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Ever heard of being blissed out? Ever seen anyone who is? Better yet, ever been? Well for an experience of all three – there is no better place in the world than and the Bali Spirit Festival. Being blissed out seems the only way to be!
I heard rumors of how ‘awesome, magical, inspiring, and full-on amazing…’ (etc, you get the picture) the Bali Spirit Festival was, yet I was still humbled at just how awesome it was. Even after 49 hours of travel to get here, I was immediately seduced by the radiant faces and bodies alive with movement and rhythm. (Jet lag? What jet lag??)
People bounced passed with yoga mats in one hand and a coconut in the other. Choruses of song echoed from open aired huts as people sung together in gratitude and harmony –literally and figuratively. My skin still tingles at its memory. Workshops with master yogis, healers, hula hopper extraordinaires, hip hoppers, and amazing energy workers embraced the magical sprit of this island like none I’d ever seen. At Bali Spirit Festival – everyone was full of bliss… full-on blessed out!
Within a few moments upon arrival, David’s flip-flops were off and he jumped into the center of a free flow dance class. Admittedly, the 70 women to three men ratio was an incentive, but immediately I saw his heart open and face soften. And to think this is my boss! I headed straight for the pool. Surrounded by lush greenery and flowers abloom, I couldn’t resist the first chance to dive in. They called it the healing pool. And that it was!
Walking through the grounds, passed groups in contemplative silence to ecstatic dance, the opening to what Bali represents was inevitable. Bali brings out the artist, the musician, the lover and the sage in the purest sense.
The Bali Spirit Festival lives up to its original inspiration as an opportunity to give back and celebrate the spirit of this extraordinary place with people from around the world. Much gratitude to the founders of the festival Megan Pappenheim, Kadek Gunarta and Rob Weber who are all active, engaged leaders of their communities. They have truly provided a service to Bai and to all who cross her path.
The day was completed with full-on blissed out music festival. Artists from around the world performed on a backdrop of temples and tropical flora. From African to Latin to Western and of course, Balinese traditional, the feeling of bliss carried all who joined well into the evening.
I feel blessed to have been a part. And through Bali & Beyond, we hope to bring a little piece of the magic, and a little piece of the bliss to you where ever in the world you are.
Blessings
Shelley and David
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