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Transformational Retreat in Bali

An 8-Day Nervous-System & Subconscious Shift for New Leaders Stay Connected
Feel Alive

Your strategy isn't the bottleneck – your state is.

Are you building from the integrity and values that matter to you? Do you feel alive inside?

You've optimised the company, the calendar, the metrics. But performance built on a nervous system stuck in survival mode has a ceiling — and a cost. Most new leaders feel it long before they name it: the drive is still firing, the aliveness isn't.

Alive Academia works one level below the productivity stack — on the subconscious patterns and nervous-system state that quietly decide how you lead, decide, and recover. Eight days to change what's running on autopilot, so you operate from clarity instead of pressure, and act from drive instead of depletion.

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"Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate."

– Carl Gustav Jung
How we do the work?

You've done things. So why does part of you still feel switched off? We bring back that feeling first.

The work moves through five stages – a clear sequence that takes you from numb and running on autopilot back to fully online, present, and engaged. Tap each stage to see what happens.

Much of what shapes our thoughts, behaviours, and emotional responses is driven by the subconscious mind – the deep layer of programming formed largely in the first seven years of life. No matter how much we intellectually understand a pattern, if the subconscious still holds a different belief, it will win every time.

This isn't mindset work you can think your way into. A nervous system that has been running in survival mode for years can't simply decide to feel safe – it has to experience safety, repeatedly, through the right environment, the right practices, and the right support. That's what these eight days are engineered to deliver: the conditions your baseline actually needs to reset.

01AwarenessSeeing clearly what has been quietly running beneath the surface.+
It starts with honest awareness. Together we slow down and bring into view what's been quietly running the show – the patterns, the numbness, the reactions you never chose. Using client-led subconscious work, we look beneath the busy thinking mind to where these patterns actually live. You stay fully aware and in control the entire time.
02Accepting Hidden PartsReintegrating the parts of yourself you've learned to override.+
We all learn to suppress the parts of ourselves that once felt unsafe or inconvenient. Here, with no judgement, we meet those suppressed parts and accept them exactly as they are. There's no reliving of pain – only understanding, and the relief of no longer running at odds with yourself.
03Creating a Safe NestBuilding the conditions where what's stuck can finally process.+
Real release only happens where the system feels safe. Together we build that – within you and around you – so what's been held for years can finally process and complete. As it does, your nervous system settles, and the bandwidth once burned on staying in survival mode comes back online.
04Restoring ValueKnowing your worth from the inside, not from the scoreboard.+
As the old wounds settle, something essential returns: a clear sense of your own value. You start to measure your worth from the inside – not by output, titles, or the next result, but as something already yours. This is self-worth that no longer depends on proving anything to anyone, and it becomes the steady ground you lead, decide, and build from.
05Reconnecting With Your Blueprint & MissionReturning to your original design – and the work that's yours to do.+
With your capacity recovered, you reconnect with your blueprint – the values, strengths, and direction that were yours before the noise. From there the bigger questions get clear: what you're building, why, and what actually deserves your attention. This is aliveness as an operating state – one you carry home long after Bali, into how you lead, decide, and create.
Moments from Uluwatu

Our Journey

Group lying on the sand at the water's edge at sunrise, Uluwatu beach
Mixed group of women and men reaching skyward in movement inside an open Balinese bale
Participants resting with eye masks and headphones during a guided session, a facilitator tending to the group
Group sitting in meditation in a garden bale surrounded by palms
Group standing in the infinity pool at sunrise around the facilitator, ocean beyond
Two women laughing as flower petals fall around them during a Balinese blessing
Three people meditating on a clifftop deck overlooking the sea at dusk
Participants bathing under the spring spouts at a Balinese water temple
Incense smoke rising in front of a seated group in soft light
Facilitator tending to a guest during a deep relaxation session beside a Ganesha statue
The 8-Day Journey

Awake. Aware. Alive.

How the Week Runs

The rhythm of your week

Once you arrive, there's nothing to organise. The week is fully structured and held – with space built in to rest. Here's the shape of it.

Day 1 · Arrival

Settling in

Check-in is from 3:00 PM. We gather at 7:00 PM for a welcome dinner and opening circle – an easy start before the deeper work begins.

Days 2–6 · Core

A typical day

Structured sessions run from around 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM: morning movement and breathwork, a daily masterclass, private 1-on-1 subconscious sessions, and an afternoon reset. Dinner and an unhurried evening follow.

Rest · Optional

Room to breathe

The early-morning practice is always optional – sleep in when your body asks for it. Day 7 lightens into an excursion to Ubud, with open time to explore, rest, or simply be.

Day 8 · Departure

A soft landing

The final session closes by 11:00 AM, with check-out at 12:00 PM – leaving unhurried space to land before you travel onward.

The Team

Your guides home

A small, named team – hypnotherapy, Balinese healing, breath, movement, and meditation. We’re happy to share full bios and credentials before you decide.

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Lead Facilitator
Maria – Founder & Lead Facilitator
Lead Hypnotherapist · Subconscious Integration · Program Director
Maria is the founder and lead facilitator of Alive Academia. A certified hypnotherapist trained in subconscious and somatic methods, she designed and leads the daily one-to-one work and masterclasses. She practises within her scope and refers on to medical or psychological care when that is the right support. Full practitioner names, certifications, and bios are shared with every applicant on request – we welcome your questions before you book.
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Pak Gede
Balinese Healer · Acupuncture · Melukat
A revered Balinese healer holding the ancient lineage of sacred water purification and traditional acupuncture, guiding each participant with profound grace and wisdom.
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Bryan
Breathwork Facilitator · Subconscious Shift
A masterful breathwork guide whose sessions create profound subconscious shifts – carefully held spaces where the nervous system is finally invited to let go.
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Audrey
Bhakti Yoga Guru · Devotional Practice · Sacred Movement
Audrey is a devoted Bhakti Yoga teacher whose practice is rooted in the yoga of love and surrender. Through devotional chanting, sacred movement, and heart-centred ritual, she creates a space where participants reconnect with the divine within themselves.
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Adam
Meditation Guide · Mindfulness · Inner Stillness
Adam is a gifted meditation guide whose presence carries a rare quality of stillness. His sessions anchor the daily practice – offering each participant a reliable thread back to their own centre, no matter how far the journey takes them.
Nourishment

Recovery starts at the table

How we feed the body directly shapes how we clear the mind. A thoughtfully curated Sattvic-Ayurvedic fusion, cooked with love and served family-style on the breezy terraces of Sukacita Hill.

We source directly from Bali's rich volcanic soil and local organic farms – every bite teeming with pure life force, Prana.

Balinese breakfast bowls
Sattvic Ayurvedic bowl Balinese wisdom bowl
Sukacita Hill · Uluwatu · Bali
The Location

A high-frequency sanctuary above the Indian Ocean

Perched on the sacred cliffs of Uluwatu at the southern tip of Bali, Sukacita Hill is not merely a venue – it is an active participant in your healing. Every element of this space has been chosen to support one purpose: preparing your nervous system for the deep, transformative work ahead.

As you arrive, something in you begins to exhale. The density of the external world dissolves into the warm Balinese air, holding you with the kind of spaciousness that allows genuine aliveness to re-emerge.

From the open-air yoga shala to the cliffside views, every breath here carries Prana. Every sunrise carries permission – to slow down, to feel, to return to yourself.

"The southern tip of Bali has long been regarded as a place of purification – the elevation above the sea offering both a literal and metaphorical higher perspective."

The Space
The Space
Yoga & Movement
Yoga & Movement
The Pool
The Pool
The Estate
The Estate
Evening Lounge
Evening Lounge
Sacred Garden
Sacred Garden
Sukacita at Dusk
Sukacita at Dusk
Your Room
Your Room
Sacred Rest
Sacred Rest
Morning Coffee
Morning Coffee
The Dining Terrace
The Dining Terrace
Your Sanctuary
Your Sanctuary
Upcoming Cohorts

Choose your moment

Each cohort is small and closed by design. Spaces are limited to protect the depth this work requires.

December 2026
1–8
Uluwatu & Ubud, Bali
A few spaces remaining
Your Investment

Choose your path

Everything is included – accommodation, meals, private 1-on-1 sessions, the ceremonies, and the structured integration afterward – bundled into a single price so nothing distracts from the work. Treat it as capital deployed into your own baseline: the return isn't the eight days, it's how you lead, decide, and recover in the years that follow.

Shared Accommodation
Twin-share sanctuary
€2,500
per person · all-inclusive
  • 8 days / 7 nights accommodation
  • All Sattvic-Ayurvedic meals
  • 2 private hypnotherapy sessions
  • 2 acupuncture & energy healing sessions
  • Both Melukat ceremonies
  • All masterclasses & movement
  • Ubud Day 7 excursion
Most Chosen
Single Accommodation
Your own sanctuary space
€3,000
per person · all-inclusive
  • Everything in Shared, plus
  • 2 visits to The Istana luxury retreat centre
  • 1 private online hypnotherapy session
  • 1 private acupuncture session
  • Priority scheduling
  • Post-retreat integration call
Premium Experience
Full private immersion
€5,500
per person · all-inclusive
  • Everything in Single, plus
  • 3 private online hypnotherapy sessions
  • 3 private bodywork sessions
  • 3-month integration coaching
  • Airport transfers included

Payment plans available · Early-bird discount when booking 60+ days ahead

Questions

Answered with care

Everything you need to know before taking the leap.

Start the Conversation

Your next level isn't more output

Cohorts are small and spaces are limited by design. Before a place is confirmed, we run a short, confidential readiness conversation and health questionnaire – a straightforward way to check it's the right fit. Send a message and we'll be back to you within 24 hours.

Location
Uluwatu, Bali
Email
discover@aliveacademia.com
Duration
8 Days · 7 Nights
Group Size
Intimate · Limited Spaces