RETREATS
June 14-20, 2013 | July 20-26, 2013 | August 2013, 200 HR Teacher Training | Nov 25-Dec 5, 2013 – Yoga & Clay 10 Day Retreat | December 10-14, 2013 | February 2-8, 2014 | May 2-8, 2014
Emily, Bex & Ashley, You have put together a balanced retreat that has covered all angles of yoga. Believe it or not, it was life-changing mentally, spiritually, emotionally, physically-in just 7 days! Your High Vibe Yoga Immersion had a major effect on me. I was truly touched by each and everyone of you. Meeting all the beauties involved and being around everyone is just what I needed. I lost my practice…and High Vibe woke it up again! I am emotionally stubborn…and now I’m more open. I never thought I could become more than a little spiritual. I have a more peaceful and calm mental state and that is truly important— peace and ease creates the balanced and solid foundation to lead all angles of my life for the rest of my life. I believe! Suggestion: I think you should offer a discount for those who visit your retreat again and bring a friend…hahahaha! That just means I’m definitely coming back someday! Good luck to you all! Miss you! ~ Antoinette – Los Angeles, CA, USA
High Vibe is the most incredible journey I have been blessed to go on. Emily is an incredible teacher, and her ability to share opens up the spirit of others, and takes away the fears…leaving us with a safe environment to grow and explore! She brings in amazing guest teachers, and not only is it educational, but it is so, so much fun! Lots of laughter! My practice, my mental attitude, and my heart has expanded beyond words! ~ Jess, New Zealand
High Vibe Yoga Immersions – Ubud, Bali
All Levels Welcome! (That means beginners, intermediate and advanced yogis.)
This is a can’t miss 7 DAY High Vibe Yoga Immersion—High Vibe yoga with inspired teachers, guest speakers, morning meditations, accommodation and incredible food. Deepen your yoga practice or begin a yoga practice with Ubud Bali’s most experienced and well traveled yoga teachers. We will be studying and applying the amazing techniques of:
Remember, all levels are welcome to join in this non-intimidating, always inviting High Vibe Yoga Immersion. Each day of our immersion we offer two High Vibe yoga classes, 3 meals of Bali’s most delicious vegetarian food and High Vibe yogic discussions or workshops. Throughout the week we will guide you through 2 hands-on High Vibe food lessons as well as lovingly prepare delicious vegetarian meals for you daily.
LOCATION:
Soulshinebali.com in Ubud, Bali!
TEACHERS:
Emily Kuser– Founder of High Vibe Yoga
Emily Kuser - E-RYT & Anusara® Yoga Instructor - has been practicing yoga for over 15 years and teaching yoga for 8. She has studied thousands of hours with incredibly respected Anusara, Shadow, Ashtanga and Jivamukti instructors worldwide. Emily has lived in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia for over 5 years and currently teaches Anusara Yoga at The Yoga Barn. She regularly leads her highly respected and sought out High Vibe Yoga Immersions at Michael Franti’s Soulshine Villa in Ubud and is a key organizer in the the annual Bali Spirit Festival, assisting in the management of 500+ internationally renowned yogis, musicians and dancers each year. Prior to living in Indonesia, she was a writer for LA Yoga magazine in Los Angeles, CA covering community projects and interviewing yogis while teaching regular yoga classes along the California coast. Emily loves to weave storytelling, proper alignment and high vibes into her yoga teachings.
Bex Tyrer, Scotland – High Vibe Yoga co-teacher
With a background in Development studies, journalism and social work, Bex’s approach to yoga is one that honors the need for individual self study with the aim of improving interpersonal relations and communication. Bex has studied yoga asana, meditation, pranayama and philosophy since 2001. After completing her Yoga Teacher Training Course in Dharmasala, India, Bex teaches group and private classes in a wide range of environments from the slums of Kolkata to the paradise of Bali. Teaching a diverse selection of styles including her ‘full power celebration of life’ Hatha Vinyasa Flow to the much gentler and nourishing Yin and Restorative yoga. She is also studying a unique combination of partner yoga combined with acrobatics and thai massage to focus on themes of trust, communication and social unity. Bex believes yoga has something for everyone. Her belief in a common humanity is reflected through her original yoga classes where she shares lessons learned while building upon inspirational themes of cooperation, peace and justice. She works to bring the study of yoga off the mat and into the practice of life.
Amber Whittier – San Francisco, CA – co-teacher June 14-20, 2013
Amber has dedicated her life energy toward the study and teaching of optimal health practices. To inform her work as a wellness educator and entrepreneur, she has attained over 1600 certified training hours in the healing arts, including a 1000-hr massage therapy diploma and 250 hours of Anusara Yoga teacher training with Darren Rhodes, Sianna Sherman, and Abby Tucker. Amber discovered yoga in 2000, while teaching dance & English in Thailand. Since that first fateful meeting, she has continuously credited her entire yoga practice of asana, pranayama, meditation, philosophy, mantra, and ahimsa for asking the most from her in her efforts to be flexible, strong, mindful, skillful, and present for the work she offers to her clients. Her vast wellness work spans 13 years of teaching in the US, France, and Thailand, managing a fitness club and a medical injury rehabilitation program, mentoring boutique wellness start-ups, creating an active lifestyle eco-friendly clothing brand, and most recently coordinating the EHR training of 3000 clinical hospital workers in the California Bay Area. In her upbeat big-hearted classes, Amber offers creative sequencing supported by her expertise in purposeful, therapeutic alignment work. Her work focuses on two main intentions: First meet the present with gratitude and respect. Then safely and playfully move through perceived limitations in favor of fueling the pulse of your potential. http://about.me/amberwhittieryoga
Megan Flamer – Australia – co-teacher Aug & Nov 2012
Megan is constantly searching for new and delicious ways to expand and shape her practice and teaching. She first came to yoga in 1999 through an injury and discovered the magic that was possible through meditative movement. Since completing her 500 hour Advanced Diploma of Yoga Teaching with the Australian Yoga Academy in Melbourne in 2006, Megan has taught extensively in Australia and Thailand, as well as Spain, Portugal, Croatia, Ireland and Sri Lanka. With a background in Ashtanga, Megan has also studied the Iyengar and Sivananda traditions and practiced at Yoga Thailand, Blooming Lotus with Lily Goncalves and studied under Les Leventhal, Nicky Knoff and Simon Borg Olivier, to name a few. In the past three years, Megan has vigorously pursued training in vipassana, mindfulness meditation and tantra and teaches a flexible mix of traditions. She is a great believer that yoga is not a “one size fits all” practice, always looking for the best possible pose and approach for each individual student. Megan is also an accomplished writer and broadcaster with a gift for clear communication. Her teaching style is pragmatic, comprehensive and down to earth – and always has an element of fun. Megan’s energy and enthusiasm will inspire you in new and exciting directions.
Kate Beckel – Istanbul, Turkey – High Vibe Yoga Co-teacher February 2012
Kate is an Anusara Inspired yoga teacher honored to be currently teaching yoga in Istanbul, Turkey. She began practicing yoga in New York City at Jivamukti Yoga 10 years ago. She has since been studying under many gifted and amazing teachers. Though Kate has studied a variety of different styles in Hong Kong, Europe and the U.S., she focused most of her training with Chris Chavez in Anusara. She was drawn to Anusara due to its elegant yoking of clear alignment instruction and uplifting philosophy. Kate has been deeply influenced by John Friend, Sarah Powers, Patrick Creelman, Chris Chavez, Jules Febres, Shelle Jackson and Tias LIttle among many others (pretty much everyone she knows.). She has also trained in yoga therapeutics with John Friend, founder of Anusara, and Yogilates with Johnathan Urla. She plays music during her class and hopes they are challenging,as well as playful. They sometimes flow, sometimes are more workshopy. Either way, she will encourage you to work hard while focusing on breathing, opening, and curiosity of body and self. She believes that practicing yoga with awareness, love, gratitude and forgiveness can be a path to healing body,heart and mind.
RATES, DATES, LOCATIONS
June 14-20, 2013 – Soulshine Retreat Villa —Ubud, Bali with Emily Kuser & Amber Whittier
Inspired teachers, guest speakers, 2 yoga classes a day, 2 High Vibe food workshops, yogic discussions, morning meditations, Bali Insider’s tour, accommodation and incredible food—all included. LOCATION: Soulshinebali.com
- $2,100 us/ private room w/ private bath in Terrace Villa & 3 meals a day
- $1,900 us/ private room w/ shared bath in Terrace Villa & 3 meals a day
- $1,750 us/ private room w/ shared bath in Lotus Villa & 3 meals a day
- $1,500 us/ shared accommodation (2 beds, 1 room) in Lotus Villa & 3 meals a day
- $800 us/ no accommodation, 3 meals a day included
July 20-26, 2013 – Soulshine Retreat Villa —Ubud, Bali
Inspired teachers, guest speakers, 2 yoga classes a day, 2 High Vibe food workshops, yogic discussions, morning meditations, Bali Insider’s tour, accommodation and incredible food—all included. LOCATION: Soulshinebali.com
- $2,100 us/ private room w/ private bath in Terrace Villa & 3 meals a day
- $1,900 us/ private room w/ shared bath in Terrace Villa & 3 meals a day
- $1,750 us/ private room w/ shared bath in Lotus Villa & 3 meals a day
- $1,500 us/ shared accommodation (2 beds, 1 room) in Lotus Villa & 3 meals a day
- $800 us/ no accommodation, 3 meals a day included
SPECIAL 10 DAY RETREAT - November 25- December 5, 2013 @ Gaya Ceramics , incredible accommodation at private river view property – Ubud, Bali
FINDING CENTER: YOGA AND CLAY: with Hillary Kane (Gaya CAC) & Emily Kuser
Has Life ever thrown you off balance? In this intensive ten-day workshop ceramicist-yogi, Hillary Kane (Gaya CAC) and Emily Kuser E-RYT & Anusara Yoga Teacher, will lead a dynamic introduction to the art of finding one’s center through the sensuous medium of clay and the balancing counterpoint of yoga. While focusing on the essential technical basics of throwing on the potter’s wheel and hand-building in clay, participants will equally concentrate on the mental and physical relationship of clay to whole-body awareness through daily practice of yoga and meditation. Throughout the week and a half, we will channel the artist within via all the five elements, accessing our own bodies through the clay body in a truly transformative journey.
ANY level of ceramics and/or yoga experience WELCOME!
Tuition: US$ 2400
Includes: shared room accommodation (accommodation details coming soon), breakfast & lunch, all studio materials, excursions around Bali
December 10-14, 2013 - Soulshine Retreat Villa – 5 Day High Vibe Yoga Immersion
Inspired teachers, guest speakers, 2 yoga classes a day, 1 High Vibe food workshop, yogic discussions, morning meditations, Bali Insider’s tour, accommodation and incredible food—all included. LOCATION: Soulshinebali.com
- $1,400 us/ private room w/ private bath in Terrace Villa & 3 meals a day
- $1,250 us/ private room w/ shared bath in Terrace Villa & 3 meals a day
- $1,100 us/ shared accommodation (2 beds, 1 room) in Lotus Villa & 3 meals a day
- $980 us / shared accommodation (2 beds, 1 room) in Lotus Villa & 3 meals a day
- $500 us/ no accommodation
February 2-8, 2014 - Soulshine Retreat Villa - 7 Day High Vibe Yoga Immersion
Inspired teachers, guest speakers, 2 yoga classes a day, 2 High Vibe food workshops, yogic discussions, morning meditations, Bali Insider’s tour, accommodation and incredible food—all included. LOCATION: Soulshinebali.com
- $2,100 us/ private room w/ private bath in Terrace Villa & 3 meals a day
- $1,900 us/ private room w/ shared bath in Terrace Villa & 3 meals a day
- $1,750 us/ private room w/ shared bath in Lotus Villa & 3 meals a day
- $1,500 us/ shared accommodation (2 beds, 1 room) in Lotus Villa & 3 meals a day
- $800 us/ no accommodation, 3 meals a day included
May 2-8, 2014 High Vibe Yoga Immersion
Inspired teachers, guest speakers, 2 yoga classes a day, 2 High Vibe food workshops, yogic discussions, morning meditations, Bali Insider’s tour, accommodation and incredible food—all included. LOCATION: Soulshinebali.com
- $2,100 us/ private room w/ private bath in Terrace Villa & 3 meals a day
- $1,900 us/ private room w/ shared bath in Terrace Villa & 3 meals a day
- $1,750 us/ private room w/ shared bath in Lotus Villa & 3 meals a day
- $1,500 us/ shared accommodation (2 beds, 1 room) in Lotus Villa & 3 meals a day
- $800 us/ no accommodation, 3 meals a day included
PAYMENT & REGISTRATION
Deposits
A deposit of $600 USD is required to reserve a room at all High Vibe Yoga immersions for both shared and private accommodation options.
A $200 USD deposit is required to hold your space for our High Vibe ‘no accommodation’ option. The remaining amount is due 14 days prior to immersion start date.
Full amount
Due 14 days prior to immersion start date.
Email highvibeyoga@gmail.com for bank transfer information or PayPal instructions. (no Pay Pal account required to use PayPal.)
Registration Form
Please download: HighVibeYoga_RegistrationForm
~ Please type your answers and email your registration form to highvibeyoga@gmail.com. We will then email you our Payment Instructions.
With 2 High Vibe Yoga classes a day offering in depth instruction, internationally renowned guest speakers and teachers, 3 meals each day, incredible accommodations, food workshops, guided meditations and a Bali Insider’s Tour, our High Vibe Yoga Immersion will be a very special experience for everyone. See you in Ubud!
“The High Vibe retreat was life changing. I went to Bali hoping to relax, de-stress and do some yoga. While that was achieved, the retreat offered so much more. I have a loads of gratitude to Megan and Emily for all that I have learned through the amazing work that they do. I came into the retreat really closed off to the world. I had so many walls built to keep people away, thinking I was strong because no one could hurt me. In the retreat, I learned that real strength is about having the courage to let people in. It was amazing connecting with everyone on the retreat and I feel really lucky to have been a part of a group where everyone was open and honest. It was a magical experience, and I feel that I am truly living better as a result.” ~Evonne, Australia
INFO ON BALI
Booking Flights:
Kayak.com uses a price calendar in their flight searches—a great travel tool! Skyscanner.com is another favorite. Airasia, Garuda, and Jetstar airlines are great if flying to Bali from southeast Asia and Australia.
Airport:
Denpasar, Bali (airport code: DPS) The airport is about a 90 minute drive from Ubud. When you depart the Denpasar airport on your return flight home, you must pay a 150,000 IDR CASH ONLY (approx $15 USD) airport tax per person.
Indonesian Visas:
Apply for a VISA ON ARRIVAL at the Ngurah Rai airport in Denpasar when you arrive in Bali. (airport code: DPS)
The visa is $25 US and is valid for 30 days with an option to extend for an extra 30 days.
Phones:
Nokia phones are $ 30 US. You must buy a phone number (SIM card about $3 US) and credit ($5-10 US)Bring an unlocked phone if you have one.
Wifi:
Is available everywhere in Bali and at the villa.
Transport:
Taxis are around $ 35 US from airport to Ubud.
Renting a motor bike costs approximately $ 5 US a day, less if you rent by week/month. Hiring a driver/taxi in Ubud is approx $5 USD each way in the village.
***If you would like us to hire a driver to pick you up at the airport, please let us know—we are more than happy to arrange this for you. Please email us your flight details. A driver will be waiting for you at the arrivals gate with a sign with your name on it.
Additional accommodation outside retreat dates:
- Honeymoon Guesthouse
- Ananda cottages
- Melati Cottages
- Ubud Bungalows
- Greenfield Bungalows
- Family Guesthouse
- Rona
Currency:
Indonesia Rupia (IDR)
1 U.S. dollar = 8,500 IDR
An average latte at a nice restaurant costs 20,000 IDR or approx. $2.25 US.
Weather & Clothing:
Ubud is warm—often very warm and sunny. Summer clothing suggested. Bring a light jacket for the evenings when the weather cools. If you have plans to climb the volcanoes, please bring warm clothing. It is very chilly in the volcanic regions. Rain ponchos can be bought easily in Ubud if needed.
Temple dress:
Women must wear a sarong to cover legs and a shirt which covers shoulders to enter the temples. You may borrow or purchase here in Ubud easily if you do not own a sarong.
With Gratitude,
Emily Kuser & the High Vibe team
