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So What Is Community Anyway?
So has all the yoga truly expanded our hearts? Try some post-festival homework: how do you relate to people on the outside of this yoga, dance and music inspired love-in? What does community truly mean to you and does in encompass all?
Surviving Motherhood and Yoga
For many women, motherhood is the greatest test of their lives, particularly in the early years. How yoga can help take one from a feeling o survival to a feeling of abundance and acceptance of the lessons of parenthood, on and off the mat.
Sunset Latin Groove vibe
Sunset over the waters of Kerebokan beach, white breakers gently foaming into the shore. Sunset descending, orange, red, golden glow scattering across the sky from cloud to cloud. You think it’s gone and suddenly there’s purple glow in another part of the sky.
The daytime site looks amazing!
Hi,
I’m volunteering with the Media team, and last night Shervin took me and Amani over to see the site. Wow, what a site! I can’t wait to see it full of hundreds of good-Bali-spirited people tomorrow. The place is huge, and magical, surrounded by lots of nature. What a wonderful, peaceful setting! From Jann!
Life’s A Gift and Then Some – The Bali Spirit Is Surging!
With the opening to the Bali Spirit Festival only days away, Festival devotee and Ubud resident Harriet Gaffney shares the meaning of the Balinese greeting Om Swastiastu and how Sama Yoga teacher and Festival Presenter Sky helped her live its meaning…
Hotels in Ubud fill up quickly
Buy your accommodation packages now!
BaliSpirit Festival has pre-booked rooms in the Ubud area for those who want to be on the shuttle bus route for the Festival. Our Packages are for those who want to buy a Gold Pass only. If you are buying a night pass or single day pass, we [...]
Be a part of something that will change our world
Be a part of something that will change our world
The BaliSpirit Festival is a spiritually charged event that celebrates yoga, dance and music and the synergy of global cultural collaboration through the arts.
The Fourth Annual BaliSpirit Festival will take place in Ubud, Bali from March 23-27, 2011. Don’t miss it! Early Bird Tickets are available NOW, and look for our 2011 [...]
Bali Spirit Festival 2010: Top 12 Musical Highlights
Bali Spirit Festival 2010: Top 12 Musical Highlights
by Madanmohan Rao
World Music Editor & DJ (http://twitter.com/MadanRao)
1. The sequencing of the music acts, alternating between local and overseas acts, and overall time management
2. Best new BSF star: Ayu Lakshmi, as a new face of young Bali, engaging with the West but firmly rooted in local Balinese traditions
3. [...]
Hari Cinta Keluarga
The final day of the Balispirit Festival has traditionally been a day to ‘give back’ to Bali & celebrate unity in diversity. In the spirit of this special day, most of the workshops and all of the children’s events were free to the public.
On Death, Aging & Ashtanga with Danny Paradise
by Robin Sparks
So many yoga classes, so much time… Even though the festival is officially over, I thought I’d add a dash of after-blogging to the after party spirit.
On April 3, from some 25 classes, I selected Danny Paradise’s Ashtanga class for 4 main reasons. First the name -Danny Paradise – sounds more like a [...]
BaliSpirit Festival Finale: Celebration and Commitment to Life!
BaliSpirit Festival Finale: Celebration and Commitment to Life!
by Madanmohan Rao
World Music Editor & DJ
http://twitter.com/MadanRao
The BaliSpirit Festival 2010 ended after a magnificent musical finale at 12:38 am on Monday morning, April 5! Yes, this is a historic moment, so I have recorded it for posterity!
Heal Yourself, Heal the World with Rebecca Pflaum
by Robin Sparks – www.robinsparks.com
In December 2008, I heard there was a “famous” yogi named Rebecca Pflaum visiting Ubud. Having recently arrived in Bali after 3 years in Istanbul, and a year before that in Argentina, I was out of the international yoga loop. I’d never heard of Rebecca Pflaum and had never attended a [...]
AfroMoses at BaliSpirit Festival: Feeling Good about the Future!
AfroMoses at BaliSpirit Festival: Feeling Good about the Future!
by Madanmohan Rao
World Music Editor & DJ
http://twitter.com/MadanRao
All eyes are on the grand finale of the BaliSpirit Festival tonight, which will feature Ghana’s International Music Ambassador AfroMoses!
I caught his band’s soundcheck this morning, and the performance by this dynamic dreadlocked showman will blow you away with his unique [...]
A Wealth of Workshops
by Robin Sparks, about April 3 at the Bali Spirit Festival
There are so many workshops to choose from at the Bali Spirit Festival that it boggles the mind. This morning alone, there is Apple Yoga with Katy Appleton, Power Yoga with Eoin Finn, Kundalini with Rebecca Pflaum, Astanga Yoga with Prem and Heather, Pranayama with [...]
BaliSpirit Festival, Night Four: Moods and Dance!
BaliSpirit Festival, Night Four: Moods and Dance!
by Madanmohan Rao
World Music Editor & DJ
http://twitter.com/MadanRao
The first three music nights of the BaliSpirit Festival 2010 certainly delighted audiences, and Night Four was spectacular as well!
The shows were ably hosted by Amae Love, songwriter from Los Angeles, who combined sultry sound with her own poetic lyrics. At one [...]
