Frequently asked questions

Not exactly. In Balinese tradition, a Balian is believed to be born with a calling rather than choosing healing as a profession.

This calling comes with particular abilities and a responsibility to serve the community. When someone resists this path, repeated illness, loss or misfortune may be understood as signs that their calling can no longer be ignored.

This was JRO’s experience. He resisted his calling for around twenty years, pursuing a career as a restaurant and nightclub manager while helping people without payment for more than fifteen years. After facing a series of difficulties and losses, he finally accepted healing as his full-time path. Across his years of practice, he has worked with more than 80,000 people.

A Balian may sometimes be described as a “Balinese shaman” because both can work with spiritual energies, ritual and the unseen dimensions of health. However, the terms are not the same. “Shaman” is a broad name used for practitioners from many cultures, while a Balian belongs specifically to Bali’s traditional healing system.

Depending on their calling, a Balian may work spiritually, energetically or physically through prayer, touch, massage, sacred rituals and herbal medicine. Their practice is shaped by Balinese Hindu spirituality, ancestral knowledge and their recognised role within the local community. Research on the role of Balians in Balinese society supports this culturally specific understanding.

JRO began receiving teachings through dreams when he was around ten years old. By fourteen, his body started to move instinctively when he was near someone who was unwell, and he could sense what was happening inside them without understanding why.

In 2008, an encounter with an elderly man led him to seek guidance from three Balinese spiritual teachers. A period of prayer, cleansing and meditation at three temples then helped him understand and master the gifts that had been with him since childhood.

JRO reads a person’s aura and energy to sense emotional, mental, spiritual and physical blockages. Through touch, he can also feel tension or imbalance affecting the muscles, nerves and internal organs. What he perceives guides how he adapts the treatment to each person.

People often ask JRO how he knows what he sees or feels. He usually answers with a smile:

Ask a chilli why it is hot, or why it changes colour as it grows. It cannot explain! That is simply how nature made it. It is the same for me. I was born this way. I don’t know why. I just know.

Yes. JRO is registered with the Indonesian authorities as a Penyehat Tradisional, a traditional health practitioner, under an STPT (Surat Terdaftar Penyehat Tradisional). Indonesian Ministry of Health Regulation No. 61/2016 defines the STPT as proof that a practitioner has registered to provide empirical traditional healthcare, and the framework recognises approaches using manual techniques, energy techniques and traditional herbal preparations. The correct description is a government-registered traditional health practitioner. That registration also reflects the trust he has built within his own community.

JRO combines energy healing, Balinese spiritual healing, muscle and nerve acupressure, herbal medicine, meditation, mantra and purification rituals. He has also studied hypnotherapy to explore emotional experiences more deeply.

He adapts the combination of methods to each person and to what he observes throughout the healing process.

No. In fact, JRO’s message is simple: please come earlier. Do not wait until you are seriously ill.

After working with so many people, one thing he feels deeply is that too many arrive only when they are already extremely unwell. Some travel from Europe with advanced cancer after years of medical treatment, at a point when their doctors have very limited options left. JRO will always do his best to offer complementary support to someone in that situation.

But he wishes people would listen to their bodies and seek support sooner, before the body is exhausted, a problem has been ignored for years or illness becomes the only thing forcing a change. Part of his work on social media is to help people recognise earlier signs, take greater responsibility for their health and way of living, and remain balanced through difficult periods of life.

Meeting more than once lets JRO observe how your body, mind and energy respond after each treatment, and adapt the next session accordingly. Healing is understood as a process rather than a single intervention: each session reveals another layer.

No. This work sits alongside your medical care, never instead of it. JRO’s work is complementary. It does not replace medical diagnosis, prescribed treatment, medication, rehabilitation or emergency care, and we do not promise a cure or a particular outcome.

If you are living with a serious condition, please stay under the supervision of your healthcare professionals and do not change anything they have prescribed without them.

At present, all treatments and Healing Journeys in Indonesia are led by JRO. Gigi supports communication and journey planning but is not currently offering sessions or taking part in treatments.

Yes, if you would like to stay with us. Accommodation is always optional and priced separately from the healing work. There are two private options.

A private room is IDR 250,000 a night, about 13 euros. It is a simple, comfortable room of your own.

A private villa is IDR 350,000 a night, about 18 euros. It has two double beds, a fridge and a fully private area with its own terrace.

One caregiver or family member is welcome to stay with you free of charge if you are comfortable sharing the accommodation. Our private villa has two double beds, allowing them to stay close while you each have your own sleeping space.

We are located in Sumberkima, North Bali, where public transport is limited. To make your journey easier, our trusted driver Putu, whom we affectionately call Papa, can collect you from the airport or anywhere else in Bali and bring you safely to our healing home. He can also drive you wherever you need to go during your stay and take you to your next destination when it is time to leave.

One treatment with JRO is IDR 1,300,000, about 65 euros. It includes his herbal preparations and guidance adapted to what you need.

If cost is what stands between you and this work, please tell us.

Read how we approach pricing

Yes, parking is available on site for both cars and scooters.

Yes. We have a small local warung at the healing home where you can buy simple local meals, drinks and water. This is especially convenient if you are staying overnight or have travelled a long way to reach us and would like to eat, rest and regain some strength.

Balinese clients traditionally bring an offering and a bottle of water for tirta, which they take home after the session. You may bring your own offering or purchase one at our warung.

For international visitors, neither is mandatory, as we fully respect that this may not be part of your culture.