Thank you for drumming to raise funds!

Greg Chambers

If you’ve attended one of our Full Moon Drum Circles in the past 6-months, congratulations!

Not only did you drum with full hearts to raise collective consciousness, but you also raised Rp3,600,000 ($240USD) for Plastic Exchange, A sustainability movement that empowers communities to change their waste behaviour through dignity-based exchange systems that result in cleaner, healthier environments.

These funds will be used to purchase rice which is given in exchange for plastic collected in the Balinese community. $0.67USD purchases 1kg of rice, enough to feed a family of four for one day. Your donations will purchase over 350kg of rice, that’s a lot of meals and a lot of plastic received in exchange!

We thank you once again for participating and donating. Don’t forget we run the Full Moon Drum Circle by donation at 4pm prior to each Full Moon Ceremony here at Pyramids of Chi, Ubud. We hope to see you at the next circle!

If you would like to learn more about this incredible cause, please visit https://plasticexchange.org/

If you would like to go ahead and donate directly, please visit https://gofund.me/149b9bdd

 

 

Read more →

New Event - An Evening with The Mystics II

Greg Chambers

Mother Earth is calling us to gather & create a new story ✨

*Book before April 16 to receive an early bird discount price of Rp300,000 ($22USD). Normally Rp350,000 ($250USD)

Join us April 23rd for the much anticipated encore - An Evening with The Mystics II.

  • Vesper Collective ft Pao & Marlia
  • Tahir Qawwal & Ilahi Sufi Qawwali


Earth Day Concert at the Pyramids of Chi

🌳 Every ticket will plant a tree in a deforested area of Indonesia to provide a sustainable source of income for the farmers in need via Trees4Trees partnership.

🌍 We will begin the ceremony with a pachamama song circle around the sacred fire with the Vesper Collective featuring Pao Pamaki & Marlia Coeur. We will sing together & connect to Mother Earth & each other in remembrance of why we all came here.

🎹 Then we will make our way to the Sun Pyramid where the legendary all female Sufi Qawwali ensemble Ilahi, led by master Sufi musician & mystic Tahir Qawwal (Fanna Fi-Allah) & Alexandra Amie Parvati, will transport us with Sufi musical odyssey transmission.

🌈 We look forward to sharing a magical evening of making a difference, music, connection & mystic transmissions with you!

5:30 PM - Doors open
6:00 PM - Ceremony begins
7:30 PM - Transition to Pyramid

Attire: White & Green Ceremonial

🌳 Every ticket plants a tree
IDR100,000 - child (10-15 years old)
IDR300,000 - early bird
IDR350,000 - presale
IDR400,000 - at the door

🎟 Limited seating - last time we sold out days before & a waiting list of over 40 people.
Advance booking highly recommended!

Read more →

Pyramids of Chi – experiences by donation

Greg Chambers

There are weekly and monthly opportunities for experiences at Pyramids of Chi no matter what your budget.

There is no charge to enter our premises and relax in the café while enjoying some complimentary, chilled water or to wander or meditate in our gardens and grounds.

On top of this we offer the following weekly and monthly experiences by donation meaning you can pay what you feel called to, or what you can afford.

We invite the entire community to come along and we look forward to welcoming you!

Full Moon Drum Circle
Drumming for love & light

This is becoming a favourite monthly event for our guests whether coming along purely for the Drum Circle or arriving early and participating before the Full Moon Ceremony. It is so much fun to let your inner child out to drum, sing and dance.

An uplifting and joyful experience with donations going to Plastic Exchange.

3pm – 5pm Monthly before each Full Moon Ceremony

Palm Reading
Gain insight into your past, present & future

Yoga is a gifted Balinese Healer and incredibly accurate with her readings. If you connect she may offer further healing services. Donations go directly to Yoga to support her family.

12pm – 5pm Saturday’s

5-Minute Massage
Relax & revive with a neck & shoulder massage

Nila is a skilled Balinese masseuse and gives the BEST neck and shoulder massages. After your journey to Pyramids of Chi it is so nice to melt away and tension or stress before enjoying your session or simply relaxing in the space. Nila is also available to guests following a session if you want to prolong that bliss state!

All donations go directly to Nila to support her family.

12pm – 5pm Sunday’s

Read more →

New event - An Evening with the Mystics

Greg Chambers

A Fundraising Ceremonial Concert benefiting Bali Orphan Day Centre

Welcome to a once-in-a-lifetime ceremonial concert experience inside a pyramid featuring devotional music from around the world - highlighting the divine play of masculine & feminine.

This special fundraising concert will be held in the magnificent Sun Pyramid at the Pyramids of Chi, a structure built according to Sacred Geometry & the Golden Ratio - which is found in all of nature, the universe, & the harmonic structure of sound.

We will begin the ceremony with a sound journey led by Brian Canatsey & Yoi Tanabe from Vesper Collective, gracefully blending violin & shruti box with ancient prayers from Syria & Japan.

Renowned kirtan singer Pavan Ji & medicine musician Pao Pamaki (from The Hanuman Project) will follow, providing a unique & potent blend of Vedic & South American prayers in ways you have not seen from them before. Feel the deep resonance of your open heart by the interplay of these two devotional pillars.

We will conclude the musical journey with a special debut performance by the new edition of the all-female Sufi Qawwali ensemble Ilahi, led by master Sufi musician & mystic Tahir Qawwal (Fanna Fi-Allah) & Alexandra Amie Parvati. In a tradition usually dominated by all men, this performance by 11 women will be a very special turning of devotional expectations.

We invite you to end the evening with a delicious, 3-course vegan dinner for an additional Rp125k while connecting with fellow seekers, and meet the children & their caretaker Mama Ayu from the Bali Orphan Day Centre. Please select the concert + dinner option using the drop down menu when purchasing your tickets.

We look forward to sharing this magical evening of devotion, music, connection & prasad with you!

Schedule:

  • 4:00pm - Doors open 
  • 5:00pm - Ceremony begins
  • 7:30pm - Dinner

* to honor the integrity of the ceremony, doors will close at 5pm

Vesper Collective presents: An Evening with the Mystics
5pm - Saturday, January 15
2.5hrs concert
Rp300k ($21USD) - Concert 
Rp125k ($9USD) - 3-course Vegan Dinner (Please notify Pyramids of Chi via WhatsApp and pay on the evening)

What's for dinner???

For an additional Rp125k ($9USD) you can purchase a 3-course vegan dinner to be enjoyed after the concert. Please notify Pyramids of Chi via WhatsApp on +62 812 3888 9441 so they can make preparations. Payment can be made on the evening.

What's on the menu?

Hara Bhara Kebab – Hearty and healthy appetiser with fresh spinach, potato, Indian herbs & spices. V, GF, O

Dal Tadka – Comforting, flavourful and warming Indian lentil dish with aromatic spices. V. GF, O

Turmeric Paratha – Healthy, golden brown casava flour and turmeric flat bread. V, GF, O

Vegan Cheesecake - All our desserts are vegan and gluten free with zero refined or added sugar. All natural! V, GF, O

Drinks - Free flow filtered water & ginger/lemongrass tea 

*Additional refreshments & desserts are available for purchase

About your hosts:

Vesper Collective are artists co-creating immersive ceremonial experiences to inspire deeper connection to Self & All - drawing from sacred traditions around the world.

This concert will feature Tahir Qawwal & Ilahi Ensemble, Pavan Ji & Pao Pamaki. Find out more at the Instagram links below.

https://instagram.com/vesper.collective 
https://instagram.com/hanumanpavanji 
https://instagram.com/pao.pamaki 
https://instagram.com/tahirqawwal 
https://instagram.com/ilahi.qawwali 
https://instagram.com/baliorphandaycenter02 

Read more →

Clothes Swap coming to Pyramids of Chi!

Greg Chambers

👗 CLOTHES SWAP 👗⁠
…brought to you by Beluna Co Working Space

10:00am – 1:00pm, Saturday, November 20 @ Pyramids of Chi ⁠

.⁠

Your trash may be someone's treasure! ⁠

.⁠

Meet new people, switch up your wardrobe & get some glam new items in a sustainable, fun exchange! ⁠

.⁠

👓 Quality, clean items only⁠

👙 Register a minimum 3 items to exchange or 100K entry fee if you don't bring clothes to swap⁠

🌼 Leftover clothes will be donated to the ladies of @pkpcommunitycentre ⁠

🦚 Cat walk wearing new items encouraged

.⁠

^100k Ancient Sound Healing available on the day for registered Clothes Swap participants or those that have paid the 100k entry fee

^^FREE day passes to Beluna Co Working for registered Clothes Swap participants or those that have paid the 100k entry fee

Read more →

COVID-19 has inspired the ridding of PLASTIC in Bali!

Greg Chambers2 comments

Most of the workers in Bali are, or were, employed in the tourism sector, now most of them are unemployed with no income to support their families.

Along comes Janur Yasa – the Balinese owner of a highly successful vegetarian restaurant in Bali called Moksa, he has established in a few months an amazing initiative to help the many desperate and often starving Balinese. This initiative not only gives them food on their table, but also their dignity back and an opportunity for the future.

In under 4 months this program has recovered and re-cycled over 60 Tons of plastic from several local villages close to Ubud. So successful has this program become, word of mouth has many Banjar’s (village leaders) from other regions now eager to introduce it into their own villages and beaches.

WHAT IS IT AND HOW DOES IT WORK?

Applying the KISS principle (Keep It Sweet and Simple) for every Kilogram of plastic collected a proportionate quantity of rice (or perhaps food) is offered.

The villagers and especially the children (not in school until end of 2020) actively collect plastic from the area, bag it and once a week present it for weighing and exchanging for a point system with the local Banjar. If they have cleaned the plastic, they get more points, if they have also separated the plastic into the 3 main types - again more points.  By collecting the waste plastics from their own households, subacs, rivers, beaches or rice fields and exchanging for points, they can now feed themselves from this effort.

The benchmark for uncleaned rice, is 5kg of Plastic gets them 1 kg of rice – enough to feed a family of four for a day.

The plastic is redeemed with the recyclers for a small sum, but the main purchase of the rice comes from donation. In time the value of the plastic and perhaps products produced from it could go a long way towards making the village self-sufficient.

  • $40 USD or $60 AUD will buy 60-days’ supply of rice for one family!
  • $0.75 USD or $1 AUD will buy one Kilogram of rice, a small price for feeding a family for one day!

There are no admin fees or costs, every dollar raised goes towards the purchase of food. Visit the Go Fund Me page by clicking the button below. Every donation is appreciated no matter how small!

NEXT STEP

Where does the Pyramids of Chi stand in all this?

We are initially proposing support to Janur with organizational assistance, seeking donations and encouraging other Banjar’s to participate in this worthwhile program.

After a proving time (by the end of 2020 we hope), Bali will be on the way towards being the most waste plastic free island in Asia. With this fact established - using such a simple method, we are discussing with Jamur and his team the opportunity of introducing the program to all other Indonesian Regencies. Then out into the global arena and especially Asia and India where the food crises are so evident and plastic pollution such a major environmental concern.

We have the international expertise to help with that expansion and are very excited at this opportunity for a 3 way win win situation – environment protection, dignity for the poorer people and overcoming hunger – the number 1 killer in the world.

Please watch the video below to see the proposal in more detail, and if you are also a lover of Bali and its wonderful people, then please consider a donation via the Go Fund Me page, every bit helps and remember - it is not just to feed a family - but to clean up the planet!

Thank you for taking the time to consider this incredible initiative and would encourage everyone to help us spread this very important message. With everything happening around world and usually in an extremely negative way it is wonderful to be able to share good news, be a part of the movement.

Peter & Lynn McIntosh
Founders & Directors

&fbclid=IwAR05hEumfhiF36UlnPPs-GP1Fs9n6HfwhHptWfcTl_MUkX3hBsKhkLoDsoo

Read more →