From day one of operating Escape Haven, when we could count our staff member on one hand, we have always been a family.

We have been so lucky to have such a long-standing team at our Bali retreat: Manik has been with us for 11 years, Anatari has been with us for 9 years, Wati, Devi and Lisa for 7 years, Gede our Chef and Ketut both for 10 years, and Kadek for 7 years. Running our luxury women’s wellness retreats in Bali simply wouldn’t happen without the dedication and care that our Balinese staff diligently offer. Every day our team appear on time, full of smiles, and ready to spend their day ensuring that each guest’s needs are met and taken care of. Not only are our Balinese team conscientious, attentive and resourceful, they perform every task with positivity and a genuine eagerness to please. Whether pampering Bali retreat guests with a massage, whipping up a delectable meal in the kitchen, tending to our abundant lush gardens, chauffeuring our guests around the island, or ensuring the rooms and villas are in tip-top condition, each staff member is highly trained, qualified and sincerely passionate about what they do.

We not only hand pick every single person on our team, we invest in them, we train them and we inspire them to keep learning, growing, and following their own goals and dreams. One of the highlights for us of running a Bali yoga retreat is that we have the pleasure of working with the local people, who could not be more friendly, giving and eager to please. Our guests always offer glowing feedback when it comes to our team and we are so proud of the way they deliver seamless service with a smile time after time, always striving to improve anywhere they can. If you have joined us on a Bali retreat, you may remember some of these shining faces below! We are honoured to introduce you to our Balinese staff who are pivotal in making Escape Haven the most-awarded luxury women’s wellness retreat in Bali.

Meet our Escape Haven Balinese Family:

Butlers

Lisa

Lisa was born and raised here in Bali, and her beautiful warm smile is the first you see when you arrive on retreat at Escape Haven. Lisa joined our team three years ago after working for a number of different villas in Bali. Lisa is a self-confessed lover of spaghetti and in her free time, you will often see her enjoying the ocean air at Kuta Beach. She also loves visiting the Holy Water Temple on her days off where she finds peace, balance and inspiration. Lisa loves keeping active with hobbies including badminton, hiking and TRX. Knowing the importance of both action and relaxation, she looks forward to her favourite Balinese holiday each year, NYEPI, which is a silent day of reflection that is part of the Hindu new year celebrations.

Kadek

Kadek is one of our wonderful butlers who welcomes our guests to Escape Haven and ensures their stay is perfect in every way. Kadek has many years of experience and his background in customer service spans from resorts to hotels to restaurants. Kadek also found love at Escape Haven! Meeting and marrying his beautiful wife Suzanne. His wide array of skills and efficient service always make him a favourite amongst our guests! Outside of work, Kadek loves playing soccer, strumming his guitar with friends, and getting out into nature and exploring in the nearby mountains. Originally from Nusa Penida, a stunning island just off the coast of mainland Bali, Kadek is the best person to chat to if you’re looking for a little extra taste of island paradise after your retreat!

Devi

Devi is one of our youngest butlers who joined our Escape Haven family three years ago. Devi is a Balinese native whose keen sense of ambition and drive inspired her to return to school last year to undertake a Management Degree. She has great plans to open her own business one day and become her own Girlboss! A lover of animals, Devi has an exceptionally cute Peking dog who she loves devoting her free time to. Her gentle kind nature and affection is what guests love the most about her, and Devi will always go above and beyond to ensure every guest has the most magical stay at Escape Haven possible. Be sure to spend a moment swapping pet stories and cute snaps with Devi during your retreat.

Ayu

Ayu is our newest team member. She has great experience working overseas and her attentive personality and huge wide smile is adored by many. You will see Ayu during the Balinese offering and she loves sharing more on the Balinese philosophy and culture. Ayu is a single mum of one handsome teenage son. She loves working in the hospitality, and loves get to know the ladies on retreat and sharing.

Mama Putu

Mama Putu is our mama in the house. She makes beautiful breakfast and in charge with preparing ingredients and the cooking class. Mama Putu owns an orphanage where she looks after many unfortunate kids and pays for their school tuition and provides shelter for them. Mama’s ginger tea is amazing! Mama Putu mostly works in the morning so she can keep balance in her life with the kids. Many previous guests comment on how yummy is her vegetable omelette and bircher muesli are. She has a very special smile and big heart.

Komang

Komang or known as Koko, is a happy single mum of a 16 yr old daughter. Komang loves to make jokes and ensures all of guests are happy and well taken care of. She is originally from West Bali and has been working overseas and at many great beach clubs such as the 66 hotel. Komang was the top 1 student on our English course during Pandemic. Dancing is something she always do to lift her spirit, she loves to watch Korean Series!

Office Team

Manik

Manik, our operations manager, has been with our founder Janine since the very beginning. Of course, that makes her everybody’s go-to person because she has the answers for everything! Manik is Balinese born and raised, however she also spent time in the United States, which she looks back on lovingly as a transformative and inspiring time in her life. She is now married with two beautiful children, one of them named Keanu after her Hollywood ideal Keanu Reeves! Manik adores entertaining people with her jokes and laughter and is best known for her bright lipsticks, beautiful dresses, high energy and unwavering smile. A lover of garlic bread and Beyonce, Manik still calls Ubud her favourite place to be where she can immerse herself in the peace and tranquility of her home village.

Patma

Meet Patma, our gorgeous Head of Happiness at Escape Haven! Patma speaks fluent english and has studied and worked in Australia specialising in hospitality. Her passion is empowering Balinese women to reach their best and she loves singing and playing guitar. She has a 2 year old son and 9 month old baby that she adores. Originally from Bali, Patma loves teaching guests about her island home. She always has a beautiful smile and twinkle in her eye. Patma helps coach and mentor the team to be the best versions of themselves.

Putu

Putu is our cultural expert and photographer. Age 40, Putu has 3 kids and his hobbies are playing Balinese music and our Rindik player. Putu is very open, friendly, diligent and always thriving to be better. He has over 15years experience working on cruises. His experience travelling around the world has made him at ease connecting with our guests. Escape Haven helps him with his self development; he has learnt many skills and he also loves making guests happy by being there and assisting in any way he can. Putu loves playing music, and he has a great sense of humour.

Therapist

Antari

Antari was born and raised in Bali and has enjoyed being a talented spa therapist for two decades, working in multiple 5 star resorts and hotels all over Bali. Antari is not only our head of Spa Department at Escape Haven, she is also our very special (and very popular!) Ayurvedic therapist. When she is not pampering our beautiful guests on retreat, Antari loves to take her children for a family picnic up in the Bedugul Botanical Garden. This is their favourite place to unwind during the holidays.

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Juni

Juni has a genuine love for pampering people and guest reviews will attest to both her skill and caring nature. Juni is a Balinese native who has been a spa therapist for over ten years. She loves treating our guests to sessions that will immediately release stress and tension in the body. As a mother of two beautiful young children and a one year old Bali puppy, she loves spending her days off with her family, going on nature walks or taking trips on the special Balinese holidays. You are always in good hands with Juni!

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Wati

Wati always dreamed of becoming a spa therapist. As soon as she had her first child 16 years ago, she started her training, and over those 16 years she has become a highly qualified and naturally gifted therapist, specialising in strong, deep massage styles. Our guests looking for a little extra pressure in their sessions love Wati and get amazing results from her treatments. Wati also has another 6 year old daughter and she loves spending time with her girls in her time off. We have been lucky to have Wati with us for three years and look forward to many more years with her on the team.

Yura

Yura is one of the most requested therapists on retreat. She also loves cooking traditional Balinese food. She is bubbly and brings laughter everywhere she goes. She has a way of helping everybody feel comfortable around her. Yura has a lot of experience working in the spa industry and it always makes her happy when guests compliment her treatments. Yura is a mum and her hobby out of work is cooking. She says that Escape Haven is her second home as everyone is treated as family. Yura has six senses with a special gift where she can feel any spirit present around her.

Shinta

Shinta is the youngest therapist on retreat and is only 25 years old. She is a mother of a 4 month old baby girl. She started her career as a therapist in 2015 in Seminyak for two years then she decided to learn overseas and worked in Turkey for 1 year. She returned to Bali and worked in Finns Beach Club Spa where she deepened her beauty treatment knowledge. She says working at on retreat allows her to meet many amazing ladies from all around the world. Her sports massage is amazing and she speaks great English. Shinta has a beautiful smile & energy!

Driver

Kitchen

Chef Witana

Chef Witana is one of the famous chefs at Escape Haven, he is also great on camera and leads the cooking class online for our ladies on online retreats. Chef Witana is the 3rd generation in his family who has a passion for cooking. He has many diverse experiences in the kitchen and spent more than 10 years working on cruises where he learned how to cook to such high standards. He speaks great English and is fun to work with. Witana said working at Escape Haven is a dream come true as he is treated as a family member and everyone is friendly.

Chef Andika

Chef Andika is a super cool chef. He is very patient and his italian dishes are amazing! He usually leads the Cacao Circle and makes the best Cacao drink ever! He makes such amazing Indonesian dishes, especially the nasi campur for Sunday’s dinner. Chef Andika has been with us more than 6 years. He loves music and find music as a way to lift up his mood.

Chef Komang

Chef Komang is our newest member at Escape Haven. He is our artist! He creates such amazing dressings and decorations for all meals. The love he pours into his work is very hard to go by unnoticed. He has an amazing smile and is very gentle and kind-hearted. Komang is such an independent man and a real family man too. His smoothie bowl is the best, and his salads are superb- don’t miss them!

Operations

Ketut – Driver

Ketut is the newest team member that we work with on retreat. He is very gentle and calm. He loves to share of Balinese philosophy and culture with the guests. All of our previous guests love him. Best of all, he knows all the special hidden gems in Bali and many great places to experience whilst on retreat.

Oka – Housekeeper

Oka is our star in the housekeeping department. Her dedication and hard work is loved by all of her team. Oka is very diligent and she manages her work very well. Oka speaks very good English and excelled during our English Course that we ran with the whole team whilst retreat was quiet during the pandemic.

Chandra – Housekeeper

Chandra is the youngest member of our team. She is the eldest in her family and she is working to help her mum and dad to look after her brother and sister. Chandra is a balinese dancer and dancing is her favourite hobby. Chandra loves looking after the retreat rooms and ensuring all of the rooms are clean and perfect each day for the guests to enjoy.

Eka – Maintenance

Eka is our maintenance supervisor. He is very cool and fun to work together with. He loves fishing and singing too. Eka often come to the villa to do regular check on the airconditioning (to keep guests cool!) and the retreat grounds in general to make sure everything is perfect.

Ade – Maintenance

Ade is our main go-to man when we have any issues with the maintenance on retreat. He is a shy person and very respectful. He loves singing and we often hear him humming as he works. Ade is a new father of a new baby boy.

John – Gardener

John is our fun poolman & Gardener. You will see him around in the morning watering the garden and cleaning the pool so it is sparkling for you to enjoy each day. It’s ready by the time you wake up, like magic! John is a father of three beautiful children and has a small business of selling Balinese food with his wife.

Nengah – Gardener

Nengah is the funniest team member we have. He has been working with Escape Haven for over 5 years, looking after our garden and pool. He has a cheeky smile and always brings laughter to the rest of the team. Nengah is a father of one handsome son. Nengah loves singing and you may hear him coming while watering the garden.

We invite you to join us

Come and experience the Escape Haven difference. One week is all it takes to reconnect with the most radiant version of you. Join us for a healing journey with a yoga retreat or Ayurveda retreat. Add some action and adventure with a Bali surf retreat or Bali bucket list retreat! Or enjoy our specialised programmes with a Pilates retreat or weight loss retreat. We curate every retreat to suit your unique needs and goals. There are so many reasons why we encourage all women to experience a luxury wellness retreat, but the most important one is- because you deserve it.