Making change takes action and action is required to start the ball rolling and to follow through with it. Any type of change that is somewhere in the future is simply a passing thought until there is action. Take charge, change happens now. At Bali Silent Retreat we can assist with your process of change. Read more
We have 6 hectare of gardens and jungle here at Bali Silent Retreat surround the property, attracting butterflies, caterpillars, and crickets, bees, frogs, etc etc etc. Many guests take meditating walks just to watch the smaller but larger world of nature which escapes us in the city. Read more
Yoga, Yoga, Yoga, what it means, where and when.
I keep learning how different words inspire different understandings between individuals and cultures.
For example:
Yoga in the west implies the ‘asana’ aspect of the tradition; various physical positions and postures of stretching and body movement. Yoga in Bali (to the Balinese) I’ve observed, means much much more. Read more
Water: Our bodies are born with 80% and die with 50%.
We can’t live without it for more than 3-5 days, depending on how hot it is.
How much, when, and what type are extremely important when we drink it. Drinking about 8 cups/day is the commonly accepted.
And it needs to be clean. The drinking water choices at Bali Silent Retreat are:
At Bali Silent Retreat we care very much about these issues of health, wholeness, environment, aesthetics (ugly plastic bottles), and also, is it really necessary? –Come on!!
We meditate and thoughtfully (as in ‘full of thought’) consider solutions in order to walk the talk. So we brainstormed over drinking fountains for the longest time, but alas, we have limited electricity (We’re Off the Grid – really off the grid – only 15KW of juice come in each day from our main solar panel source).
Our Seva volunteers (Seva means service . . . we’re all in service) volunteer 30 hours a week, making various contributions such as teaching yoga, leading meditation classes, doing research, washing dishes, working in the gardens and adding to the spirit of the retreat. Read more
They’re starting to build with Bamboo again. Edy has built a fence and the crew is discussing making a new roof for the ‘gudang tanki’ from bamboo (storage building for water water tanks). Click this photo and you’ll see a step by step video of our process, building a small bamboo shack built to keep the bibbitts (vegie babies) at Bali Silent Retreat. Our bamboo has not been treated, but just cut fresh from our jungle (with hacking knife, called a gergaji).
On Wednesdays and Thursdays our amazing Indonesian Chef, Asire allows our pallets to dance with indigenous spices and taste combinations. Today’s abundant fare tempted us with:
Call us lazy, but sometimes we like to see the customers do it themselves. Mind you, creating your own lunch and dinner can be lots of fun!
Take our Caesar salad. A healthy, delicious twist on the comforting classic.
Four Continents, Four Heart Beats, One Intention.
