New Thought Unity Center
We are Stardust
Reiki Tea Mmmmm
Shinpiden Reiki Level III Graduates, San Francisco 2012
Reiki and the courage to change
Who can bless? Everyone?
Interview about Shugendo
Shinpiden Reiki Level III Graduates, Washington DC 2012
Reiki Quotes
Surface and Inner Meaning of the System of Reiki
“Reiki for Dogs” Book Excerpt
“Zen” the Movie
A Question for You about Reiki Treatments
Onmyodo and the System of Reiki
Benefits of Meditation
Shinpiden Reiki Level III Graduates, BC Canada 2012
Shinpiden Reiki Level III Graduates, Los Angeles 2012
Falling in love with Mother Earth with Thich Nhat Hanh
I am so very thankful to have been a part of this beautiful experience
Thank you Frans, for your wisdom
It was a wonderful retreat
Thank you so, so, so much for the lovely 4 days
Thank you for providing one awesome
So simple and profound and always unexpected as the layers peal away
When the earth shifts it is best that you are sitting down
At this retreat the focus
Thank you for your wonderful Shinpiden training
This has been the most amazing Reiki
One word Excellent
This has been a very liberating and lovely experience
even though I have been a practitioner for 15 years
it was a wonderful weekend
The class was just what I thought it would be and more.
Most of my life I’ve been searching
Japanese Precepts
A question for you about Hands-on Healing
Tomah Reiki Retreat Flora and Fauna
Win the NEW Reiki Relaxation CD by Bronwen Stiene
Animal Reiki with Midnight the Kitten
Our new friend at the Tomah Reiki Retreat - Midnight the Cat
Reiki Relaxation Double CD Now Available
Symbols
Thank you for sharing
Thank you for making the light brighter!
To DKM or Not to DKM
Year of the Dragon Poem
New Year Mountain Reiki Retreat 2012
Bronwen, I have been listening to your CD set
The Great Bell Chant
At the venue of your choice
Year of the Dragon Reiki Evening
Holiday Wishes for all
New Downloadable Teachings
Radio Interview with Frans Stiene
What’s New at IHReiki.com?
Reiki as a Spiritual Path Podcast
Los Angeles, Heal & Soul Centre
Bali Reiki Mountain Retreat
San Francisco
San Rafael
Just minutes away from San Francisco, the Four Points by Sheraton San Rafael is centrally located near San Francisco, Sonoma, and Napa wine country in beautiful Marin County, renowned for its scenic north coast and rolling hills. Just north of the spectacular Golden Gate Bridge, you will pass central Rafael, Mission San Rafael Arcangel, and the famous Frank Lloyd Wright Marin Civic Center as you approach the hotel.
The course will be held here and also has accommodation availabale for those who wish to stay at the teaching venue.
Reiki Level III is taught at this venue by IHReiki Senior Teacher Frans Stiene.
2011 San Francisco Students
Organiser
2011 San Francisco Students
Kathleen Prasad, co-author of Animal Reiki, is the organiser of this course and is ready to help with anything that you may need.
Phone: (415) 420 9783
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Website: www.animalreikisource.com
Treatments and Private Sessions
Limited one-hour treatments and private teachings are available while Frans Stiene is at the venue.
Accommodation
All types of accommodation are available at the Sheraton. If you are interested in staying, contact Kathleen Prasad adn she will help you out with this.
Meals
Morning and afternoon tea are provided at the course. You can buy lunch locally.
Directions
Four Points by Sheraton
1010 Northgate Drive, San Rafael
California 94903
Liberating the mind
Bali
Bali Mountain Reiki Retreat
Eco-Retreat Centre
The IHReiki Asian Reiki Retreat will be held at Bali Mountain Retreat located at the foot of Batukaru Mountain, Tabanan with panoramic views down to the ocean. This lovingly created Retreat center in a traditional area allows a unique experience with the Balinese people and their culture. Accommodation is a quality blend of traditional Balinese and contemporary Asian styles with great attention to detail.
The Retreat teacher at this venue is Frans Stiene.
The Bali Reiki Retreat is 5 nights/4 days long and includes almost everything you could want for a tropical Reiki Retreat.
Most importantly for 4 days you take part in 5 hours a day of Reiki discussion, practice and new experiences.
Complete packages (full board) include the following;
Pick up and drop off transfers to/from Bali Mountain Retreat
Complimentary arrival drink & refreshments
Balinese Blessing upon arrival to Mount Batukaru
Accommodation with daily housekeeping service
All meals at Bali Mountain Retreat, which include breakfasts, lunches, dinners and refreshments
Full hot buffet breakfast : Typical breakfast includes; eggs (any style), sautéed green vegetables and mushroom, curried tomatoes, toast, bacon or potato cake, fresh tropical fruit salad and yoghurt, tea, coffee and orange juice, homemade muesli and/or cereal.
Buffet Lunch: Typically a mix of Indonesian styled dishes e.g. Crispy Tempe, Ayam Bakar, Nasi Kuning, Cap Cay, and Organic Raw Foods dishes, quiches and salads. Fruit platter, teas, coffee and Mountain spring water.
Buffet Dinner: Include up to 2 International Meat dishes, up to 4 Vegetarian dishes, soup and rice or Potato dishes. (Menus can be forwarded upon request) this is followed by a choice of 2-3 desserts e.g. Fried bananas and Ice cream, chocolate cake and cream or ice cream.
Refreshments are offered twice daily for morning and afternoon tea. This includes fresh fruit, homemade slice/biscuits and a cake e.g. Banana Cake as well as teas, coffee and Mountain Spring water.
Complimentary Balinese massage (1 hour)
Complimentary drinking water for the duration of the retreat- we offer mountain spring water which is UV filtered
Free WIFI Access (use own laptop)
Guided Trek through the cacao and coffee plantations to the rice fields and into the local village (3hrs) OR Guided Trek to the local Bali Hindu temple in the mountain forest
Balinese decoration class or Balinese cooking class (conducted simultaneously)
Night Performance – Traditional Balinese Joged Bumbung Dance
Free use of Yoga Studio and Joglo for the duration of the retreat
The complete paid package also includes the following;
- Free pick up and drop off transfers to/from Bali Mountain Retreat
- Complimentary arrival drink & refreshments
- Balinese Blessing upon arrival to Mount Batukaru
- Full Board with Twin share or single accommodation with daily housekeeping service
- Refreshments are offered twice daily for morning and afternoon tea. This includes fresh fruit, homemade slice/biscuits and a cake e.g. Banana Cake as well as teas, coffee and Mountain Spring water.
- Complimentary Balinese massage (1 hour)
- Complimentary drinking water for the duration of the retreat- we offer mountain spring water which is UV filtered
- Free WIFI Access (use own laptop)
- Guided Trek to the local Bali Hindu temple in the mountain forest
- Balinese cooking class
- Night Performance – Traditional Balinese Joged Bumbung Dance
- All meals at Bali Mountain Retreat, which include breakfasts, lunches, dinners and refreshments
Optional Reiki Treatment with Frans Stiene also available
ACCOMMODATION
Your accommodation (included in Retreat fee) is a blend of traditional Balinese & contemporary Asian styles, ranging from well appointed rooms in a handcrafted teak house to comfortable bungalows.
Superior Teak House
The Superior Teak House is a blend of traditional Balinese & contemporary Asian styles, it has well appointed large rooms plus ensuite in a handcrafted teak building.
Standard Teak House
The Standard Teak House rooms are furbished in the same style as the superior rooms, they are, however, smaller and have external amenities (toilet and shower) about 10m from the room. This is due to the design and incorporation of a beautiful recycled Teak House that we modified to build our guest accommodation. This room has a verandah and is quite comfortable with a Kingsize bed.
Budget Rice House
Bali Mountain Retreat has available a unique opportunity for those on a budget or who would simply like the idea of staying in the traditional 'Lumbung". This building was and still is used for storing 'beras' ( rice). Almost all compounds in the local village still use the lumbung to store rice, however, a few have been converted to sleeping rooms. The villagers will often sit on the platform below to share a coffee and a few stories.
Bale Gede
The largest bale, with twelve pillars, is known as a Bale Gede. This traditional Balinese building is constructed with timber posts set onto a masonry base supporting a roof of radiating beamwork. The Bale has walls of red brick, a feature that probably derived from the temple architecture of medieval east Java. The roof is always crowned with a terracotta finial. The word bale means 'pavilion', and the structure of the bale is closed to the south and east.
This is a restored old Bale Gede from the coast of Bali. This Bale is crucial to the Hindu people and their ceremonies such as the Potong Gigi (Tooth Filing Ceremony), Ngaben (Funerals) amongst many other important ceremonies.
Elderly Balinese people will sleep in these Spiritual houses when they are ill as they believe it to have healing powers. Maybe this has to do with the many ceremonies performed during its construction, the last being melaspas, the purificatory rite of completion, which personifies the house as it brings the previously 'dead' materials alive as a living being complete with feet - (the foundations), body - (the timber pillars) - and the head - (the roof).
The local Pemangku (Hindu preist) has blessed and placed an old Kris (traditional dagger) in the Bale Pura (temple), this old Kris was found in the rice fields of Gianyar and was given to Richard for his contribution to Balinese music, by I Ketut Suaradana from Gianyar who made an elaborate handle ( a carving of Rama) for it.
This bale is enclosed in glass and curtains which is traditional. It is available as budget accommodation for those who would like to experience the powers of this Bale. The amenities are about 10 meters away.
MEALS
Bali Mountain Retreat restaurant uses the freshest of produce (organically grown when possible). The menu features both Western and Asian cuisine including many Balinese specialties.
- Full hot buffet breakfast (included in Retreat fee): Typical breakfast includes; eggs (any style), sautéed green vegetables and mushroom, curried tomatoes, toast, bacon or potato cake, fresh tropical fruit salad and yoghurt, tea, coffee and orange juice, homemade muesli and/or cereal.
- Buffet Lunch (included in Retreat fee): Typically a mix of Indonesian styled dishes e.g. Crispy Tempe, Ayam Bakar, Nasi Kuning, Cap Cay, and Organic Raw Foods dishes, quiches and salads. Fruit platter, teas, coffee and Mountain spring water.
- Buffet Dinner (included in Retreat fee): Include up to 2 International Meat dishes, up to 4 Vegetarian dishes, soup and rice or Potato dishes. (Menus can be forwarded upon request) this is followed by a choice of 2-3 desserts e.g. Fried bananas and Ice cream, chocolate cake and cream or ice cream.
The Cafe/Bar is situated in a perfect location with a view of the Cacao, Coffee plantations beneath a breathtaking view to the coast. The Cafe is the place to order your favourite in-season fresh fruit juice, drink or just relax and take in the gift of the mountain. Free Wifi also works well here.
Above the Cafe is a private area - the 'Birds Nest'. Early birds will see an amazing view of Mt Agung at sunrise.
AT THE RETREAT
All the following activities are included in the Retreat fee.
Being situated in this traditional area, Bali Mountain Retreat’s guests are given a unique experience with the local Balinese people and their culture.You will welcome the refreshing and revitalizing mountain air, clean spring fed water and panoramic views to the coast of Bali. Enjoy walking through the terraced rice fields or into the forest to a sacred Hindu temple. Stroll to the local village past the cacao and coffee plantations or simply relax, unwind and take in the natural beauty of the landscape.
Balinese Blessing
All Retreat participants will receive a Balinese blessing on arrival.
Trek to Temple
This walk through the forest and Ricefields to the local Bali Hindu temple, Pura Muncak Sari ( Type: Pura kahyangan jagad ). You will discover some of the local flora and fauna during the trek and your guide will point out various interesting fruits and plants. This is a (3 to 4 hours) Easy-Moderate Guided Walk.
Stroll through the gardens, sample the cacao flesh from the pod and discover some of the local fauna and flora.
Once at the Temple, the Pemangku (Bali Hindu priest), will perform a short ceremony as a welcome to the mountain, which is a very spiritual place for the Balinese people. When attending a Temple Ceremony
1. Always wear a sarong and sash.
2. Do not walk in front of people when they are praying.
3. Do not use flash or point your camera at the priest's face!
4. Never sit higher than the priest or the offerings.
5. Women are not allowed to enter temples during their menstruation.
Traditional Balinese Dance Evening
Balinese dance is inseparable from religion. A small offering of food and flowers must precede even dances for tourists. Before performing, many dancers pray at their family shrines, appealing for holy "taksu" (inspiration) from the gods.
In this rural tradition, the people say that peace and harmony depend on protection by the gods and ancestors. Dance in this context may fulfil a number of specific functions:
- as a channel for visiting gods or demonic gods, the dancers acting as a sort of living repository. These trance dances include the Sang Hyang Dedari, with little girls in trance, and the Sang Hyang Jaran, a fire dance.
- as a welcome for visiting gods, such as the pendet, rejang and sutri dances
- as entertainment for visiting gods, such as the topeng and the wayang.
In some of these dances, the role of dancing is so important that it is actually the key to any meaning to be found in the ritual. In wayang performances, the puppeteer is often seen as the "priest" sanctifying the holy water.
Balinese Cooking Class
Learn some of the skills that the Balinese use in their cooking so you can replicate the fabulous dishes at home.
Balinese Massage
The Dragonfly Spa offers an extensive range of therapeutic and indulgent massage treatments which aim to revitalise and restore balance to both mind and body.
You will receive a free one-hour massage at the Dragonfly Spa.
How To Get There
There is a free pick up and drop off service to the Retreat.
This will be organised prior to the Retreat. Please feel free to contact Richard from Bali Mountain Retreat directly if you have any queries.
Holiday suggestion: You can also come up a couple of days earlier or stay a couple of days later!
Here is a map of where the Retreat is placed in Bali.
If you would like to know more about Bali, its culture, the weather, medical and visa requirements and much more. Visit Bali Mountain Retreat website.
