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Bali Sacred Women's Retreat
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Yoga • Meditation • Qi Gong • Ritual • Healing
~ R I S E ~ healing retreat for women
Join Mandy Knox and Jemma Doak for an empowering, peaceful and soulful 7-day journey to the sacred centre of Bali.
There are times in life where we are challenged to our core. The resulting stress, trauma, depletion of energy can linger, uncertainty about the future is draining and dissipating. What does it take to regain clarity and to rise?
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We have created a nurturing retreat for women to focus on their own healing in a safe, supportive and loving sanctuary. Together and gently, we rise.
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details• 23-29 April 2026
• Thur 12pm - Wed 12pm • $2,690 twinshare • $3,590 single • $600 deposit to reserve your place. • $200 earlybird discount: book & pay in full by 1 Feb 26. Code 200BALI26 • extra nights can be booked directly with venue. book now |
~ C O S T ~ Twin Share $2690, Single $3590
$200 earlybird discount for bookings made by 1st February 2025
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Take time for yourself – to restore your energy, wellbeing, and sense of self, returning home confident, calm and rejuvenated at every level of being.
23-29 April 2026 ~ R I S E ~ is a retreat for women who feel ready for renewal, clarity, and a steady sense of inner strength. It offers time to step away from daily responsibilities, reconnect with what feels essential, and restore energy in a quiet and supportive setting.
The retreat brings together the calming and flowing qualities of Qi Gong, and the intuitive, devotional, embodied expression of Yoga. This gentle fusion supports transition, personal growth, and the experience of moving forward with grace.
Held in Ubud, the retreat is also deeply enriched by Balinese spiritual culture. The week includes a traditional Melukat water purification ceremony, a sacred fire ceremony, pilgrimage to the Besakih Mother Temple, and a deeply restorative sound healing immersion, creating a holistic journey that nurtures body, heart, and spirit.
Across seven days, mornings centre on Qi Gong and meditation to cultivate ease and presence. Afternoons and evenings deepen into yin yoga, contemplative movement, reflection, ceremony, and spacious time for integration.
~ R I S E ~ offers a calm and nourishing environment for women to feel supported, replenished, and aligned with a clear and confident sense of direction.
Your facilitators Mandy and Jemma have been friends and collaborators for decades. Together they bring a shared depth of experience in yoga, qi gong, meditation, somatic healing and women’s work, offering a grounded, compassionate space that supports renewal, clarity and embodied strength.
The retreat brings together the calming and flowing qualities of Qi Gong, and the intuitive, devotional, embodied expression of Yoga. This gentle fusion supports transition, personal growth, and the experience of moving forward with grace.
Held in Ubud, the retreat is also deeply enriched by Balinese spiritual culture. The week includes a traditional Melukat water purification ceremony, a sacred fire ceremony, pilgrimage to the Besakih Mother Temple, and a deeply restorative sound healing immersion, creating a holistic journey that nurtures body, heart, and spirit.
Across seven days, mornings centre on Qi Gong and meditation to cultivate ease and presence. Afternoons and evenings deepen into yin yoga, contemplative movement, reflection, ceremony, and spacious time for integration.
~ R I S E ~ offers a calm and nourishing environment for women to feel supported, replenished, and aligned with a clear and confident sense of direction.
Your facilitators Mandy and Jemma have been friends and collaborators for decades. Together they bring a shared depth of experience in yoga, qi gong, meditation, somatic healing and women’s work, offering a grounded, compassionate space that supports renewal, clarity and embodied strength.
Twin Share Option $2690 | Single Room Option $3590
To pay $600 deposit on booking, select 'payment plan'.
$200 discount on above price when you book and pay by 1 Feb 26. Use code 200Bali2026
book now
Our retreat rhythms and routine help to reset your nervous system balancing energy and restore your natural rhythms. You'll gain much insight and practice in what brings you back to steadiness, calmness, joy and inner peace.
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daily schedule
Day 1 (Thu 23 Apr)
12pm Arrive anytime after midday. 4pm Welcome and Opening Circle 5pm Yoga & Meditation 7pm Welcome Dinner at Gayatri Day 2 (Fri 24 Apr) 7am Meditation & Qi Gong 8.30am Breakfast 10am Balinese Melukat Healing Ceremony at Waterfall Temple 1pm Free afternoon 4.30pm Evening Yoga - Yin Yoga, Meditation, Mantra, Yoga Nidra 6.30pm Evening is free Day 3 (Sat 25 Apr) 7am Meditation & Qi Gong 8.30am Breakfast 10am Rise Healing Workshop 1pm Free afternoon 4.30pm Evening Yoga - Yin Yoga, Meditation, Mantra, Yoga Nidra 6.30pm Evening is free Day 4 (Sun 26 Apr) 7am Breakfast 8am Day Trip to Besakih Mother Temple & Bathing in the Lake Batur Thermal Baths (lunch at own expense). Day 5 (Mon 27 Apr) 7am Meditation & Qi Gong 8.30am Breakfast 10am Rise Healing Workshop 1pm Free afternoon 4.30pm Evening Yoga - Yin Yoga, Meditation, Mantra, Yoga Nidra 6.30pm Evening is free Day 6 (Tue 28 Apr) 7am Meditation & Qi Gong 8.30am Breakfast 10am Sound Healing at Askara Sound Temple 4.30pm Evening Yoga & Ritual 5.30 pm Havan Fire Ceremony 7pm Celebration Dinner at Gayatri Day 7 (Wed 29 Apr) 7am Meditation & Qi Gong 8.30am Breakfast 10am Closing Circle 12pm Checkout. If your flight is later in the day, you are welcome to enjoy the venue and grounds. You are welcome to arrive earlier and stay longer. Arrange extra nights, late checkouts & transfers directly with the venue. Book your spa appointments in advance so you don't miss out. Details provided when you register. |
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This is a small group, boutique retreat for women in a luxury venue. While we journey inwards in solitude, we enjoy the company of our fellow seekers on the spiritual path, sharing in the experience. SIngle room option. Limited places.
about our daily sessions
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Morning Meditation & Qi Gong
Each morning begins gently with meditation and Qi Gong, helping the body feel settled, the breath steady, and the day to open with a calm, centred presence. Breakast Our daily breakfasts are included and are fresh, nourishing and vegetarian – served in our private dining pavilion. ~ R I S E ~ Women's Healing Workshops The Rise Women’s Workshops with Mandy and Jemma embody the heart of the retreat — an empowering and compassionate process of reconnecting with inner confidence, self-worth, and a deeper sense of presence and possibility. Within these sessions, the work unfolds through guided reflection, embodied awareness, and gentle inner enquiry. Drawing on somatic therapy, attachment-informed EMDR principles, mindfulness-based counselling, and practices that support nervous system regulation, Jemma offers a grounded and caring approach that helps you tend to emotional wounds, restore balance, and reconnect with your inner clarity. Mandy draws practices from ancient feminine-centred yogic traditions that honour women’s wisdom, beauty, and inherent spiritual strength. Through mantra, goddess-centred embodiment, intuitive movement, and contemplative journalling, the practices cultivate self-worth and inner radiance, offering a pathway back to trust in oneself when life has felt challenging or disorienting. Free Afternoons Relax deeply at our beautiful venue, indulge in massages at the in-house spa, or any of the nearby spas and healing centres. You can enjoy lunch at the venue which is lovely and inexpensive You may like to visit the nearby Ubud markets and stores. We're a short walk from both the Royal Palace and the spectacular Monkey Forest. Evening Yin, Yoga Nidra, Meditation Our afternoon, evening sessions are about integration. The practices are quiet, deep and nourishing, connecting us back to the essence and source of energy, potential, wisdom and love. Practices include somatic yin yoga, pranayama, mantra, meditation, yoga nidra. Evenings Explore the many vegan, vegetarian and organic restaurants of Ubud. There are many options for dining within close walking distance of the retreat centre. Dinner is at your own expense (except for first and last night where we host incredible vegan celebration dinners). |
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your facilitators
Mandy is director of Kookaburra Yoga, and co-owner of Kookaburra Yoga Sanctuary. She has decades experience teaching the subtle, powerful and transformational methods of traditional yoga and tantra, and creating and leading retreats, teacher trainings and beautiful yogic experiences. Her knowledge and insights have been inspired through devotion, consistent practice, higher education in yoga, Ayurveda, the arts, and integration of yogic values into family and professional life. Mandy continues to study with her own teachers AG Mohan and Indra Mohan and is always learning and evolving. Yoga has been a support throughout her personal and professional life, and she teaches and shares soulful, spiritual yoga which is relevant, practical, accessible and profoundly beautiful.
Jemma has over twenty years experience working with clients on personal and psychological issues using established and varied psychotherapy and counselling modalities combined with mindfulness, movement and body awareness methods. This offers an increased focus on body/somatic experiences and an individuals unique experience and process. Jemma seamlessly weaves somatic psychotherapeutic techniques, with neuroscience and ancient wisdoms in a gentle, trauma informed and trauma sensitive environment. This approach and method is highly effective.
For more about Jemma and to book private sessions jemmadoak.com
more about this retreat...
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focussed, restful, purposefulWe include a balance of activity, rest, a dynamic yet restorative program of yoga, meditation, ritual, healing and more in a serene, comfortable and safe environment. There is focus on the goddess traditions of yoga, energy work & elemental healing.
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beautiful & serene spacesOur venue is a traditional family compound extensively renovated and developed now functioning as a homestay and dedicated spiritual retreat centre with three yoga shalas, one of which is airconditioned, a restaurant, spa, gorgeous pool and beautifully landscaped gardens along a river.
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water ceremonyA sacred Melukat water purification ceremony at a sacred waterfall, guided by our Balinese priestess. This simple, powerful ritual offers cleansing, renewal, and quiet reconnection through water, prayer and intention.
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besakih mother templeA sacred journey to Besakih Mother Temple on the slopes of Mount Agung. As we ascend through the temple compounds, we move through a guided chakra meditation, attuning body, breath and awareness to this powerful volcanic landscape and the spiritual heart of Bali.
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mt batur thermal baththermal bathing at Mount Batur Hot Springs, where warm mineral-rich waters support relaxation, circulation, and deep physical ease. This restorative experience invites the body to soften, release tension, and absorb the natural healing qualities of heat, water, and earth.
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sound healingA deeply immersive sound healing session at a forest Sound Temple, where vibration and resonance gently guide the nervous system into rest and integration. This experience supports deep relaxation, and a sense of inner harmony, complementing our holistic healing focus.
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fire ceremonyOn our final night, we gather for a sacred Havan fire ceremony, a powerful ritual of offering and intention. Through fire, mantra and prayer, intentions are placed into the flames, supporting integration, our apth forwards, and a felt sense of inner alignment as the retreat draws to a close.
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celebration dinnersOur first and last night dinners are memorable. A banquet of traditional Balinese food which is completely vegan and gluten-free. This is lovingly catered by the Gayatri Resort with all ingredients fresh and organic, with everything prepared slowly and mindfully on the day.
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accommodation
Our accommodation is a gorgeous, tranquil compound set in landscaped gardens by a flowing stream with its own private retreat centre, 3 yoga rooms, pool, restaurant and spa - right in the heart of Ubud. This is a small venue with 8 twin-share (or single) rooms for retreat participants, and private villas.
Comfortable twin-share bedrooms with ensuite, airconditioning & outlook over river
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Our private group area with open air kitchen, dining and lounges
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Our yoga room is airconditioned
so you'll be protected from insects and the humidity.
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Gorgeous pool, relaxation pavilions by the onsite restaurant serving lunch & snacks
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Traditional architecture and accents, with modern, comfortable interiors
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Tranquil gardens with places to relax and meditate
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facts and questions
Why choose Kookaburra rETREATS?
- Established, reputable business. Kookaburra Retreats are offered by Kookaburra Creek Yoga - a yoga centre and program directed by Mandy Knox in Perth, Australia. Kookaburra Creek Yoga is well established having been operating for twenty years.
- Retreat management experience. Kookaburra Yoga have offered professionally organised and facilitated international retreats for over ten years. Each retreat is carefully planned to ensure the safety and comfort of participants.
- Local expertise. Kookaburra Yoga's international retreat program is coordinated by local, licensed travel agents who manage the logistics, transportation, bookings and take care of the practical needs of participants. The organisation and management of retreats is mainly invisible to participants enabling them to focus on enjoying their own inner and outer journey.
- Health & Safety. Our venues are carefully selected to ensure they are of a high standard to support the health and wellbeing of participants. When travelling we take every precaution to ensure the hygiene and health of participants.
- Quality food. Food is an integral part of our retreats and menus and ingredients are planned and considered to ensure they are nourishing, health-promoting and conducive to yoga and meditation.
- High quality program. Mandy facilitates all Kookaburra Yoga Retreats. She is an exceptional yoga and meditation instructor with decades of continuing education, self-enquiry and practical teaching experience. She Has taught thousands of people yoga and to meditate and how to effectively apply the knowledge gained to enhance and transform lives.
- Professional leadership. Mandy has worked professionally in high-level leadership positions in the not-for-profit sector and are leaders and is a skilful group facilitator able to guide individuals and groups safely through peak experiences and the transformational change which often occurs on retreat.
- Value for money. Retreats are inclusive with most meals, transport, accommodation sightseeing taken care of and included in the cost. We are upfront about any potential additional costs allowing participants to budget and plan.
- Culturally sensitive. We do our best to adapt to our environment and educate our guests to be attuned and respectful of customs and cultural sensitivities.
- Socially responsible. We care for people and the planet. All our retreats cause as little harm as possible. We choose vegetarian venues (vegan where possible). We contribute generously to local organisations and charities and encourage the same of our participants.
- Personal development. Kookaburra Retreats are a wonderful opportunity for personal and professional development. You'll be gently guided to explore limitations and obstacles to achieving your potential and become equipped with the tools, techniques and practical wisdom to evolve and grow. Kookaburra Retreats are transformational and potentially life-changing!
Do I need experience in Yoga to attend this retreat?
No, we welcome anyone who is interested in embarking upon a journey of self enquiry and discovery. The yoga and meditation practices on each retreat are carefully explained and taught in a caring and respectful manner. All of the practices taught can be adapted to suit the needs of each participant.
DO I NEED to organise passport, Visa, INSURANCE and International flights?
- To enter Indonesia it is a requirement that you have a passport valid for at least 6 months from date of travel.
- You must book your own international flight to Denpasar Airport, Bali or ask your own travel agent to do this for you.
- It is a requirement of attending this retreat that you have a valid travel insurance policy with relevant inclusions and provide us with your Certificate of Currency prior to departure. This is a condition of attending all overseas Kookaburra Yoga Retreats.
- To enter Indonesia you need to obtain an entry visa depending on which country you are travelling from. If you are travelling from Australia this is done on arrival.
- Please see current Indonesia Travel Regulations here
- You should organise your travel insurance at the time of booking your flights to ensure you are covered in the event you need to cancel.
cancellation policy
- We ask for a deposit of $600 upon booking. Your $600 deposit is your commitment to attend and is generally non-refundable unless we can offer your place to a waitlisted person or you find someone to take your place.
- If you cancel 0-4 weeks before the retreat the full amount is payable.
- If you cancel 4-12 before the retreat 50% of your payment (minus deposit) will be refunded to you.
- If you cancel more than 12 weeks prior to the retreat your full payment (minus deposit) will be refunded to you.
- If you need to cancel due to ill health or the death of someone close to you, your travel insurance policy may refund your deposit and all other money paid back to you. Please check with your insurer.
- Travel insurance on this retreat is compulsory. It is your responsibility to ensure you have adequate insurance to cover the costs of cancellation.
- In the event the retreat is cancelled by the organisers 3 weeks or more before the commencement date all money paid will be refunded to you.
- If the retreat is cancelled by the organisers 0-3 weeks prior to the retreat because of natural disasters or acts of god which the organisers deem to make the retreat, or travel to and from the retreat, unsafe, then a full refund will not be possible and you will need to claim a refund from your travel insurer. In this event, the organisers will advise what portion of your payment can be recovered and refunded to you. The organisers will endeavour to reschedule the retreat for a future date and give you the option of transferring your booking and money paid to the new retreat date.
What if I am not in perfect condition or if I get sick?
- You should be fine to attend the Bali Retreat if you are in reasonable health. Please check with your own health care provider if you have any concerns or doubts.
- Our venue is hilly and there are quite a few steps. Please consider this if you have mobility issues.
- If you get sick while travelling, our venue hosts will organise a doctor to visit the premises, or transport to the international hospital at your cost.
what is NOT included in the cost?
- international airfare
- Airport transfers. The venue is approximately 90 minutes from the airport. Narasoma can organise your transfers for you at approximately AUD 50 each way. This can be paid in cash at reception on arrival. Email Desak with your flight details directly to organise: [email protected]
- additional massages, spa treatments
- meals other than those specified
- additional outings and associated transport
- any items ordered through room service including laundry
- travel insurance (compulsory)
- visa on arrival if required (USD 35)
what are the payment options?
Pay deposit or full amount on booking to confirm your place.
- online payments only: credit card, paypal or direct deposit
- earlybird rate applies when full payment made before 1st February 2026. From 2nd February 2026 onward, the price will increase by $200. Use code 200BALI2026 at checkout before 1st Feb for the $200 discount.
- deposit is non-refundable if you cancel.
- ensure you organise insurance as soon as you book your flights. Your insurance policy should cover you in the event you are unable to travel due to unforeseen circumstances, natural disasters, or sickness.
What is the Retreat Size?
Our venue is a small boutique retreat centre with a capacity for up to 18 guests.
- There are 16 single beds in 8 twin share rooms (which can be converted to king size if you opt for a single room)and 1 double bed in a shared room.
- Retreat is subject to a minimum of 8 participants.
- The venue also has private villas and suites, some of which are twin share and some double. We book these in addition to the retreat venue if numbers require it.
What are the venue details?
- Our venue is Narasoma Retreat Centre. It is a beautiful traditional compound in the heart of Ubud which is partly Australian owned, and has been expanded and renovated to include a retreat centre, day spa, restaurant and villas.
- The retreat centre is 40 minutes from the airport. The venue can organise your transfer for approx $60.
- The address is No. 35 Monkey Forest Road (Beji Lane) Ubud, 80571.
- The phone number is +62 361 973 404. It is located down a short alley. The nearest landmark is the big playing field and the alley is across the road from the well known Ibu Rai Restaurant. If you are taking a taxi they may not be familiar with Narasoma, but they should know Ibu Rai Restaurant. Google Map
ubud restaurant and attractions
Ubud has some wonderful vegan /vegetarian restaurants featuring local sustainable foods, cooking schools, spas, galleries and more. Here are a few of our favourites you might like to visit during your stay in Bali.
"I hope you can join Jemma and I in beautiful Ubud. This is my 10th year hosting our Bali Retreat in this place of profound beauty and healing. I have journeyed here many times for retreats as it feels like a spiritual home. This retreat is a beautiful program in a beautiful place and it feels like returning home" Mandy
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