3 Days Meditation and Balinese Surya Yoga Retreat in Bali, Indonesia
Surya Yoga Retreat Bali
Expert tip: This is one of the most popular yoga retreats offered in Indonesia.
Surya Yoga Style is one among the total of 13 genuine or original yoga style in the begining of yoga history. Surya Yoga has 12 genuine flow, the first flow is Surya Namaskara. Than the flow of Surya Daryam, flow of Surya Kertalam, flow of Nadwityam Suryam, etc. The flow/sequence/Yogacara is the main part on Surya Yoga, rather than the asanas/poses.
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Highlights
- Beach yoga session
- Balinese Pencak Silat session
- Daily Balinese style seating meditation
- Balinese Tai Chi (Tali Rasa) meditation session
- Daily morning and afternoon Balinese Watukaru yoga sessions
- Daily vegetarian, vegan, or regular meals
- 2 nights accommodation
- A trip to a local waterfall
Skill level
- Beginner
Yoga styles
Accommodation
Facilities
- Shopping
- Spa
- Air-conditioned rooms
- Dining area
- Environmentally friendly
- Garden
- Lounge
- Luggage room / storage
- Meditation garden
- Multilingual staff
- Smoke-free property
- Terrace
- Yoga shala
- Convenience / grocery store
- Free bicycle
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Internet access
- Ironing / ironing board
- Laundry
- Medical assistance
- Tour assistance
- Wireless internet
- Outdoor shower
During this retreat, you will be staying at any homestay or guest house accommodation, spreading across the Sesandan Megati Village. Balitrees Retreats offers an authentic taste of Bali, nestled in the quiet traditional village and the main retreats area are surrounded by the rice paddy farmlands of Sesandan village. It is located approximately 45 minutes west of Tabanan city, one hour northwest of Tanah Lot.
Balitrees Retreats has several different locations of homestay or guest house accommodation, spreading across Sesandan Megati village. It takes about five to 15 minutes to drive from each location of accommodation to reach the yoga area and dining area.
Balitrees Retreats will provide transport to connect each location of homestay or guest house accommodation to the yoga area and dining area.
Program
Balitrees Retreats open the access to one of the oldest spiritual ashrams in the world (Pasraman Seruling Dewata) which still conserves the original 13 types of yoga as how they have created thousands of years ago in the Himalayas, as well as the access to learning traditional Balinese meditation.
Nowadays, these 13 types of original yoga are only available in Mount Batukaru, Tabanan, Bali. As there are many contemporary types of yoga at the moment, Balitrees Retreats is committed to host yoga in its original type. The 13 original types of yoga consist of yoga Surya, yoga Chandra, yoga Siva, yoga Vishnu, yoga Brahma, yoga Isvara, and more. Each type of yoga consists of different type of sequence.
Surya Yoga has 12 types of yoga sequences such as Surya Namaskara, Surya Daryam, Surya Kertalam, Nadwityam Suryam, Surya Arkayam, Surya Khagata, Surya Maricam, Surya Sawitri, Surya Pusne, Surya Bhaskaram, Surya Hiranyagarbha, and Surya Gerhanam.
Sample of daily schedule:
Day 1
- 13:00 - 14:00 Arrival and lunch
- 15:00 - 16:30 Afternoon Balinese Watukaru yoga and meditation session
- 17:00 - 18:00 Daily afternoon village culture/activities
- 18:30 - 19:30 Dinner
Day 2
- 08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast
- 09:30 - 11:00 Morning Balinese Watukaru yoga and meditation session
- 11:30 - 12:30 Daily morning village culture/activities
- 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
- 15:00 - 16:30 Afternoon Balinese Watukaru yoga and meditation session
- 17:00 - 18:00 Daily afternoon village culture/activities
- 18:30 - 19:30 Dinner
Day 3
- 08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast
- 09:30 - 11:00 Morning Balinese Watukaru yoga and meditation session
- 11:30 - 12:30 Daily morning village culture/activities
- 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch and departure
Note
Sample daily schedule and times are subject to change depending on the weather condition, host availability, guests present, and etc.
Included excursions
- One trip to a local waterfall is included in the package.
- One trip to a local beach for afternoon beach yoga session (sunset yoga) is also included.
Instructors
I Gede Arya
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 specialises 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 the Balitrees Retreats.
Krishna
Krishna is a traditional Balinese Watukaru Yoga and meditation teacher. She's been studying and teaching Balinese Yoga, meditation, pranayama and charka 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'll ever meet!
Retreat location
Balitrees Retreats is located at Sesandan Megati, Selemadeg Timur, Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia. It is close to Mount Batukaru, about 45 minutes from Tabanan city, 1 hour from Tanah Lot Temple, 2.5 hours from the airport.
Food
During the retreat, you will be served three daily meals, most of them are Balinese cuisine. Guests have the option to request for regular, vegetarian, or vegan meals. Tea, coffee, and water will also be available.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Brunch
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Snacks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Coffee
- Tea
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Gluten Free
- Regular (typically includes meat and fish)
Things to do (optional)
- A visit to traditional Balinese shaman healer for a blessing ritual
- A spiritual journey of hiking on Mount Watukaru
- Tour to the close tourism objects
- Modern massage
- Traditional massage
- Swing
Spa treatments
1 time 30 minutes traditional or modern massage is included
What's included
- 2 nights accommodation
- One time beach yoga session
- All live event in the village (ceremonial event, spiritual event, etc.)
- Balinese cooking class Balinese Hindu preparation class (making canang, kelatkat, etc.)
- Balinese music class (gamelan)
- 1-time modern massage or traditional massage
- Balinese traditional making oil class
- Visit a local waterfall
- Daily morning and afternoon Balinese Watukaru yoga session
- Daily chakra meditation session Tali Rasa (Balinese Tai Chi) meditation session
- Balinese Pencak Silat session
- Daily vegetarian/vegan / regular meals
- Tea, coffee, and water
- Internet access and laundry service
- Rice farming class
- Transport from and to Tabanan city
- Trekking inside the village
What's not included
- Airfare
- Arrival visa
- Insurance
- Personal expenses
- Requested additional activities
- Requested additional meals and drinks
How to get there
Arrival by car
Balitrees Retreats provide arrival transport included from Tabanan City to the village around 1 pm. Please take taxi or others transport up to Tabanan City.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 30% of the total price.
- The deposit is fully refundable if the booking is cancelled before the arrival date.
- The rest of the payment should be paid on departure.
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