Ratu Bagus

Ratu comes from a very large family, he is one of nine brothers and sisters. The family had a very difficult childhood, their father died when they were young, and had little money for the basic things in life. Their mother Nini now lives on the ashram, she is in fine health due to her continued focus and dedication to Ratu and his shaking practice and is still shaking everyday at the age of 96.

Ratu has two children, a son and daughter. Ratu's son Gede is married to Lenny and they have a young daughter Iya. Dia, Ratu's daughter, is married to Nana and they have two young daughters, Nadia and Dinda. Gede is very involved with the building plans for the expansion project at the Ashram and he is often seen working in the Ashram developing the buildings and gardens.

Ratu's first wife - Mama, passed away and Ratu married Niychola in 2006, She selflessly supports Ratu with his mission. Ratu's calls his wife Sri,while Balinese people say Mpu Istri and some westerners say Niychola. At the age of eight whilst deep in the Saudi Arabian Desert with her family, Niychola had a vision of Quan Yin and another spiritual guide who referred to himself as sunny surya, she now recognises this guide as Ratu Bagus.

Their spiritual connection deepened as Niychola further explored and trained in various spiritual healing traditions from the age of sixteen and serves the community with these healing experiences. The journey to Ratu continued and in 1996 whilst studying for a herbal medicine degree travelled to study Ayuveda and Yoga in South India. Here a Vedic astrologer prophesised that she would marry her spiritual partner and soul mate who lived on the other side of the world and they would become Brahmins and help many people in the world. In 2000 Niychola further explored and trained in traditional indigenous healing practices and cultures by travelling to Mexico, as a guest at a sacred Fire and Shamanic Initiation Ceremony of the Huichol Indians.

Niychola was called out from over 300 people to receive heart homework from the Sacred Fire (Agni Deva known there as Tatewari). She was told that there are 6 people in the World who channel Sacred Fire, one is a special man who lives in Indonesia, you must go on his 11 day meditation retreat. Soon after she was initiated as a Sacred Fire keeper. On meeting one of Ratu's shakers, he told her about Ratu's Retreat and healing shaking Practice. Niychola attended the retreat and the story unfolded. Ratu proposed to Niychola and they are now married and are Brahmins in Bali. Ratu says their marriage is symbolic of the spiritual unity between East and West

In 1993 an Italian man was passing the ashram, he felt an energy vortex pull him strongly towards it. His time there was profound, and on his return to Italy he shared his experiences and soon a group of around 25 people invited Ratu to visit them in Italy.

Ratu has students from over 20 different countries and the numbers are growing rapidly as word spreads throughout the World about the good work he is doing. It is an important aspect of Ratu's teaching that there is a network of support so we are able to share our experiences and help each other, which in turn means we help ourselves. Ratu places great emphasis on growing together. There is a widespread community of western students who regularly train together and there are many shaking groups throughout Europe. We often get together socially and many shaking days are organised throughout the year to give us the opportunity to all get together as one. For more information click here Groups and Contacts

Since that first visit to Italy Ratu has come to Europe regularly holding retreats in Britain, Germany Holland, Belgium and Italy. Currently the shaking community comes together as one at the European Retreat held in Italy bi-anually. More recently Ratu has also held retreats in Australia. For more information click here Retreats and Calender