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Yoga Retreats with Carole Baillargeon
June 19 - 26, 2005
at Alam Indah Hotel, Ubud
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at Alam Indah Hotel
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Alam indah (literally beautiful nature) is a medium-size family hotel, run with
a high level of care and integrity. It is located just outside of Ubud on very
lush and quite grounds and has a beautiful swimming pool that overlooks the Wos
River Valley. There are ten rooms offering both twin share and double occupancy
with each their own en-suite bathroom. The yoga room opens onto the garden.
Vegetarian food will be prepared for us, a mixture of top quality traditional
Indonesian and western favourites.
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Balinese Culture Speakers
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Jean Howe & William Igram
Jean first came to bali in 1987 and moved here permanently with her husband
William in 1993. For almost ten years they have led tours focusing on the
Balinese culture and the study of yoga. In 1997 they co-founded the Threads of
Life Indonesian Textile Arts Center, a fair trade business with gallery in
Ubud, Bali, which is dedicated to sustaining traditional communities and
culture through the marketing of high-quality traditional textiles. William is
the author of A Little Bit On O'clock: Living with a Balinese Family.
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I Gede Nyoman Bayu Wirayudha
Bayu is trained as a veterinarian and is an activist for the environment and
sustainable traditional culture. He is co-founder of the Friends of the
National Parks Foundation and breeds and releases endangered birds for the Bali
Strarling Foundation. He balances his activism with a deep interest in Bali's
spiritual traditions and comes from a family of mystics and healers.
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Your Teacher
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Carole Baillargeon
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Carole Baillargeon started doing iyengar yoga in Montreal, Canada 19 years ago
after completing her BA in history and literature. She did her formal yoga
teacher training in Sydney in 1990 and taught there for 5 years before moving
to Darwin. Carole holds a Junior Intermediate 3 level Iyengar Teaching
certificate. She has tought interstate, in Singapore, the Seychelles and in the
United States and yoga retreats in Bali in 1996 and 2004.
Bali is the ideal setup for a yoga retreat. Just like yoga, the wonderful
Balinese culture is grounded in Hinduism and it's philosophy embodied in the
Balinese people. It is pure delight to witness their gentle demeanor,
sensitivity and generosity, all qualities that yoga fosters. This is why I have
asked my dear friends (Jean, William and Bayu) to talk to us about the
significance of Balinese rituals and philosophy so we can use their wisdom to
deepen our own understanding and experience of yoga.
My idea for this retreat is to provide a context to literally retreat in
ourselves. So, apart from a few afternoons where there will be time available
to go out and explore Ubud (transport from and to hotel will be provided) or
make a visit to the spa (the hotel will organize this for us), I encourage you
to spend some free time between classes within the spacious, quite hotel
grounds for the time of the retreat. There will be at least two days of
complete silence to help create a mood of reflection and contemplation.
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Cost
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$1,049 (inc GST)
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price includes:
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6 nights accommodation (plus all day Saturday before flights)
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13 yoga classes (6 morning and 7 afternoon)
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14 meals (7brunches and 7 dinners) at alam indah hotel
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airport transfers (if participants let Jean and William in Bali know their
flight information, including arrival date, time and flight number, airport
tranfers will be arranged to Ubud as part of the tour price. Please contact
Jean or William at lafnduck@concentric.net)
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use of yoga equipment
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introduction to Bali. Presentation by Jean Howe & William Ingram
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History of Indonesia using textiles by William Ingram
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Balinese philosophy. Presentation by Nyoman Bayu
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includes everything except airfare; min 12 – max 19 participants
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For more detail, please call (08) 8948 2299, Fax (08) 8848 3721
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| Email: carole@darwinyogaspace.com
or www.darwinyogaspace.com
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