, trekking, and waterfall purification
- Daily wholesome meals made with love and care
- Transport during the retreat
- Unlimited supply of fresh water, tea, and coffee
- Trip to a stunning local waterfall for purification
- Yoga on the beach with outside Asian dinner
- Internet access
- Bicycles free to use
- Pick up from the airport
What's not included
- Additional cultural tours
- Airfare
- Airport dropoff
- Insurance
- Personal expenses
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Ngurah Rai International Airport
34 km
Transfer included
Arrival by airplane
From Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS) in Denpasar, BaliReal Retreats' driver will pick you up from the airport free of charge. The driver will wait for you at the airport exit with a sign that has your name on it.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 14% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.
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