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48 HOURS IN THE AIR LATER…

COMO SHAMBHALA ESTATE

and I am grinning ear to ear just so grateful that someone is there waiting to get me!  After all, flying all that way by myself was a big deal for me.  I don’t have the experience that I do now.  Nowadays, I fly everywhere but back then, I was just getting started.  When I landed, I was pretty nervous about what the experience was going to be like.  I’d like tell you guys that I did all kinds of research and I was feeling really safe and secure about my decision but that wasn’t really the case.  It was a toss-up between Bali and Thailand and I chose Bali super last-minute.  Now don’t get me wrong, as far as the hotel’s themselves, I knew them backwards and forwards but the actual country, not so much. 

The money exchange process alone was wild.  For every 10 US dollars I had, I got 130,000 Indonesian Rupiah’s.  The first few transactions I made were pretty foggy to be honest.  I am pretty sure I tipped really well but I’ll never know.  I was shaking like a leaf.

Out of desperation, I found myself completely lost and ironically enough from this experience, from being lost…I found myself.

I hope you enjoy my adventure.

It took about an hour to get to my hotel from the airport.  When I arrived, I could barely keep my eyes open.  Where I come from, I am exactly 13 hours behind so needless to say, I was trying to play catch up from the moment I arrived.  When I saw my room, I was in love.  It was so perfect in every way.  They also leave you little notes on the bed that are handmade from the local Balinese “janur” grass on the property.  I kept every single one of them. 🙂  I will probably make another post entirely on them because they are so special to me!!

I was so excited to crawl in bed and sleep.

I highly recommend if you do Bali, try to stay for at least 2 weeks.  You’ll be so glad you did.  By the time I got all caught up from being jet-lagged, it was time to go home.  Let’s face it though, just being there was like a dream come true so all of my adrenaline kicked in and that alone kept me up and excited.  

This whole trip was planned around the anniversary of my moms passing.  I got to Bali on May 6th and I was dreading May 7th just like I did the others, but I made a promise to myself to be strong and push through.  After I got settled in, my assistant asked me if I wanted to do Mt. Batur that next morning.  I had no idea what he was talking about.  I didn’t realize it was a hike.  He told me that I would have to wake up at 3 am and meet him down in the lobby (May 7th).  At first, I hesitated…I hadn’t got a good nights sleep in a few days much less any at all.  The idea of getting sleep sounded so good to me but that little voice inside of my head was telling me that I didn’t go to Bali to go to sleep, I went to Bali to heal…so without much more thought, I told him yes and then within hours, I was back in the lobby ready to go.

When I got to the hike, they were not kidding…it was a haul to get there and a haul to make it all the way up.  I had to wear layers and layers of clothes because it was freezing and I had to wear a light on my head so that I could see what was in front of me.  It was pitch black in some areas and if you don’t know where you are going, you could end up somewhere you really don’t want to be.  I don’t recommend doing the hike unless you go with someone who knows what they are doing or you will miss the sunrise and burnout before you get to the top.  I was exhausted but I was on a personal mission.  I didn’t stop one single time.  I was bound and determined to get there in time to see the sunrise and once I did….GOD was it worth it. 

It is one of the coolest moments of my life and by far most rewarding.  My guide told me that the fog sometimes prevents people from seeing the sunrise and he thought for sure that the fog was going to prevent us from seeing it too, but it came out just in time and when it did, I just started bawling my eyes out.  It was an amazing moment.  18 miles there and back felt impossible but in the end…it was so worth it.

If you follow me on instagram, then you’ve probably already seen the interaction I had with the monkeys.  It was such an amazing day!! It is hard to put it all into words. 

After the hike, I went back to my room and passed out for a solid 10 hours.  I got up the next day ready to take on another beautiful day in Bali. 

I was greeted each morning for breakfast with a shot of turmeric and homemade almond milk latte’s.  It was a dream.

For breakfast, I got fresh fruit or a juice and muesli, apple & pear salad with flax-seed powder.  They also had a cinnamon and coconut porridge that was to die for.  I bought the cook book just so I could learn how to make it back home.  

The food in Bali is seriously so so good.     

The entire week was packed with activities that kept me busy and super active the entire time.  I am not going to lie…it was packed so full there were days I just wanted to relax and do nothing but I felt bad for it. I didn’t want to waste any time.

I took Balinese culture classes, yoga classes such as power yoga, flow yoga, yin yoga, hatha yoga, and restorative yoga.  I took juice classes and had the majority of my lessons in Ayurvedic medicine. ( let me know if you want me to do a post on it ) I did rock climbing, hydrotherapy, circuit training, Pilates, rice field walks, estate walks, and rice field biking…this is where I came across an entire field of peppers.  My eyes lit up so big!!

It was so much fun! 

This is when my obsession for peppers really kicked in.  I knew I liked spicy food, but not like I do now.  Ever since Bali, I have become a lot more experimental with peppers and now I add them to almost every meal I have.  There’s something about the Bali spice that just taste so dang good.  They made me a lover of spice even more than I already was.   They have so much passion for their crops and it was amazing to witness. I also got to fly some kites with these kids and all they waned to do was say hello and play.  It was a moment ill never forget.  I have this picture framed in my house.

The next few days were spent in class or in Ayurvedic treatments.

A couple of days before I had to leave, a lady I met at the plantation asked me if I wanted to go to a local yoga studio with her. She told me they were extremely well-known and had some of the best yoga classes in the world.  

I didn’t hesitate.  I had no idea it was going to be THE YOGA BARN. (insert heart eyes here) 

“The path of the unknown leads to the gates of wisdom.”

I had a breakthrough that day.  Those words moved me in a way that is hard to even explain.  You know you had a good experience when you are wiping tears from your face at the end and that is exactly what I was doing.

Really and truly the entire Balinese experience was life changing.  I highly recommend it to anyone and I highly recommend doing one of the retreats at this hotel. ( Como Shambhala Estate )

I left Bali and went back to the states feeling revived again.

I focused so much energy on the struggle and on the disease that I forgot how to be present.  Bali taught me how to be present again…Bali taught me how to take risks and dig deep. Bali taught me how to meditate.  Bali taught me how to believe in myself and love again but most importantly, Bali taught me that you can “have” nothing and still have absolutely everything.  Those kids that I met that day were the happiest kids I have ever seen and they didn’t even have shoes on.  Some of the people I met in the village were the sweetest people in the world and they didn’t have any teeth.  I was blessed and guided so gently and sweetly that day on the mountain and my tour guide had 3 kids, a brother with 4 kids, and they were both under 21 years old living in one of the poorest slums in Bali.  Did I need this extravagant trip to heal?  No.  I learned that I didn’t “need” any of it.  However, by stepping outside of my comfort zone and taking a risk…I found meaning in so much.  I found my purpose again.  I found my strength.  I found it all.  I found peace and comfort in the unknown.  

I may have found a little bit of wisdom too.

  Much love,

Chelsea

COMO SHAMBHALA ESTATE, BALI 48 HOURS IN THE AIR LATER... COMO SHAMBHALA ESTATE and I am grinning ear to ear just so grateful that someone is there waiting to get me!  

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