About The Retreat

Join Fivelements Retreats’ award-winning culinary team in an inspiring gastronomical journey. Study under the expertise of one of the world’s most highly regarded gourmet plant-powered cuisine team of chefs, and take home an in-depth understanding of this extraordinary Cuisine for Life™.

Trainings are available for half-day and 3-days programmes. Trainings are available for individuals, couples and small groups.

In this exciting programme, we will unveil the secrets of why this cuisine is among the fastest growing in the world and vital information on:

• What are plant-based and “living foods” and why should we eat them?
• How can they boost our daily energy, immunity and overall happiness?
• How to prepare great tasting, mouth-watering meals at home
• How this cuisine can be the ultimate support for anti-aging, improved sleep and greater focus, gluten-free and allergy issues, weight-loss, diabetes, cancer remission, heart, depression and many more conditions

Our Culinary team will guide you through key techniques including juicing, sprouting, smoothies, sweet and savory blending, fermenting, low temperature baking and dehydrating. Learn numerous recipes and experience dynamic hands-on preparation, including blending flavours and textures of key seasonal ingredients and creating outstanding food presentations.

Celebrate the end of the day with delicious chef’s tastings from Sakti Dining Room™. Our Cuisine for Life™ retreat includes a balance of daily culinary trainings with our healing sanctuary’s finest anti-aging and natural rejuvenation therapies inspired by traditional Balinese remedies.

Enjoy a perfect combination of culinary inspiration and superfood therapies within the gracious surroundings of Fivelements Retreats’ eco-luxurious wellness retreat.

Health and wellbeing are a reflection of inner harmony. The Culinary Detox Training is inspired by the ancient Balinese philosophy that promotes living with purity of thought, speech and action.

Learn how to make superb plant-based food so you can continue your personal journey at home or work. Our cuisine features epicurean plant-based cuisine in celebration of our “aliveness”. Our goal is simple: To let mother nature’s cuisine shine with all the exciting tastes, textures, vibrant colours and pure flavours.

The food we serve is prepared with love, passion and attention to detail. Our menu is designed to give optimal plant-based nutrition and high energy whilst inspiring a gastronomical journey aimed to nurture body, mind and soul. This process starts with sourcing the finest local ingredients at the height of the growing season.

We support local farmers, sustainable agriculture and environmentally friendly products. Experience our Signature Chef’s Specialty Tasting Menus available for lunch and dinner or our a la carte menu sure to surprise and delight a wide array of palates.

We invite you to step inside and enjoy the beauty and pleasure of feeling nourished and the pure delight of stunning colours from each dish.

Half Day Training

Price

Rp 2,050,000++ per person*
Rp 1,640,000++ per person for groups of 3*
* All prices are in Indonesian Rupiah and are subject to 21% tax and service charge
* All Culinary Trainings available upon advance booking
* Groups 6 or more people available upon request

Schedule

9:30-9:45
Welcome & Orientation
Sparkling Ginger Lemongrass

9:45-10:15 Theory: An Introduction to Plant-based Cuisine
– What are they and why eat them?
– Healing with plant-based cuisine
– Importance of using local, “in season” food sources

10:15–11:15 Culinary Demo 1: Food Sensations
– Cultivating our “basic tastes”
– Learn how to balance flavors and make delicious dressings and sauces from your local market

Culinary Demo 2: Amazing Juices & Smoothies
– “One healthy juice a day (or 2) keeps the doctor away!”
– What’s in them and why they’re one of the most important first steps to super human health for you and your family

11:15-11:30 Break with Juice & Smoothie Tasters

11:30-12:30 Culinary Demo 3: Basic Knife Skills
– Learn how to use knives safely & properly – just like a pro!
– Learn about various textures and how to enhance the flavors of food
– Learn exciting techniques for cutting vegetables

Culinary Demo 4: Vegetable Pate
Practical: Creating Beautiful Healthy Meals
– Learn how to make hearty salads, noodles & soups; wraps & rolls

12:30–13:30 Enjoy a Delicious Plant-based Lunch!

Three Day Training

Enjoy an inspiring 3-day program as our Executive Chef takes you on an eye-opening culinary exploration aimed at nurturing body, mind and soul. Learn how to prepare great tasting healthy food sure to delight a range of palates.

Price

Rp 6,150,000++ non-residential*
* All prices are in Indonesian Rupiah and are subject to 21% government tax and service charge.

Includes

• 3 Culinary Trainings (each Culinary Training is approximately 4 hours long)
• Daily lunch preparation

Accommodation

Each room is enveloped in the hypnotising whisperings of the sacred Ayung River as it carves its way through the valley.

Facing a verdant forest hillside with waterfalls and the natural wonders that are often captured in Balinese paintings, each suite features an open veranda poised above the river’s swirling currents and a private bamboo enclosure housing a large open-air bathtub hewn from a stone boulder. Customised lighting showcases the seven colours of the chakras, bringing mind, body and spirit in unison with nature.

Rooms

The spacious, eco-luxurious bedroom villas, complete with open air bathrooms, ensure an exclusive stay with exemplary personalised service. The nine sleeping suites, five named after each of the five elements in Balinese – Pertiwi (earth), Apah (water), Teja (fire), Bayu (air) and Akasa (ether), two Waterfall suites and two Bidadari (angel) suites, embrace the designs of nature fashioned in the forms of sacred spirals and organic leaves.

The high grass-roofed ceilings, recycled timber floors, air-conditioning and flowing white curtains allow you to relax and find peace after a treatment, meal or meditation.

The Asian style teakwood bed and sofa lounge areas are designed with traditional hand-woven songket fabrics and ikat dyes and designs, commonly used for Balinese weddings and royal ceremonies. The adjoining indoor/outdoor bathroom features a lush, tropical garden with a rustic masonry stone wall and a large shower area opening to the skies and furnished with Fivelements’ signature botanical essence amenities sourced directly from local farmers

Designed to enhance inner harmony within gracious natural surroundings and the ever-present sounds of the sacred river, these delightful rooms invite an opening for unconscious healing, completing the total experience of Fivelements, Puri Ahimsa.

Cuisine

Living or raw foods are highly rejuvenating. Plant-based foods in their original, un-heated (uncooked) state are considered raw and alive.

They include fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts, seeds, seaweed and fresh juices. When prepared uncooked or in a special dehydrating food dryer at less than 48 °C / 118°F , they retain the vital life force nutrients (vitamins, minerals, amino acids, oxygen) and living enzymes required to digest food, repair cellular damage and create billions of healthy new cells every day.

Raw foods in Bali provide the maximum amount of energy with minimal bodily effort, and have been proven to help heal degenerative conditions such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer.

These nutrient-rich foods are also effective in treating allergies, digestive disorders, weak immune systems, high cholesterol, obesity and weight problems, as well as various mental, emotional and skin disorders.

Retreat price in IDR

We are delighted to offer attendee’s a special 20% saving on selected Healing and Beauty treatments in our Wellness Sanctuary and £25 off your first booking when you book through Soul Seed Travel.

Does not include

* Flight tickets
* Insurance

What past guests have said

”Our stay at Fivelements was beyond amazing. You instantly feel a sense of serenity and comfort upon entering this resort. The staff, the food (amazing raw vegetarian food) and the environment were 10 star quality (if that’s possible). We received various spa treatments– Flower bath, Facial, Sakti ritual, Fire Ceremony and Body Scrub and nothing was left feeling any less that relaxed. Very old traditions were used, organic products and thoughtful care to each detail. The location was not far from Ubud and the ride was nice and mellow, a shuttle is offered 3 times per day as complimentary to your stay or you can arrange for a private trip that is very appropriate in price. We loved our stay and wish it never ended!.” Samkrez – Pennsylvania.

”I don’t think I’ve ever stayed anywhere as magical as Fivelements. The room blew me away. It’s not everyday you have your own private bath tub next to a river! The room was spacious and luxurious in a simple Balinese way- not over the top. The other end of the room featured a spacious outdoor bathroom I was happy to share with a gecko or two. The grounds themselves were also stunning, sitting along side the river. The vegan food was loving prepared- but I was over it by the end (just not my thing!). All and all highly recommended – especially for honeymooners, as the rooms were very private. Treat yourself!.”

How to get here

Fivelements is located 90 minutes drive from Ngurah Rai International Airport where airport transfers will be arranged.

Special Conditions

As a healing destination retreat, Fivelements Retreat Bali maintains a peaceful atmosphere integrated with nature. To this regard, we support a smoke-free & alcohol-free environment. We kindly request that usage of all electronic devices be limited to guest rooms only.

Booking

To book this Culinary Detox Retreat in Bali, send your enquiry to the team who will get back to you within 24 hours.

We are delighted to offer attendee’s a special 20% saving on selected Healing and Beauty treatments in our Wellness Sanctuary and £25 / $35 off your first booking.