8 Day Soul Freeing Ancient Watukaru Yoga, Authentic Balinese Culture & Wellness Retreat in Bali
Soul-nourishing Spiritual Retreat
Embark on a transformative journey at Balitrees Retreats, one of Southeast Asia's top retreat centers, where you’ll experience an authentic Balinese cultural and wellness immersion. Explore ancient yoga and meditation practices, chakra opening, and pranayama to shift your perspective, connect more deeply with yourself, and truly understand the art of relaxation, rejuvenation, and self-care, all while having fun! Enjoy vibrant cultural excursions and workshops like Rice Farming, Waterfall Purification, Balinese Music and Language classes, Beach BBQs, and many more, making sure you fall in love with Bali and its incredibly friendly people!
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Highlights
- Balinese Hindu ritual cleansing purification / melukat
- Your very own Eat, Pray, Love Balinese Cultural Holiday
- Twice daily Balinese Watukaru yoga and meditation practices
- 2 pampering spa treatments to melt away every tension in your body
- Twice daily authentic Balinese cultural excursions such as rice farming and coconut oil making
- Enjoy some much needed 'me' time to recharge your body and soul
- 8 days, 7 nights accommodation among stunning tropical nature
- Daily wholesome meals made with love and care
Skill level
- Beginner
Yoga styles
Ngurah Rai International Airport (US$ 35 per person)
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
Balitrees Retreats is a joint effort of the local ashram, Perguruan Seruling Dewata, and the villagers of Sesandan.
During your retreat, you can choose to stay in a shared or private guesthouse room or homestay room. Guesthouse rooms are deluxe Balinese style villa rooms, surrounded by stunning rice paddies and coconut trees that will take your breath away. Each ensuite room has a flat-screen TV, air-conditioner, shower, toilet, wardrobe, desk and beautiful beds fitted with soft Egyptian cotton beddings. All the artworks in the rooms are beautifully done by artists from the village. We have a lovely pool on site.
Homestay rooms are garden rooms that are built with a unique local cultural touch. Staying in these super comfy homestay rooms offers our guests a great chance to be part of the village life and connect deeper with Hindu culture and people. Each room has a garden-facing terrace, a lounge area, a flat-screen TV, air-conditioner, shower, wardrobe, desk, and cozy beds with Balinese style beddings.
Program
This retreat is run only by local people in a traditional Balinese village away from other tourists. It is the perfect place for you to get away from the 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, understand yourself, reconnect with yourself, and love yourself in a kinder way.
Take this incredible journey for yourself, and come to help Balitrees Retreats spread the love for Traditional Balinese Watukaru Yoga, share ancient Balinese wisdom, and support the local community!
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 practicing 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 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 emphasizing meditation and the inner flow of energy in its practice.
Held by traditional Balinese Watukaru Yoga practitioners who 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 you to silence your mind and heal your 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, you can participate in two village or cultural activities every day, such as rice farming, waterfall purification, coconut oil making, cook your own Balinese meals, Balinese language workshop, traditional Balinese dance performances, and so many more!
You will share these beautiful 8 days with like-minded people from around the globe, and 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!
Balitrees Retreats can't wait to welcome and grow with you!
Sample Program schedule
Day 1
- 14:00 - 15:00 Arrival and Settle in
- 16:00 - 17:30 Afternoon Traditional Balinese Watukaru Yoga & meditation session
- 17:30 - 18:30 Afternoon Balinese Cultural Activity
- 18:30 - 19:30 Dinner
Day 2 - 7
- 08:00 - 09:30 Morning Traditional Balinese Watukaru Yoga & meditation session
- 09:30 - 10:30 Breakfast
- 11:00 - 13:00 Morning Balinese cultural activity
- 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
- 16:00 - 17:30 Afternoon Traditional Balinese Watukaru Yoga & meditation session
- 17:30 - 18:30 Afternoon Balinese Cultural Activity
- 18:30 - 19:30 Dinner
Day 8
- 08:00 - 09:30 Morning Traditional Balinese Watukaru Yoga & 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
All of the amazing cultural activities / excursions are listed below:
- Local waterfall purification
- Trash Hero activity (join local folks to make their village cleaner and more beautiful!)
- Yoga and meditation on the beach
- Watch the sunrise
- Balinese music class
- Cook your own Balinese meals
- Traditional Balinese Ceremonial Dance Performance
- Rice farming tracking
- Balinese Hindu offering making workshop
- Balinese language class
Instructors
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!
Dewi
From a rice farmer and wife who worked over twelve 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, she not only manages 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 you to find 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.
Adi
Adi specializes in the Watukaru yoga tradition, Balinese traditional healing meditation, yoga therapy, chakra opening, pranayama, and Balinese Penck Silat Martial Arts. He is one of the disciples of the ninth generation of Perguruan Seruling Dewata in Bali, one of the oldest spiritual ashrams in the world. He's been practicing Traditional Balinese Watukar Yoga for the past three decades. He dedicates his life to the conservation and teaching of Balinese Watukaru Yoga and has developed his own system of yoga therapy designed especially to boost immunity and heal the body in a holistic way.
Retreat location
Balitrees 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.
Food
To all of those who share this beautiful journey of life with Balitrees 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 the 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 Balitrees Retreats provide wholesome, abundant and delicious vegetarian and vegan cuisine, made with only local and organic produce. What's more, with each meal, you will heavenly tropical fruits like dragon fruit, guava or snake fruit! It is Balitrees Retreats 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
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Coffee
- Tea
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Gluten Free
- Hallal
- Lactose Free
- 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 Mont Watukaru Temple
- Visit Tamah Ayun and Tanah Lot Beach Temple
- Surfing lessons
- Sunset horseriding rising on the beach or rice paddies
Spa treatments
Enjoy a pampering personalized spa treatment to deeply relax, recharge, and rejuvenate your body and mind. You can choose from Balinese deep tissue massage, modern massage, or traditional massage by a village healer.
What's included
- Balinese Hindu ritual cleansing purification / melukat
- Your very own Eat, Pray, Love Balinese Cultural Holiday
- Twice daily Balinese Watukaru yoga and meditation practices
- 2 pampering spa treatments to melt away every tension in your body
- 6 days, 5 nights accommodation among stunning tropical nature
- 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 freshwater, tea, and coffee
- Trip to a stunning local waterfall for purification
- Yoga on the beach with beach BBQ!
- Internet access
- Bicycles free to use
What's not included
- Additional requested activities
- Airfare
- Airport transfers
- Insurance
- Personal expenses
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Ngurah Rai International Airport
34 km
Transfer not provided
Arrival by airplane
Please book your flight to arrive at Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS). Please kindly arrange your own transport to the retreat location. Grab is a very useful App to help you with transport in the local area. Alternatively, the driver can pick you up from the airport with an extra charge (450,000 Rupiah/USD 35) or any other place in Bali (price subject to your location).
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 18% 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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