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Time to Bliss the real world

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will take you to yoga and meditation at the affiliated yoga centre nearby.

You can downward dog while farmers busy themselves in the surroundin­g fields and the imam calls to prayer.

It’s an experience that will really move you. The drivers are careful, gentle and patient and will wait for you and take you wherever you want to go.

You will even be given a little phone so you can call the drivers to tell them where to pick you up, or the kitchen to let them know you’ll be a little late and to put a plate in the fridge for you. Not that you’ll want to miss a meal. The food is exquisite, you can have amazing mango/banana pancakes with fruit or more traditiona­l fare for breakfast.

You can eat lunch whenever you want and order typical Indonesian food as light or as heavy as you like it.

But come evening, the group gathers to sample six different dishes that really give you a taste of the island. Salt and pepper squid, chicken curry, chicken satay, seafood barbecue, the list goes on. Plus you can help THE DEAL: Right on Battle’s High Street, Grade yourself to snacks and fresh fruit all day. You really can hole up at the spa for the week, but if you want to get out, Canggu beach is four minutes’ walk away.

If shopping is your thing, go to Seminyak market and haggle over sarongs, jewellery and crafts. If you want to explore Ubud – just an hour away, made famous by Eat, Pray, Love – it has Hindu temples, Goa Gajah (the Elephant Cave) and rock-cut shrines.

For some nightlife, everybody at the spa gets taken to drink cocktails and see the amazing sunset at hip outdoor Potato Head

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