Udara

Udara in Times of Lockdown

As Udara is closed since a few weeks, you might wonder what is going on behind the scenes and what our lovely staff is doing while we are all waiting for the re-opening. Udara is very quiet during the time of the lockdown, but we have several projects going on to make Udara even more beautiful and provide you with more services in the future. 

An unexpected halt 

Since the opening of Udara in November 2017, we have created a family of amazing staff members and a platform for people who wish to have a beautiful vacation, take care of themselves with a detox program or retreat, practice various kinds of Yoga and meditation, join our events such as Cacao Ceremonies or Sound Healing, dance on our Udara Sundays, come for relaxation to our Spa facilities or for a delicious, healthy meal at the Organic Ocean Restaurant. It made us really happy to see Udara thriving within the last two years with people visiting us from all over the world and supporting us as staying guests, drop-in yoga students and visitors. 

It was with heaviness in our hearts that we needed to close Udara at the end of March after the Nyepi Holiday, when the Corona crisis hit Bali. All of our team members were sad to see Udara deserted without any guests to serve. The activities at Udara and all over the island of Bali have come to an unexpected halt. This is a challenging time for all of us, not only here in Bali where most people depend on the tourism, but worldwide. 

Online Events from Udara

We are currently offering free weekly online events on Facebook and Instagram to bring you the spirit of Udara to your homes and to help you keep your spirits high in challenging times with online kirtan, ecstatic dance, yoga and meditation. If you missed the past events, have a look at our Facebook page to watch the replays and look for the announcements of upcoming events. You will hear some birds chirping and sound of the ocean waves in the background as we go live from the various Yoga shalas at Udara. These events are our contribution to keep the connection with you and to fill your days with good vibes from Bali. Even though we cannot see you on the other end of the screen watching us, we feel you and we truly appreciate all the comments and feedback. 

New Projects and Services for our guests

We have lots of ideas and further plans to make Udara even more beautiful for you in the future and provide you with more services. We are currently building more Spa rooms, a shop area and a beautiful sound healing dome on the back side of Udara. Have a look at this little video, where we show you the progress of the constructions. The design of this new area features beautiful carvings for the spa rooms and the shop area, created by the talented local craftsmen. The sound healing space for private sessions will be a magical golden painted, egg-shaped dome with amazing acoustics for you to receive the sounds from the instruments and to relax deeply. These projects slowly move on, but we need to be patient until we can finish these new creations and present them to you.

The Staff at Udara

When you have visited us before, you will surely remember the beautiful smiles of our local staff and how they contributed to make you feel like you have a second home and a family at Udara. Our team truly misses you as our guests and already look forward to welcoming you again, hopefully soon.

Currently, the staff is working part-time only, taking care of the cleanliness and maintenance of the facilities, working in the administration of the back office and helping with the online events. While it is a huge setback in our business and we cannot provide full-time work for our staff at the moment, we stay optimistic for the future and hope we can re-open Udara soon. We take care of our Udara family and support each other as best as we can.

As challenging as this situation presents itself and as much as we wish to welcome back tourists in Bali soon, many of the Balinese shared, that they also appreciate having more time to relax and spending precious time with their families. We will all be fully recharged and ready to serve you with open arms and hearts.

Planning your next stay at Udara

We understand that you might want to keep your travel plans more flexible right now. Our office team is working in the background to receive your requests for upcoming bookings. Make sure to check out our booking section on the website and our posts on social media to catch great deals for your next stay at Udara. 

Our thoughts are will all of you that are affected by this crisis. Let us keep our spirits high and pray for many positive outcomes of this situation, both individually and globally. Even more than ever we feel that everything and everyone is interconnected.

On behalf of the whole Udara family, may you all stay healthy and well.