6 Day Deeply Relaxing Balinese Culture, Blissful Spa & Ancient Yoga Retreat in Bali
Balitrees Retreats, Sesandan, Megati, Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia
Authentic Balinese Cultural Holiday
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 retreat centers in SE Asia - Balitrees Retreats in an authentic Balinese cultural experience into a spiritual world of self-healing with meditation, Tai Chi, Martial Arts, yoga, chakra opening and pranayama. To all of those who share this journey of life with Balitrees, they offer an experience of profound beauty, grace, authenticity, wholesomeness, human warmth, respect and care. Just bring your lovely self and leave the rest to them!
Meet the instructors
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Highlights
- Chakra opening work, Tai Chi, and Martial Arts lessons
- Your very own Eat, Pray, Love Balinese Cultural Holiday
- Twice daily Balinese Watukaru yoga and meditation practices
- Pampering spa treatments to melt away every tension in your body
- The ideal location to unplug and enjoy the beauty of wild, untouched Bali
- 6 days, 5 nights accommodation among stunning tropical nature
- Twice daily authentic Balinese cultural excursions
- Daily wholesome meals made with love and care
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
Styles
6 days with instruction in English
The organizer also speaks: Indonesian
Group size: Maximum of 16 participants
Airport transfer available:
Ngurah Rai International Airport (US$35 per person)
Ngurah Rai International Airport (US$35 per person)
Accommodation
Check-in Time:
14:00
Check-out Time:
14:00
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 located within the retreat centre, surrounded by stunning rice paddies and coconut trees that will take your breath away. There is also a newly built pool, spa centre, meditation garden, reception, lounge, and yoga shala at the retreat site.
The guesthouse rooms are traditional Balinese style bungalows decorated with a unique bohemian touch. Each ensuite room has a flat-screen TV, air-conditioner, bathtub, 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 own village, of whom we are very proud.
Homestay rooms are located only a short walk away from the retreat centre (5-8 minutes). They are part of local Balinese people’s homes. Staying in these super comfy homestay rooms offers the 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 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 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 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 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 take part in two village or cultural activities every day, such as rice farming, waterfall purification, coconut oil making, Balinese cooking class, Balinese language workshop, traditional Balinese dance performances, and so many more!
You will share these beautiful 6 days with likeminded 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!
Balitrees Retreats can't wait to welcome and grow with you!
Sample Program schedule
Day 1
- 14:00 - 15:00 Arrival and Settle in
- 15:00 - 16:00 Afternoon Traditional Balinese Watukaru Yoga & meditation session
- 16:00 - 18:00 Afternoon Balinese cultural activity
- 18:30 - 19:30 Dinner
Day 2 - 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
- 15:00 - 16:00 Afternoon Traditional Balinese Watukaru Yoga & meditation session
- 16:00 - 18:00 Afternoon Balinese cultural activity
- 18:00 - 20:00 Dinner
Day 6
- 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
- Jungle trekking
- Visit to the Shaman to seek answers and a blessing ritual
- 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 drawing class
- Visit the village butterfly park
- Balinese martial arts class
- Balinese Tai Chi class
- Balinese music class
- Balinese cooking class
- Traditional Balinese Ceremonial Dance Performance
- Rice farming
- Balinese Hindu offering making workshop
- Balinese language class
- Balinese herbal tea making workshop
- Visit the village swing
- Balinese pastry-making class
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 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 Balitrees Retreats.
Krishna
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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!
Danai Siamou
Danai is a psychotherapist, yoga and meditation instructor from Greece. In search of a more peaceful mind, she travelled across Europe into the majestic landscapes of Finland, where she discovered her true passion—fluid body movements through yoga and dancing. Combining her psychology background with her certification in Vinyasa Yoga and guided meditation, she guides people through their individual paths of self-acceptance, transformation, overcoming of past trauma and better communication with their subconscious mind and inner voice.
Landy Yan
Landy is a certified Vinyasa and meditation teacher. She has a natural gift of listening in order to understand people on a deeper level and applies effortlessly her understanding and empathy to her teaching or as she prefers to call it, guided self-healing through meditation, pranayama, yoga and yoga therapy. She integrates her love for poetry, art and oriental philosophy & medicine into her teaching and has been a part of many people's positive self-transformation and journeys to happier and more fulfilling lives.
Dewi
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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 us to find more peace and joy from within ourselves. When in a class, she teaches with her heart and soul, giving all of her love, warmth and authenticity to her students.
Location
They are 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’re 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), 2 hours
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
- Lacto-ovo Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Gluten Free
- Hallal
- Lactose Free
- Other dietary requirements on request
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation
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 horse riding 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
- Chakra opening work, Tai Chi, and Martial Arts lessons
- Twice daily Balinese Watukaru yoga and meditation practices
- 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 and coconut oil making
- Daily wholesome meals made with love and care
- Unlimited supply of freshwater, tea and coffee
- Trip to a stunning local waterfall for purification
- Yoga on the beach
- 1 pampering spa treatment
- 1 unique Balinese gift for everyone
- Internet access
- Bicycles free to use
- Transport during the retreat
What's not included
- Additional requested activities
- Airfare
- Airport transfers
- Insurance
- Personal expenses
How to get there
Recommended Airports
DPS
Ngurah Rai International Airport
34 km
Transfer available for additional US$35 per person
Arrival by airplane
If you arrive by plane, please book your flight to arrive at Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS) in Denpasar. 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).
Airport: Ngurah Rai International Airport
Airport transfer available:
Ngurah Rai International Airport (US$35 per person)
Additional charges may apply. You can request this in the next step.
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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