Fusing the personal transformative
process of a spiritual retreat with the ecstatic communal
energy of a world music and dance fest, the BaliSpirit
Festival offers a twelve day exultation of yoga, dance,
music, the sacredness of Being.
BaliSpirit Festival is
centered in the spectacular hill town of Ubud, Bali. With
its lush tropical surroundings, deeply artistic & devotional
culture, and world-class food, shopping and retreat facilities,
Bali has been crowned "The Best Island in the World"
time and time again.
Synchro-mystically, the BaliSpirit Festival
is preceded by Nyepi, the Balinese New Year, when the island
is lovingly suffused in a day-long offering of silence,
fasting and prayer.
As a compassionate gesture of thanks and
return to the island and its people, the BaliSpirit
Festival includes a Karma Yoga component, where giving back
to a specific Balinese NGO is a priority. Proceeds from
the 2008 BaliSpirit Festival Benefit Concert
will be dedicated to creating a permanent home for Yayasan
Bumi Sehat ("Healthy Earth Mother Foundation").*
This festival is divided into 3 seamless
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SILENCE.INHALE.EXHALE
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| Silence – The Balinese New Year,
Nyepi, Sat March 6th & Sun
March 7th PRE-FEST OPTION In Bali, a
traditional preparatory day of festive parades and temple
rituals precedes Nyepi, the silent Balinese New Year. To
experience Nyepi is a profoundly heartening, inspiring and
humbling ritual, as we join three million Balinese in their
annual rite of cleansing and renewal, opening our festival
wrapped in sacred silence, as the island relaxes into a
prayerful repose. |
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| Inhale – Sunday
March 8th through Wednesday March 12th INTIMATE RETREATS |
| Tap into the liberating currents within. Intimate five-day
retreat intensives facilitated by an extraordinary selection
of international teachers offered at retreat
centers throughout vibrantly artistic village of Ubud. Participants
choose one retreat from a wealth of offerings, including:
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• various yoga & dance modalities
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spiritual and meditative practices
• cleansing/rejuvenation
programs |
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| Exhale - Thursday
March 13th through Sunday March 16th YOGA, MUSIC &
DANCE FESTIVAL |
| Emerging from the cocoon of our retreats, we now move to
Ubud Center, the cultural heart of Bali, which embraces us
for four days and three nights of creative
exploration and uplifting celebration, with
abundant time and space for connecting with new friends from
all over the world. Exhale offerings include: |
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• daily yoga, dance and music workshops
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World-wide ecstatic, ethnic and traditional dance forms.
• Martial Arts Practices from around the globe
• vital (raw) cuisine and elixirs
• collective
meditation/transmission
• nightly music and dance
performances |
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| On the final day, this celebration culminates in a daylong
festival filled with Kirtan, world music and dance provided
by performers from around the world. |
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Extra Information:
• Bumi Sehat is a natural birthing clinic founded
by internationally respected midwife Robin Lim, which provides
free natal care as well as free alternative & traditional
medical services to Balinese families. Notably, the Bumi
Sehat organization compassionately responded to the tragedy
of the 2005 tsunami by not only providing emergency medical
relief, but also establishing a permanent natural birthing
clinic and training center for the community of Aceh. www.bumisehatbali.org
• Join us for a pre-festival fundraising Benefit
concert with Michael Franti, lead singer of Spearhead (www.spearheadvibrations.com).
The show will take place 1 week before the festival begins,
on Sunday March 2nd, either in Seminyak or in Ubud.
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Exhale Headliners
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Jamie Janover - percussionist-at-large.
www.jamiejanover.com
- www.zilla.com |
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Tina Malia - Sacred vibes acoustic,
both originals & Sanskrit.
www.tinamalia.com |
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Fannah-Fi-Allah - Qawwali party ala
Nusrat Fatah Ali Khan.
www.fannah-fi-allah.com |
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ToLife! - Acoustic-trance band. Electric
guitar, didgeridoo, tribal percussion & chant. www.myspace.com/tolifemusic |
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Marcus Berg - Acoustic-electric Sanskrit
reggae-chant band.
www.myspace.com/marcusberg |
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Becky White - “Rootsy Americana
Acoustic Devotional for the New Millenium”
www.beckywhitemusic.org |
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BKP - Traditional mbira (chill-out set).
Also afro-pop dance band in discussion, depending on our
needs and other scheduling factors.
www.myspace.com/whereisbkp |
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Shakinah - Acoustic singer-songwriter.
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| Neeraja - Morning kirtan daily after early
yoga class |
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General inquiries: info@balispiritfestival.com
Sponsorship or teaching inquiries:
director@balispiritfestival.com
about Nyepi: www.balispirit.com/newsletter/march_2007.html |
