Awake Human Being Retreat – Bali Edition
25 June – 1 July 2026
Bookings Open

Join us at the Awake Human Being Retreat in Bali

Join us for an immersive 7-night Conscious Dance Retreat near Amed, Bali. Facilitated by Brian (founder of Awake Human Being) and Nurvitria (experienced Conscious Dance Facilitator and guest teacher). Set in a stunning location near the ocean and Mount Agung, we will dance in silence, away from phones, tech, and daily routines to rediscover what it truly means to be human.

What to Expect:

🎵 Daily Conscious Dance & Mindfulness: Using movement, yoga, deep relaxation, and meditation as tools to enter deep communion with our true selves.

💃 A 12-Hour Dance Ceremony: The first four days build toward a powerful 12-hour dance ceremony (noon to midnight) on Day 5, combined with a 36-hour food fast for deep clearing.

🪷 Noble Silence & Integration: For the whole retreat, we step into noble silence to connect with the wisdom we will discover.

The Details:

🗓️ When: June 25th to July 1st 2026

📍 Where: Near Amed, Bali (Remote, ocean-front location)

Accommodation & Investment

Room Type	Description	Single / Solo Price	Couple (Per Person)
Chakra Single	Simple room, single bed, fan. Shared bathrooms/toilets & tea station.	R9850 / $600/ €515	N/A
Premium Twin	Large, modern, luxury room with ensuite. Shared with one other.	R13,950 / $850 / €730	These rooms are shared by 2 people in separate beds or a double bed can be arranged for couples.
Chakra Double	Simple room with double bed and private shower.	R11,000 / $670 / €515	R8,500 / $520 / €445
Baruna Bungalow	Premium Bungalow - SOLD OUT	R14500/ $600 / €500	R8,500 / $500 / €420
Sunrise Bungalow	Our most premium individual bungalow. - SOLD OUT	R15,000 / $920 / €790	R9,500 / $570 / €570

Note: All rates include 7 nights of lodging and full meal service. All rooms include drinking water, towels, and a sarong for your use during the stay.

This is a retreat and not a workshop. The only things we will process are things that arise in the moment. All are welcome!

Arriving Early?

If you would like to arrive a day early to settle into the space before we begin, you can book an extra night:

Chakra Rooms: R500 / $40 / €35
All Other Rooms: R650 / $60 / €50

Spaces for this retreat are limited, particularly for the Premium Twin rooms and Bungalows. If you feel called to join us, please let me know which accommodation option you prefer, and I will send over the booking details and deposit information.

Booking essential: Contact Brian to book info@awakehumanbeing.com

About the Retreats

The aim of this retreat is simple: to give yourself the enormous gift of time. It is a space to remember what it truly means to be human, to explore your inner being, and to deepen your connection with the world around you.

Just as an acorn requires the right conditions to become a great oak, we humans thrive when we are nurtured. This retreat provides those conditions—a "breathing balance" between rest and movement, designed to help you discover the inner wisdom that guides your creative expression.

The Journey: Movement & Silence

This is a retreat, not a workshop. We do not focus on "processing" anything specifically; instead, we stay present with whatever arises in the moment.

The retreat is for earnest, sincere seekers prepared to push their edges of comfort in the pursuit of self-knowledge.

The Transition: We gently enter silence on the first day and emerge on the seventh.
The Focus: We explore the "Maps of the Awake Human Being" system, with each day building toward an integrated whole.
The Ceremony: The first four days prepare us for Day 5, which features a Dance Ceremony from noon until midnight, combined with a 36-hour solid food fast.
Integration: Day 6 is dedicated to integration in deep silence before we break the silence together on Day 7.

A Day in the Life

While each day carries a specific intention, our rhythm follows this flow:

06:30 – 08:30: Yoga / Breathwork / Meditation
08:30 – 10:00: Breakfast & Free Time
10:00 – 12:30: Conscious Dance / Movement & Yoga Nidra (Deep Relaxation)
12:30 – 15:30: Lunch (Main Meal) & Nature Walks
15:30 – 17:30: Conscious Dance & Mindfulness Practice
17:30 – 19:00: Light Dinner & Free Time
19:00 – 21:15: Conscious Dance Practice & Meditation
21:15 – Close: Free time and sleep

The Environment: A Digital Detox

To truly awaken the heart and body, we step away from modern distractions.

Not Permitted: Phones, laptops, tech, books, drugs, alcohol, or stimulants.
Encouraged: Journals for poetry and epiphanies, and art materials to paint or draw as you respond to your deepening sensitivity.

Testimonials From Our Participants

"The best gift I have ever given myself!"
- Bevin

"The combination of silence and movement was perfect. If something came up, I would dance with it—sometimes a gentle unfolding, sometimes a tumultuous unraveling."
- Tiva

"Brian is an incredible teacher, holding space for the vast range of human experience to unfold in creative and healing ways. His intelligence, intuition, humor, and grace filter through his words as he weaves magic through his use of music and imagery."
- Yanna

"My daily life is lived almost entirely in the mind—technology, to-do lists, meetings. The dance retreat feels like coming home to myself. My dancing, dreaming, connected self is completely real. I now have the space and energy to show up for what is next."
- Sarah

"People from the previous retreat said it was ‘life-changing.’ They weren’t wrong... It was the retreat of a lifetime. We became tuning forks to our authentic selves; the vibration of loving awareness and shared intention to grow shook every cell."
- Jasmine

"I experienced a myriad of wonderful insights into myself and was amazed how you managed to incorporate so much: yoga, nature, creativity, visualization, and movement. For me, it feels like so much I have been working on has been integrated in a profound way."
- Belinda

"I was blown away by the power and beauty of the music. The facilitation was a perfect blend of wise guidance and non-interference in the unfolding process. I came away feeling inspired and rejuvenated!"
- Richard

More Details about the retreat:

The focus of the retreat is to enter into communion with ourselves and nature. To remember what it is to Be Human. We aim to spend seven days exploring non-verbal communication that all life is speaking.

We will gently transition into silence during the first day and come out of it on the last day.
Our aim is to access the present now through movement, mindfulness, and meditation.
We will not bring or use our phones, tech, books, drugs, alcohol, or stimulants.
Our time will be spent deepening and expanding into the experience of Being so that we can explore and awaken to aspects of our minds, hearts, and body that we don’t usually hear in our day-to-day life.
We will aim to cultivate deeper receptivity and listening to nature around and within us and respond to this deepening sensitivity through creative expression.
Journals for creative writing, poetry and jotting down epiphanies as well as art materials to paint, drawer or make art are permitted and encouraged.
We will also aim bring ourselves into harmony with nature and be open to experience transmissions from higher aspects of our being.
It will be a time learn to move or practice moving in harmony with the world within and around us and improve our ability to be an instrument of the divine flow of our life.
There will be adequate time to rest in between sessions of movement. You do not have to have a certain level of fitness just a willingness to perhaps push through a few edges in the spirit of adventure. All are welcome on this retreat.
See the retreat guidelines below for more information

Please feel free to contact us with any questions you have about the retreat. Please book early to avoid disappointment as space is limited to a maximum of 21 participants.

Meet The Facilitators

Brian Bergman

Brian is the visionary founder of Awake Human Being and Dance Awake, a facilitator dedicated to the art of presence and the rhythm of Being. With a journey spanning over 26 years of yoga, meditation, conscious dance, and mindfulness, Brian’s path has been one of profound service and deep inquiry—from the quiet discipline of ashram life to a decade spent teaching mindfulness within the walls of prisons and practicing as a veterinarian in Khayelitsha.

Holding a PG Diploma in Yogic Studies from Bihar Yoga Bharati in India and a qualification as a Dancing Freedom facilitator, Brian offers a grounded, expert presence that bridges ancient tradition with modern movement. For the past eight years, he has curated and led these silent retreats designed to evoke the sacred simplicity of the ashram life he once lived and the periods of intense personal practice. By weaving together the stillness of meditation, nature, mindfulness, deep relaxation, with the medicine of conscious dance, and mindful movement practice, Brian creates a sanctuary for participants to strip away the noise and return to the essential, vibrant truth of their being.

Nurvitria

Nurvitria is an impact strategist and somatic guide dedicated to the belief that personal reconnection is a radical act of global transformation. With over 15 years of experience supporting sustainable projects across Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific, her journey has led her to one essential truth: to navigate the complexities of our modern world, we must first return to the wisdom of the body. Nurvitria views our current global challenges as symptoms of a long-standing disconnection from ourselves and the Earth—a rift she seeks to heal through the art of embodied leadership.

Drawing from her deep roots in Ontological Coaching, Contact Improvisation, and Body-Mind Centering, Nurvitria creates immersive spaces where mind, body, and emotional intelligence converge. Based in the lush landscape of Ubud, she curates transformative sonic journeys through Dissolve and lush.movements, weaving together eclectic musical landscapes that range from ancestral rhythms to ambient dub and jazz. Her work invites participants to listen to their "essential Self," using movement and sound as an alchemical bridge to connection. For Nurvitria, every ripple of somatic awareness found on the dance floor is a seed for a more conscious and compassionate world.

Nurvitria will be holding some of the conscious dance sessions on the Bali Retreat.