Yoga & Balinese Culture Retreat in Bali, Indonesia. March 4th - 17th, 2010.
Join Danu Tours & Laura DeFreitas in an excursion into the Balinese culture through the eyes of the Balinese. This retreat is designed for those who wish to observe and appreciate such an experience while enhancing their own well being with nurturing and invigorating daily yoga classes with Laura. We begin on the coast in Candi Dasa where you will have time to relax, get your bearings, stretch out and revitalize. The trip proceeds to Ubud, the cultural and artistic heart of Bali, where you have a taste of traditional performances, local arts, crafts and shopping. This retreat encompasses one of the most important holidays on the Bali-Hindu calendar year, Nyepi, the New Year, when the entire island celebrates a ritual purification. The festivities involved with Neypi include performance, procession, meditation, and in some cases, trance dance.
Retreat Includes: *Two yoga & meditation classes most days with Laura. *A traditional massage and a body revitalization experience. *Attendance at 2 traditional dance performances. *Island tours include visits to Tenganan aboriginal village,Tampaksiring Temple, Tirtagangga Water Palace, Royal Palace of Amlapura, Kerta Gosa Hall of Justice, Petulu village heron preserve. *Visit to artists and craftspeople in their home-studios. *Volcano climb (optional). *Purification ritual at sacred springs. *Two snorkeling excursions. *Breakfast each day, lunch at Gandi Ashram Candi Dasa, dinner at Surya's family home and happy hour at the home of your guides (Note not all meals included). *Seminars on rites of passage, bargaining, history and politics, trance and sacred masks, local customs and culture, language, Hindu religion & caste system, rites of passage. *Special excursion to attned the Melasti ceremony in Sanur and the Mercaru procession in Denpasar. *Airport transfers. *Services of Madé Surya or Judy Slattum, professional guides. *5 nights at Candi Dasa Beach. *7 nights in Ubud. *Round-trip airfare via Seattle, SFO, LAX, or NYC.
Retreat Cost: $3,100 US.
Space is limited to 15 participants. $350 non-refundable deposit due by September 1st 2009 to reserve your space for this retreat.
Contact LauraNidra at yogini@lauranidra.com or visit Danu Tours for more information. To view photographs and daily descriptions of the 2008 Bali Retreat visit Cameron Karsten Photography Travel Blog.
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it is something which made me to go for yoga retreats. post learnnig breathing techniques and a few others, I now feel much better. there are many retreat centers around us and it is the one I tried. maybe you too.
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