Dive into a week of play within the heart space to reawaken the anahata, heart chakra, into a purified space of Bhakti & bliss. On and off the mat, Bhakti yoga is a devotional and celebratory  practice of gratitude and faith, surrendering to the most powerful piece of our lives, our heart.  

Join Loren Lotus with Lotus Retreats, Patita Pavanji Das of the Hanuman Project, and Sita Devi for a divine week of  vibrant energy, a place to come and connect to your body, heart, & soul and embrace life from its fullest place of harmony!

Whether you’re new to the path of Bhakti or an already practitioner, this will be an expansive, juicey and devotional week of nourishment and celebratory abundance of shared hearts & intimate moments. There is always room within the heart space to reawaken and expand and is easily achieved with the abundance of Bali’s unique offerings.

Explore the path of Bhakti with daily ecstatic chanting (Kirtan), musical vinyasa flows, cacao and ceremonial rituals and the opening of our hearts through song, vocal toning, mantra and a deepened understanding of the Bhakti tradition.

During this retreat, you will learn healthy practices for holistic living from a daily yoga practice, exploring music, ecstatic movement, ceremony and ritual to treat the body as a temple. 

Our daily enchantments of music and Kirtan, exploring musicality, voice and expression will help us reconnect to the essence of our own voices and sacred body expressions. 

This is a retreat for anyone and everyone who is ready to live life more fully, to celebrate the divine essence within us and to come into alignment from a place of awakening. From this place of alignment, purification begins and we are able to step into a supercharged personal power for what we are truly seeking in life. A celebratory retreat of this nature is meant to bring vibrant and purifying energy into the heart space, activating and clearing away any illusion that may be hindering us from living our lives as fully as we deserve. 

This retreat is also good for yoga teachers and practitioners interested in integrating sacred chanting, music, bhakti, song and rituals into their own offerings. What is shared is meant to serve you personally and to overflow and fulfill those around us. 

Free time and solo time will also be offered to reflect, take space and ground throughout the week’s retreat. There are several offerings to experience the magic of Bali.

Bali is an island of natural, cultural, and spiritual wonders. Retreat yourself to a week of Balinese culture, Buddhist and Hindu spirituality and an abundance of unique offerings from the island of Bali. Practice Bhakti yoga daily with devotional chanting, Kirtan, cacao ceremony, physical asana, musical journeys and dance all while connecting with & exploring the heart center of Ubud! Offered daily are excursions to explore the The Ubud Monkey Forest, Mt. Batur, the Titra Empul Water Temple, Waterfalls and surrounding Rice Fields.

Hanuma Project / Paul / Patita Pavana Das 

A lifelong musician and with many lifetimes as a Bhakta, Paul splits his time between Ashram living and life on the road, spreading the vibration of devotion. The past few years have been a year of blossoming for Paul's current focus, the Hanuman Project, from birthing 'EnChanted' a unique Bhakti & Sound Healing Festival-Retreat to sharing Kirtan and Ceremony around the world. In 2017 Paul visited 7 countries to share his passion for sacred song and ceremony,  highlights include: Offering at sacred music festivals; Beloved, Singing Alive & Bhakti Fest (USA), Recording the debut Hanuman Project Album in Los Angeles, Supporting medicine retreats and ceremony in the high Andes of Southern Peru and of course the 3 week Yoga of Sound an Chocolate programme in Guatemala. 

Paul's approach to sound and chant is that they are the keys to unlock the power and beauty of the heart, and as such are available to each and every one of us at all times. He is passionate about creating devotional music both powerful and accessible, hoping invoking courage to live from the heart always and to support with solely love . 

Sita Devi 

Sita Devi is a yogini, kirtan artist, and ecstatic dance facilitator in service to the divine. She holds a BFA in dance from the University of California Santa Barbara, completed her 500 hours of training in Kona, Hawaii in 2007, and has been teaching yoga for 10 years most exclusively at Namaste Yoga + Wellness in Oakland, Yoga Tree in Berkeley, Bhakti Yoga Shala in Santa Monica, and at festivals and conferences worldwide. She teaches various modalities of Yoga including Vinyasa Flow, Bhakti Vinyasa Flow, and Restorative Yin. As a Kirtan Walli, Sita sings and plays the harmonium, guitar, kartals, and the mrdanga. She has a weekly community Kirtan at Yoga Tree Telegraph and a monthly Kirtan at Namaste Rockridge with Adam Kurzfeld. Sita has performed and taught at San Francisco Yoga Journal Conference, Lightning in a Bottle, Wanderlust and several events. 

Her mission is to share this heart opening practice and make it easily accessible for everyone. It is her dream and goal to make Bhakti, devotional service, something that anyone can do, without limitation, expectation, discrimination or judgement. Sita’s devotional service is intended to include all beings in experiencing divine love and light.

Loren Lotus / Lotus Retreats

Loren is a devotional curator whose true love and passion is sharing the beauty of the world and the unity of Yoga with those who are seeking it. Loren holds a B.S in Kinesiology where her fascination of the human body first stemmed. She began traveling in 2014 and was completely eye-opened by the diversity & beauty of our world. Loren obtained her first teaching certificate from the Passion Yoga School in Costa Rica, then continued with several trainings in Los Angeles with Yogaworks, as well as Pre-Natal, Yin & Restorative trainings. She visited Colombia for the first time in 2016 and birthed the vision of Lotus Retreats. 

Creator of Lotus Retreats, Loren aims to curate self-realizing, empowering, heart opening and unique gatherings all over the world to share the practice  of yoga & travel exposure with everyone.

She is continuously inspired by Yogic teachings of our everyday life and the practice of Yoga, on and off the mat. Every day is an opportunity to grow & live your life like a Lotus flower, reaching your true potential and fulfillment.

Each day of the retreat will be spent diving into the art of our heart through voice and movement. Daily singing, dancing and chanting practices will be infused with traditional yoga practices including vinyasa, yin and restorative styles.

Our themed practices will include daily gatherings: creating sacred intention, philosophy and history of Bhakti, the power of mantra and intention of chanting, infused with native Balinese cacao - our favorite and most powerful medicine for opening the heart.

OFFERINGS

• 2 yoga classes a day; vinyasa flow & yin accompanied by music & kirtan 
• Cacao ritual to infuse our daily practices 
• 5-6 themed practices diving into the path & understanding of Bhakti
  • Yoga of Sound and Voice - ‘ceremonial playshops’ supporting releasing blockages around voice and accessing creative expression.
  • Chanting / Mantra 101 to harness the magic of Bhakti Yoga, meet the deities, explore the power and understanding of mantra
  • Expressive Movement & dance, break down of bit by bit body movement and expression to paint a picture of art with the body
• Purification and intention setting through the Titra Empul Water Temple midweek for a full integration and understanding of the week’s impact
• Daily breakfast & lunch gatherings as a group or individually if preferred
• Additional daily excursions to the surrounding rice fields, waterfalls, volcanoes, Ubud Monkey Forest and shops will be offered to explore the beauty of Bali!  

Offered daily are excursions to explore the The Ubud Monkey Forest, Mt. Batur, the Tirta Empul Water Temple, Waterfalls, surrounding Rice Fields and evening Balinese Kekac dances. 

All activities are optional to explore with the group or individually!

Tirta Empul Water Temple

We will attend a purification ceremony  at the Tirta Empul Water Temple  to cleanse & purify midway through the week, guided by your hosts and the temple keeper. 

To allow for sacred purification to take place, we will be led through a 10 step process of water dunking and breath clarity to reawaken a refreshed and purified self.

Mt. Batur

Join an adventurous group for the sunrise hike to the top of Bali’s iconic Mt. Batur. Early to rise and trek to the top, you’ll overlook the entirety of Bali’s oasis in bliss during this challenging and rewarding experience. This is a one-of-a-kind excursion in Bali and unforgettable to all. Accompanied by a breakfast buffet and hot springs for those who endure the hike!

Additional Excursions optionally offered throughout the week:

• Tirta Empul Water Temple
• Mt. Batur Sunrise Hike
• Lotus Temple / Saraswati Temple
• The Ubud Monkey Forest
• Tegenungan Waterfall
• Tegalalang Rice Fields
• Campuhan Sunset Ridge Walk
• Kecak Fire Dance Thursday Evening 
• The Bali Swing

Retreat for 7-days and 6-nights at the Narasoma Oasis in the heart of Ubud. Narasoma means the “eternal spirit encompassing the nectar of life.” Nara = someone and Soma = elixir of life. 

Narasoma is a human who has awakened, purified and full with the essence of spiritual knowledge. 

Narasoma is made up of 2 sections, the traditional Balinese family compound with homestay accommodation reflecting the true art and beauty of the Balinese culture and the retreat centre located in a tranquil oasis set behind the homestay reflecting the true nature and yoga spirit that lies in the heart of Bali. 

Just off the busy street on monkey forest road down beji lane, it is a quiet oasis, but within minutes walk of shops, restaurants and coffee shops. Beautifully hidden with a tropical landscape and is the last bit of natural sanctuary, besides the monkey forest, in the centre of Ubud.

Within this space is an outdoor yoga Shala overlooking a running river with a natural breeze. Several of our morning yoga classes with take place in this space to welcome the day. There is also an indoor yoga Shala for our musical jam sessions and Kirtan, dance and chanting for a fuller sound. Some ceremonies and themed practices will be hosted in this special space.

Narasoma has 22 rooms and 3 yoga shalas as well as Spa facilities to hold our group. 

The resort will be reserved privately to contain the intimacy of our week.

Learn healthy practices for holistic living from your yoga practice to healthy organic, vegetarian based meals. Nourishing ourselves from the inside out is an important piece of the practice that we will honor by eating delicious sacred food centered around healthy choices. We will gather for group breakfast and lunches on the resort and leave dinner time open to explore on your own. There are several surrounding vegan and vegetarian restaurants serving divinely curated dishes. 

We will celebrate on the last evening with a family style dinner at home and in sacred closing ceremony for the week.