“One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.” — Leonardo da Vinci

Could you do it? Not speak for 3 straight days. 72 hours. 4320 minutes. 259200 seconds?

At a first thought, the idea was somewhat humorous because anyone who knows me knows I can talk the leg off a donkey. My monkey brain also runs at a million miles per hour so I was slightly worried I’d drive myself crazy experiencing my first silent meditation… solo.

BUT when a good friend highly recommended this specific retreat while we were sitting in a restaurant in Canggu, I was sold.

The Art of Doing Nothing. Bali Silent Retreat is more than a yoga and meditation retreat – it’s a restorative and inspirational sanctuary removed from the daily demands of  life. Surrounded by lush rice fields, jungle, healing hot springs and the sacred Mt. Batu Karu. It is a place for you to nourish your body and soul and reconnect to your true self in your own time. ~ Bali Silent Retreat

Meditation, Yoga, Prayer and Restful Contemplation – in Silence

Bali Silent Retreat Philosophy

Practice the ‘Art of Nothing’ and simply ‘Rest, Sleep, Eat and Repeat’ or join us in our daily programs and events.

You create your own schedule, in profound peace and silence.

Program

Daily
Yoga asana and meditation classes – morning and afternoon
Weekly
Balinese culture tea circle, Rice terrace walk, Meditation workshop, Walking Meditation, New earth cooking lecture, Garden tour
Monthly (new moon and full moon)
Agnihotra – healing fire ceremony
Explore yourself
Labyrinth walking, Crystal circle, Medicine garden, Jungle walk, Crying bench, Star gazing beds, Walk through the rice fields, Library

Every morning and afternoon we offer Yoga Asana and Meditation in our open air octagon tent (Bale) surrounded by the lush green of nature. Monday – Friday we offer free transport and entry to the local hot springs. Weekly events include talks about Balinese culture and our New Earth Cooking food philosophy. Every new and full moon we perform an Agnihotra healing fire ceremony. On your own, you can explore the Labyrinth, Jungle Path, Library and much more. In the Program Calendar all activities included in your Overnight stay and/or Day Pass are listed.

Now to the important part…

Food

Bali Silent Retreats Food Philosophy:

Our Chef embraces an inspiring and sustainable food philosophy he calls BumiBaru (New Earth). New Earth Cooking considers the long-term environmental and social implications of our daily food choices. What, where and how we choose to eat each day affects the intricate web of life, of which humanity is only a small part.
His vision for food is solution-minded, acknowledging global warming, chronic disease and the increasing decline of the health of our planet. On the deepest level, it offers a gateway to an evolutionary shift in human consciousness on our planet today, beginning with our personal commitments and community.
We treat our food sources (tree, plant or person) with the utmost care and respect, allowing loving kindness to ripple throughout the entire cycle of our food; from infusing our soil with love, to paying fair prices to farmers, buying only local-on-island products, and pouring joy and love into every dish.
BumiBaru is an invitation to go beyond your mind to a place where you know exactly what’s best for you and therefore what’s best for the entire planet and all the life it sustains.
We never use ingredients known to be harmful such as refined sugar, processed oils or genetically modified ingredients. We operate a vegetarian kitchen that offers you raw food, slow food, vegan, organic home-grown food, and most of all, downright delicious food to be mindfully and joyfully savored during your stay.
We invite you to consider eating as a mindfulness practice, bringing presence and awareness into each bite. Select your food consciously. Perhaps start with small portions and return to the buffet as often as you like.

The values on their website

Values:

• Try to practice sustainability more often than ‘talking it’.
• Value age-old Balinese tradition as well as Western techniques, as long as mother earth agrees.
• Avoid all chemicals in both kitchen and garden, simply because we believe we don’t need them. The rich volcanic soil and the care of our garden crew ensure the most vibrant vegetables bouncing around.
• Stand on ‘No refined sugar’! Claim only local sugar from our palm trees to sweeten up the day…
• Offer a balance of raw and cooked, sweet and sour, light and vibrant, rich and comforting.
• Harvest veggies and fruits several times a day with a triple wash cycle.
• Infuse the most sincere love and a few giggles into the dishes

What’s included?

Three daily organic vegetarian buffets and all-day-grazing-table are fresh with living and loving energy.

Flavor combinations to raise the bar on your taste buds.

Three daily organic vegetarian buffets and all-day-grazing-table are fresh with living and loving energy.
Flavor combinations to raise the bar on your taste buds.

Breakfast buffet – 8:30-10:00am
Lunch buffet – 11:30am-3:00pm
Dinner buffet – 4:30-6:00pm
Tea, juices and snacks – All day

After a beautiful 6am meditation rugged up under the …, the breakfast buffet was always something to look forward to:

• Eggs –  local rice field ducks
• Rice porridge- raisins, vanilla, mint
• Homegrown banana pancakes
• Fruit & nut bread
• Spanish Potato Omelet
• Grilled vine tomatoes
• Sourdough bread
• Freshly picked fruits
• Homemade coconut yogurt

I’d get a small plate of food and make my way up the wooden stairs to the library area.

Lunch Salad Buffet:

A light midday feast to nourish your body. We offer a wide range of super fresh, chopped, un-dressed ingredients for you to create your own perfect salad

1. Grab a salad shaker and fill it with foraged wild herbs and greens, grated root vegetables, chopped shoots, leaves and sprouts.
2. Add a dressing of choice & shake!
3. Add protein options: pulled young jack fruit, soft boiled duck egg, mung bean fritters.
4. Top with crunchy goodies like our coconut sprinkle, local nut and a seed mix of cassava chips.

Dinner Buffet:

• Veggie garden minestrone
• Moroccan tomato and pumpkin swirls
• Local long beans & potato salad
• Homemade duck egg noodles with spinach and coconut sauce
• Eggplant chips with babaganoush dip
• Nasi Kuning. Yellow turmeric and lime infused heritage rice
• Young Papaya salad with kaffir lime dressing
• Beetroot and turmeric sorbet slice

ALL DAY – TEA AND SNACKS AND DRINKING WATER

• Fresh mint, lemon balm and tarragon infusions.
• Fresh fruits.
• Health tonics such as turmeric and tamarind juice lightly sweetened with palm honey.
• Different medicinal teas such as soursop leaves, toasted red rice, and ginger.
• An array of cookies and snacks always made with healthy natural ingredients.
• Water choices: reverse osmosis, deep well water (50meters) – UV & charcoal-silver-filtered, or solar distilled

Sorry, you’ll have to go without your morning caffeine hit while here! Since they prepare everything from scratch, they do however meet most special needs, including gluten free & dairy free and vegan.

Accommodation

Women only Dormitory US$20 per night

We have several different accommodation options here at Bali Silent Retreat to suit all budgets and styles of traveller: Private Bungalows, Single Rooms, and Dorms. All accommodation options include a mosquito net, 100% cotton sheets, a down comforter (it can get cold at night), kimono, towel and special hair towel, torch, lap desk, solar reading light and to take home with you – a bookmark, pen and notebook journal.
A Day Pass is also needed which includes three delicious buffet meals and access to the all-day grazing table as well as the daily programs and scheduled events. The Day Pass is US$35 and is automatically added to your booking in your total.

There are fourteen single beds available in the Women’s Dorm. The building is a charming recycled antique teakwood Javanese house with lounging areas inside and outside. Each bed is an individual wooden bed with a mosquito net, a solar reading lamp and a large storage box for personal items. There is a shared bathroom with open-air hot water showers and a stunning view of the jungle.

PLEASE NOTE:

Discount
Six or more nights = 10% discount on your accommodation. Single Rooms and Private Bungalows only. Discount is calculated when you pay at check-in.

Government Tax
Rooms and Day Passes are subject to 17% government tax and service.

Please arrive before 4pm
Check-in time is from 2pm, however you are welcome to arrive anytime to familiarize yourself with the philosophy, programs and grounds. Try to arrive early so we have enough daylight to show you around and give you a warm welcome and full orientation.

“One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.” — Leonardo da Vinci

Could you do it? Not speak for 3 straight days. 72 hours. 4320 minutes. 259200 seconds?

At a first thought, the idea was somewhat humorous because anyone who knows me knows I can talk the leg off a donkey. My monkey brain also runs at a million miles per hour so I was slightly worried I’d drive myself crazy experiencing my first silent meditation… solo.

BUT when a good friend highly recommended this specific retreat while we were sitting in a restaurant in Canggu, I was sold.

The Art of Doing Nothing. Bali Silent Retreat is more than a yoga and meditation retreat – it’s a restorative and inspirational sanctuary removed from the daily demands of  life. Surrounded by lush rice fields, jungle, healing hot springs and the sacred Mt. Batu Karu. It is a place for you to nourish your body and soul and reconnect to your true self in your own time. ~ Bali Silent Retreat

Meditation, Yoga, Prayer and Restful Contemplation – in Silence

Bali Silent Retreat Philosophy

Practice the ‘Art of Nothing’ and simply ‘Rest, Sleep, Eat and Repeat’ or join us in our daily programs and events.

You create your own schedule, in profound peace and silence.

Program

Daily
Yoga asana and meditation classes – morning and afternoon
Weekly
Balinese culture tea circle, Rice terrace walk, Meditation workshop, Walking Meditation, New earth cooking lecture, Garden tour
Monthly (new moon and full moon)
Agnihotra – healing fire ceremony
Explore yourself
Labyrinth walking, Crystal circle, Medicine garden, Jungle walk, Crying bench, Star gazing beds, Walk through the rice fields, Library

Every morning and afternoon we offer Yoga Asana and Meditation in our open air octagon tent (Bale) surrounded by the lush green of nature. Monday – Friday we offer free transport and entry to the local hot springs. Weekly events include talks about Balinese culture and our New Earth Cooking food philosophy. Every new and full moon we perform an Agnihotra healing fire ceremony. On your own, you can explore the Labyrinth, Jungle Path, Library and much more. In the Program Calendar all activities included in your Overnight stay and/or Day Pass are listed.

Now to the important part…

Food

Bali Silent Retreats Food Philosophy:

Our Chef embraces an inspiring and sustainable food philosophy he calls BumiBaru (New Earth). New Earth Cooking considers the long-term environmental and social implications of our daily food choices. What, where and how we choose to eat each day affects the intricate web of life, of which humanity is only a small part.
His vision for food is solution-minded, acknowledging global warming, chronic disease and the increasing decline of the health of our planet. On the deepest level, it offers a gateway to an evolutionary shift in human consciousness on our planet today, beginning with our personal commitments and community.
We treat our food sources (tree, plant or person) with the utmost care and respect, allowing loving kindness to ripple throughout the entire cycle of our food; from infusing our soil with love, to paying fair prices to farmers, buying only local-on-island products, and pouring joy and love into every dish.
BumiBaru is an invitation to go beyond your mind to a place where you know exactly what’s best for you and therefore what’s best for the entire planet and all the life it sustains.
We never use ingredients known to be harmful such as refined sugar, processed oils or genetically modified ingredients. We operate a vegetarian kitchen that offers you raw food, slow food, vegan, organic home-grown food, and most of all, downright delicious food to be mindfully and joyfully savored during your stay.
We invite you to consider eating as a mindfulness practice, bringing presence and awareness into each bite. Select your food consciously. Perhaps start with small portions and return to the buffet as often as you like.

The values on their website

Values:

• Try to practice sustainability more often than ‘talking it’.
• Value age-old Balinese tradition as well as Western techniques, as long as mother earth agrees.
• Avoid all chemicals in both kitchen and garden, simply because we believe we don’t need them. The rich volcanic soil and the care of our garden crew ensure the most vibrant vegetables bouncing around.
• Stand on ‘No refined sugar’! Claim only local sugar from our palm trees to sweeten up the day…
• Offer a balance of raw and cooked, sweet and sour, light and vibrant, rich and comforting.
• Harvest veggies and fruits several times a day with a triple wash cycle.
• Infuse the most sincere love and a few giggles into the dishes

What’s included?

Three daily organic vegetarian buffets and all-day-grazing-table are fresh with living and loving energy.

Flavor combinations to raise the bar on your taste buds.

Three daily organic vegetarian buffets and all-day-grazing-table are fresh with living and loving energy.
Flavor combinations to raise the bar on your taste buds.

Breakfast buffet – 8:30-10:00am
Lunch buffet – 11:30am-3:00pm
Dinner buffet – 4:30-6:00pm
Tea, juices and snacks – All day

After a beautiful 6am meditation rugged up under the …, the breakfast buffet was always something to look forward to:

• Eggs –  local rice field ducks
• Rice porridge- raisins, vanilla, mint
• Homegrown banana pancakes
• Fruit & nut bread
• Spanish Potato Omelet
• Grilled vine tomatoes
• Sourdough bread
• Freshly picked fruits
• Homemade coconut yogurt

I’d get a small plate of food and make my way up the wooden stairs to the library area.

Lunch Salad Buffet:

A light midday feast to nourish your body. We offer a wide range of super fresh, chopped, un-dressed ingredients for you to create your own perfect salad

1. Grab a salad shaker and fill it with foraged wild herbs and greens, grated root vegetables, chopped shoots, leaves and sprouts.
2. Add a dressing of choice & shake!
3. Add protein options: pulled young jack fruit, soft boiled duck egg, mung bean fritters.
4. Top with crunchy goodies like our coconut sprinkle, local nut and a seed mix of cassava chips.

Dinner Buffet:

• Veggie garden minestrone
• Moroccan tomato and pumpkin swirls
• Local long beans & potato salad
• Homemade duck egg noodles with spinach and coconut sauce
• Eggplant chips with babaganoush dip
• Nasi Kuning. Yellow turmeric and lime infused heritage rice
• Young Papaya salad with kaffir lime dressing
• Beetroot and turmeric sorbet slice

ALL DAY – TEA AND SNACKS AND DRINKING WATER

• Fresh mint, lemon balm and tarragon infusions.
• Fresh fruits.
• Health tonics such as turmeric and tamarind juice lightly sweetened with palm honey.
• Different medicinal teas such as soursop leaves, toasted red rice, and ginger.
• An array of cookies and snacks always made with healthy natural ingredients.
• Water choices: reverse osmosis, deep well water (50meters) – UV & charcoal-silver-filtered, or solar distilled

Sorry, you’ll have to go without your morning caffeine hit while here! Since they prepare everything from scratch, they do however meet most special needs, including gluten free & dairy free and vegan.

Accommodation

Women only Dormitory US$20 per night

We have several different accommodation options here at Bali Silent Retreat to suit all budgets and styles of traveller: Private Bungalows, Single Rooms, and Dorms. All accommodation options include a mosquito net, 100% cotton sheets, a down comforter (it can get cold at night), kimono, towel and special hair towel, torch, lap desk, solar reading light and to take home with you – a bookmark, pen and notebook journal.
A Day Pass is also needed which includes three delicious buffet meals and access to the all-day grazing table as well as the daily programs and scheduled events. The Day Pass is US$35 and is automatically added to your booking in your total.

There are fourteen single beds available in the Women’s Dorm. The building is a charming recycled antique teakwood Javanese house with lounging areas inside and outside. Each bed is an individual wooden bed with a mosquito net, a solar reading lamp and a large storage box for personal items. There is a shared bathroom with open-air hot water showers and a stunning view of the jungle.

PLEASE NOTE:

Discount
Six or more nights = 10% discount on your accommodation. Single Rooms and Private Bungalows only. Discount is calculated when you pay at check-in.

Government Tax
Rooms and Day Passes are subject to 17% government tax and service.

Please arrive before 4pm
Check-in time is from 2pm, however you are welcome to arrive anytime to familiarize yourself with the philosophy, programs and grounds. Try to arrive early so we have enough daylight to show you around and give you a warm welcome and full orientation.