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Balispirit.com
Newsletter
Summer 2005
Welcome to the newly resurrected Balispirit Newsletter — we know you have
all been waiting! With each newsletter, we explore what's happening in holistic
Bali. If you would like to advertise your product, outlet or event with us, or
have a comment or question please contact
editor@balispirit.com.
This is a unique opportunity to advertise both locally and overseas to a
community truly interested in holistic living.
FEATURES
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Unveiling of the new & improved Balispirit Yoga Studio
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Fabulous eating experiences with the KAFE's new menu
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The Healing Touch-Sukma Healing Center
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Dek's Studio-An Environmentally Friendly Approach to the age old custom of
carving and designing in wood
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2nd Annual Ubud Writer's and Reader's Festival
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Nyoman Sumerta-spiritually designed wood carvings
YOGA IN BALI
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YOUR Personal Yoga Journey
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Prana Dewi Yoga Retreat Center
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Yoga Product-Swinging into Practice with the YOGA SWING
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Where and When?... BALI YOGA class Schedules
Balispirit Yoga Studio — We've had a Facelift!
Namaste!
For all of our students who have been patiently awaiting the opening of the new
and improved Balispirit Yoga Studio-wait no more! The newly renovated studio
opened its doors again to the public Wednesday 1st June. Along with the
renovations, check out our June/July
schedules. With a line up of great classes,
teachers & events -
and of course our shiny new space!-we are sure you will be as happy as we are
about the changes. Classes are still also ongoing at our sister studio
Balispirit Yoga Studio at Indus Garden Restaurant.
Private and small group classes are also available at our main Hanoman location
by appointment.
Hope to see you back on the mats soon!
Balispirit Yoga Studio Jln Hanoman #44B, Padang Tegal, Ubud.
The KAFE
Offering up an exciting new menu, Ubud's popular eatery
KAFE now includes a lineup of specialty main course meals. Created with
healthy and vegetarian eating in mind, the new selections will complete the
fabulous soups, sandwiches, light meals and desserts already offered to guests.
Not to forget a phenomenal list of cold drinks and specialty teas & coffees
found in the greatest of international coffee houses.
Sukma Healing Center
As owner and creator of Sukma
Healing Center, Jan put it perfectly when she asked “Where else in
Bali can you get a Tarot reading and a great Cappuccino all at the same
time!” One could even dare ask where else in Asia?
Located in Tebesaya, Ubud, Sukma is a quaint healing center and restaurant
offering all a chance to escape and unwind. Channeling as Marriam, Jan offers
individual Tarot reading sessions and also a full day workshop that
“initiates you into (the) ancient wisdom” of Tarot.
Along with her own unique specialties, Jan also offers private sessions and
workshops with other local and visiting healers. And the food is great, too!
— all reason enough to take some time out to visit Sukma Healing Center.
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 at
Tegun Galeri – Jln Hanoman 44B, Ubud – Bali.
find us
Tel/Fax: +62 361 973 361, HP 08123830953 or
Email.
Please visit Dek's
Woodworking Studio for more details.
2nd Annual Ubud Writers and Readers Festival
Hot off the success of the first festival, the 2nd Annual Ubud Writer's and
Reader's Festival promises to be even better! The following excerpt is from
their website
www.casalunabali.com...
Sit back and enjoy one of life's greatest pleasures in one of the world's most
beautiful settings. Join readers and writers in four days of stimulating and
inspiring discussion, poetry readings, conversations, workshops, literary
lunches, laughter and festivities amongst people who David Attenborough
described as one of the friendliest on earth.
This year's Festival brings together some of the world's most exciting writers.
Join Booker Prize winner, Michael Ondaatje, as he reveals his magical pose and
poetry in a discussion of his life and work.
Amitav Ghosh will lead you on a romantic adventure through Egypt and India over
a leisurely lunch. Be humored by Susan Kurosawa as she tells you a tale of
love, lies and lust from her latest novel. Professor Arief Budiman will
describe our theme, Between Worlds, and its meaning to Indonesia in modern
times. Listen to award-winning writer, Achmat Dangor, discuss the Bitter Fruits
of his latest book and growing up in South Africa. Join some of Indonesia's
hottest women writers as they discuss erotica and the written word. Nia Dinata,
Indonesia's prize-winning young female film producer will discuss the
challenges of film-making in Indonesia. Listen to Linda Spalding as she
recounts her adventures in Borneo researching the Orang Utan. Hear the voice of
Indonesia's exciting, young emerging writers and share in a discussion of
Balinese spirituality.
Sharpen your poetry skills and join in an open-mike poetry slam that will have
you laughing for days. Enroll in a workshop and learn how to write a play,
song, memoir or illustrate a story. Enjoy a night of Balinese entertainment in
a village temple, under the stars.
Let the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival change your world. There is no
other event like it!
“Ubud has staged a writers festival which is a fitting testament to
the artistic, co-operative and above all, friendly town it has always been.
This festival should be destined to become one of the great cultural exchanges
of the Asian region.” — Larry Buttrose
Nyoman Sumerta – Spiritually based wood carvings
Gianyar local Nyoman Sumerta was raised in the artistic wood carving community
of Siangan village. From a young boy, Nyoman learned how to carve and design
creative works in many types of wood. Now he has turned his carvings into
spiritually based designs. Taking inspiration from yoga, Balinese Hinduism and
classical Indian motifs, Nyoman creates designs that made one client exclaim:
“Nyoman doesn't just carve deities. He carves the essence of the deity
into each piece!”
Nyoman has sold his product in Bali to people from all over the world and in
Canada where he created an original design for the Royal Ontario Museum's
traveling exhibition of South and Southeast Asian art. Nyoman can be contacted
at julnyos@yahoo.ca
YOGA IN BALI
YOUR OWN PERSONAL YOGA JOURNEY with Balispirit Yoga Studio and Artini 2
Cottages, Ubud, Bali
Join us for a Bali Yoga Holiday!
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 wonderful and
affordable accommodation at
Artini 2 hotel and daily Yoga classes at Balispirit's Ubud Studio. In
addition to joining the daily classes at Balispirit Studio on Jln Hanoman, 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 – perhaps
exploring Ubud, taking in the museums and art galleries or just spending time
on your porch or at the swimming pool.
This time is just for you.
Included in your Personal Yoga Journey is:
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Two nights of comfortable accommodation in Fan cooled rooms at Artini 2 Hotel
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Breakfast at the hotel both days
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An open card for classes of Vinyasa Yoga, each day (up to 5 classes in total)
at Balispirit Studio, across the street from Artini 2
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One Full Body Treatment of your choice at Bodyworks Massage Center
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Complimentary Dessert and Coffee at Kafe, a wonderful new eatery located
conveniently below Balispirit Yoga studio.
Cost for our two-night/3 day Personal Ubud Yoga Retreat is only US$ 125.00.
This is truly a great deal and a wonderful opportunity to explore holistic Bali
through yoga practice.
Optional Add-Ons for your Yoga Personal Journey include...
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Personal Yoga Class with a Balispirit Teacher to work on your specific Yoga
goals (US$40 for 1.5hrs)
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Additional Massage treatments at any of Ubud's fabulous Spas
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A day full of Trekking, Rafting, Snorkeling, Diving or Surfing
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A tour of Ubud's environs with
Keep Walking Tours
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Additional Hotel night extensions at Artini 2 (US$30/night)
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Upgrade to Air-Con room can be arranged at Artini 2 at check-in.
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Tarot Card Readings at Sukma, Ubud's Healing Arts Center
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Visit to Gunung Kawi, Bali's oldest Hindu Shrine and Tirta Empul Holy Spring
Temple
Book your space right
now!
Prana Dewi Yoga Center
In the peaceful environment that makes Prana Dewi Mountain Resort a top quality
spa and healthy living facility comes their latest offering-a yoga retreat
center.
Providing yoga retreats for students of all levels and backgrounds several
times a month, “students can reach higher knowledge and awareness in
their yoga practice and beginners will get the right instructions to start
(safely) the path of yoga. Delicious organic vegetarian food is served to
support your yoga and health.”
With experienced teachers and fabulous views, each Yoga day includes practice
in meditation, pranayama (breathing exercises) & full asana (pose) classes,
and a relaxing, restorative class available later in the day.
Prana Dewi presents "Health-Meditation-Pranayama-Asanas" a 4 day
Iyengar Yoga retreat Thu 30th June thru Sun 3rd July with Francesca. Cost is
4180 USD including organic fod, accommodation and Yoga. Open to small groups
only. For further information contact 0361 736654 or 081 338 660 154.
For more information, see:
www.balipranaresort.com/yoga.html.
YOGA PRODUCT – Swinging into Practice with the YOGA SWING
Balispirit Yoga Studio provides a wide array of product for the yoga
enthusiast. Straps, mats, bolsters, blankets, music, books — everything
you need to make your practice complete. Yoga wear is also available including
designs from Bali's own “Remember
To Breathe” collection. Retail and wholesale prices available. This
month's featured item is...
Yoga Swing for Adults and Children
The Yoga Swing is an extremely versatile, adjustable and comfortable piece of
equipment with three handles at varying heights to enable you to achieve any
conceivable posture, angle, movement, stretch or exercise imaginable. Anything
is possible from vertical to horizontal to inversion and anything in between.
It is a complete exercise tool. Not only that, it is also FUN...
The Yoga Swing is unique in that it offers you the ability to stretch and
strengthen, but is also a therapeutic piece of equipment that can be used to
practice Inversion Therapy which is ideal for gentle, passive stretching and
traction of the spine. Hanging upside down can alleviate muscular tension and
pain as well as promoting increased joint mobility and flexibility, increased
relaxation and circulation of the blood, lymph and energy. All of these in turn
promote good health and well being...
The Yoga Swing is also extremely portable. It comes in a drawstring bag, is
lightweight, weighing only 1.3kgs and can fit into a backpack. Take it wherever
you go and hang it from a tree or any exposed beams. The Yoga Swing also
converts to a full size hammock for those camping trips (hammock length 2.8
meters).
For more information, see:
Yoga Swing for Adults and Children.
Thank you for inviting Balispirit into your healthy lifestyle. We look forward
to visiting with you again next month for updates and more on all that is
happening in Bali.
Om Shanti!
Meg, Julie & everyone at Balispirit!
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