Mindful Relaxation
Workshop
Mindful Relaxation
Workshop
Workshop
Discover a path to freedom and change
Bali, Ubud
11-12 April 2025
Workshops:
- March 30-31
- April 11-12
- April 25-26
- May 1-5: Retreat (details coming soon)
- March 30-31
- April 11-12
- April 25-26
- May 1-5: Retreat (details coming soon)
In this workshop, we explore the science of relaxation and learn to enter a state of mindful presence using various tools and practices. This will connect more deeply with ourselves and life, opening the heart and creating space for inner peace.
Workshop Program
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
- Have you noticed how often you're occupied with something – work, daily tasks, or entertainment?
- What is it you're searching for in the endless stream of daily activities?
- What if you gave yourself permission to simply do nothing?
- Does the idea of this bring up fear or resistance?
Let’s take a moment to explore the art of doing nothing – finding peace and presence in stillness – so the need to search can fall away.
1:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- What’s holding you back from changing your life and embracing something new?
- Do you feel the need to always plan, manage, and stay in control?
- Does the thought of letting go of control feel unsettling or unsafe?
- Do you ever long to release that grip and fully relax?
Let’s explore what letting go of control could open up for you – the joy of exploration, the state of flow, the unleashed creativity, and more!
We'll explore the following tools to manage stress and promote relaxation:
Brew and savor tea with full awareness to cultivate a sense of presence and tranquility.
Perform gentle movements with mindful attention to improve body awareness and promote functional movement.
Rest from your sense of self-identity by letting go of expectations and simply experiencing the present moment without analysis.
Understand the hormone regulation as well as brain mechanism for stress and relaxation.
An intuitive vocal practice that invites you to explore the natural expression of your voice, connect with the sounds of nature, and release tension
Tea Meditation
Tea is a wonderful plant. When made right, it can boost your energy, clear your mind, lift your spirits, and calm you down. Tea is like medicine - it heals and opens your heart.
Forget your worries and sit with the tea for a while. With each bowl, you'll see how things change and get easier. Life flows everywhere - right here, right now!
Forget your worries and sit with the tea for a while. With each bowl, you'll see how things change and get easier. Life flows everywhere - right here, right now!
Feldenkrais
The Feldenkrais Method is a unique movement-based approach that uses gentle, mindful exercises to improve awareness and connection to one's body.
By focusing on how you move rather than how much you move, it helps release habitual body tension, rewire movement patterns, and enhance overall ease and functionality.
By focusing on how you move rather than how much you move, it helps release habitual body tension, rewire movement patterns, and enhance overall ease and functionality.
Yoga Nidra
Yoga Nidra, also known as yogic sleep, is a guided meditation practice that induces deep relaxation and conscious awareness in a state between wakefulness and sleep. It helps reduce stress, improve sleep quality, and promote overall well-being by systematically relaxing the body and mind.
Practitioners lie down and follow the instructor's voice, which leads them through body scans, breathing exercises, and visualizations.
Practitioners lie down and follow the instructor's voice, which leads them through body scans, breathing exercises, and visualizations.
Science of Relaxation
This lecture explores the neuroscience and physiology of stress and relaxation, delving into how the brain and body respond to stressors and the mechanisms of relaxation.
By understanding these processes, we can better manage stress and apply evidence-based strategies for enhancing resilience and well-being in daily life.
By understanding these processes, we can better manage stress and apply evidence-based strategies for enhancing resilience and well-being in daily life.
Sound Circle
This is an intuitive vocal practice where participants continuously create spontaneous sounds, free from words or judgment. Through sharp, soft, long, or melodic tones, it invites you to explore the natural expression of your own voice and connect with the organic harmony of nature.
This practice promotes deep relaxation, emotional release, and a sense of inner freedom.
This practice promotes deep relaxation, emotional release, and a sense of inner freedom.
The NoWay Project explores the essence of the 'I am' feeling and its connection to the sense of separation from life, people, and objects. It offers conversational discussions and practical approaches, including meditations and authentic movements, to help participants experience deep relaxation and rest from rigid self-identity.
The project aims to foster a direct, experiential understanding of these concepts, promoting a more fluid and connected sense of self.
The project aims to foster a direct, experiential understanding of these concepts, promoting a more fluid and connected sense of self.
NoWay Project
What benefits can you gain from this workshop?
Deep relaxation
Helping to reduce tension and promote restful states, leading to a calmer mind and body.
Stress management
Learning practical tools and techniques to manage stress and cultivate calm.
Emotional balance
Through guided reflections and sharing, participants can process and release emotional tension.
Improved focus and clarity
As a result of meditation and relaxation practices that help clear mental clutter.
Rest from self-identity
Experiencing freedom from rigid self-concepts, fostering greater clarity and a sense of presence.
Enhanced body awareness
Through mindful movement and practices that connect the body and mind.
Hi everyone!
Right now, my life is filled with a variety of activities, and it's even hard to decide where to start. But I'll try 😊
Tea Ceremony and Meditation
For 10 years, I have been practicing tea ceremonies, and for the last 4 years, I've been engaged in tea meditation, which has become an integral part of my life. This practice has radically changed my life and helped me establish a deep connection with myself. Now, I share tea meditation with others and always enjoy watching them open up and return to themselves during this practice.
Tea Hikes
For 8 years, I have been organizing tea hikes in the mountains, combining my love for nature, the mountains, and tea ceremonies. In these hikes, we don't aim to conquer peaks but rather be present in the process, observing our feelings, thoughts, and the life around us. The tea ceremony brings a meditative aspect, making the hikes a path to self-discovery.
Contact Improvisation
Three years ago, I started practicing contact improvisation – an intuitive dance in free form, where people can dance solo or in contact with others. For me, it became an amazing practice for self-exploration, helping me reconnect with myself, learn to express myself, and explore interactions with a partner. Now, I share this practice by organizing weekly dance jams.
NoWay Project
For half a year, I practiced Butoh – a Japanese contemporary dance – which, along with meditations, inspired me to create my NoWay project. In this project, I explore the flexibility of our self-awareness, delving into deep questions like "Who am I?" through movement and dance. This allows us to touch answers through direct experience and self-expression. The NoWay practice has a profound effect on our everyday life, expanding the horizons of perception and bringing a sense of ease and freedom of being.
Individual Sessions
I conduct individual sessions both offline and online, where we can experience joint meditation and discuss you and your life.
If you want to learn more about tea meditation, you can take my course at the link:
Link
To organize tea hikes, contact improvisation jams, NoWay project sessions, and individual meditations, please contact me using the links below:
Right now, my life is filled with a variety of activities, and it's even hard to decide where to start. But I'll try 😊
Tea Ceremony and Meditation
For 10 years, I have been practicing tea ceremonies, and for the last 4 years, I've been engaged in tea meditation, which has become an integral part of my life. This practice has radically changed my life and helped me establish a deep connection with myself. Now, I share tea meditation with others and always enjoy watching them open up and return to themselves during this practice.
Tea Hikes
For 8 years, I have been organizing tea hikes in the mountains, combining my love for nature, the mountains, and tea ceremonies. In these hikes, we don't aim to conquer peaks but rather be present in the process, observing our feelings, thoughts, and the life around us. The tea ceremony brings a meditative aspect, making the hikes a path to self-discovery.
Contact Improvisation
Three years ago, I started practicing contact improvisation – an intuitive dance in free form, where people can dance solo or in contact with others. For me, it became an amazing practice for self-exploration, helping me reconnect with myself, learn to express myself, and explore interactions with a partner. Now, I share this practice by organizing weekly dance jams.
NoWay Project
For half a year, I practiced Butoh – a Japanese contemporary dance – which, along with meditations, inspired me to create my NoWay project. In this project, I explore the flexibility of our self-awareness, delving into deep questions like "Who am I?" through movement and dance. This allows us to touch answers through direct experience and self-expression. The NoWay practice has a profound effect on our everyday life, expanding the horizons of perception and bringing a sense of ease and freedom of being.
Individual Sessions
I conduct individual sessions both offline and online, where we can experience joint meditation and discuss you and your life.
If you want to learn more about tea meditation, you can take my course at the link:
Link
To organize tea hikes, contact improvisation jams, NoWay project sessions, and individual meditations, please contact me using the links below:
About Sergei
A Journey Through Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
My fascination with the human mind began in the realm of neuroscience and cognitive science research. After earning my PhD from New York University, I dedicated my studies to understanding the cognitive algorithms behind our subjective experiences—how curiosity, attention, and choice shape the way we perceive and interact with the world. This deep exploration of the mind laid the foundation for my journey to Bali, where I’ve turned my focus to an equally profound frontier: the interplay between mind and body.
Embracing the Feldenkrais Method
Now, as a full-time Feldenkrais practitioner, I’ve discovered a way to go beyond cognitive function and dive into the beautiful dance between the body and the mind. The Feldenkrais Method has profoundly transformed my own life, helping me to:
This passion has driven me to share the method through teaching in the United States, China, and now here in Bali. I am continually inspired by the potential for movement to unlock new possibilities for health, self-awareness, and wellbeing.
What I Offer
I provide one-on-one Feldenkrais sessions, blending movement and bodywork to create a unique and personalized experience. These sessions are suitable for anyone curious about exploring their health and wellbeing, whether you seek relief from pain, improved physical performance, or simply a deeper connection to your body.
My fascination with the human mind began in the realm of neuroscience and cognitive science research. After earning my PhD from New York University, I dedicated my studies to understanding the cognitive algorithms behind our subjective experiences—how curiosity, attention, and choice shape the way we perceive and interact with the world. This deep exploration of the mind laid the foundation for my journey to Bali, where I’ve turned my focus to an equally profound frontier: the interplay between mind and body.
Embracing the Feldenkrais Method
Now, as a full-time Feldenkrais practitioner, I’ve discovered a way to go beyond cognitive function and dive into the beautiful dance between the body and the mind. The Feldenkrais Method has profoundly transformed my own life, helping me to:
- Relieve chronic back pain,
- Move with greater ease and fluidity,
- Achieve more in life with less effort.
This passion has driven me to share the method through teaching in the United States, China, and now here in Bali. I am continually inspired by the potential for movement to unlock new possibilities for health, self-awareness, and wellbeing.
What I Offer
I provide one-on-one Feldenkrais sessions, blending movement and bodywork to create a unique and personalized experience. These sessions are suitable for anyone curious about exploring their health and wellbeing, whether you seek relief from pain, improved physical performance, or simply a deeper connection to your body.
About Zhiwei
Join our workshop to experience deep relaxation and learn practical tools to manage stress effectively. By the end of the day, you'll feel more balanced, centered, and equipped to navigate life with greater ease.
What People Say
On the new day following the workshop, I feel a depth within myself that I hadn’t noticed before, as I used to get distracted by small things and the hustle around me. It’s precious, touching, and inexpressible with words.
Tea meditation with Sergei is about total presence in the moment. When all thoughts disappear and only the ritual of the ceremony remains, the perception of tea through the body reaches a new level. Sergei masterfully maintains a field of calm in which a state is created that carries over throughout the day. This is the best possible way to start the day.
Zhiwei always reminded us during the workshop that “if it's not explicitly prohibited, then it's allowed,” and it was indeed like this throughout the day. It made me feel accepted, free, and embraced.
Sergei is a tea master whose passion shines through every moment of the ceremony. His warm presence and inviting smile create a light, easeful atmosphere where you feel welcome to connect with your authentic self and embrace life’s simplicity. Each sip becomes a mindful celebration, grounding you in peace and presence.
I really appreciate Zhiwei’s calm, welcoming presence and thoughtful delivery.
Sergei brings calm and safety to a space, which I deeply appreciate and why I choose to regularly join his offerings. I feel very relaxed when I attend his tea ceremonies or dance journeys, which often allow answers from deep within me to surface. My whole self feels welcome in Sergei’s presence.
Throughout the workshop, I experienced the physical and mental freedom that comes from reclaiming a sense of agency. It was an amazing experience!
Tea Meditation is what I love. It is a window into a moment of silence and deep focus, where you start to notice what often slips away in the hustle and bustle of daily life.
And it is not just an opportunity to see, but more importantly, to feel — to feel everything happening within and around me here and now, to sense the very life inside and around me.
Meditation with a master opens even more. Sergei is a special master who supports with his presence and attention to each person and every detail of the process. 🙏🏻 It is a rare opportunity to let go of control and, feeling the care and support, dive much deeper. And that is so valuable! Often after such meetings, I find answers, new understandings, and paths for myself. 😌
And it is not just an opportunity to see, but more importantly, to feel — to feel everything happening within and around me here and now, to sense the very life inside and around me.
Meditation with a master opens even more. Sergei is a special master who supports with his presence and attention to each person and every detail of the process. 🙏🏻 It is a rare opportunity to let go of control and, feeling the care and support, dive much deeper. And that is so valuable! Often after such meetings, I find answers, new understandings, and paths for myself. 😌
Zhiwei's facilitation is the perfect blend of clarity, simplicity, and fun! In just a few moves, she helped me overcome a long-standing struggle—I can now comfortably lie on my back, something I hadn't been able to do for ages. Her approach not only solved the issue but also gave my body a new sense of ease and balance. It feels like a whole new habit of comfort has been restored!
For me, tea meditations are a very beautiful and effective tool for working with my state, observing the entire world in a single point, and bringing the mind to a state of calm and clarity.
I first encountered this practice through Sergei, but it didn’t reveal itself to me right away. Over time, it became one of my favorite rituals for balancing the mind.
Tea meditations with Sergei are always a deep immersion in the present moment, and the neutral space he creates during the process enhances the practice and personally helps me dive deeper.
I first encountered this practice through Sergei, but it didn’t reveal itself to me right away. Over time, it became one of my favorite rituals for balancing the mind.
Tea meditations with Sergei are always a deep immersion in the present moment, and the neutral space he creates during the process enhances the practice and personally helps me dive deeper.
Sergei is a special being with a powerful ability to be in deep presence. Sitting in ceremony with him was a transformative experience, each time carrying new and unexpected flavours of richness. He is a gentle, attentive, and keenly attuned space holder who promises to be with what is alive, and tend to it as needed. I hold a deep respect for him and would delight to explore the richness of the present moment in any spaces he holds.
What People Say
Pricing
2-Day Workshop Pricing:
Early Bird*: 1st day – $50, 2nd day – $60
(Both days – $100)
Regular: 1st day – $65, 2nd day – $75
(Both days – $130)
*ends 2 weeks prior
We have a special offer for
citizens of Indonesia and KITAS holders.
If you have marketing skills and are interested in a discount, please reach out to us to discuss a potential exchange.
Sign up for the upcoming Mindful Relaxation Workshop.
Early Bird*: 1st day – $50, 2nd day – $60
(Both days – $100)
Regular: 1st day – $65, 2nd day – $75
(Both days – $130)
*ends 2 weeks prior
We have a special offer for
citizens of Indonesia and KITAS holders.
If you have marketing skills and are interested in a discount, please reach out to us to discuss a potential exchange.
Sign up for the upcoming Mindful Relaxation Workshop.
Registration
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FAQ
Yes, but that’s not what we are here for. We do not see life as an alternation between “working hard” and “relax!”. Instead, you can still relax even if you are working, by mindfully letting go of unnecessary efforts. And while you are relaxing, you don’t have to be a bag of potatoes passively laying on the couch or massage bed — you can be relaxed and productive if you are flowing with your life energy. This is what our workshop is for.
Yes! It’s always best to come with an empty open mind without much assumptions, so you have the full capacity to experience and explore every present moment. That being said, we all have experiences with learning, teaching, socialization, etc. and we all naturally come with assumptions (often unconsciously). For this workshop, the most important thing to bear in mind is to take care of yourself. Don’t do things that make your mind or body uncomfortable. Keep your boundaries. Ask for help from the facilitators and other participants. Taking care of yourself is an ability that grows with experience. And whatever your current experience level is, you will benefit from this workshop.
To me, being mindful simply means your attention is not only on the goal but also on the process. You are doing, and you are being. Mindfulness doesn’t need to be hard work. With more practice, it can gradually become a natural way of how you live. And different people have different ways to be mindful. We hope this workshop provides a selection of tools and you can find something that is most effortless for you.
Meditation is a very loosely defined term thus it’s hard to draw a line to contrast the difference. Compared to sitting meditation which many people are familiar with, our practices in this workshop have a variety of components: tea, sense of taste, movement, connection with the body, imagery and imagination, etc. We hope to inspire your exploration of what’s the most interesting and helpful kind of meditative practice for you.
No. But of course, you can bring your spirituality with you.
This is a unique practice created by Sergei, where simple work with imagination and body movements leads to freer states of consciousness, easing the tension caused by rigid self-identity. The inspiration for this practice comes from Japanese Butoh dances and meditations.
Wear comfortable clothes that won’t restrict your movement. Eat some food (but not too full!) before the tea meditation which will usually make your stomach more comfortable.
Register 2 weeks before the workshop to get the early bird discount.
If you come with a group (more than 1 person) you can get a different level of discount depending on the group size.
If you are an influencer or can reach a large number of our targeted audience, you can be our affiliate to get a discounted ticket or direct cash reward.
If you come with a group (more than 1 person) you can get a different level of discount depending on the group size.
If you are an influencer or can reach a large number of our targeted audience, you can be our affiliate to get a discounted ticket or direct cash reward.
If you think you can help us find workshop participants, contact us about 1) how you are going to help us advertise and 2) why you think you can find participants for us. And we can start a discussion from there! We are planning to continue exploring relaxation in future workshops. This can be a long-term collaboration
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