Picturing Paradise
Discovering the Self and Space through
Contemplative Photography
Build a positive relationship with yourself and the environment around you.
Lead by Subba Sattvic, Jennie Moctezuma & Renuka
Limited seats: 15 only
Dates: June 25-29, 2025
(5 days, 4 nights)
Daily photography, yoga, meditation, immersion in nature, breathwork, and joyful food.
This retreat aims to build a contemplative practice you can bring home with you (with the phone in your pocket), and an ability to pause with your head, hand, and heart.
at our award-winning retreat centre BeingSattvaa, Ubud, Bali
Investment: Single USD 1700 | Double USD 1300
Super early bird discount of USD 200 for sign-ups before April 15, 2025
Early bird discount of USD 100 for sign-ups before May 15, 2025
Special Rates Available for Extended Stay/Holiday Post-Retreat
Please express your interest below and we will reach out with more information
Note: While some photography and meditation/yoga techniques will be taught, this retreat focuses on the relationship of our hearts to what we see every day, a contemplative practice through a lens you can carry home in your pocket.
No photography experience or special equipment is necessary. Our role is to use any lens you have (like your phone) to take beautiful, heartfelt pictures as a meditative practice.
Who is this retreat for?
This retreat is for you if you are ...
Exhausted and looking to reconnect meaningfully with the world around you
Looking for some quality time with yourself
Looking to develop a meditative practice you can use anywhere, anytime
Want to engage your head, heart, and hand in beautiful surroundings
Hoping to cultivate a practice of photography as a form of active receiving rather than "taking" pictures
You will return from Bali..
Rested & Refreshed …in body, mind, and spirit
Clearer …on what you seek in relationship to your environment
Knowing... more about the beauty in the everyday
Amazing Memories… inspiring your daily life
With an everyday tool…for contemplative practice
Each day’s schedule will include:
Daily morning walks around BeingSaatva
Gentle Yoga, Breathwork, and Meditation for Focus
Breakfast
AM excursion with photography session (Theme of the Day for Nature/Culture/Craft/Wisdom)
Lunch
Rest/Relax/You time/Photo-Editing time
Walking Meditation/Happiness Exploration/
Tea/Community Sharing/Seeing
Wisdom of the Day/(based on) Yoga Philosophy
Photography and Written Journaling
What's Included:
5-day immersion in specific practices of breathwork, meditation, forest bathing, travel to temples and waterfalls, contemplative photography exercises
Daily personal guidance with your teachers Subba and Jennie
4 incredible nights in a private villa at BeingSattvaa
Airport pick-up & drop-off shuttle service to Ubud
Refreshing and joyful plant-based meals
One signature spa treatment
Two local tours in historic locations in the nature of Ubud (Photography is encouraged and will not violate sacred spaces in these locations)
Natural fiber journal for your photos and reflections
Postcards to mail and write to YOU and someone else for your return home
Trip to local market or home
What's Not Included:
Airfare
Trip Insurance
Visa (if required)
About your Retreat Leaders:
Subba Sattvic, a trusted well-being and Life coach, and co-founder of BeingSattvaa, with a blend of 25 years as a corporate leader and 20 years as a mindfulness practitioner and wisdom coach. Unique to his programmes are tools of wisdom, science, mindfulness practices, and his life coaching that help us integrated these into our life contexts here and now.
Jennie Moctezuma, PhD is a practicing contemplative and event photographer and practicing Professor of Art, Leadership, and Anti-Bias Education. She is the founder of Sweet Olive Photo, seeking to find the beauty in everyday moments.
And, you will be hosted by:
Renuka, Co-founder of BeingSattvaa, who created and runs BeingSattvaa, and has designed experiences for over a hundred retreats with special attention to freshly cooked plant-based food and experiences centered on the nature and culture of Bali.
About BeingSattvaa
Our Award Winning Retreat Centre
A retreat center that focuses on just one thing – You!
An exclusive setting where you can reconnect with yourself, nature, and your surroundings.
A refreshing and energized space where you may yoga, meditate, immerse in nature, and, most importantly, get undisturbed time with yourself as you build your practices.
Energized daily by nutritionally balanced Asian and Western vegetarian and vegan cuisine delicately flavored with fresh produce from the garden.