The 2011 BaliSpirit Festival:
We Came, We Saw, We Co-created Bliss…
Our three Co-Founders, Kadek, Meghan and Robert (from left to right),
celebrate the Festival's opening on stage with their little ones
A big THANK YOU! to all who attended and participated in yet another inspiring and entertaining BaliSpirit Festival experience. The Festival concluded on March 27th , 2011 to the benefit of 6,000 enthusiastic Festival-goers from 47 countries.
On this, its fourth year, Asia’s premiere yoga, dance, and music Festival further elevated its status--expanding its format to include five days and nights of energizing events. All of this and more was made possible thanks to our fantastic dedicated team of presenters, staff and volunteers – we could not have done it without YOU!
Read below for little vignettes of this year’s Festival, join our facebook page if you want to learn more.
Desa Seni’s Yogathon for Charity - The First of its Kind in Bali
Tara Judelle from Desa Seni smiles as she practices for social change
On Saturday 19th March The BaliSpirit Festival proudly joined forces with Desa Seni as over 300 people gathered at the Village Resort to support, participate, laugh and play their way through twelve hours of yoga and dance. Beginning at 8am with an opening Pranayama and Prana Flow by the Yoga Barn’s Donna Rossiter and international yoga teacher Twee Merrigan, the action continued until the sun set and the full moon was celebrated with live music and a closing ceremony.
Tom Talucci, Co-Owner of Desa Seni resort said, "It is awe inspiring to me how we can all come together from all over the world and support, contribute to each other's development and growth. The most important thing is how we can do it! We are strong, in force and alive."
The event raised $14,000 USD for AYO! Kita Bicara HIV/AIDS, the Festival’s official outreach initiative, that was created by the BaliSpirit Festival team during in 2010 with the support of DKT Indonesia. This program, Ayo! Kita Bicara HIV/AIDS (Come on! Let’s Talk About HIV/AIDS), has already successfully impacted hundreds of Balinese school-aged kids in Gianyar regency and is set to expand thanks to the hard work of the Desa Seni team.
BaliSpirit Festival’s Essence of Harmony
International Prana Flow Yoga Master,
Twee Merrigan (left), assists a Balinese elder
Through all of its many diverse elements and gifts, the Festival’s focus remained true to its founding goals of awakening and nourishing each individual's potential for positive change within; to inspire positive change in homes and communities around the world. This year’s Festival attracted people from all ages and walks of life: promoting cultural diversity, creative expression, collaboration, conscious action, entertainment, and friendship across borders.
Festival Co-Founder and Producer, Meghan Pappenheim, underscored these goals in her comments at a press event, noting that her primary motivation has always been to help restore a sense of joy in people’s lives and encourage self-belief.
“Within all the chaos and disaster, I want to give us the opportunity to just "be"; to awaken to love, silence, expansion. Then we can go back into life and hopefully have an awareness about changing,” Pappenheim said, “At this festival, we drop little hints that you can make a change in this world just by being you".
A precious mother-daughter moment on family day (Hari Cinta Keluarga)
A Yogini's Prayer Inspired
Pujiyastuti Sindhu, from Yoga Leaf Studio in Bandung, Java, has been deeply moved by the Festival this year, so she has offered up the following prayer of gratitude, which she drafted in response to the “Yoga of Giving” panel and ceremony’s spirit of intercultural and interfaith unity:
Gratitude (By Pujiyastuti Sindhu)
I’m Grateful-- God fills all I need and all that is needed by my family,
I’m Grateful-- God gives me abundant opportunities to share his light with the people around me,
I’m Grateful-- God becomes my center; guiding me when I am the center to guide the people around me
I’m Grateful-- God determines my life and forgives me, if I am guilty or afraid
I’m Grateful-- To be able to forget and to forgive the people from my past
I’m grateful-- To realize God is behind everything that has happened and will happen
I’m Grateful-- God is the peace that fills my life and my family’s
I’m Grateful-- To realize God is behind everything that has happened and will happen today
I’m Grateful-- God is there wherever I step my foot today
I’m Grateful-- Wherever I go, I’m headed towards Him
I thank myself for being here, I thank God for being here
My God (You can whisper the name of your personal God if you like) please make me always feel satisfied, whole, and complete.
For more information about this year’s festival, please see the Facebook Page,
visit our Blog or read about our outreach program Ayo! Kita Bicara HIV/AIDS
BaliSpirit Featured Events
Happy Hari Raya Saraswati! A Day to Celebrate the Goddess of learning, science and literature in Bali.
Saturday April 23, 2011 (today!)
In accordance with Balinese Hindu belief, knowledge is an essential medium to achieve the goal of life as a human being. This day celebrates Saraswati in Bali, a special day devoted to the Goddess of learning, science and literature. Saraswati rules the intellectual and creative realm, and is the patron saint of libraries and schools. For Balinese Hindus, she is celebrated as she succeeded in taming the wandering and lustful mind of her consort, Brahma, who was preoccupied with the goddess of material existence, Shatarupa. On this day no one is allowed to read or write, and offerings are made to the lontar (palm-leaf scripts), books and shrines.
Saraswati Day is celebrated every 210-days on Saniscara Umanis Wuku Watugunung and marks the start of the new year according to the Balinese Pawukon calendar. Ceremonies and prayers are held at the temples in family compounds, villages and businesses from morning to noon. Prayers are also held in school temples. Teachers and students abandon their uniforms for the day in place of bright and colourful ceremony gear, filling the island with colour! Children bring fruit and traditional cakes to school for offerings at the temple.
For more information about Balinese Traditional Holidays, please see http://www.balispirit.com/events/bali_ceremony_ritual.html
Thank You Mother Earth - Benefit Concert for humus-based organic gardening.
Saturday April 30 from 7-11pm at Gaya Art Gallery, Sayan – Ubud
Featuring : Fantuzzi & Friends - Tribal Dance, Soul Songs, Kirtan & Tibeten Singing Bowls
by Committee for Sustainable Gardening
Silent Auction & Raffle - Advance Cash Rp.100.00,- donation.
At the Door Cash ticket Rp.150.000,- donation
For more information : Made, 085739414369 (sms only), balitorchginger@yahoo.com
Bali’s Holistic Practitioners Unite for Japan’s Recovery
Sunday May 22 - from 08.00am at Taksu Spa, Jln Hanoman, Ubud.
An exhilarating, healthy fund-raiser hosted by Taksu Spa & Restaurant with support from leading holistic and wellness organizations and practitioners.
Everyone is invited to join, novice and experienced enthusiasts alike. The first class or workshop is free with additional classes at Rp 25,000. Choose from varied yoga types, Chi Gong, Mayan Calendar, Dream Enchantment, Meditation, Sacred Geometry, Native American Soul Retrieval, Women’s Empowerment with Crystal Bowls and many more choices.
Private healing and reading consultations at deeply discounted rates. Incredible raffle prizes too!
All massage and spa services at a 20% discount and Taksu’s raw, vegan, vegetarian, seafood and poultry dishes with 25% discount. Enjoy a complimentary coconut water or jamu.
Please do your part to heal thyself whilst helping to heal Japan. Starts at 8am. Spaces are limited, so arrive early. Please click www.taksuspa.com or call (0361) 971 490 for updated details.
BaliSpirit Featured Listings
Vibrant Living Yoga Teacher Training - with International Faculty,
Ubud
Level I, 300 hour Courses
- May 8 - June 5, 2011
- Sept 25 - Oct 23, 2011
Level II Modules towards 500 hours
- June 10 – 24, 2011
- Oct 28 - Nov 11, 2011
Join us in the tropics of Bali, where the world's leading teachers in Ashtanga, Iyengar, Jivamukti, Bhakti and more combine ancient wisdom in a contemporary context. Breathe, sweat and transform with , Nicki Doane, Simon Borg-Olivier, Edward Clark, David Stringer, Elaina Love and many more.
These Yoga Alliance certification courses present a phenomenal comprehensive curriculum from challenging asana to enlightening philosophy, uplifting kirtan to organic, raw foods.
The Level I courses are open to all levels whether new, beginning to learn the benefits or already teaching. The Level II is a unique opportunity to dive much deeper in an intimate program designed for the intermediate practitioner.
Click here for See our video trailer or visit http://www.radiantlyalive.com/yogateachertraining.php
Radiantly Alive’s Raw Chef Certification Course featuring Elaina Love’s Pure Joy Culinary Academy
May 4 – June 5, 2011 at Ubud.
Calling all raw food enthusiasts! Radiantly Alive and Elaina Love join forces to create the most reputable, sought after Raw Chef Certification Course in Bali. Dive into four weeks of training with Master Raw Food Instructor, Elaina, whose extensive background has launched her as one of the top raw chefs in the world.
The training runs along side Radiantly Alive’s Yoga Teacher Training. Your education combines the best of all elements – Elaina’s expertise and training, a dynamic and diverse educational program, incredible all-organic produce and superfoods, the opportunity to participate in portions of the yoga training - all set in spiritual Bali.
You’ll prepare delicious, gourmet breakfasts, breads, desserts, entrees, wraps, dressings, dehydrates, chocolates, elixirs, soups and more. Curriculum, field trips and program details are on our site:
http://radiantlyalive.com/rawfood-training.php or rawchef@radiantlyalive.com
A Healing Yoga Retreat
May 7, 2011 at Canggu
"Riding the waves of inner-bliss"
Yoga + Ecstatic Love Dance + Raw foods Detox!
This will be An Earth honoring, Heart Centering and life affirming retreat expererience, In the Heart of this Magical Island of Bali. Dance while purifying your senses and connecting to the 5 elements! The Yoga classes Are Designed to free your Body's own Natural Healing system, giving you tools that you can apply safely when you are back home. In the first day we will Focus on "grounding" and our mooladhara Chakra, Which will then allow us to move much more freely into the other chakras! We also give each participant an individual ayurvedic consultation.
Each night we will be fully enjoying Dance, Music, Sacred ceremonies creativity, releasing laughter and much more, all this in an incredible Bali cultural experience!
Wake up everyday to a fresh live juice and a selection of herbal tea, to begin your morning yoga session which will end with a nature walk.
Delightful challenges await you as we stroll though Island's most beloved jungles and sacred temples surrounded by Indigenous natural wonders and cultures.
Retreat Details:
Reservation: Send your full name/ Email/Phone # to: rsvp@rajaspiritretreat.com or yogavana@gmail.com
There are still a few spaces left!. Do not miss to register at the earliest chance. Retreat location and more information: www.rajaspiritretreat.com www.anahataflowyoga.com
May you ride the waves of Aloha in Peace of Heart and Infinite Bliss, mahalo. *******
Cat Kabira Yoga and Energetics – Level One Teacher Training and Certification
June 2011 at The Yoga Barn, Ubud.
“Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts." -Albert Einstein
Yours. Theirs. Ours. You are your own guru. Find out what your own philosophy is.
This is not your standard classical yoga teacher training, though the deep and ancient roots are honored. Cat Kabira’s Yoga and Energetics Level One Training is an intimate, in-depth exploration and blend of asana, meditation, pranayama, various shamanic practices, firewalking and self-empowerment techniques with a unique emphasis on energy work and CranioSacral therapy training.
A life transforming commitment and opportunity to further your personal practice and ability to become a yoga instructor and CranioSacral therapist, Yoga and Energetics provides a 200 hour Yoga Alliance Certification for teaching Hatha Yoga as well as CranioSacral level 1.
2011 BALI YOGA RETREAT – with Donna Thordarson
11-16 July 2011 at Ubud
6 wonderful days in beautiful Ubud, Bali.
Rejuvenate, recharge & celebrate this precious gift of life as we immerse ourselves in a diverse range of transformational Yoga practices in this beautiful tranquil Balinese setting.
Includes:
- 4 star Luxury Accommodation at the Ananda Cottages, Ubud.
- 2 hour inspiring Yoga class each morning
- 2½ hour Yoga Workshop Immersion each afternoon/evening.
- Healthy Hearty Vegetarian Brunch after our energizing morning Yoga class.
- PLUS: A pampering complimentary Traditional Balinese Massage, followed by a luxurious Body Scrub & relaxing Flower Petal Bath in the Retreat's own beautiful Bliss Spa.
- Free time to explore
Retreat Cost:
$1110 Twinshare / $1410 Single occupancy
Contact Donna Thordarson
Ph. +61 7 5442 8360
Email: info@anahatayogatemple.com.au
www.anahatayogatemple.com.au
BaliSpirit’s Recommended Accommodation of the month
Short Term Rental – Just north of ubud
Comfortable one bedroom apartment-style furnished home.
Available for 6 weeks, May 6-June 18, while Australian owner brushes up her Indonesian language in Jogjakarta. Includes 75 square metres private living/ entertainment/ yoga space overlooking vibrant garden. Only 4km easy drive north of Ubud, 10 minutes by car or motor bike.
RENT: $200/ WEEK (nego) includes cleaner 3 mornings/ week, plus gardener.
CAN ALSO DISCUSS LONG TERM, 2-5 YEAR LEASE, from mid-June, after 2nd bedroom finished.
Email : jrprconsult@gmail.com or phone 081337 290 712.
Inspiring Events at The Yoga Barn©,Ubud, Bali
Created in a grass-roots manner, The Yoga Barn is dedicated entirely to Yoga, Movement and Healing, for the sole purpose of bringing together community. But don't take our word for it … please come and be a part of it!
Class Schedule Highlights:
- New! Power Yoga with Denise Payne ! - 5 days a week
- New! Yoga Healing with Sahaj - Tuesdays & Thursdays 2:00 – 3:30pm
- New! Kush Rejuvenation Centre
We have an awesome new yoga & dance schedule starting Jan 1 - click for information on studio structure and pricing.
- All classes run for approx 1hr30mins, unless otherwise stated
- Classes are Drop in (no reservation necessary), prices ranges from Rp.100,000 to 60,000 per class, depending on the series you choose
- Ex-pat drop-in rate is Rp.60,000 (need Visa to apply for this)
- Balinese citizens pay on a donation basis, so please tell all your friends that they are welcome to join us!
- Please note that our schedule may change and sometimes we have subs, please check our online schedule regularly for update
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