After an early morning yoga, we will ride to the water temple for meditation, light snack and a cleansing ceremony in the pure waters of the temple.  It is a great way to release anything that is not serving you, and is a perfect way to begin your week in Bali!

Afternoon is free to explore Ubud, shop, site seeing, and sampling local culture.

After breakfast and morning yoga, we will travel to a local Balinese market to learn about local foods, spices, and daily life in a Balinese home.  We will visit a rice field to learn about the life cycle of rice, and the effects on local farming and economy.  Afterwards, we will have a cooking class at a local Balinese home, learn some new kitchen skills, chop, mince, and cook all in the traditional Balinese way (here's a hint, there's no food processor).  We will have lessons in how they make coconut oil for cooking in the home, the traditions they are raised with, and enjoy our prepared food as our lunch (insight:  we make over 11 different dishes and sauces during the 2 hour class).  Afternoon are free to grab a massage, or explore Ubud on your own.  Evening meditation is available after dinner.

Essentially a completely unplanned day.  After yoga and breakfast, you decide how your day will be.  We will help facilitate.  We can schedule you a day for spa treatments, arrange transport to the black sand beach to lay around and drink mimosas, go snorkeling with turtles and manta rays, or simply leave you alone pool side with a good book.  Whatever you pleasure.  That night we will organize an evening out at some of the fantastic night clubs (or beach bars if you prefer) for those who would like a little party atmosphere for their free day.

This mornings yoga will be centered around aligning the 7 chakras of the body.  We will talk about what these 7 chakras are, how to identify blocks, and how to release any blocks you may be carrying.  

A morning class at a local herbalist to learn about body product making, healing tumeric tea, and local organic products.

After lunch we will spend the afternoon hiking and exploring several waterfalls.  Weather dependant, we will visit and hike waterfalls by the Danu Barutan Temple.  You will be amazed at the natural beauty of these waterfalls.  Temple visit, and an easy hike to explore the beauty of the Balinese landscape.

On Day 5, we will be going to all the "must see" places in Bali, all the standard things the tourist magazines say you should do.  The Tegalalang Rice Fields and the Bali Swing, the Goa Goa Elephant Cave Temple, tour the Coffee Plantation for some Kopi Luwak (cat poop coffee, anyone?). Finish off our day in Ubud to explore the art market or the monkey forest, whatever is more your style.  Our day will end at Tanah Lot Temple on the western coast for one of the most incredible sunsets you can imagine, we will attend a traditional temple Kacek fire dance, that tells the story of the love of Rama and Shinta, and the friendship of the white monkey, Hanuman.  It is deeply moving and fun theatrical experience.

For our last day, there is an option to attend a Batik making (fabric dyeing class) or silversmith village for a ring making class in the morning, or simply some downtime at the retreat center to pack and prepare to return to the real world.

After class is our check out and good-byes.