10-Day Somatics & Ayurveda: Embodiment of Grace Retreat in Bali

November 29 – December 8, 2024

Join Tiffany & Jaya as they offer this profoundly transformative & deeply regenerative Somatics + Ayurveda Retreat in the awe-inspiring landscape of Bali.

The island location alone is potently healing, and we couple that with these 10 Days of diving into the experiential teachings and practices of Somatics, Ayurveda, Yoga & Meditation to propel profound alchemy and healing.

This Retreat will provide you with the opportunity to delve into stored and habituated trauma and disease-patterning and to entirely transform your health for now and the future. Drawing from their combined 4 decades of work in these fields, with thousands of patients and clients, Tiffany & Jaya offer you these days of rich sadhana and embodied release + regulation, to really give way for multi-layer healing.

Let this Island of the Gods take you into her sacred embrace and feed you through the energy of the one million prayers offered to her each day amidst the 1,000 temples where they are offered. Allow your body to receive these beautiful blessings of Grace through embodied practice, learning, presence, nourishing food and beautiful community. We look forward to sharing an experiential, life~changing, and heartfelt 10 days with you!

The Island’s Temples will bless you, your ancestors will have the opportunity to connect with you through Balinese Ceremony and the ocean and waterfalls will cleanse and nourish you!

DAILY SCHEDULE:

7-7:30 am – Meditation
7:30-9 am – Yoga
9-9:45 am – Dinacharya
10 am – Brunch
12-2 pm – Somatic and/or Ayurvedic Session
2-4 pm – Somatic 1:1s
4-5 pm – Yoga or an Outing
5 pm – Dinner
8-8:30 pm – Meditation or Evening Sadhana

OUTINGS:

• Visit Taman Beji Griya Water Temple and Waterfall on the way to the Eco Sustainable Resort in the mountains (one hour northwest of Ubud).
• Welcome by the village women who will teach us how to make Balinese offerings followed by a blessing with the local Manku (local Priest) in the temple.
• Visit to Pura Luhur Batukaru Hindu Temple on the December 1st New Moon where the Balinese bring flower and fruit offerings and pray to the light within.
• Visit to the nearby Pantai Kelecung beach.
• Visit and swim at the 2 waterfalls on the property.
• Enjoy a 3 hour trek through the surrounding villages, food forests and rice paddies.
• Take some afternoons and/or evenings off to enjoy hiking, swimming or spa treatments at the Resort.
• Our last evening, enjoy traditional gamelan music played alongside a ceremonial bonfire (weather permitting).

OFFERINGS:

Somatic Work:

• Discovering & Uncovering your Nervous System
• The Vagus Nerve, and how trauma both affects this sacred space within us and it turn can be healed and regulated
• How to work with memory and track thwarted fight, flight and freeze (FFF) responses through related body sensations
• Discharging engrained trauma response and rewiring how stress lives in us somatically
• Identifying and integrating intergenerational trauma and calling upon ancestral healing to enhance our aliveness & joy of Being
• Accessing emotions through the body, reconnecting with our intuition, and getting comfortable with healthy boundary-setting
• Using the wisdom of neuroplasticity to help us transform the hormones of stress-related habit patterns and behaviors
• Reorient to living vital, free, easeful lives
• Discovering somatic exercises that can aid to ground, regulate and calm the Nervous System
• Enhancing your capacity for self-regulation and creation of new body memories for the life we long for
• Employing trauma-healing as a portal to spirituality by waking up through the body, and living with embodied awareness
• Healing session demos will take place with various individuals within the group that will illuminate the work and bring applicability
• Somatic Workbook included

Vichara Yoga:

• Asana: Discover the profound wisdom of the asana as sacred geometry and a gateway to remapping the body/mind/soul pathways
• Bandhas & Mudras: Classical ‘locks’ and ‘seals’ that offer potent revelations
• Pranayama: Experience daily extended practices of the classical pranayama techniques
• Dharana: Concentration practices that amplify ones attention and clarity of mind
• Dhyana: Daily Meditations at the beginning and end of each day
• Subtle Anatomy: Chakras, Nadis, Gunas, Dhatus, Vayus and Koshas

Ayurveda:

• Introduction to Ayurveda – Mahabhutas, Doshas, Prakruti and Vikruti
• Understanding the Doshas (Constitutions) as well as Prakruti & Vikruti
• Exploring the 3 Pillars: Diet, Sleep & Sex
• Exploring the 3 Causes of Disease
• Developing a Dinacharya (Daily Routine) & Rutucharya (Seasonal Routine)
• AyurYoga: Applying Ayurvedic considerations to our Yoga Practice
• Ayurvedic Cooking & Mindful Eating – Rasas, Viruddhi, etc.
• Agni & Ama
• Exploring the 3 Treatments for Health: Ahara, Vihara & Aushadhi

Special Evening Offerings:

• Nidra Yoga: The Yoga of Sleep, Dreams and the Power of Deep Relaxation
• Nada Yoga: The Yoga of Sacred Sound, Rhythm & Mantra
• Kirtan: Sharing of devotional song, chanting and musical celebration

Investment:

• Private Bedroom in Private Villa: $3,500 CAD
• Private Bedroom in Shared Villa: $3,200 CAD
• Shared Bedroom in Shared Villa: $2,500 CAD

Take $100 USD ($140 CAD) off! Earlybird until Dec. 21st, 2023

Feel free to send payment by Interac e~transfer to Jaya’s email or via Wise. If you would like a PayPal invoice, I can also forward it to you. If you prefer to send a deposit, cost is $1,000 CAD or USD.

All Included:

• Beautiful Eco accommodations
• Delicious Plant-Based, Healing Meals
• Inspired Outings
• 1 Traditional Balinese Massage
• Local Transportation

Travel:

Flights into Denpasar Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport and then organize to take a 1-1.5 hour taxi ($30 USD or $40 CAD) to Ubud.

We arrange pick up in Ubud at 12pm on Friday, November 29th and drop-off in Ubud on Sunday, December 8th around 12pm.

You will also need a visa. The 30 day B213 Tourist Visa (Approx $35 USD and $50 CAD) should work well. Please consult with Jaya directly before purchasing.

– CE credits are available for Yoga Teachers and Ayurvedic Practitioners

Praise from February 2024 Somatics & Ayurveda Retreat in Bali:

It is hard describe how transformative this Retreat was for me. I have been to dozens of yoga retreats and Panchakarma. But none have altered me so deeply. The combination of expertise in both Tiffany’s Ayurvedic yoga practices and Jaya Somatic healing sessions are a healing experience everyone can benefit from. I’ll be returning. And they have deeply influenced my own medical practice too. I now believe that their approach is crucial to transforming our treatments of trauma & it’s deep psychological scars.

~ Dr Molly Shorthouse, BScBMBS(Hons) FACRRM (AST Mental Health), Australia

I came to this retreat for many reasons: Having a deep trust and respect for Tiffany and her traditional yoga teachings. Being curious about somatic therapy and Jaya’s approach towards it. Then there’s Bali, a tropical place where spirit is alive in its culture – where a million prayers are said everyday. And finally, there was a block. A wall of anxiety I have been hitting my head against for months, or years even. Something I was fully aware of but at a loss as to what it was and how to more on from it. My heart knew though. The moment I read about the retreat heart said ‘this was where I needed to go.’

Through the nourishing environment created by these incredible women, a tiny window appeared in the wall. Somatic guidance gave light and space for a deep forgotten trauma to rise up and be acknowledged, expressed and heard. Yoga and breath supported its further release and the window became larger. By the end of the retreat, the wall had become the window. And there I stood in the new light of self. The support and love from Tiffany, Jaya and the other retreatants, made this journey possible for me to go through. I hold them all in my heart with great gratitude. I feel this retreat has set me free. Life is renewed, on an unknown path, with heart open and full of light, guiding the way.

~ Heather Malek, Film Artist, ON

Bali had been calling my name for some time so when the opportunity came along to attend Tiffany and Jaya’s 10-day yoga, ayurveda and somatics retreat, it felt so right. It provided me the container I very much needed to calmly pause and catch my breath from the hectic daily life I’ve been experiencing. The daily exercises, classes and exchanges were held in a beautiful and serene yet vibrant space and were deeply grounding and enriching; it was what my spirit was craving for lately. Some of the highlights for me were the open morning classes immersed in Bali’s beautiful and lush nature, learning about the balinese ceremonies and culture, and connecting with beautiful like-minded souls who travelled from across the world to be there. Starting the retreat as strangers with fellow retreatants, it quickly became a family to feel safe with, to be present together and to witness each other’s shifts throughout the process. I am very grateful for Tiffany and Jaya and the retreat.

~ Amanda Eid, Government worker, Ottawa, ON

The trip from Austria to Bali and Jaya & Tiffany’s Retreat was a solo trip, so I was all the more pleased that I was able to make friends for life at the Retreat. The Retreat was very professionally structured and offered me a profound heart opening, as well as the clarity and courage to choose a new career path by the end.

I highly recommend the Retreat to anyone who needs a fresh start in life or simply wants to recharge their batteries and learn more about the incredible healing and health practices of Yoga, Ayurveda and Somatic Trauma healing.

~ Ivan Djordjevic, Dance & Public Relations, Vienna, Austria

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