23-Day Time for Me Deep Transformation Retreat in Bali

The 23-Day Time for Me retreat is Santhika Retreat Center's most in-depth programme — a three-week journey for people carrying long-term stress, repeating emotional patterns, or a major life transition who want the time and space to properly reset. It is built in three phases: clarity and self-awareness in the first week, transformation and emotional release in the second, and integration and embodiment in the third, so the work unfolds gradually rather than all at once.

The retreat is run by Santhika Retreat Center, founded by Guru Gede Arimbawa, a seventh-generation Balinese healer who built the Dream Hill center himself and trained the spa therapists in traditional healing. Over three weeks you move through daily yoga and meditation — including the ancient Balinese Yoga Markandeya, Hatha and restorative styles — group sound healing, and a series of private sessions chosen around what you are working through: energy and chakra work, aroma diagnostics, numerology, metaphorical cards and a transformational game.

Alongside the inner work sits a full programme of Balinese ceremony and bodywork: a waterfall purification ceremony, a fire ceremony, temple meditation, six massages and three signature spa rituals (Detox, Hot Stone and Queen). Nature and culture are woven through the weeks too, with a dolphin tour, the Grand Lovina tour, a trip to Pemuteran, a Banjar village tour and a cooking class. With plenty of personal time built in, it is a slow, supported arc rather than a packed schedule.

What's included

22 nights' accommodation at Dream Hill or the Santhika Hotel & SPA; Three meals a day plus snacks; Daily yoga and meditation (Balinese Yoga Markandeya, Hatha and restorative); Group sound healing sessions; Three private healing sessions of your choice; Aroma-diagnostic, numerology and metaphorical cards sessions, plus a transformational game; Six massages and three signature spa rituals (Detox, Hot Stone and Queen); Waterfall purification ceremony, fire ceremony and temple meditation; Cooking class and cultural workshops; Dolphin tour, Grand Lovina tour, Pemuteran trip and Banjar tour; Airport pickup and all transfers between locations

What's not included

International and domestic flights; Visa fees; Travel insurance; Additional spa treatments, healing sessions and nature trips (available as add-ons)