Delegates will be asked when registering to select one of five pods that reflect their special interest. Pod communities will meet on day 2 and 3 of the program for leadership training and skill-building discussions focused on the social issue topics. Read the full descriptions here or click on a lotus.
Transformative Education, Social & Political Leadership
Language of the Soul: Spirituality, Healing, Medicine, and
Indigenous Wisdom
Media as Activism: Media, Film, Journalism, Performance and Visual Arts
Global World of Business and Nonprofits
Deep Ecology, Environment and Sustainability Advocacy
As a key ingredient towards a deeper understanding of our individual and collective roles as change agents, diifferent dialogic processes will be used throughout the gathering including the World Café, Open Space, Appreciative Inquiry, and new forms of conflict resolution training to draw on the collective insights into the seemingly unsolvable problems of the world.
Participants will be immersed into the indigenous realm of Bali, allowing a stronger link between East and West perspectives on shifting world views. Highlights include special Balinese performances and rituals, walks thru rice paddies, small meetings with local Balinese village leaders and youth, opportunities to learn about Balinese culture and more. Many participants will be living in homestays or small cottages at Balinese family compounds, allowing a glimpse of true community living.
Explore how NGO’s impact the immediate needs of a country still facing extreme poverty and other concerns by spending a few days learning about the challenges of social activism on a day-to-day level. Teams of participants will be placed in different locations around Bali to work closely with local NGO’s and have an opportunity to do some field work, try out newly-acquired facilitation skills, and general observation.
his gathering is carefully designed for those wanting to engage with a collective of multigenerational, multicultural individuals who share a common bond of wanting to help shift the direction of our global future. More than 1,000 people have attended our previous QUEST FOR GLOBAL HEALING Conferences from over 40 countries. Hundreds of people are now more actively engaged as change agents because of their experiences at our events.
ere is a unique opportunity for personal and collective change that will reverberate around the world. Participants come from across the globe and will be offering shared concerns and deep-felt commitments to make a difference. Cutting-edge leadership 
and facilitation training will be offered by world-renown leaders and experts along with integrative tools for deep listening and quiet reflection. This program is committed to helping all participants strengthen their capacity to become effective leaders around their own vision for change. In addition, everyone will go home with a global support and resource network that enhances their ability to stay consciously global as they create changes on a local level.
- Acquire skills and confidence of authentic leadership
- Become a catalyst for an emerging global mindset that speaks to a multigenerational world
- Be empowered as a skilled change agent with new skills
and capacities - Plug into a new network of global leaders, resources and support to sustain your efforts and focus
- Obtain facilitation and dialogue coaching to promote conversations that matter in your own communities
- Be immersed in an indigenous culture that will enhance a deeper understanding of your self and the world you live in
- Experience practicum service work in different locations around Bali
- Meet a globally-diverse hosting team that will become part of your global family
- Receive concrete plans for your committed initiatives
his gathering aims to bridge the gap between personal desires for change and an actual implementation plan for committed action. Our flexible program design will allow participants to become clear about their own visions that help drive their 
initiatives. Also, ample time will be available to help consider the initial planning phases to get ideas off the ground. All participants will be in collaborative teams throughout the gathering, creating a network that will give additional support needed to keep them grounded, focused and motivated for success when they return home. Plans are under way to provide an ongoing infrastructure with some of the partnering organizations to provide tools and resources to help solidify participants’ committed actions. The leadership training provided at the gathering are proven techniques that can be used in committed action plans developed at this gathering. Participants will leave with the confidence to use many of the dialogic methods in their workplace, schools, or other social settings.
- Workshops offered on numerous topics related to activism and global healing
- Time for massages, long walks, Balinese healer sessions and more
- Spectacular reception by the Ubud Royal Family
- Innovative leadership and facilitation training by world experts
- Numerous optional evening activities
- Dinners with local Balinese villagers and leaders
- Balinese and Indonesian performances unseen by most tourists
- Practicum field work in remote areas of Bali
- Evening dialogue and reflection time in small gatherings around Ubud
- Poetry slam and other performances and live readings in local jazz cafés
- Presentations from global leaders, local Balinese, and individuals making a difference in the world!
For more information:
info@baliinstitute.org • 415.331.7552 • 866-458-2258 (USA)
Sausalito, California USA