Vibrance: Restoring our Personal & Planetary Biosphere

Vibrance Retreats: Restoring Our Personal & Planetary Biospheres

Teachers: Ellen Watson & Ashley Johnson
Dates: 22nd - 30th, March, 2020
Location: Bali, Indonesia
Venue: Mimpi Resort, Menjangan & Biosphere's Pejarakan Indah

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Program Information

Join Ellen and Ashley, of Vibrance, and Gaie and Laser of the Biosphere Foundation, in this first ever collaboration.

The Vibrance lifestyle includes embodying daily practices that contribute to leading a dynamic, sustainable, and enjoyable life. The Biosphere lifestyle takes us from our maintaining our personal Biosphere to developing sustainable practices that revivify the lands and waters of Planet Earth.

During 2008, without prior knowledge of one another, Ellen, Gaie and Laser landed in the Bay of Menjangan, and discovered Mimpi Resort. Time spend snorkeling, diving, swimming, immersing in Mimpi’s hot springs and on the land of Mimpi incubated dreams and visions of possibility.

Now, in 2020, we are offering our first collaboration and invite you to join us at Mimpi, in the Indian Ocean, Bali Sea, and on the land of Pejarakan Indah. After meeting Gaie and Laser, Ashley found ‘what was missing’ in her wonderful, wild and precious life.

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What can I Expect to Learn & Practice?

We’ll begin each day with Moving Meditation wellness practices, both on land and in the water. Afterward, we break our fast with outstanding wellness cuisine. Each day will offer a unique offering, among them:

• Replanting Coral and Reef Cleanup
• A Day of Permaculture at Pejarakan Indah
• Vibrance Dance, Partner Yoga Practices
• Hands on Massage & Aquatic Bodywork
• Plastic Clean Up on NW Bali’s beaches
• Menjangan Island plastic collection
• NW Bali’s Unique Hindu Temples
• Benih Kasih Orphanage Visit
• Take Away for sharing with your family and community.
• Rest and Relaxation, Swim, Spa, Snorkel, Dive, Kayak & abide on Mimpi’s 2 hectare sanctuary.

This is a retreat; as such, the schedule is designed to allow each person to be as involved as much or as little as they choose.

Sample Daily Schedule

We will begin the retreat with check in on the 22nd, including a beautiful welcome dinner at the Mimpi Sunset Restaurant. Below is an example of what to expect from our daily schedule thereafter.

Monday 23rd March

Morning Practice followed by Brunch,
Massage & Bodywork
Afternoon Break
Massage & Bodywork
Dinner at Chandra’s Warung

Tuesday 24th March

Morning Practice followed by Nutrition Break
Visit Bukit Indah, information and hands on
Afternoon break
Group Gathering in Mimpi’s Wantilan
Mimpi Sunset Dinner

Wednesday 25th March

Morning Practice, Early Breakfast
To the Reef, Menjangan,
Return to Mimpi for Hot Springs Soaking
Optional Spa Sessions or
Massage trades in the wantilan

Ellen Watson

Ellen Watson is a long standing member of faculty at the Esalen Institute, Big Sur, California. During her time at Esalen in combination with time spent teaching and learning around the world, Ellen has intensively studied and developed a broad range of wellness practicies and modalities.

Ellen is a teacher of Esalen® Massage & Bodywork, Gabrielle Roth's 5Rhythms®, Holotropic Breathwork, Vibrance, Touching Essence and Wake Up & Roar.

At 71 years old and continuously travelling the world to teach, Ellen's lifestyle and state of being is a true advocation of the wellness practices she shares.

Ashley Johnson

Ashley Johnson believes in the power of music, dance, story and song to facilitate wellness in a
culture, vibrance in the individual and change in the world. She is a talented multi-instrumentalist
and singer-songwriter. She was born moving in the sacred rhythms of the earth and has also
trained in ballet, tap, jazz, 5Rhythms, Soul Motion, is a Vibrance facilitator and Yoga Alliance certified yoga teacher.

Ashley’s classes and workshops crack open constrictive patterns, inspire freedom in the body and mind and cultivate an expanded sense of creative possibilities. Her playful and integrative approach to creating community through singing and dancing catalyzes a trans-formative experience for students that results in an enlivened sense of well being.

Biosphere Team

Biosphere Foundation’s goal is to inspire intelligent use of the earth’s natural resources and empower individuals to become leaders in biosphere stewardship. Biosphere Foundation (BF) achieves this objective by:

Implementing conservation programs which are community-based and sustainable
Restoring coral reef, mangrove and forest ecosystems
Creating educational programs that inspire people to care for the biosphere and get involved to make a difference
Providing an unbiased, “trusted source” of data about the biosphere to users around the world.

Read more about the Biosphere Foundation on their Website.

Venue & Accommodation

Mimpi Resort, Menjangan, Bali
On the North-West coast of Bali in the village of Banyuwedang, Mimpi looks out towards the Menjangan Island. The area is notorious as a hot-spot for diving and snorkelling and just a little further down the coast a regular dolphin hangout.

Mimpi's most special feature is its waters, as the resort is built across land with several natural hot springs. The careful architecture and landscaping makes for several shared natural hot spring pools across the 3 hectares of land. Inevitably the water and it's high mineral content is totally refreshing, rejuvenating and holds it's own healing qualities. For us the pools are perfect for aquatic bodywork, where we dance in the water to feel true fluidity.

Classes take place in the Wantilan. A large space with wooden floors, the sounds of birds and some gentle breezes. We decorate the wantilan with beautiful silk hangings and bring a range of equipment from musical instruments, to dancing scarves, yoga mats, yoga balls and of course an excellent sound system!

Patio Room

Mimpi's standard room is the patio. Stylishly finished and available with twin or double beds these rooms are home for most of our students through programs and regularly receive excellent feedback.

The rooms are spacious and very comfortable, making them easy to share with another guest whilst maintaing plenty of personal space.

Courtyard Villa

The Courtyard Villa is a pleasant and affordable upgrade to the patio room. With it's own garden and it's own private hot spring tub, the CY Villa is a taste of luxury.

The CYV also has an additional mezzanine that is perfect for families with children or private space for meditation.

A further addition is the private garden terrace and outdoor seating area making this ideal for sitting in the open air sunshine whilst keeping some peaceful solitude, alone or with your partner. If booking a shared space in this room category, you must book with a partner.