10 day Somatics & Ayurveda: Embodiment of Grace Retreat in Bali
10 day Somatics & Ayurveda: Embodiment of Grace Retreat in Bali
Bali Eco Stay, Jalan Kanciana Village, Gunung Salak, Tabanan Regency, Bali, Indonesia
Up to 15 in group
November 29 - December 8, 2024
Retreat Highlights
- Visit Taman Beji Griya Water Temple and Waterfall on the way to the Eco Sustainable Resort in the mountains (one hour northwest of Ubud).
- Welcome by the village women who will teach us how to make Balinese offerings followed by a blessing with the local Manku (local Priest) in the temple.
- Visit to Pura Luhur Batukaru Hindu Temple on the December 1st New Moon where the Balinese bring flower and fruit offerings and pray to the light within.
- Visit to the nearby Pantai Kelecung beach.
- Visit and swim at the 2 waterfalls on the property.
- Enjoy a 3 hour trek through the surrounding villages, food forests and rice paddies.
- Take some afternoons and/or evenings off to enjoy hiking, swimming or spa treatments at the Resort.
- Our last evening, enjoy traditional gamelan music played alongside a ceremonial bonfire (weather permitting).
About this Retreat
Jaya has facilitated over 8,000 Trauma integration and Energy therapy sessions that have helped people’s bodies, minds and spirits to heal tremendously well.
She has also offered, co-facilitated and assisted numerous workshops, online trainings and week-long international retreats on the benefits, tools and practices of Somatic Therapy, as well as Energy Therapy.
She has obtained Certification as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP), Advanced Parama BodyTalk Practitioner, Certified yoga teacher, Mindfulness Life Coach, Cranial Sacral, and Reiki practitioner.
Jaya completed Peter Levine PhD’s 3 year Professional Somatic Experiencing Training that helps to integrate trauma/bound survival energy and related symptoms, while enhancing the nervous system’s capacity for self~regulation. She also attended 2 5 day Somatic Experiencing Master classes called, “Eye of the Needle (Part 1 & 2)”, which provides techniques for integrating Near Dear Experiences (NDEs), post-surgical Trauma, altered and anesthesia states, etc. This approach treats symptoms related to frequent dissociation, Global High Intensity Activation (GHIA), emotional/mood polarities, gut and sleep issues, as well as other more mild trauma symptoms.
Jaya works primarily with clients that want to integrate:
1) challenging mental/emotional patterns and their influences on physical health and vice versa;
2) trauma and its various affects on mental/emotional health, sleep, digestion, and other physical symptoms, as well as living an embodied, empowered life; and
3) inherited ancestral patterns that are detrimental to overall health and well~being, and the ability to live fulfilled, conscious lives.
She is also the author of the self~help book, “Who We Are When We Thrive: Remembering Happiness & Rediscovering Health.”
Jaya completed a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Waterloo and an MA in Peace and Development Studies at the UJI University in Spain.
Over the last two decades, she has traveled to over 35 countries for work, play, and study at universities and various spiritual institutions. She walked the Camino de Santiago in Spain and the sacred Machu Picchu trail in Peru, visited the pyramids of Egypt and the Mayans' of Mexico, the Sea of Galilee in Israel, holy Bethlehem in Palestine, the Buddhist Temples of Asia, spent periods of time in the Ashrams of India, lived and worked amongst the ancient cultures of West Africa, studied literature in Ireland and peace and development studies in Spain, swam with the dolphins in Hawaii and much more in the search of truth and for love of life!
Jaya has also studied and sat in person with many well-known, beloved Sages and wise people including: Mooji, Ramesh Balsekar, Thich Nhat Hanh, Bentinho Massaro, Matt Kahn, Abraham Hicks, and more.
Previous to becoming a therapist, she worked as a consultant in International Development with the Canadian Federal Government (CIDA) for 7 years.
In her downtime, Jaya loves to run, bike, swim in lakes and rivers, do yoga, meditate, dance, read and write poetry, study about trauma and neuroplasticiity, make amazingly tasty and healthy food, and play with her beautiful son and friends.
Tiffany is an International Teacher, Ayurvedic Practitioner (Doctor), and a Lover of Life, sharing the gifts of Meditation, Yoga & Ayurveda globally. Over the last 2 decades she has had the opportunity to study and submerge herself in ongoing teachings and extensive retreats with her teachers, immersing herself deeply into Advaita Vedanta, Tantra, Hatha Yoga & Ayurveda.
Tiffany is most known for bringing her clarity of sight and commitment towards revealing truth into each of her offerings.
She is the founder of Vichara Yoga, a very unique offering of Classical Yoga that combines the fullness of the Hatha Yoga Path along with deep Inquiry & Meditative presence. She has also founded Rasa Ayurveda, a School, Clinical Practice & Apothecary sharing the authentic, healing wisdom of Ayurveda.
Tiffany lives in the forested hills of Quebec, where she teaches at her Vichara Yoga Shala and offers Ayurvedic consultations in her cozy clinic. She also travels worldwide offering Retreats, Trainings and Immersions/YTTs, as well as Ayurvedic Consultations and Private Sessions through her mobile clinical practice.
Details of this retreat
Join Jaya and Tiffany for an incredible Somatic and Ayurvedic experience to ground yourself into your body, and let your mind and Spirit soar amidst the moving beauty of the island. This Retreat will help you to trauma~inform your health practice and/or your life, and also provide tremendous Somatic, Ayurvedic and Yogic tools to transform your own health, that of your possible clients, family and friends.
The Island’s Temples will also bless you, your ancestors will have the opportunity to connect with you through Balinese Ceremony and Ancestor Festival, and the ocean, waterfalls and Water Temples will cleanse and nourish you!
Let this Island of the Gods take you into her sacred embrace and feed you through the energy of the one million prayers offered to her each day amidst the 1,000 temples tjat receive them. Allow your body to receive these beautiful blessings of Grace through embodied practice, learning, presence, nourishing food and beautiful community. We look forward to sharing an experiential, life~changing, and heartfelt 10 days with you!
Somatic Work:
Discovering & Uncovering your Nervous System
The Vagus Nerve, and how trauma both affects this sacred space within us and it turn can be healed and regulated
How to work with memory and track thwarted fight, flight and freeze (FFF) responses through related body sensations
Discharging engrained trauma response and rewiring how stress lives in us somatically
Identifying and integrating intergenerational trauma and calling upon ancestral healing to enhance our aliveness & joy of Being
Accessing emotions through the body, reconnecting with our intuition, and getting comfortable with healthy boundary-setting
Using the wisdom of neuroplasticity to help us transform the hormones of stress-related habit patterns and behaviors
Reorient to living vital, free, easeful lives
Discovering somatic exercises that can aid to ground, regulate and calm the Nervous System
Enhancing your capacity for self-regulation and creation of new body memories for the life we long for
Employing trauma-healing as a portal to spirituality by waking up through the body, and living with embodied awareness
Healing session demos will take place with various individuals within the group that will illuminate the work and bring applicability
Somatic Workbook included
Vichara Yoga:
Asana: Discover the profound wisdom of every unique sacred geometry
Bandhas & Mudras: Classical ‘locks’ and ‘seals’ that offer potent revelations
Pranayama: Experience daily extended practices of the classical pranayama techniques
Dharana: Concentration practices that amplify ones attention and clarity of mind
Dhyana: Daily Meditations at the beginning and end of each day
Subtle Anatomy: Chakras, Nadis, Gunas, Dhatus, Vayus and Koshas
Ayurveda:
Understanding the Doshas (Constitutions) as well as Prakruti & Vikruti
Exploring the 3 Pillars: Diet, Sleep & Sex
Exploring the 3 Causes of Disease
Developing a Dinacharya (Daily Routine) & Rutucharya (Seasonal Routine)
AyurYoga: Applying Ayurvedic considerations to our yoga practice
Simple Herb Preparation and uses
Ayurvedic Cooking & Mindful Eating – Rasas, Viruddhi, etc.
Agni & Ama
Introduction to Ayurveda – Mahabhutas, Doshas, Prakruti and Vikruti
Exploring the 3 Treatments for Health: Ahara, Vihara & Aushadhi
Other Offerings:
Nidra Yoga: The Yoga of Sleep, Dreams and the Power of Deep Relaxation
Nada Yoga: The Yoga of Sacred Sound, Rhythm & Mantra
Kriya Yoga: The Yoga of Purification of the physical, energetic and mental bodies
Kirtan: Sharing of devotional song, chanting and musical celebration
The Island’s Temples will also bless you, your ancestors will have the opportunity to connect with you through Balinese Ceremony and Ancestor Festival, and the ocean, waterfalls and Water Temples will cleanse and nourish you!
Let this Island of the Gods take you into her sacred embrace and feed you through the energy of the one million prayers offered to her each day amidst the 1,000 temples tjat receive them. Allow your body to receive these beautiful blessings of Grace through embodied practice, learning, presence, nourishing food and beautiful community. We look forward to sharing an experiential, life~changing, and heartfelt 10 days with you!
Somatic Work:
Discovering & Uncovering your Nervous System
The Vagus Nerve, and how trauma both affects this sacred space within us and it turn can be healed and regulated
How to work with memory and track thwarted fight, flight and freeze (FFF) responses through related body sensations
Discharging engrained trauma response and rewiring how stress lives in us somatically
Identifying and integrating intergenerational trauma and calling upon ancestral healing to enhance our aliveness & joy of Being
Accessing emotions through the body, reconnecting with our intuition, and getting comfortable with healthy boundary-setting
Using the wisdom of neuroplasticity to help us transform the hormones of stress-related habit patterns and behaviors
Reorient to living vital, free, easeful lives
Discovering somatic exercises that can aid to ground, regulate and calm the Nervous System
Enhancing your capacity for self-regulation and creation of new body memories for the life we long for
Employing trauma-healing as a portal to spirituality by waking up through the body, and living with embodied awareness
Healing session demos will take place with various individuals within the group that will illuminate the work and bring applicability
Somatic Workbook included
Vichara Yoga:
Asana: Discover the profound wisdom of every unique sacred geometry
Bandhas & Mudras: Classical ‘locks’ and ‘seals’ that offer potent revelations
Pranayama: Experience daily extended practices of the classical pranayama techniques
Dharana: Concentration practices that amplify ones attention and clarity of mind
Dhyana: Daily Meditations at the beginning and end of each day
Subtle Anatomy: Chakras, Nadis, Gunas, Dhatus, Vayus and Koshas
Ayurveda:
Understanding the Doshas (Constitutions) as well as Prakruti & Vikruti
Exploring the 3 Pillars: Diet, Sleep & Sex
Exploring the 3 Causes of Disease
Developing a Dinacharya (Daily Routine) & Rutucharya (Seasonal Routine)
AyurYoga: Applying Ayurvedic considerations to our yoga practice
Simple Herb Preparation and uses
Ayurvedic Cooking & Mindful Eating – Rasas, Viruddhi, etc.
Agni & Ama
Introduction to Ayurveda – Mahabhutas, Doshas, Prakruti and Vikruti
Exploring the 3 Treatments for Health: Ahara, Vihara & Aushadhi
Other Offerings:
Nidra Yoga: The Yoga of Sleep, Dreams and the Power of Deep Relaxation
Nada Yoga: The Yoga of Sacred Sound, Rhythm & Mantra
Kriya Yoga: The Yoga of Purification of the physical, energetic and mental bodies
Kirtan: Sharing of devotional song, chanting and musical celebration
Schedule
DAILY SCHEDULE:
7-7:30 am – Meditation
7:30-9 am – Yoga
9-9:45 am – Dincharya
10 am – Brunch
12-2pm – Somatic and/or Ayurvedic Session
2-4 pm – Somatic 1:1s
4-5 pm – Yoga
5pm – Dinner
8-8:30 pm – Meditation or Evening Sadhana
Some afternoons and/or evenings off to enjoy snorkeling, diving and/or spa treatments at the Resort. This is a general schedule for our days together.
7-7:30 am – Meditation
7:30-9 am – Yoga
9-9:45 am – Dincharya
10 am – Brunch
12-2pm – Somatic and/or Ayurvedic Session
2-4 pm – Somatic 1:1s
4-5 pm – Yoga
5pm – Dinner
8-8:30 pm – Meditation or Evening Sadhana
Some afternoons and/or evenings off to enjoy snorkeling, diving and/or spa treatments at the Resort. This is a general schedule for our days together.
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change
Getting Here
EnergyThrive , Bali Eco Stay, Jalan Kanciana Village, Gunung Salak, Tabanan Regency, Bali, Indonesia
Directions
Pick up in central location in Ubud @ 12pm on Nov 29th and drop off at 12pm in Ubud on Dec 8th.
Accommodation
Private Bedroom Bungalow: $3,500 CAD or $2,575 USD Private Bedroom Shared Bungalow: $3,200 CAD each or $2,355 USD Shared Twin Bedroom Bungalow: $2,800 CAD each or $2,050 USD
Program Price
Price
Price
Venue & Amenities
A/C in Rooms
Free Wifi
Spa
Sauna
Pool
Towels
Free Parking
Kitchen
Tour Assistance
Hot Tub
Coffee/Tea
Cafe
Restaurant
Fitness Center
Yoga Studio
Housekeeping
Bicycles For Rent
The Eco~sustainable resort is up in the mountains, within a luscious green valley, surrounded by fresh water springs and mountain streams that cascade down into 2 12-meter waterfall and rock pool for swimming. Multiple food forests as the resort thrives on permaculture principles and provides 75% of the organic food in the restaurant. Filtered spring water sourced directly
nearby Mount Batukaru, some of th purest water in Bali! Spa and wonderful restaurant onsite. Yoga space and mats included.
nearby Mount Batukaru, some of th purest water in Bali! Spa and wonderful restaurant onsite. Yoga space and mats included.
Meals
Menu Types
Vegan
Vegetarian
Pescetarian
Ayurvedic
Includes Meat
Organic
Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Nut Free
The in-house chefs prepare delicious healthy food only using wholesome, fresh
and local ingredients. The dishes served are complimentary to the Yogi lifestyle.
What's Included
- Accommodation
- Food
- Outings
- 1 traditional Balinese massage
- Transportation to and from the Resort from Ubud and outings
What's Not Included
- Airfare & Visa cost
- Transport from the airport in Denpasar (1-1.5 hour $25 USD taxi ride to Ubud from airport)
- Extra spa treatments