5 nights · Ocean
ULUWATU
Slow down.The first days belong to the ocean, to movement and to rest after the journey. Yoga, Pilates, wellness, a clifftop temple and an optional excursion to Nusa Lembongan will ease you out of work mode.
It’s time to remember who you really are… Before the world told you who you should be.
Uluwatu · Ubud · Seseh
A 12-day journey to Bali for women who are strong, independent and used to handling a lot. And who still feel they’ve lost themselves a little along the way.
For a long time now, you’ve lived in a mode where everyone and everything comes before you. You sort things out, plan, decide and hold it all together. Not because you have to, but because you’ve grown used to being the one others can rely on.
You put off time for yourself until work quietens down, or simply until a better moment. But that moment often never comes.
From the outside, everything may look fine. Inside, though, you feel something is missing – more calm, more time for yourself or a clearer direction. And perhaps a question you no longer want to ignore keeps coming back, more and more often: Do I want to go on living like this?
You don’t need to know the answer straight away. Sometimes it’s enough to step out of the everyday pace for a while, quieten the noise around you and hear yourself again. This retreat was created for exactly that kind of moment.
Not to become someone else.
But to hear yourself again, after all this time.
You don’t have to be at rock bottom or running away from your own life. Perhaps you just feel that for too long you’ve lived by what needed to be done, and too little by what you need yourself.
You don’t need any experience of yoga, Pilates or similar activities. What matters more is being open to trying something new and giving yourself the time that usually goes to everyone else.
An ordinary holiday helps you switch off. But once you’re back, you often slip very quickly into the same pace, the same duties and the same way of thinking. That’s why this retreat is put together differently.
Movement, meditation and breathing exercises will help you become more aware of yourself. The temples, Bali’s nature, sound healing and guided rituals will create space to look at your life from a different perspective. Manifestation, workshops and time for yourself will help you name what you want to keep, what you can leave behind and what you want to give more attention to once you’re home.
Some days will be active, others slower – with time for a swim, dinner wherever takes your fancy or a moment when you don’t have to do anything at all.
This isn’t therapy, nor a promise of miraculous change. It’s a carefully thought-out journey that gives you time, new inspiration and a setting in which things often become clearer. We’ll take care of the programme, the places and the experiences.
Each part of the island brings a different atmosphere. The journey begins by the ocean, continues into the green interior and ends in quieter Seseh.
5 nights · Ocean
The first days belong to the ocean, to movement and to rest after the journey. Yoga, Pilates, wellness, a clifftop temple and an optional excursion to Nusa Lembongan will ease you out of work mode.
4 nights · The heart of Bali
The pace changes. A ritual at Gunung Kawi, Sekumpul Waterfall, a local healer, intuitive painting and the rice terraces – more nature, more creativity and more space to think.
2 nights · Time to reflect
The final stage of the retreat is calmer. Ahead of us: a sunset by the ocean, Beauty Day and a workshop to create your own perfume (the treatments and the perfume are optional, for a supplement), then a farewell to Bali together.
Intuitive painting · Ubud
Sekumpul Waterfall
Sound healing
When a woman stops dealing with everything around her, it’s often only then that she realises how tired she is and how much she’s carrying, even though she no longer has to.
You won’t leave with a manual for life, but with a better understanding of what you need and what to make more room for.
Not because someone will hand you ready-made answers. But because you’ll finally have time to hear your own.
During the retreat we’ll stay in three carefully chosen places – by the ocean in Uluwatu, amid the greenery of Ubud and in peaceful Seseh.
We look for places where you can truly rest after the day’s programme: quality rooms, a pool, pleasant shared spaces, attractive surroundings and plenty of privacy. As standard, two women share a room.
You’ll find the selected hotels and photos of the accommodation in the detailed programme.
A room of your own is available on request for a supplement, subject to availability. Supplement: per person for the full stay.
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Behind the retreat is the AMANI team, which combines personal guidance through the programme with a long-established local base in Bali. Every part of the journey is clearly organised and supported, so that during your stay you don’t have to deal with logistics, transfers or what comes next.
An English-speaking guide accompanies you throughout the retreat.
A guide is with the group throughout the retreat. She leads the workshops, the ritual at Gunung Kawi and the group conversations, ties the individual parts of the programme together and is on hand for questions and practical matters. She helps the group understand each activity and creates a natural atmosphere in which the women can get to know one another.
Our team in Bali takes care of accommodation, transport, the schedule, communication with local partners and any practical matters that arise during the retreat. That means you don’t have to think about transfers or organisation and can give your attention to the reason you came.
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Downloading the programme doesn’t commit you to anything. If the journey speaks to you, we’ll arrange a no-obligation conversation. Your place is confirmed only once the deposit has been paid.
Yes. The retreat is also designed for women travelling on their own. Before the trip we’ll meet online and you’ll receive all the information about the group and the arrangements. The small group also means the women get to know each other naturally, without the feel of a mass-market tour.
Each will have her own story, but they’re likely to be at a similar stage of life: a lot of responsibility, a need for rest, a change or the question of what comes next. We speak personally with every woman who’s interested before she books, so that the group works well on a human level too.
No. The classes are led so that beginners can join in too. Each woman practises at her own level.
Most activities are suitable for an average level of fitness. Expect plenty of steps at Sekumpul Waterfall and at some temples. If you have concerns, we’ll talk through the route and your options before you book.
No. Taking part in the personal, creative and physical activities is optional. For the logistically demanding full-day trips, though, we do need to know in advance whether you’ll be joining.
No. You can join in the conversations as much or as little as suits you. Nobody will push you to talk about anything you’d rather keep to yourself.
Yes. The programme isn’t packed from morning till night. It allows for rest, swimming, dinner of your own choosing, shopping and time with nothing organised at all.
Two women share each room as standard. You’ll find the selected hotels and photos of the accommodation in the detailed programme. A room of your own is available on request for a supplement, subject to availability. Supplement: per person for the full stay.
The price includes 11 nights’ accommodation, breakfast, all transfers in the programme, the full guided programme – with the rituals, excursions and entrance fees listed in it – and an English-speaking guide throughout the retreat. You’ll find the full list alongside the retreat price.
You pay separately for your international flights, visa, travel insurance, lunches and dinners (unless otherwise specified), the optional excursion to Nusa Lembongan, the perfume workshop, Beauty Day treatments, personal purchases and activities outside the programme. None of the optional activities is compulsory.
This is an optional full-day excursion. We’ll cross from Bali by boat and travel around the island by buggy, with four or five stops. The excursion is paid for separately ( per person); if you’d rather not join, you can spend the day relaxing in Uluwatu. You’ll find the plan for the day in the detailed programme.
Yes, you need travel insurance, and visa requirements depend on the current rules. We’ll be happy to help you arrange your visa – before you travel, you’ll receive verified information and recommendations.
As soon as you submit it, a detailed PDF will download with the full day-by-day programme, accommodation and practical information. We’ll also email you the link. If the journey speaks to you, we’ll arrange a no-obligation conversation – you only reserve your place after that.
The guide includes the day-by-day programme, planned accommodation, photographs, details of the optional excursion, practical information and a list of what’s included.
Excerpt from the guide · 10 pages
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