The First Yoga Retreat in Negros Occidental this July

Yoga Beach Holiday
A Yoga Retreat at the Beach

Are you stressed out and tired from the hectic city life?


Are you confused and trying to tune in to your inner compass?


Do you need some quiet time and a soulful retreat?


Take 3 days off and give your Mind, Body and Soul a break and the Balance that you deserve....


Join us for a soulful experience on July 23 to 25, 2010 (Friday to Sunday) at the
Punta Bulata Resort and Spa in Negros Occidental Philippines


The Yoga Retreat Package includes 3-Days & 2 Nights Resort Accommodation
at Punta Bulata Resort and Spa, all meals for the duration of the retreat,
Teacher's fees and all yoga sessions for the weekend.

Yoga Retreat Package:
P6,450 (triple sharing)
P6,950 (twin sharing)


The Beach Yoga Retreat will be conducted by Joy Geronca of Anahata Yoga Philippines.


Now, it's Your time to Relax, Refresh and Recharge....


The Yoga Beach Holiday - A Yoga Retreat


Limited Slots available so book early!

For Metro Manila Inquiries and Reservations, call 9721838 or 7034346
For Outside Metro Manila, Bacolod Residents and others, call 0918-9457648

Email: yogaretreatphilippines@gmail.com

Vist Bacolod and Negros!

See this short video on the sights and beauty of Negros Occidental and Bacolod City...

Bacolod City Celebrates Chinese New Year with Bacolodiat 2010

Bacolod City celebrated the Chinese New Year for 2010 with an elaborate and festive event called the Bacolodiat. Last February 12-14, 2010, the Tourism Strip at Lacson Street was closed off to all traffic as it was the venue for most of the festivities in the city including a lantern dance parade!


There were dozens of food booths near the Bacolod Lagoon area and fireworks display every night during the 3-night festivities.


All in all, the Bacolodiat 2010 was a great and terrific way to welcome the Year of the Tiger. We hope that this will be a yearly celebration for the City of Bacolod in addition to the very popular Masskara Festival that draws thousands of tourists and party goers to the city.


Watch the Lantern Dance Parade video here:

Sagay Sand bar - Carbin Reef is a white sand beach less than an hour from Bacolod City

Carbin Reef is a white sand bar located off Sagay City and the island of Negros in the Visayas (the central islands of the archipelago).

This tiny island is 150 meters long and 30 meters wide, it is ideal for a relaxing day for tourists who discover the island of Negros and nearby Bacolod.

It's about a 1 hour drive from Bacolod City and is accessible via a "pumpboat" (a small local boat) from the port of Sagay.

The comfort of the island is very basic but there shaded areas ideal for a picnic and day trip.

You'll probably one of the few visitors of this tranquil and calm islet. The proposed activities are mainly relaxing and swimming.

This beautiful island is in fact a Marine Sanctuary where aquatic life can recover. The rules are so strict on the use of waste and it is forbidden to take anything from the island.

I recommend spending the day on this island because you feel alone in the world. Plan a picnic and bring your own food and drinks. Remember to bring water and sunscreen.

Bacolod Masskara Festival at Night: Electric Masskara Parade & Lacson Street Party!

The 30th Masskara Festival in Bacolod City reached its peak during the weekend, from October 16-18, Friday to Sunday, highlighting an elaborate Electric Masskara Parade and street party at Bacolod's main Lacson Street. That's 3 nights of non-stop partying, festivities and overflowing food and drinks at the bars, restaurants and in the streets!

Food kiosks lined up along Lacson Street

A portion of Lacson Street was closed to vehicles and it became one massive party place. Lacson Street from the 6th Street and the Bacolod Lagoon area all the way up to the intersection of B.S. Aquino Drive was closed off. That's about 23 street blocks and yet all of it was swarming and packed with people! It seemed the whole of Bacolod, plus several foreigners, tourists and out-of-towners, were there to join the fun and revelry.

A sea of people in front of Cafe Bob's

There were 3 stages each with a party band playing, set up in different key area along the party street or what some call the "Tourism Strip" which is Lacson Street. Different bands played the whole night, some bands even came from Cebu and Iloilo. The night was filled with "live entertainment", with some bars having their own entertainment such as local DJ's plus those coming from Manila.

Live band at the "Tourism Strip"

A unique part of the Masskara Festival in recent years is the Electric Parade. This year, the Electric Parade opened with a special "unveiling" and launch of the "Majica Masskara" float. It is a collaborative work of 18 Bacolod artists to "Celebrate 30 Years of Smiles" and to showcase how the Masskara Festival has evolved to what it is today. The result is an original and very ilonggo masterpiece mounted on a 30-foot trailer.

The Majica Masskara Float - artistic, original and first of its kind in the Philippines

So much partying and fun happened in the 3 days and 3 nights during the Masskara weekend that it cannot be documented in this blog. There's nothing quite like it and you need to experience it yourself. If you missed this year's Masskara Festival, be sure to join the fun next year!

Bacolod Masskara "masks" on display at Robinsons Place

During the week long festival of Masskara, several "Masskara Masks" were on display in a Masskara exhibit at Robinsons Place.

Masskara Street Dancing Kicks Off!

The 30th MassKara Festival four-day Street Dancing Competitions kick off today with 11 contingents joining the schools category contest at 3 p.m. at the Bacolod public plaza which is being ran in cooperation with the Department of Education in Bacolod City.


The barangay category will be at 2 p.m. Saturday and the open category on Sunday. The Electric MassKara streetdance, which has been transformed into a Ledge Dancing competition, on the other hand, will take centerstage 8 p.m. Friday at the Lacson Tourism Strip.

“To mark the third decade of the festival with the theme, ‘30 Years of Smiles', we hope to highlight the elements that have made it a very popular festival: happiness, cheerfulness and optimism as captured in our smiling masks, faces and costumes in bright and bold colors,” festival director Eli Tajanlangit said. The costumes and masks of the competing groups are now at Robinson's Place Bacolod.

The schools, barangay and open category contests will have Libertad-Araneta streets as starting point for the dancers, and to follow the Araneta parade route up to the public plaza. Two areas of competition will be the street dance and arena performance. Judges will be stationed along the parade routes.

Each contingent will have a minimum of 35 dancers and a maximum of 60.
Cash prizes for the schools category are P50,000, P30,000 and P20,000 for first, second and third, while for both the open and barangay category, the prizes are P100,000, P75,000 and P50,000 for first, second and third places.

For the street dance, the groups will be judged on their choreography, performance and production design for their mask, costume and props. For the arena performance, the criteria are concept, choreography, performance, and production design.

Special awards will be given for the Best Mask and Best Costume which have been pre-judged.
For the first Electric MassKara Ledge Dance Competition, seven contingents are joining with each group to have a minimum of 15, and maximum of 20 dancers.

Source: Visayan Daily Star