AcroAwake retreat in BukaBuka island
7 days of Acroyoga Retreat in a Private Island in Sulawesi – Indonesia with DuoAwake
A unique 7-day experience of acroyoga, relaxation and spirituality, fully immersed on the privatized island of Buka Buka in Indonesia
Imagine an almost deserted privatized Indonesian island just for you, white sand, blue waters, a tropical temperature, a pure air, the silence of the nature, a total connection to yourself. It’s in this heavenly landscape that the DuoAwake, Rachel TOMÉ and Frantz GODET in partnership with Thomas DESPIN, founder of the eco-project “Reconnect”, are delighted to invite you to come and celebrate the spring equinox (autumn in the Southern Hemisphere) during a week of all-inclusive retreat on BukaBuka Island.
You will discover Acroyoga in different forms and learn to adapt the practice to your body and your aspirations. Also enjoy daily yoga sessions and guided meditations with Rachel. Get to know your body through the art of movement and therapeutic massage with Frantz. This retreat is also the opportunity to reconnect with yourself but also to create privileged links with a group of people in an authentic, intimate and safe space.
You will enjoy the island BukaBuka, more than 3 hectares of pristine beaches, trekking, boat trip with snorkeling, meeting with locals (only about ten people live on the island) and new learning as how to do coconut oil, discussions about the island’s issues and the “Reconnect” solidarity project, a sacred fire evening, visit an underground volcano and finally you can relax and take all the toxins out of your body in the sweat lodge.
Between the project and the action, there is only one step, so do not wait, book your place as soon as possible for this unique experience because we have only 20 places available.
<<<<Place of stay>>>>
Buka Buka Island is right at the entrance of the famous Togean Island National Park, home to Indonesia’s largest coral reef.
Address :
Reconnect – Sustainable Island Experience
BukaBuka Island, Central Sulawesi 94684, Indonesia
<<<<Accommodation>>>>
8 days / 7 nights
Arriving on Saturday, March 21st, 2020
Departure on Saturday, March 28, 2020
You will be accommodated on BukaBuka Island, in this little corner of Indonesian paradise specially privatized during the retreat.
Once arrived at the airport, everything is supported. You will be brought to the resort where everything is included (activities, meals, accommodation).
<There are two types of housing:>
Tent « Glamping »
For couples, pairs or privatization alone
« Luxury » Bengalow :
Shared space for 3 people, couple or privatization in pairs
<<<<Food>>>>
The food will be prepared by a local chef who will adapt to the needs of the group.
The 3 meals of the day will be offered as a buffet.
Snacks will be available all day.
Fresh natural juices, fruits, vegetables and hot drinks (coffee, tea) will be self-service.
We can also stock up on freshly caught fish for people without special diets.
If you have a particular diet (vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free …) intolerances or allergies, please inform us when you book to adapt to your needs.
<<<<Schedule: typical day>>>>
Daily we will have the opportunity to practice the connection to ourselves and to the others through these disciplines:
– We propose to start the day with a time of silence and a group meditation (sometimes guided).
– The morning continues with a yoga practice.
– And then the breakfast.
– As well as an acroyoga practice time
– We’re going to share some meals with conversations on specific topics.
– After the meal we will have a rest time
– We will wait mid-afternoon as the heat goes down to enjoy the wonders of activity and activities
– We can meet for a session of movement and acroyoga
– A detoxification time in the sweat lodge will be proposed
– For the dinner we will let the energy express itself through the discussions
– The nights we will have a massage class of different orientations (where everyone can receive and give) or a guided relaxation to prepare a restorative night.
– For those who want to enjoy the night and the beauty of the sky, we can start a fire to continue sharing, music and dance before we rest.
– During the night, practice of “Noble Silence”
This program can be adapted to everyone. Feel free to participate or not in the different workshops and activities that are offered to you. You are in this retreat for yourself, respecting your pace and your needs.
<<<<Practice’s levels>>>>
All levels (beginner, intermediate, advanced).
<<<<Yoga styles>>>>
Acroyoga : AcroAwake style, yoga acrobatique, Vancityacro, Montreal and AcroRévolution
Yoga : YogaAwake, Yin duo
<<<<What is included>>>>
>Daily practice
– Silence time
– Meditation session in silence or guided
– Yoga class
– Several acroyoga workshops: hanstand, L-basing, Belly-basing, standing, pops (icarian games), whips, washing machines and flow, creativity, hand to hand
– Interactive discussions on different themes
– Discover the arts of movement: combination of gymnastic movements, martial arts, dance and biomechanical principles.
– Detoxification moment in a sweat lodge (Artisanal Sauna)
– Personal expression and creativity
– Therapeutic Massages: Tuina, Thai, Plantar Reflexology
>Activities
– 30-minutes trek to the drinking water point of the island
– Tour of the island by boat and snorkeling (possibility to meet the Bajaus, nomads of the seas)
– Meeting with locals and coconut oil preparation workshop
– Discussion about the eco-project “Reconnect” (demonstration of a water desalination system)
– Visit of an underground volcano (the day of the return)
– Evening sacred fire and expressiveness through an ecstatic dance time
>Offer’s exclusivities
– Transportation from the airport of Ampana to the place of retreat included
– 6 nights on the privatized BukaBuka island in “Glamping” Tent or “Luxury” Bengalow,
– 1 night at the Lawaka hotel in the city of Ampana to facilitate transportation on the day of departure
With all the necessary toiletries (soap, shampoo, towels)
– 3 delicious meals a day buffet, snacks and drinks at will (with specific diet as needed)
– All the activities presented above included
>Equipment
– Restaurant
– Shala
– Yoga mat
– Coverage
>Services
– Land and sea transfer: airport-resort included round trip
– Wifi included
– Translation possible (French, English, Spanish)
<<<<What is not included>>>>
– Flight (you can contact us we can maybe offer you options)
– Insurance
<<<<Prices>>>>
> Tente Gampling for couple: 1100€/person
1 double bed
> Shared Tente Gampling (2 persons) : 1200€/person
2 single beds
> Shared Bengalow (3 persons max) : 1300€/person
3 single beds
> Tente Gampling privatized (1 person) : 1350€/person
1 double bed
> Bengalow for couple : 1400€/person
1 double bed
> Shared Bengalow (2 persons) : 1450€/person
2 single beds
Super early bird: 5 first places before 21 October 2019: – 15% on your stay
Early bird: next 5 places before 21 November 2019: – 10% on your stay
Last early bird: next 5 seats before 21 December 2019: -5% on your stay
<<<<Booking conditions>>>>
– To book write to [email protected] and make a deposit of 475 €.
– You can pay the rest of the stay in 1, 2 or 3 times, at the latest 31 days before your arrival.
– In case of cancellation, the deposit is non-refundable, the rest of the stay will be fully refunded.
<<<<How to get there and come back?>>>>
For this retreat we offer you an unprecedented service. We take care of all transportation from and to Ampana Airport to the place of the retreat.
>Transportation Go: Ampana Airport – BukaBuka Island:
To get to Ampana Airport (Tanjung Api, VPM):
Usual route:
This retreat is such an unusual experience that this wide itinerary is the easiest way to come to the island.
>>Step 1: Go to Indonesia:
From your respective destinations, you have 3 possible destinations for connecting to Palu:
– Jakarta (JKT)
– Makassar (UPG)
– Denpasar (DPS)
>>Step 2: Go to Palu City in Sulawesi:
From any of these destinations, take a flight to Palu.
If you arrive on Friday, March 20, 2020, stay one night in Palu because the only flight (of the day) to Ampana is the next day at 9:00am.
(Exception: if you fly from Jakarta, there is a night flight around 4:00am which arrives around 8:00am in Palu).
>>Step 3: Go to Ampana in Sulawesi
From Palu, Saturday, March 21, 2020, take a flight to Ampana (60min flight).
For local flights the easiest way is to book your flights with “Lion Air” or “Nusa Trip”.
An alternative route by car: From Palu, Luwuk or Poso which are at 8h, 5h and 3h respectively.
<FROM AMPANA AIRPORT WE CARE ABOUT EVERYTHING:
On Saturday, March 21, 2020, we will pick you up at the airport around 10:00 am where we will check in, then:
1. In bentor (tuktuk), we will join together the harbor (5-10 min).
2. We will take the Reconnect’s boat to go to BukaBuka Island (30-40min).
3. We will arrive on the island around 11:30 am where you can enjoy your first coconut.
>Transport Return: BukaBuka Island – Lawaka Hotel – Ampana Airport:
>>The day of departure from the island:
Friday, March 27, 2020, is the day of departure from the island. After the activities of the morning, preparations for departure and closure of the retreat (closing circle):
1. We will take the Reconnect’s boat to visit an underground volcano
2. From the underground volcano we will take the boat back to the Ampana’s harbor
3. From the harbor we will go to Lawaka Hotel with a shuttle, where we organized everything for this last night of retreat.
>>The day of the end of the retreat:
Saturday, March 28, 2020, is the last day of the retreat. After finalizing the preparations for departure from the hotel and having breakfast:
4. We will take you to Ampana airport in bentor.
(For information, the only flight of the day for Palu is at 10:35am).
<<<<The teachers>>>>
Rachel and Frantz have been practicing martial arts since their childhood, including break-dance, parkour, and other disciplines of harmonizing body and mind. This French couple decided to change their professional life and to bring them into line with their philosophy.
Rachel leaves her nursing job and undertakes a sopho-relaxologist training. Frantz, having several experiences in the social work, caring and accompaniment, decide to pass a training in traditional Chinese energetics and becomes massage therapist.
For more than a year, they practice yoga, Hatha, Vinyasa, then Bikram and Yin. In February 2017 they discover Acroyoga which becomes a real tool of development. So this duo has not ceased to work with the biggest acroyoga influencers and they develop their own style: AcroAwake.
Certified from different teacher training:
– Acrobatic Yoga (August 2017)
– VancityAcro (July 2018)
– AcroyogaMontreal (July 2019)
– AcroRevolution (October 2019)
Rachel and Frantz continue to train in yoga and acroyoga through several courses and immersions and also to teach, transmit their passion and knowledge to all. It is through their association Awakeness Way, whose interest is to guide people to develop their full potential to get closer to “the best version of themselves”, that they share their know-how and their knowledge -being constantly evolving.
So they’ve started a world tour of awakening “The Awakeness World Travel” on November 17, 2018 and that’s how they continue to travel on the Way … and offer you this retreat.
<<<<Contact>>>>
For any questions, additional information about the retreat or the program, if you wish to arrive before or extend your stay on the island, please contact us:
>DuoAwake : Rachel TOMÉ and Frantz GODET :
Phone (Whatsapp) :
+33660633293
+33627960840
Mail:
[email protected]
Social network :
Facebook : page Duoawake
Instagram :@duoawake
>Retreat place: Reconnect – Sustainable Island :
Addresse :
Reconnect – Sustainable Island Experience
BukaBuka Island, Central Sulawesi 94684, Indonesia
Phone:
+62 812-4609-1346
Social network :
instagram.com/reconnect.id
facebook.com/reconnect.id
PS:
When you will make your reservation, we will send you the retreat planning and various documents so you can organize you better for the retreat (luggage, vaccines, etc.).