Aug 10, 2019 | Indonesia, Journeys
My first trip to Bali was also my first sacred journey, only I was not aware of it at that time. The year was 2015, I was going through a tough time. The person I loved and cared for the most, ghosted me. At first I thought it was a joke, then it hit me very hard. I...
Aug 10, 2019 | Indonesia, Journeys
On the following day, 28 September 2015, my guide, Nyoman, picked me up early from the Santi Mandala. We headed straight to the residence of the elderly Balinese healer, Cokorda Rai (aka Tjokorda Gede Rai). As I put on the sarong he handed to me, he explained we had...
Aug 8, 2019 | Indonesia, Journeys
On 29 September 2015, a car picked me up around 6am to take me to Discover Scuba Diving Centre by Amed beach. After an hour long training session in their pool with my instructor Max, we headed to the dive point in Tulamben. The beaches in Amed and Tulamben were a...
Aug 7, 2019 | Indonesia, Journeys
When I touched down in Bali in June 2019, my second time in four years, Mt. Agung was still off limits due to recent eruptions. I had passed by it during my previous trip but was oblivious to its sacredness. I didn’t know how to work with energies then, although that...
