5 Day Authentic Hindu Culture, Heavenly Spa, Yoga Retreat in Bali
Deeply Relaxing Cultural Yoga Holiday Bali
Do you want to learn and practice one of the oldest styles of yoga, traditional Balinese Watukaru Yoga? Do you want to deepen your yoga or meditation practice guided by incredible teachers? Do you want to experience authentic Balinese Hindu culture and the unique hospitality of local Balinese people? Do you want to reconnect with yourself and find your inner balance? Join one of the most popular all-inclusive resorts in Asia, Baliuma Retreats for your very own journey of self-love, self-empowerment, and self-transformation. What awaits you is an authentic cultural experience into a spiritual world of self-healing with meditation, yoga, chakra opening and pranayama. To all of those who share this journey of life with Baliuma Retreats, they offer an experience of profound beauty, grace, authenticity, wholesomeness, human warmth, respect, and care. They are guided by love, peace, integrity, openness, and kindness. Just bring your lovely self and leave the rest to Baliuma Retreats!
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Highlights
- Your very own Eat, Pray, Love Balinese Getaway
- Twice daily Balinese Watukaru yoga and meditation practices
- Pranayama and chakra opening work
- Twice daily authentic Balinese cultural excursions such rice farming and trekking
- Pampering spa treatments to melt away every tension in your body
- Enjoy some much needed 'me' time to recharge your body & soul
- 5 day, 4 night 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
- Spa
- Air-conditioned rooms
- Environmentally friendly
- Garden
- Terrace
- Yoga shala
- Bicycle rental
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry
- Medical assistance
- Tour assistance
During this retreat, you will be staying at any homestay and guest house accommodation, spreading across the Sesandan Megati Village. Baliuma Retreats offers an authentic taste of Bali, nestled in the quiet traditional village and the main retreats 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 the accommodations, either homestay or guest house are located separately from the retreat center (yoga, activity, dining area). The accommodation is just 5 minutes drive or 10 minute walk from the retreat center. Shuttle services are provided to connect guests from the accommodation and retreat center.
Program
The 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 us 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 followed by meditation, you can participate in two villages or cultural activities every day, such as rice farming, waterfall purification, coconut oil making, Balinese cooking class, Balinese language workshop, and learn traditional Balinese dance, and so many more! You will share these beautiful four 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! Baliuma 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 - 4
- 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 5
- 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 to choose from:
- Local waterfall purification
- Trash Hero activity (join local folks to make their village cleaner and more beautiful!)
- Yoga & Meditation on the beach
- Coconut oil making workshop
- Balinese music class
- Balinese Cooking Class
- Rice farming
- Balinese Hindu offering making workshop
- LearnTraditional Balinese Ceremonial Dance
- Balinese language 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 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 Baliuma Retreats.
Krishna
Krishna is a traditional Balinese Watukaru yoga and meditation teacher. She has 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 is the kindest, most fun and passionate teacher and friend you will 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 also 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 find more peace and joy from within oneself. When in a class, she teaches with her heart and soul, giving all of her love, warmth, and authenticity to her students.
Retreat location
Baliuma 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. They are about 30 minutes from Tabanan city, 45 minutes from Tanah Lot Temple, and around two hours from Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS).
This Yoga Retreat is vegetarian-friendly
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Food
To all of those who share this beautiful journey of life with Baliuma Retreats, they offer an experience of profound beauty, grace, authenticity, wholesomeness, human warmth, respect, and care. They are passionate about nutrition, a 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, Baliuma provides 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 Baliuma'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)
You can also opt for other activities with extra costs, such as additional spa treatments, visit a traditional Balinese Shaman healer for a blessing ritual, tour to Watukaru mountain temple and Penatahan Hot Spring, or tour to two of the most famous temples in Bali, Ayun, and Tanan Lot beach temple, and surfing or sunset horseriding on the beach/rice terrace lessons.
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
- Pranayama and chakra opening work
- Twice daily yoga and meditation practices
- Pampering spa treatment to melt away every tension in your body
- 5 days, 4 night 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
- Unlimited supply of fresh mineral water, tea, and coffee
- Trip to a stunning local waterfall for purification
- Yoga on the beach
- Transport during the retreat
- 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
From Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS) in Denpasar, kindly arrange your own transport to the retreat location. There are plenty of airport taxis waiting to give you a ride. Grab is a very useful application to help you with transportation in the local area, you can download it upon arrival in Bali.
Alternatively, Baliuma Retreats' driver can pick you up from the airport with an extra charge (450,000 IDR/35 USD) or from any other place in Bali (price subject to your location). Baliuma Retreats 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 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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