Body Bliss in Bali: A Boudoir & Burlesque Retreat for Self Love
Picture this:
You’re in the middle of a private villa in the rice paddies of Bali. The stars are dancing over head, brighter than you’ve seen in years. You’re butt ass naked in a private pool, surrounded by new friends who you have connected with on a soul-level. You’re all laughing a big, deep, belly laugh. The kind of laughter that makes your tummy hurt and your eyes start to water. And – the best part – you’re not thinking about what your body looks like for one second. You’re in the moment. You’re present, enjoying the feeling of the cool water on your skin, the jungle sounds in your ears, and the delightful smell of the natural earth and rice fields around you.
Sound like a fantasy?
It isn’t – this was our reality for our 2022 retreat in Bali this year.
When I started burlesque 8 years ago, it gave me so much more freedom to exist in my body than I ever thought possible. It taught me how to be present in my bod, how to trust in my bod, and how to observe my bod in ways that transformed my relationship with my self. The woman who helped facilitate this growth was our local Victoria BC burlesque matriach, Rosie Bitts. As my business grew and grew, helped largely through the confidence I obtained through burlesque, we started to realize how well our offerings and mission to the world lined up. Through our shared passion of travel, facilitation of healing and transformational spaces, burlesque, and body love – our retreat company, Bare Soul Retreats, was born.
Our retreats offer a space that invites you to explore all of you. It invites you to step into your true powerful self. It’s an unlearning of how we’ve been taught to be at war with our bodies. It’s a shedding of toxic beliefs and ideas that have been planted in our minds by a manipulative system. It’s a trust-fall into a place of unapologetic self-celebration, self-respect, and self-love. It’s a space full of community, connection, and holding each other tenderly in your hearts. And, most importantly, it’s a space for you to let go, relaaaax, and have the best f*cking time that you deserve.
We chose Bali as the backdrop for our first retreats because there’s a certain innate magic to the jungle. It’s hard to explain until you get there – but the island of Bali is simply transformational. The people are some of the kindest humans you will ever meet. I’ve travelled a lot, and no where comes close to the warmth, kindness, and sheer joy that the Balinese people exude.
It is the perfect backdrop to bring a group of women and feminine souls to play, heal, and transform together.
There’s so much the island of Bali has to offer, from cleansing water temple rituals, to adventure tourism including snorkelling with manta rays and some of the world’s best diving, to tranquil and serene rice paddies – the perfect setting for meditation, reflection, and inner work.
Each year we go back, I get to fall deeper in love with the island, and watch our beautiful retreat attendees do the same.
Bali was the perfect setting for Rosie and I to cultivate the ultimate body bliss itinerary.
And when I say body bliss, I mean:
being present in your body
playing, laughing, dancing with your body (not thinking about how it looks, thinking about how it FEELS)
feeling safe enough to be still and quiet in your body
forgetting that you even let your body hold you back before this
Because yes, you are so much more than a body. But the relationship you have with your body is the longest one you will have in this life. And you deserve to have that relationship be one that sparks joy and sets you free.
Watch a behind the scenes of our 2022 retreat
If you’ve been feeling curious about the transformational potential of either boudoir or burlesque, and have a penchant for travel, and containers full of community, support, and growth – then one of our retreats might be the right fit for you. We only take attendees based on an application system, to ensure each attendee is the right fit for our space and to ensure you get the most out of your experience with us.
If you want to join us on our next retreat, click the link below for more information!