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December 2005
Balispirit Features Yoga in Bali

Welcome to the newly resurrected Balispirit Newsletter. With each issue, we will explore Holistic Living in Bali. We at Balispirit Web, Kafe and Studio hope you are happy to read our news. If not, please let us know and we will remove you from our mailing list.

2006 is an amazing year for events in Bali. In this newsletter we will focus on events such as Yoga Retreats, Workshops and Teacher Trainings happening in the first quarter of 2006.

Balispirit Highlights:
Bali Holiday
If you are a socially & environmentally aware company or holistic practitioner located in Bali, join, advertise or link with Balispirit.com
Balispirit Kafe, Ubud
funky music, healthy foods,
yummy desserts & great drinks
... all in the heart of Ubud


Bali Healthy Food

Offering up an exciting new menu created with healthy and vegetarian eating in mind, Ubud's newest Kafe is located directly below Balispirit Yoga Studio. Kafe uses organic vegetables whenever possible and gives a % of profits to different non-profit projects on Bali and beyond through its sister store BaliCares.

Located at 44B Jalan Hanoman, next to Tegun Galeri.
Tel. +62-361-970-992 or email: newsletter@balispirit.com


Global Healing Bali


dancing fingers


Personalized Yoga Holidays at Balispirit Studio in Ubud, Bali

Yoga in Bali

Balispirit Yoga Studio
Balispirit has created an opportunity for you to work on your own personal Yoga Practice in an environment truly conducive to inner exploration and personal growth.

A way for you to come to Bali and just focus on you...

Through our organized Bali Yoga Holiday you will have time to relax and unwind from your daily stresses back at home. Our package includes daily yoga classes at our Ubud Yoga Studio, wonderful and affordable accommodation at Artini 2 hotel, or alternatively, any other hotel listed on our accommodations page. In addition to joining the daily classes, you may also want arrange a private one-on-one yoga class catered to your own personal needs and practice with one of our studio's certified yoga instructors. Our studio is open every afternoon for privates.

Outside of class time you are free to do whatever you please – visit the local spas, healing centers or perhaps explore Ubud and Bali, taking in the sites, museums and art galleries or just spending time on your porch in bliss.

This time is just for you. Check out Balispirit Yoga Studio's Dec/January Yoga schedule. With a line up of great classes, teachers & events.

Balispirit Yoga Studio. Jln Hanoman 44b, Padang Tegal, Ubud 80571
Tel: +62-361-970-992, Fax: +62-361-973-361 or email: newsletter@balispirit.com

Hope to see you on your mat soon!

Vibrant Living Yoga Teacher Training & Retreats with Daniel Aaron

Radiantly Alive with Daniel Aaron and Leonid Soboleff - Anahata Resort, Ubud, Bali • Dec 29 - Jan 3, 2006 - Transformational Tropical Retreat
• March 12 – April 9 2006 - 200 hour Yoga Alliance Certification, Anahata Resort, Ubud

Vibrant Living Yoga Teacher Training guides you to experience yourself free of false limitations and empowers you to assist others. Drawing on my extensive yoga practice and training with dozens of modern masters, you will dive deeply into a spectrum of today's yogic styles, including Jivamukti, Iyengar, Ashtanga and more. Discover how you share yoga by learning what's come before you.

This comprehensive training covers traditional yoga methodology: asana, pranayama, meditation, kirtan, philosophy, ethics, Sanskrit, lifestyle, physical and energetic anatomy/physiology, sessions on teaching styles, sequencing, creating classes, adjustments and corrections, the business of yoga and more. Using ancient scripture and philosophy in a contemporary context we employ the best tools possible to experience the essence of yoga: meditation (accepting what is), nutrition (optional exquisite living foods), humor, music, guilt-free super chocolate, nature and kindness. Exceptional experts, including Duncan Wong and Sky, contribute as guest faculty to your education.

For more information and to apply, please visit www.RadiantlyAlive.com or send an email or phone +62 81 338 042 536.

Sama Yoga Retreats with Swami Vagishananda & Sky

Swami Vagishananda & Sky • Jan 7-14, 2006

7 days of Yoga study, practice and fun devoted to sharing the benefits of yoga as means to achieve a healthy balance and completely fulfill one's deepest purpose...

A retreat for those inclined to move deeper in their understanding of yoga. This retreat integrates a variety of deep physical yoga practices, meditations, and mantras with the practical aspects of maintaining a balance in your daily life. You will learn the key foundations to any yoga practice and how to apply them on and off your yoga mat. Each morning will begin at 6am with a meditation, chanting, Pranayama and sun salutations followed by Asana practice. There will be a talk on yoga and related topics in the late morning and evenings and a second Asana & Pranayama class in the afternoon. In between classes we can swim, play and relax. Evenings will include various entertainments and exploring your creativity through Vedic Art with gifted artist and dance performer, Martina Jakobsson.

See the Bali Sama Yoga Retreat Webpage for More details or Email or download pdf flyer of Bali Sama Yoga

Iyengar Yoga Retreats – with Ann Barros

iyengar yoga workshops with Ann Barros Upcoming tours:

• February 4 - 18, 2006 - 14 days Inclusive program at Sanur & Ubud
• July 15 - 29, 2006 - 14 days Inclusive program
• See a sample - Iyengar Yoga Weekend Workshop, Balispirit Studio Ubud.

The perfect yoga vacation to simply walk into and enjoy! This is the original Bali yoga vacation (since 1985) ever improving, offering all-inclusive package with air, deluxe accommodations, meals, dance and gamelan performances, excursions to Bali's sacred temples, a pampering Spa visit, and 2 inspiring yoga classes daily with Ann Barros, certified Iyengar Yoga Instructor since 1980. "Ann delivers the royal treatment to all!"

visit www.baliyoga.com

Holistic Retreats COMO Shambhala Estate & Uma Ubud – Ubud, Bali

COMO Shambhala Estate

Uma Ubud
• January 6 - 8, 2006 The Buddhist Path - a Retreat with Dr. Robert Thurman
• January 23 - January 28, 2006 Jivamukti Yoga in Bali with Sharon Gannon & David Life
• February 14 - February 20, 2006 Yoga & Sound Retreat with Patel and Desai
In recognition of Bali's powerful spirituality, we have developed a substantial COMO Shambhala retreat, designed for those seeking greater health and mental quietude through yoga and related treatments. Asian-inspired, holistic therapies, an open air yoga pavilion for group and private practice, meditation bale, reflexology area, steam, sauna, gym, four treatment rooms and an expansive jade green pool.

NON-RESIDENT WEEKLY & DAILY DROP-IN STUDENTS WELCOME.

For more information about COMO Shambhala Holistic Retreats with internationally known teachers, Tel: +62 361 972 448, Email.

Heal your Mind, Body and Soul at Alila – with Linda Madani

bali yoga retreat workshop - conscious living retreats at alila - with linda madani • January 9 - 17, 2006
• February 6 - 14, 2006
• March 6 - 14, 2006

With yoga teacher Linda Madani of Alila Ubud and Alila Manggis, you'll understand why many fitness enthusiasts have embraced yogic exercises. They are releasing, inspiring, energizing and relaxing at the same time - and if is a total yoga bliss you seek, then head to the hills or seaside with Alila in the Island of the Gods!

More about Heal your mind, body and soul with Linda Madani @ ALiLA

Alila Ubud, Tel: +62 361 975963, ubud@alilahotels.com

Alila Manggis, Tel: +62 363 41011, manggis@alilahotels.com or visit www.alilahotels.com

Creative Wellness Retreats – with Aziza Healing Adventures

bali wellness retreat
• Feb. 8-17 2006

This unforgettable Creative Yoga/Wellness retreat set in both tranquil Ubud and East Bali, offers diverse activities for a delicious taste of this paradise island. Imagine ten days in the lush embrace of Bali. Ten days to walk along rice paddies, through weaving villages, past Hindu temples and other sacred sites; Time to be creative, to reflect, paint, journal, meditate, feast on local culinary delights, unwind with massage, refresh with yoga, surrender to a labyrinth path and doze off on your own veranda. This retreat offers the perfect place to rediscover and connect with the whole you.

Tel: (416) 696-0086 or email or Please visit www.aziza.ca/bali.htm

Dek's Studio – Woodworking for the Home and Garden

Dek's Studio
Woodworking for the home and garden
At Dek's Studio, imagination and creativity merge to become beauty and function. Kadek Gunarta began his quest to restore and preserve the culture of his island people, using traditional hand tools to create new and contemporary home and garden furnishings from recycled hardwood, mainly teak. Everything from Dek's Studio is hand made, hand rubbed, hand finished and hand checked. The look is today, the aura is yesterday. Recycling in this way is not only environmentally friendly and ethical, but also elegant.

Dek's Studio produces exclusive, one of a kind and limited production pieces for wholesale and export from Bali to your home country. Join Kadek in preserving Balinese tradition in an environmentally responsible manner. Come have a look at his showroom!

Retail showroom is located next to Tegun Galeri - Jln Hanoman 44, Ubud - Bali , Tel/Fax 62 361 973 361, HP 08123830953 or Email.
Please visit Dek's Woodworking Studio for more information.

Bali Yoga Products for Wholesale & Export

Bali Yoga Products Bali's growing Yoga culture attracts international designers of specialized garments and props...

Balispirit Yoga Studio provides a wide array of products for the yoga enthusiast. Clothing, straps, mats, bolsters, blankets, music, books, silver jewelry and wooden carvings — everything you need to make your practice complete. Retail and wholesale prices available.

The companies and craftspeople listed on balispirit.com have been chosen because they are committed to preserving Bali's environment and culture within the workplace. Be a responsible consumer and buy the things you need from our community-friendly, environmentally aware Balispirit vendors who always find the time to give a little something back to Bali!

Taman Rahasia – Bali's Secret Garden Hotel, Spa and Cooking School

bali boutique hotel - Taman Rahasia Nestled in the artist's village of Penestanan, you will discover relaxation, reflection and indulgence at Taman Rahasia, Bali's real Secret Garden. Only 20 minutes walk to central Ubud. Taman Rahasia has eight comfortably appointed rooms set amidst verdant tropical gardens, with a luxurious health spa and sublime natural stone swimming pool. The hotel's full service restaurant houses a Balinese Cooking School where Balinese Cooking classes are offered. Bali's Secret Garden is a little jewel of a hotel where we do everything with an extra measure of care and personal attention.

Tel/Fax: 0361 979-395, or email or visit www.balisecretgarden.com

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