点评:**I came to Bali empty. I left a better version of myself.**
Two years all-in building an F&B brand in Kuwait. I gave that business everything and forgot the person doing the giving.
The hardest part was letting go of the planning. I control everything in my life. Here, someone else held the schedule and all I had to do was show up. It took days to stop reaching for control — and once I did, everything opened up.
**Nader** is the reason that's possible. Warm, funny, completely unpretentious, working quietly in the background so every person feels safe and looked after. He's the guide, but he never makes you feel guided.
**Sarah** is the best yoga teacher I've ever practised with. She pushes you from a place so calm you don't notice you're being challenged until you're already past it.
What they do with the group is genius, and so gentle you never see it happening. By midweek, eight strangers had become family. I've travelled a lot alone. I've never had that.
You come home calmer, gentler, and full of energy to conquer and change the world. Your head clears. You make wiser decisions. The things you've carried unfinished since day one, you finally close.
If you've forgotten that rest is part of the work: book it. You won't come home with photos. You'll come home with yourself.
翻译:**我空手来到巴厘岛,离开时却成了更好的自己。**
我在科威特全身心投入了两年时间,致力于打造一个餐饮品牌。我把一切都奉献给了那家企业,却忘了那个付出的人是谁。
最艰难的部分在于放下对一切的掌控欲。我向来掌控着自己生活中的每一件事。而在这次旅程中,其他人负责安排日程,我只需照做即可。我花了好几天时间才不再试图掌控一切——而一旦放下了,一切便豁然开朗。
**纳德尔**就是这一切成为现实的关键。他温暖、风趣,完全毫无做作之气。他默默在幕后工作,确保每个人都感到安全且被照顾周到。他是引导者,却从不会让你觉得被他引导着。
**莎拉**是我练过的最棒的瑜伽老师。她以一种极其平和的方式激励你,直到你成功完成动作后才会意识到自己其实正在接受挑战。
他们带领团体进行活动的方式实在高明至极,而且极其温和,让人察觉不到任何刻意引导的痕迹。才到一周中间,八个原本互不相识的人就宛如一家人了。我独自旅行过很多次,却从未有过这种体验。回家后,你会变得更加平静、温顺,同时充满力量去征服和改变世界。头脑也变得清晰起来,你能做出更明智的决定。那些从第一天起就一直悬而未决的事情,现在终于能画上句号了。
如果你忘了休息其实也是工作的一部分:那就去安排一次休息吧。你回家时不会带着照片,只会带着完整的自己。