💦 Packing List, Location Logistics, Intention

🌺Welcome to the Bali Yoga & Embodiment Retreat

Below you will find information about the location, packing list, food, weather, insects, walking & walking shoes, shopping, money/currency, and communication home. Jessie and I recommend these specifics to keep you healthy, safe, & centered:

-Personal First Aid Kit: We advise traveling with a small first aid kit that includes Tylenol, anti-diarrhea meds, Benadryl, earplugs, bandaid, etc). Travel size packaging takes up less room. Store items in a small ziplock or pouch to help travel light. Label items. Do NOT travel with hemp or cannabis products. Indonesia has extremely strict drug regulations!

-Yoga mats are provided at the center along with props, cushions, & chairs.

-Bring a journal & begin now: Bali is a place of transformation, purification, and elevates one's frequency making it a powerful place to heal, change, and envision your future. Begin contemplating your trip intentions & record them:

🌺Are you letting go of something or moving into a new phase of your life? Acknowledge what feelings, ways of being, or situations you're releasing to create space for new life.
🌺What do you want to transform within your self, your physical body, and mind? What parts of your life are you seeking to transform?
🌺What qualities do you want to experience in your body? Ie: Do you want to feel freedom, lightness, joy, health, peace, etc?

Niratra's travel practicalities and what to bring can be found here and are pasted below. Read this information thoroughly.

LOCATION Bali map Locality map	Nirarta is about 90 minutes north-east from the airport an hour from Denpasar, Sanur, and Ubud about 45 minutes from the mother temple Besakih and the coastal resort of Candidasa. Our nearest village, Sidemen, is in the eastern regency of Karangasem, about 12 kilometres north of Klungkung on the road to Selat.
TRAVEL	Reserve your travel to Bali well-ahead, as flights are often booked up long in advance and hard to get at the last minute, particularly during holiday periods. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR PASSPORT IS VALID FOR 6 MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF ENTRY INTO INDONESIA, OR YOU WILL BE REFUSED ENTRY!
ADDRESS	Nirarta Centre for Living Awareness, Sidemen, Karangasem 80864, Bali, Indonesia. Tel. +62 366 24122
CLOTHING	Generally, you will need light summer clothing. You may wish to travel light and buy a few things in Bali, which has a small textile industry. The range available in Sidemen, however, is limited, compared with the tourist centres of Ubud, Sanur, Kuta, or even the small market town of Klungkung. If you wish to hike, you may like to bring some strong walking shoes. But these are not absolutely necessary. It is possible to walk about quite easily in sandals or even plastic flip-flops, which can be more convenient for negotiating wet rice paddies and irrigation streams. If you are participating in a retreat at Nirarta some loose and light clothing for movement and meditation will be useful.
THINGS TO BRING	You will find the following items useful: flashlight (there are periodic power cuts!) bathing suit a spare towel for swimming in the river or sea an umbrella and light rain-proof anorak or fold-away macintosh a sunhat sun-screen (available in Bali, but not easily found in Sidemen) camera open sandals or flip-flops (as shoes often need slipping off, as they are not worn indoors) 3-4 pairs of shorts sleeveless or short-sleeved T-shirts a couple of light blouses (ladies) for temple ceremonies Bug spray Optional: reusable bottle with water filter or water filtration tabs
FOOD AT NIRARTA	Food at Nirarta is semi-vegetarian (tofu and tempe are used; fish, chicken may be served). Very little dairy produce (milk, cheese, etc.) is used. Our menu covers a range of Western and Asian cuisine. The food is generally served with rice and spiced mildly to suit the Western palate. Lunch and dinner are normally served as a buffet and mostly earn lavish praise. If you have particular dietary needs, please let us know.
HEALTH, INSECTS, ETC.	Malaria is not endemic in Bali. There are very few mosquitoes at Nirarta, but you may find some roll-on insect repellent useful for visits to other places, or if you tend to attract bugs! There is a local health centre and hospital and specialists in Klungkung.
WALKING	If you wish to hike, you may like to use strong walking shoes. But these are not absolutely necessary. It is possible to walk about quite easily in sandals or even plastic flip-flops, which can be more convenient for negotiating wet rice paddies and irrigation streams.
SHOPPING	The range of goods available in Sidemen is limited, compared with the tourist centres of Ubud, Sanur, Kuta, or even the small market town of Klungkung. But most basic necessities are available. There is a local market, every day until about 8.30 a.m. in Sidemen, and a substantial market in Klungkung for local produce, by the bus-station. Klungkung ‘art market’ for cloth and other items suitable as gifts, is in the centre of town, to the south of the main street and behind the Wartel telephone service on the corner of the main crossroads. A number of shops also supply finely crafted gold and silver jewelry.
MONEY	Indonesian currency is the Rupiah. Here is a handy Currency Converter Cash and traveller’s cheques (most widely used currencies) can be changed in Klungkung at the money changer opposite Kertagosa, near the ‘Art market’. ATMs and banks are in Klungkung also.
COMMUNICATIONS	Calls can normally only be made by guests using their personal telephone charge cards or at the telephone centre in the village. Local SIM cards for GSM and CDMA phones are also available. Currently GSM has better coverage at Nirarta.