Purification ritual and a visit to the Shaman
We woke up early to drive to Pranasanti yoga studio. This was a very quiet place away from the busy street and very lush, landscaped, and peaceful. We were served tea and coffee and given traditional Balinese clothes for the water temple ceremony. We met Ena, our guide who was so kind, knowledgeable and spiritual. She is training to be a priest, but priests need to have all their business tied up so they can focus on being a priest. She wants to do this in the next few years but is waiting for her kids to be grown up so she is more financially stable. Priests need to be free of all stressors and worries to focus on the rituals. So we got into the van and headed to Pura Mengening temple. This was a temple built in the 11th century with 11 different pools (pancoran solas) The pools are all for different functions, and pools 3 and 10 were specific to purification. Most people do a purification ceremony every full or new moon because it is when you are most open to new energy from th...
