“I spent a wonderful week at Holistic Retreat Bali. The food is exceptional (thank you Wayan and Iluh) and each healer brings a different approach and in the end all the sessions are complementary. I left Bali with lots of different tools and now I have all the cards in hand to move forward on my own.
Also, I found the mediation technique brought by Mitch very effective even though I am not a person who meditates.
Thank you Mitch for organizing this magical retreat.”
Mirielle, Switzerland
“The most amazing experience of my life, I loved everything about it! 💗🙏🏼”
Tarnee, Tasmania
“I am thankful that I entered the Holistic Retreat Bali with open eyes and no real expectations. I confess to having an unhealthy level of scepticism, so to enter into something like this with a clear mind was important for me. I’m in my 50s and I knew that I needed “life direction” input from areas considered ‘outside the box’. I booked for the November 2024 intake.
A short drive from the Sanur coastline, the retreat location is heavenly. Mitch has secured a lovely set of villas set within beautifully manicured grounds that include two lush swimming pools (one for each set of villas). My room was perfect and had a bonus – an outside shower which is always a treat for me when I visit Bali; an inside shower was available but what’s the fun in that!
Mitch has assembled a wonderful group of healers including an amazing nutritionalist (Dani is a healer too, right?). The retreat was well structured, with each day set out so that sessions flowed smoothly. I never felt rushed. I always felt that I had enough time in between sessions to take a dip in the pool before for the next session. After dinner, we were always free to do as we chose – swim, relax, read, write, chat… or walk 5 minutes down the road to indulge in ice cream! Guilty as charged…
Most mornings began with Mitch running two separate guided meditations. These meditations were game changers for me. The things I experienced each morning are best described elsewhere (a blog perhaps?), but if the meditations were all that was on offer, I could very well have left Mitch’s retreat a better person. I have continued to use the methods shared by Mitch since I got back home.
The breakdown of sessions across the 6 days are all carefully planned by Mitch, nothing appeared to be chance. The energy work, Tai Chi, Yoga, Reiki, Life Path Guidance, Shamanic, Reflexology and, my absolute favourite session of the retreat, Inner Connection, were perfectly timed and structured. There is also a day trip that included a cleansing ritual at a water temple, lunch, as well as an extraordinary visit to a ‘Listrik’ healer (which I will leave as a surprise – I would hate to spoil). That day trip was a wonderful way to break up the week. Thanks to the amazing Putu for driving us.
Meals are more like banquets. Breakfast followed Mitch’s morning meditations (thank you to Mitch’s amazing cooks, Wayan and Iluh!), each meal included generous selections of gorgeous local food as well as some western faves. Also, you will never view fresh juices the same way again – divine!
A strong point of the retreat was that there is nothing to do except to ‘just show up and participate’ and enjoy the privilege of being introduced to something that is truly special. The Holistic Retreat Bali managed to do for me in days what decades of professional western-based consultations have only managed to lightly scratch. I don’t say that to be disrespectful to the many wonderful people who work across different fields – it’s more that this retreat managed to hit the target more effectively. I walked away from the retreat a very different person to the one who disembarked in Bali 7 days earlier.
The outcome for me was PROFOUND. Life changing. The lights went on and my truth was revealed – but revealed in such a way that surpassed any mild expectation I may have hung on to when I first walked in. I liken it to a child at Christmas – they hope there’s something special under the tree – and in some sense they suspect there is – but they can’t truly know how good until the right gift is unwrapped and their expectations blown away. I was blown away.
My world has opened up in a way I did not know possible. My hope is, if you’re reading this, that you walk away from Mitch’s retreat with the same gifts that I received – and reading some of the other reviews here, that’s exactly what happens at the Holistic Retreat Bali. My gratitude to all the people who help make this a truly special experience, including one very special soul, Cruz (see photo).”
Tim, Sydney
