Banjar Kumbuh

Although I woke up sad it was our final day, I felt like time had moved so slowly. Our days were long (normally 5:30am-11:30pm) and full (often feeling like 3 days in one)! Yet, my mind felt more rested than ever. Between the yoga, meditation, visualizations, time in nature, walks, massages, pool time and meaningful friendships built- it felt like I was totally at peace. A really wonderful feeling coming out of an emotionally hard and busy past few years.

I choose to skip the final morning of yoga and instead get in an extra hour of work time to flesh out some next steps for Harmony Weddings. We then had breakfast and our coach was well enough to resume classes! We discussed how to identify bottlenecks in our business, how to address them and how to make quarterly/monthly/weekly plans that are achievable and impactful. We enjoyed lunch, our final pool time and I squeezed in one last massage and facial. The resort staff was SO good at memorizing our names and would address me by name all day long. I made a goal day 1 to do my best to do the same and it led to some really sweet relationships being built. I was sad to say goodbye and they all had me promise I will be back. Who’s coming with me?!

I quickly packed and we had a moving final dinner. We journaled on some reflection questions on what we need to thrive, what boundaries do we need to put in place and what have we been avoiding that we need to do. I look forward to continuing to reflect on these questions in the coming weeks and putting them into action. We then ended our week with a closing fire ceremony. We were each given a long palm leaf with a Balinese phrase about dreams coming true. Em led us in one final closing meditation, going back to our initial hopes and fears from day 1. She had us pick a dream (or 2) and repeat it in our minds saying “what if X came true?” Then she had us repeat it again but this time changing the phrasing to “Isn’t it great that X”, manifesting that dream coming true. We then each wrote the dream on the leaf and placed it in the fire.

In Indonesia, they see fire as the start instead of the end. A purifier, a beautiful, powerful thing. We were then each given a small holder of beautiful flower petals that they use as offerings. We went around the circle 3 times and expressed gratitude for this experience, our lives, one another and ourselves. It was a moving, tearful way to end the week. These women came in with open hearts and we dug deep fast. We shared fears, anxieties and challenges we hadn’t shared widely with others. And it led to really meaningful, lifelong connections being built. I am so grateful to Em and Jessi for their work in making this dream a reality. I’m thankful to all the women (solo pics are with Jen and Kelsey) who shared some deeply moving conversations with me.

A group of us then loaded up the taxis to head to the airport. I was grateful to share a taxi with my good friend Erin! Despite it being late after a long day, we had all sorts of beautiful conversations. I am so deeply inspired by her courage, resilience and heart. We met up with Brooke an Sarah at the airport! Thankfully, both Brooke and Sara were on my flight so it was nice to have travel buddies. We went from Bali to Doha, said our goodbyes to Sara and Brooke and I carried on to JFK and now home!! Thankfully I was able to sleep at the “right” times and fingers crossed the time change won’t be too brutal.

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