In the lush green of the Campuhan riverside, below the main swimming pool of the Komaneka at Bisma resort, is a cluster of quiet villas. This is the Wana Jiwa Spa, a beautiful oasis of rejuvenation. The spa is named for the healing character of the surrounding forest: wana means ‘forest’ in Balinese, and jiwa means ‘soul’.
In times past, if you were an elderly Balinese man or woman and you found the weather too chilly for a bath at the river, you might have chosen instead to give yourself a boreh. This is a mixture of raw rice ground with aromatic roots, such as cekuh (lesser galangal) and a bit of coconut oil.
The speech of the river is steady and low, like the chanting of forest elves. You imagine that it is speaking of sunlight and giant ferns, perhaps because this is what you see outside the open window of your quiet spa villa. You are at the Wana Jiwa Spa at the edge of the Campuhan River, at Komaneka Bisma. Wana Jiwa means ‘soul of the forest'.
Nengah Ngenteg never dreamed of being a manager. "I was a therapist when I firstly joined Komaneka," he recalls. The man known better as Ngenteg further tells "There were only 3 therapists in Komaneka Spa when it first opened at Komaneka at Monkey Forest, Ubud".
Akar Wangi Spa will give you another sensation of Spa treatments in a quiet room of top floor Komaneka at Rasa Sayang. It is our traditionally full body massage is a signature treatment designed to soften and refresh skin with a moisturizing, finished with flower milk bath.
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