Seven days that people call the best decision they ever made
Two private one-on-one healing sessions every afternoon, in your own room. Traditional Balinese healers you would never find on your own. Everything organised, everything included — you just show up.
Ask anything before you decide. Most guests talk to Mitch first — there is no sales pitch.
Most people arrive tired, unsure, and quietly hoping something will shift
You do not need to be spiritual, or flexible, or certain about anything. Some of our warmest reviews were written by people who turned up as sceptics and stayed that way until about Tuesday.
The healers are the heart of the week
Yoga and meditation are here to prepare you for the work, not to fill the week. Every afternoon you have two private sessions in your own room, each with a different practitioner — nine or more across the seven days.
- Nothing is preached, nothing is pushed, and there are no upsells during your stay.
- Six guests means nothing is generic and nothing is rushed.
- Everything is organised, from the airport pick-up to the last meal.
Healers it takes years to find
Mitch spent years locating these practitioners for his own sake before he ever brought a guest to them. They are not in guidebooks and they do not advertise.
The traditional Balian
A highly respected Balinese healer visits each guest privately. He diagnoses and works in ways passed down for generations. Not a show for tourists.
The listrik healer
The one guests struggle hardest to describe afterwards. Several have written that a single session did what years of treatment had not.
Energy & emotion work
Shamanic healing, sound healing, Reiki, block removal, higher-self work — each practitioner different, the order chosen for how your week is going.
Hands and body
Traditional Balinese massage, medical intuitive massage and reflexology, so the body is cared for alongside everything else.
Breath and stillness
Morning meditation, chakra and deep-breath work, Hatha and Kundalini yoga, tai chi. Gentle, and always optional.
The long conversations
Chinese astrology, a nutrition evaluation, and the unhurried talks around the dinner table that guests mention as often as the sessions themselves.
A cleansing ceremony at the water temple
Midweek you leave the villa. A Hindu priest guides you through a full purification and blessing at Pura Mengening, explaining every step so you understand what is happening rather than watching from outside. Lunch follows, then the afternoon at a Balinese healer's house.
A place to retreat to, not just sleep in
Two connected villas, two pools, deep gardens and quiet corners to sit in. Every bedroom is large, single occupancy, with a full en-suite — so your sessions happen in your own space and you always have somewhere to withdraw to.
- Three fresh meals a day, cooked by Wayan and Iluh.
- Juices and herbal teas from turmeric, ginger, lemongrass and cinnamon.
- Allergies and dietary needs catered for without fuss.
Structured enough that you never have to think
Mornings together, afternoons private, evenings around the table.
Guests arrive
Meditation
Breakfast
Group yoga
Meditation
Breakfast
Group deep breath
Cleansing & blessing at the water temple, with our priest
Meditation
Breakfast
Group yoga
Meditation
Breakfast
Free time
Meditation
Brunch at Sindhu Beach
Lunch — the retreat begins
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch in Gianyar
Lunch
Lunch
The retreat concludes
Holistic group chat
Sound healing group
Two private healing sessions in your room
Two private healing sessions in your room
At a Balinese healer's house
Two private healing sessions in your room
Two private healing sessions in your room
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Dinner
Dinner
Dinner
Dinner
Dinner
Dinner
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You will be talking to Mitch
Mitchell Rilett came to Bali on his own search and spent years finding practitioners most visitors never reach. In 2011 he formalised it with an Inner-Voyage Holistic Life Counselling qualification, after a career in Australian media.
He runs every retreat himself and answers every enquiry personally. Guests describe him the same way, over and over: down to earth, funny, no pretence, and no promises he cannot keep.
You arrive alone. You rarely leave that way.
Six strangers at lunch on Sunday. By the last brunch on the beach, most groups are still messaging each other years later.
In their own words, on the last morning
Not scripted and not polished. Some filmed over Saturday brunch at Sindhu Beach, some on the terrace straight after a session with a Balinese healer.
Recorded during the March 2026 retreat.
"Rock bottom, that's where I was. I made the call, and as soon as he said hello I basically cried. He made no promises about fixing me. What he did was calm me down — a complete stranger, and that's priceless in any walk of life."
"I had just retired and needed a total reset. Mitch and the healers gave me an experience that is hard to put into words except to say it exceeded all my expectations. I released emotions and trauma I didn't even realise I had."
"Prior to coming I felt like my light was lost for the first time in my life. No hope, no sense of direction. The retreat has concluded and I now feel and see the light again."
"It's six years of therapy in six days."
"It focussed on breathwork, nervous system reset and energy healing, but not in a religious or hippy way — more from a human enlightenment point of view. You're definitely in a safe pair of hands."
"I wasn't looking for a yoga-only or spa-style retreat with facials and green juices coming out of my ears. I wanted something real. And this was exactly that — a journey back to yourself."
"I arrived as a sceptic, unsure if it would truly have an impact. From the moment I stepped into the serene atmosphere, everything began to shift. I never felt overwhelmed by what I was discovering."
Everything is included. That means everything.
Apart from shopping you choose to do, there is nothing else to spend money on while you are here.
INCLUDED
- Private bedroom, single occupancy
- All meals, juices and teas
- Every therapy and healing session
- Airport pick-up on arrival
- Temple ceremony and day trip
- All transport and excursions
NOT INCLUDED
- Flights
- Travel insurance
- Departure transfer
- Personal shopping
A deposit of AUD $500 secures your place. Full payment 14 days before. Cancel more than 30 days out and half is refunded.
There is not a lot to it
An AUD $500 deposit
That holds one of the six places. Nothing before that point commits you to anything.
A short personal form
Closer to the date we send you a few questions to fill in and return. It goes to the healers, who begin their work on you before you have even landed.
The balance, 14 days before
And then all that is left is the flight. Everything on the ground is taken care of.
Paying is straightforward. A bank transfer to our Australian or our Indonesian account, whichever suits you. Many guests use Wise instead — easy to use, with friendlier fees and exchange rates than most banks.
Upcoming dates
Six places each. They usually go two to three months ahead.
Before you ask
Do I need to be spiritual, or fit, or experienced?
Is this religious?
Can I come on my own?
I am bringing my partner — is it cheaper for two?
What if the work brings something up?
How do I pay, and when?
What if I have to cancel?
Is the price really all-inclusive?
What is the personal details form for?
Should I book extra days in Bali?
What about allergies and dietary needs?
Request a place on a retreat
Pick your week. Mitch replies personally, usually within a day.
Everything is included. Flights aside, there is nothing else to pay.
A place is held once the AUD $500 deposit is paid — this form costs you nothing and commits you to nothing. Or call +62 812 3605 7888.
Send a message. That is all it takes to start.
No form, no obligation, no pitch. Ask whatever you need to ask. Some people talk to Mitch for an hour and decide it is not for them, and that is a good outcome too.
Or email info@baliholistic.com — you will hear back within 24 hours.