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ReWeaving Wholism With Dr YamunaFour Seasons Yoga Blog Yoga Retreats in Bali: Transform Your Mind, Body, and Spirit Introduction When it comes to yoga retreats, few places in the world rival the allure of Bali. Known as the “Island of the Gods,” Bali offers the perfect combination of serene landscapes, spiritual energy, and a thriving yoga community. Whether you’re a seasoned practitioner or new to yoga, a retreat in Bali can be a life-changing experience. At ReWeave Retreat, we invite you to join us for a transformative journey of self-discovery, healing, and renewal. Here’s why our yoga retreats in Bali stand out and what you can expect when you embark on this soulful adventure. Why Choose a Yoga Retreat in Bali? 1. Immerse Yourself in Nature Bali’s breathtaking landscapes are a haven for relaxation and mindfulness. Picture practicing yoga at sunrise with views of lush rice paddies or meditating with the serene volcanic backdrop at sunset.   Bali’s tropical climate makes it an ideal year-round destination for yoga. ReWeave Retreat’s shala space is nestled in a serene setting, designed to help you reconnect with nature and yourself. “Yoga retreats in Bali surrounded by nature.” 2. Deepen Your Practice A retreat in Bali allows you to dedicate time to your holistic yoga journey, free from daily distractions. Explore varied practices to heal body, breath and mind in a supportive environment.   Enjoy educational workshops in our Body and Mind Wisdom Series, where we focus on delivering empowering wellness information to support your life moving forward.   An immersive educational program integrating practice and wellness theory is our gift to share what is essentially ‘real preventative medicine’ for all.    See our Full Schedule of Practice & workshops 3. Experience Bali’s Spiritual Energy Bali’s culture is infused with spirituality, making it the perfect destination for inner growth. Take part in traditional temple ceremonies and rituals.   Feel the island’s calming energy as you practice mindfulness and gratitude daily.   Experience the kindness of the culture that these beautiful people embody. Experience Balinese Spirituality 4. Connect with Like-Minded Souls Yoga retreats in Bali attract individuals from all over the world, creating a diverse and supportive community. Share your journey with others and gain strength from knowing that we are all in a similar boat as we navigate through collective challenges.   Offer your own gifts, skills and wisdom in our special community led afternoon offerings and workshops.   Commune around the pool and over mealtimes with a tribe that will soon feel like family.   Build meaningful connections that often last long after the retreat ends. Hear from our participants Why Choose our Holistic Yoga Retreats in Bali? 1. Holistic Approach Our retreat combines movement, breathing, meditation, eastern and western wisdom and personal growth workshops to offer a truly holistic experience. You’ll journey though four energetically diverse seasons and observe moment by moment, the potential and adaptability of your whole being in our Four Seasons approach.   We have special guest therapists, bodyworkers, energy healers and counsellors, offering special community workshops and ready to support you with deeper personal work one to one, at a very special rate just for our ReWeave Programs participants! 2. Expert Guidance Our facilitators bring decades of personal experience in yoga, meditation, energy work, somatic practices, and embodied wellness. Benefit from personalized advice tailored to your needs and goals.   Understand how to make adaptive changes so that your wellness practice becomes truly beneficial.   Learn tools to sustain your well-being long after the retreat. Our Experienced Yoga Teachers in Bali What to Expect During our Holistic Yoga Retreats in Bali 1. A Typical Day Morning: Wake up to recover your breath and invigorate your body and Journal daily before breakfast.   Midday: Workshops on body-mind connection, community activities and optional therapy sessions.   Evening: Body Restoration practices, guided evening meditations, and reflective journaling. 2. Delicious Nourishment Enjoy locally-sourced vegetarian meals that fuel your practice.   Relish Balinese-inspired dishes crafted for nourishment and balance. 3. Free Time to Explore Bali Visit Ubud’s vibrant markets, sacred temples, and waterfalls.   Experience a traditional Balinese massage or relax on pristine beaches. “exploring Bali during your yoga retreat.” Testimonials from Past Participants The program was very holistic and helped me to grow deeply along this journey. I found a new excited discovery in each week. As a deep and spiritual person, Dr. Yamuna touched the inner most part of my life by her genuine communication and experiential teaching approaches. She inspired me to accept my limitation, surrender to Divine love and coming out of my fear by practicing yoga. I learned how to be a real and passionate yoga teacher from this learning journey. – Su Yan is an extraordinary teacher. I had the pleasure to be a part of her mini yoga immersion in Ubud, Bali and i couldn’t thank her more for this unique experience. I learned so much from her and she’s a true inspiration not only for her exceptional yoga practice, but also for her philosophical thoughts and her way to live life to the fullest. With her warm and open soul our created one week full of positive energy. Even though I am quite new to yoga and meditation, Yan always explained everything precisely and gave us varieties with the postures.I will always keep this wonderful experience in my mind and highly recommend meeting Yan in one of her classes or retreats!I wish Yan all the best for her future – wherever her heart will lead her. – Natalie Yan is an amazing person and a really authentic yoga teacher. I’ve participated in the yoga retreat organized by her in Bali, UBUD. I had a good feeling and I felt her positive energy from the very beginning. She has wide knowledge and a lot of experience which she can also transfer to her students. Apart from group activities we also had the opportunity to have one to one session, where we could discuss personal needs and she was …

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the pancha koshas OUR FIVE ILLUSORY SHEATHS   Kosha meaning Sheath and Maya meaning illusion or illusory.   In brief, these are:   Annamaya Kosha – The Tangible Gross Physical Body made of the five elements Pranamaya Kosha – The subtle Energy / Pranic / Qi / Bio-electrical body that gives us life Manomaya Kosha – The even subtler Mind or mental body, which can be further categorised into its four parts, Manas, Chitta, Ahamkara and Buddhi. Vijnanamaya Kosha – The Wisdom Body, Intellect, Body of Knowing or higher self Anandamaya Kosha – The Bliss body or Causal body, ur inner boundless presence and eternal inner quietude, found in our deep sleep state, our timeless and formless nature, still subtly bound with the veil of avidya, forgetfulness, not knowing.    These are five different yet interwoven dimensions that make up our being. This complex human form creates a sort of package or bondage of energy, matter and consciousness. Yogic practices seek to dissect it out and disentangle ones consciousness from identification with these limiting illusory constructs, Maya. This is done through discriminating practices of Jnana, enquiry in Meditation.   This teaching of the Koshas from yoga is one of the most complete and objective models of ourselves as multi-dimensional beings, that can help us clarify and objectify our experience of what we believe to be ‘real’ and transcend our identification from it, which would otherwise lead to suffering.    Within this ‘nature’, we call ‘me’, nothing more than a compilation of playful worldly elements at the gross and subtle level, there is an eternal boundless consciousness that can subjectively experience this phenomena at every turn of the atom. Yoga is the union of Jivatma with Paramatma, our Individual soul with the Universal soul. Annamaya Kosha, the body made of food. Is the substance of our physical body, derived from the five elements, earth, water, fire, air, ether that come from the earth. Our skin, bones, fascia, joints, muscles, organs, blood and bodily fluids. It is the part of ourselves that is made up of everything we have eaten through the umbilical cord, through our mothers milk and everything you have put into your mouth until this day. Our body is recycled completely every seven years. Your physical body will reflect your diet, what and how much you eat. According to this, your body will take on the qualities of the food you eat. Our bodies can be categorised according to the Doshas, different combinations of the elements that give different qualities and characteristics of our function. The food we eat can either create imbalance in our Doshas or help to create better balance and function.   For spiritual practice, the most conducive diet we can take is fresh, vegetarian, whole, organic, free from toxins, balanced in variety, full of the essential nutrients and not in excess. This Pure or ‘Sattvic’ nature of food will create a body that is light, balanced, at ease and clear, a body that will be ripe for insight and realisation through yoga meditation.   Likewise the activity with which we utilise our body, governs how the body develops and the qualities, capabilities and functions it takes on. The condition of our bones, fascia, muscle, joints, cardiac, respiratory, digestive, endocrine, reproductive, immune and nervous system, adjust accordingly in a real time responsive way to external stressors and stimuli.    If we stop performing a certain function such as weight bearing, very soon our bones will thin and our muscles shrink. If we take on the habit of running, our legs will grow strong and perhaps a bit tight in the hamstrings. If we take on boxing, our body might mould into a more aggressive posture with hunched shoulders and rounded spine and excessive tension in the front body.    In yoga practice, we become more soft, more subtle and flexible, more free and connected in our bodies. For that reason, yoga asana was designed to remove the impurities and bring balance to the physical body.     Pranamaya Kosha is the subtle layer of energy, Qi, Ki, Prana or Bio-electro-magnetic field that penetrates and runs through the gross physical body. See it as just the electricity of our being. It moves our body at will and governs our unconscious bodily processes, such as our heart beat, digestion, elimination, nervous system function and breathing. It also drives our mind and emotions, responses and organs of action.    A dead body is a body without Pranamaya Kosha, so we can infer that the pranamaya Kosha is ‘current’, the layer of ‘aliveness’ and ‘activity’ of the body, mind, emotions and intellect. Anything that is in motion is governed by Prana, and how things move and behave is an indication of what is happening in our vital life force energy.   Our Sensory experience   The body is a magnificent ocean of experience. We are filled with sensory receptors that are constantly indicating certain sensations and experiential phenomena.   Our external senses include sight, sound, smell, taste, touch. Each external sense can be further detailed.    Our senses are always energetically reaching out for pleasurable experiences and rejecting unpleasant experiences as a means of survival and evolution.   When we realise this dualistic mechanism of restlessness within the like and dislike phenomenon which leads to desire and aversion, as a cause of our suffering, slowly, we learn to draw our attention and energy away from the sense organs and direct it according to our own conscious will. This process pratyahara happens spontaneously and intuitively through pranayama practice, control of the vital life force energy.   To be driven by the senses is to always be in existential survival mode. There is never a moment of pause or centeredness if we live according to the body desire and senses.    Our internal sensations expand on the touch spectrum and can include light touch, pressure or compression, hot, cold, proprioception, stretch or torsion, fullness, emptiness, lightness, heaviness, nausea, dizziness, balance, unbalanced, pleasantness, …

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