Going Beyond Survival: Somatic Retreat in Bali ~ Dec 2026
A transformational 8-day somatic retreat where ancient Bali wisdom meets modern healing. Transform fatigue, disconnection, and survival mode into vitality and embodied presence. Combining Somatic Experiencing, shadow work, and sacred temple rituals in a luxurious Ubud cliffside sanctuary, you’ll restore your nervous system, ongoing regulation, and reconnect with your aliveness. December 11-18, 2026.
Going Beyond Survival:
A Somatic Retreat in Paradise 🌸
Ubud, Bali ~ December 11-18, 2026
Join Jaya for a transformational 8-day somatic retreat in the heart of Bali, where ancient wisdom meets modern healing. This immersive experience offers you the space to move beyond survival patterns and reconnect with your body’s aliveness, wisdom, and sacred expression.
Through nervous system regulation, shadow integration, and grounded connection with your spirit, you’ll be supported to transform ongoing fatigue, disconnection, and survival mode into embodied presence, vitality, and authentic freedom.
The naturally healing environment of the Island of the Gods amplifies this work. You’ll make offerings at an ancient water temple, absorb the reverberations of a million daily prayers, and wash yourself in its waterfalls. All of this while resting in a luxurious cliffside sanctuary, overlooking one of the city’s three main healing rivers designed for deep transformation.
In a world that demands constant performance and pushing through, this retreat is your invitation to come home to your body and remember yourself. Together, we’ll explore what it means to stop surviving and start thriving.
Give yourself the gift of paradise while cultivating lasting nervous system regulation, authentic self-connection, and embodied spirituality. ✨
What This Retreat Offers
Over eight regenerative days, you’ll experience:
✨ Somatic practices and nervous system regulation to transform chronic activation or shutdown into embodied safety and vitality
✨ Shadow and trauma integration using Somatic Experiencing, Brainspotting, EMDR, and IFS to welcome disconnected parts home
✨ Sacred Bali experiences including flower offering making with Balinese women and blessed ritual at a water temple
✨ Luxurious cliffside sanctuary with panoramic views, multiple pools, spacious ensuite bedrooms, and abundant rest spaces
✨ Nourishing vegetarian meals (vegan options) made by our private chef with locally sourced ingredients
✨ Integration tools and practices including a comprehensive workbook to maintain progress and resilience after you return home
✨ Post-retreat support with one follow-up Zoom call to assist your continued journey
Core Themes
Going Beyond Survival Patterns
Recognize how constant exhaustion, body tension, and emotional disconnection live in your nervous system. Learn to track sensations, work with pendulation and titration, and build capacity to move from chronic fight/flight/fawn/freeze into safety and vitality.
Nervous System Regulation & The Vagus Nerve
Understand your window of tolerance and activation states. Learn proven somatic tools to reset your stress physiology, strengthen interoception, and rediscover your many diaphragms. Practice grounding, orienting, and vagal toning that creates lasting change.
Access Emotions Somatically
Reunite with your body’s emotional signals, inner wisdom, and something greater than yourself to guide life. Access emotions somatically through the body including fear, shame, anxiety, grief, and healthy aggression for boundary setting. Connect with embodied spirituality and post-traumatic growth.
Deconstruct Protective Patterns & Remember Rhythm
Learn to sit with your rejected parts/shadow and welcome uncomfortable sensations for integration using breath, attention, and movement. Drop the exhaustion of performing and people-pleasing. Remember your natural rhythms.
Integration & Ancestral Resources
Identify intergenerational trauma and cultivate ancestral resources to enhance vitality. Build sustainable practices through daily somatic exercises. Use integration tools for ongoing nervous system regulation, resilience, and authentic self-expression that prevent burnout and support lasting transformation.
Trauma as Portal to Awakening
Move beyond “love and light” spiritual practices that skip over the full emotional range. Learn to transform your relationship with developmental, complex, and acute trauma, embracing it as a gateway to awaken through the body in an integrative way that steers clear of spiritual bypassing.
Retreat Location​
Our luxurious cliffside sanctuary in Ubud offers breathtaking panoramic views and thoughtfully designed spaces for deep nervous system reset. The property features:
✨ Spacious ensuite bedrooms with private bathrooms
✨ Multiple swimming pools overlooking the valley
✨ Abundant dining and resting spaces
✨ Dedicated yoga and practice studio
✨ Locally sourced, chef-prepared meals
✨ Natural healing environment surrounded by rice terraces
✨ One complimentary 60-minute Balinese massage onsite
✨ Sacred temple visits and cultural experiences
✨ Close proximity to Ubud’s spiritual heart
Sample Schedule
Daily Rhythm
8:30 am – Embodied practice and/or yoga
10 am – Brunch
12-2:30 pm – Somatic teaching & practice session
2:30 pm – Snack
3-5 pm – Nature time, swimming, or embodied practice
5 pm – Dinner
7:30-8:15 pm – Yoga nidra, meditation, or embodied practice
This isn’t a quick escape. It’s a compassionate re-patterning of your nervous system that lasts. We pace the work, avoid forced catharsis, and honor your window of tolerance, because safety and titrated interventions lead to sustainable transformation. You’ll be supported by seasoned practitioners using gentle and effective somatic practices that invite your systems to unwind on all levels.
Safety Measures Include:
✨ Boundaried sharing and trauma-informed facilitation
✨ Co-regulation support when challenging material arises
✨ Adequate rest time for integration
Please note this retreat is not intended for personal therapy, nor is it designed to train you as a therapist, but aims to provide experiential education to empower you to become trauma-informed in your life, to learn how to cultivate deeper safety within, as well as in the provision of support to others, partly through the cultivation of your own embodied presence.
Trauma survivors are very welcome; we ask that survivors of sexual abuse or rape, parent with addiction, family suicide or sudden death – have previously been in minimum of 6 months therapy. Your well-being is of utmost importance to us and we ask that those with a significant trauma history are resourced with the possibility of additional therapeutic support during the Retreat to ensure they are sufficiently held in the exploration of sensitive content. In cases of previous attempted suicide or psychiatric care/psychosis – medical professional declaration of suitability to attend is required.
Special Activities & Includes
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- Visit Mengening Water Temple and WaterfallÂ
- Welcome by the village women who will teach us how to make Balinese offeringsÂ
- Take some afternoons and/or evenings off to enjoy walks, swimming or spa treatments.
- Our last evening, enjoy a ceremonial bonfire (weather permitting).
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- Beautiful accommodation, healthy, fresh food, relaxing rest places, yoga shala overlooking the river and private pool.
- 1 traditional Balinese massage, and transport to our outting.
Travel​
Flights into Denpasar Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport and then take a 1-1.5 hour taxi to Ubud. You can also taxi easily to and from our central Ubud retreat location.
You will also need at least a 30 day Tourist Visa. Please consult with Jaya directly before purchasing online.
Book your spot
December 11th – 18th, 2026, Ubud ~ Bali
There are 9 rooms available onsite. Once they sell out, you can book nearby accommodation (5-10 minute walk) to our Sanctuary!
Private Room
47,450,000
IDR
Deposit: 17,450,000 IDR
IDR is equal to Full: $4,000 CAD, $2,900 USD
IDR is equal to Deposit: $1,500 CAD, $1,069 USD
Onsite Early bird
2,299,000 IDR off until September 10th!
IDR is equal to $200 CAD ($140 USD)Â
Shared Private or Twin Room
41,450,000
IDR
Deposit: 17,450,000 IDR
IDR is equal to Full: $3,500 CAD, $2,539 USD
IDR is equal to Deposit: $1,500 CAD, $1,069 USD
Onsite Early bird
2,299,000 IDR off until September 10th!
IDR is equal to $200 CAD ($140 USD)Â
Staying offsite (meals incl)
29,450,000
IDR
Deposit: 11,450,000 IDR
IDR is equal to Full: $2,500 CAD, $1,800 USD
IDR is equal to Deposit: $1,000 CAD, $711 USD
Offsite Early bird
1,199,000 IDR off until September 10th!
IDR is equal to $100 CAD ($70 USD)Â
Early Bird Pricing Ends September 10th, 2026
For pricing and registration, please visit:
FAQ Section
Yes. I will briefly explain Somatic Experiencing fundamentals at the outset. I will email additional video content to people who are new to somatic work. The retreat will be paced to avoid overwhelm, including ample breaks to reset, alongside tools for nervous system regulation for all.
I don’t use spiritual language that requires specific beliefs. When I say “sacred” or “spiritual,” I mean connection to something larger than yourself, whether you call that: Self, soul, nature, universal consciousness, or the Creator. The practices are grounded in neuroscience and Jungian Shadow Psychology. If you’re secular and want to experience body-based shadow integration work, and are open to connection with something larger than yourself, you’ll find that support here.
Deep work can activate our subconscious patterns and unintegrated traumas. That’s different from being triggered or re-traumatized. We work carefully with resources, and you are invited to stay within your window of tolerance. You’re always in control of how deep you go. Myself or my assistant will be able to support people who require additional help with integration.
Unfortunately not, but you can book flights into Denpasar Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport and then take a 1-1.5 hour taxi ($40 CAD, $30 USD or 400,000 IDR) to Ubud by booking through the Grab app or by finding a taxi outside of the gate. We will send you the address to arrive at our Sanctuary in Ubud via email in the weeks before we begin.
Most nationalities will also need a visa. The 30-day B213 Tourist Visa (Approx $50 CAD or $35 USD), which can also be extended to 60 days, should work well.
Booking.com and Airbnb.com have many excellent options for booking hotels and villas on the island.
Absolutely, there is an option to pay a deposit to reserve your space. The remainder of payment is due [INSERT DATE]. If you require any other arrangements, please message us.
The refund policies for all retreats is outlined below:
- Cancellation up to 90 days before the event: full refund.
- Cancellation up to 60 days prior to event start date: 50% of your payment is refunded.
- Cancellation up to 60-30 days prior to event start date: 25% of your payment is refunded.
- Cancellation 30 days prior or less before event start date: no refund.
From survival into resourced energy
From disconnection into feeling again
From chronic activation into nervous system regulation
From tension into deep rest & remembering
Come home to your body in paradise.
Restore your nervous system, reconnect with your aliveness, and awaken embodied presence in the heart of Bali.
Still not sure?
Email me: info {@} jayahollohan.com with your questions
Write me to book a 15 minute WhatsApp call: +1 (613) 866-7091 for more clarity
Join the waitlist: email me if timing isn’t right but you want to be notified for future cohorts, trainings or retreats