12 Best Yoga, Acroyoga and Pilates Studio in Jakarta

To stay healthy, we keep looking and trying for different ways to get us going; luckily in Jakarta, trends spread quick so every time there’s a new method of fat burning in town, there will be a class offered near you. From the energetic Zumba, to the different types of yoga are included in the row of fat burning activity lately favored both men and women.

In addition to yoga, comes Acroyoga; a type of yoga from India which combine acrobatic and yoga, which results in flying like poses in the movement. There are three elements in the acroyoga: acrobatic, yoga and therapy, in which the three elements can be used as a medical therapy on the body. In addition serves to nourish the body, acroyoga also beneficial to the formation of the spine.  Acroyoga usually can be done by two people, but also can be performed by three to even four people.

Another trend is Pilates, a physical fitness system that was developed in the early 20th century by Joseph Pilates which emphasizes quality over quantity, and you will find that, unlike many systems of exercise, Pilates exercises do not include a lot of repetitions for each move. Instead, doing each exercise fully, with precision, yields significant results in a shorter time than one would ever imagine.

Here are our pick for the best places in Jakarta to practice Yoga, Acroyoga and Pilates accompanied by experienced teachers:

1. Dini Yoga

Dini yoga is a place where you can hear birds chirping and enjoy the greenery as part of your yoga practice. With open air setting, nature offers you fresh air in your practice. Located in the heart of Kemang, South Jakarta, Dini Yoga is a place for you to find a peaceful practice within.

Dini Yoga provides variety of classes in Hatha, Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Yin Yoga Kids Yoga, and Acroyoga. Taught by an international certified instructor, all classes are accessible for all practitioners from beginner to advance. Dini Yoga can also be catered for private lesson and corporates.

Jalan Kemang Dalam 4 No.K16, Jakarta
Phone: 081932566714
Class Duration: 1 hour
Price: Rp 80.000/visit, Rp 300.000/month (Unlimited)
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Classes: Monday to Friday (closed on Saturday, Sunday & Public Holidays)

2. Jakarta Do Yoga

Jakarta Do Yoga is a yoga studio with Iyengar Yoga core activities, guided by experienced instructors and sometimes world-class visiting instructors that hold seminars and training classes. All classes are conducted in a spacious 110 m2 space, equipped with yoga props, lockers and changing rooms. In addition to holding regular classes, Jakarta Do Yoga also often conduct workshops with various topics. Also offers prenatal classes.

Enkadeli Square – Jl.Sunda no.7 – 3rd floor, Menteng – Jakarta 10350
Phone: +6221 3100071
Sunter – Ruko Griya Inti Sentosa Blok L35. Sunter, Jakarta Utara 14350
Phone: +62 878 7594 8426
Price: Starts from Rp. 160,000/visit and 1,250,000/10 classes. 1 year unlimited price is available .
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Facebook: jakartadoyogastudio
Open: Monday to Saturday

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Delightful Afternoon High Tea at Sari Pan Pacific Jakarta’s Lobby Loung

Lobby Lounge at Sari Pan Pacific Jakarta presents an Afternoon High Tea promotion where guests can enjoy three delectable options: American afternoon high tea, Classic afternoon high tea and Indonesian afternoon high tea.

Accompanied by premium teas, each selection features tantalising homemade sweet pastries and savoury treats. With its calming ambience and discreet, elegant service, the Lobby Lounge is also the ideal place for cosy get-togethers.

American Afternoon tea

Tuna croissant, mini burger, potato wedges, chicken wing with BBQ sauce, nachos, smoked salmon and 6 types of sweet mini pastries

Classic Afternoon Tea

Roasted potato, Caesar salad, tomato soup, crispy chicken, salmon coulibiac, tuna sandwich, and 6 types of sweet mini pastries.

Indonesian Afternoon Tea

Fried cassava, fish satay, mini roasted rice, udang mercon, tahu gimbal, kaki naga and 6 types of sweet mini pastries

Available at the Lobby Lounge, Sari Pan Pacific Jakarta’s Afternoon High Tea is available from 3:00pm to 5:00pm at the price of IDR 120,000++/pax including free flow of hot beverages.

For more information, please contact Lobby Lounge at 021-2993 2749.

Sari Pan Pacific Jakarta

Jalan M.H. Thamrin No.6 Jakarta 10340 Indonesia P.O. Box 3138

Email: jakarta@panpacific.com  Website: www.panpacific.com

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BALI LOVE AFFAIR at Fairmont Sanur, Bali

 

You will fall in Love with this Beach Resort nestled within lush green. This is a small paradise located along the Sanur strip. Treat yourself with an extraordinary stay along the white-sand beach in Sanur, Bali. This 5-star Hotel (previously known as Regent Bali) is redefining Luxury with a great service and a minimal design.

What we like about this place ? Easy access to the calm white-sand beach, outstanding service, complimentary Yoga classes every morning at 7:30 AM, swimming-pool with ocean-view, remarkable breakfast buffet.

So, are you ready to fall in Love ?

Exclusive Price for What’s New Jakarta Readers :
– 2,450,000 Rp Nett per night
– 2,950,000 Rp nett per night (breakfast included for 2 people)

Type of Room : Fairmont Garden View Suite, 90m²

Fairmont Sanur Beach Bali : Jalan Kusuma Sari No. 8, Sanur, Bali 80227

Booking Period : From Now to September 30th, 2015
Stay Period: From Now until March 31st, 2016 (excluding High & Peak season)
Valid for Indonesia and KIMS/KITAS holder
Cannot combine with other offers.

If you want to benefit this offer, please send an email to fairmontbalideal@gmail.com with your dates of check in, the number of nights wanted, if you want breakfast or not and the name of the guests (2 pax/room)

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  Fairmont Sanur Beach Bali

 

 

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Best Playgrounds for Kids in Jakarta

With the limited availability of public parks in Jakarta, finding a place for your kids to play in a safe and fun environment can be a task for parents. You want to let them to jump, climb and and explore but in the same time, you want to be able to sit back, relax and not have to worry about them roaming far unattended. The good news is that there have been more playground for kids popping up around the city, both indoor and outdoor for kids in all ages. We have compiled some of the best that you can take your kids to for them to have a grandest time!

1. Playground Kemang  ( 0 – 10 year old / Outdoor)

The Playground is an outdoor, Western-style playground in a quiet suburban setting. Run by a couple of Indonesian mothers with their Canadian partner, Playground is has spacious grass area and abundant trees surrounding it. Facilities include 10 different play apparatus, Interactive wet play area with small water slides and sprinklers, International grade rubber safety surfacing and shade cloth, Bike/rollerblading path, Standard and kiddy height basketball hoops and other activities. Suitable for parties but strictly limits playground occupancy to only 35 kids at a time.

The Playground also has a Cafe that offers an extensive range of adult and children’s food, coffee, freshly baked breads using butter (not shortening), and no MSG or palm oil is used, and provide buffet for catering.

Address:
Jl. Kemang Dalam 3B # B6, Jakarta Selatan.
Phone: 021 – 719 6962
Email: the.playground@hotmail.com

Price: Daylight Rp.60,000 Afternoon (with lights) Rp. 80,000
Open: 8 to 6 pm, Everyday  including all public holidays, except on Idul Fitri, Christmas Day, and New Year Day.

2. Kidzania  (2 – 16 year old / Indoor)

An ‘edutainment’ indoor theme parks for kids aged 2 to 16 years of age, Kidzania makes you wish you were a kid again! This 7500 m2 space has been built to replicate a real city in miniature, with roads, building, shops, bakery, retail stores, to its own fire department. Upon entering, one is given a boarding pass, a map of the city, and a 50 Kidzos (the official currency of Kidzania) paycheck upon entry. Inside, they can work on over 70 different professions, and spend their Kidzos in some of the shops.

Address:
Pacific Place 6th floor, Sudirman Central Business District (SCBD) kav. 52 – 53, Jakarta Selatan
Phone: +62 21 5154888 ext. 100
Email: info@kidzania.co.id, www.kidzania.co.id

Price:
2 – 3 year old: Rp. 50.000 (weekdays) Rp. 75,000 (weekends)
4 – 16 year old: Rp. 150.000 (weekdays) Rp. 200,000 (weekends)
Adult (17 – 64) Rp. 100.000 (weekedays) Rp. 150,000 (weekends)
*Price differ during holiday season

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20th Anniversary of Sunlake Group Hotels & 30th Wedding Anniversary of COO Mrs. Maya Lilaani

20th Anniversary of Sunlake Group Hotels & 30th Wedding Anniversary of COO Mrs. Maya Lilaani at Manhattan Hotel, 28 August 2015

 

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Guide to Best Dining, Drinking and Partying in Kemang

With great selection of restaurants, cafes, bars, and boutiques, Kemang is very popular among expats and has turned into one of the busiest areas in Jakarta, especially at night. On weekends, Kemang turns into a gathering place for the young and executives of Jakarta from various circles to hangout.

With the bars & restaurants sometimes close together, this is the area where you can go bar hopping with no need to change you car parking. Park your car or hop off a taxi in one place and you can go walk from bar to another in the Kemang street. 

Here are our recommendation on where to dine and drinks or party in Kemang!

BEST HANGOUT & HAPPY HOURS BARS

1. Eastern Promise $$

Like its sister venues de Hooi and Cazbar, Eastern Promise is a laid back, sports-cum-pool bar. They also have a large beer garden at the back which often feature live music. The generous drink offers make it one of the most popular expat bars in town. Look out for the Sunday lunch deals.

Jl. Kemang Raya No.5 Ph.+62 21 7179 0151
Opening Hours: Daily 10:00am until late

2. FEZ BY APHRODITE $$

Good menu, and if that’s not enough, another wide range of good food can be ordered from the Indian restaurant upstairs. Abundant flat screen televisions provide sports fans a great view of the game(s) broadcast regularly. Managed by the Aphrodite team.

Kinara Building, Jl. Kemang Raya, no. 78B, Kemang | Phone: 021719 2677
Fez by Aphrodite (1st Floor) is open daily: From 3pm – 2am on weekdays and 1pm – 3am on weekends.
Phone: (021) 7192677

3. Murphy’s $$

A very popular pub among expats of Jakarta, Murphy’s is the first and most authentic Irish pub and the first place in Jakarta to offer the very popular Draught Kilkenny, imported all the way from Ireland and also the Draught Guinness.

Murphy’s offer live music every night, state of the art–but not too loud– music system, and major sporting event live broadcast on their 5 large plasma screens or the giant projector screen.

Follow their Facebook page and twitter @MurphysKemang for special offers and events.

Kemang Raya No.11, Kemang, Jakarta Selatan Telp: 02171791471

 4. Queen’s Head $$$

A trendy restaurant that’s popular among Jakarta’s young crowd, Queens Head tries to bring British touch with an Indonesian flair. Their carefully crafted cocktail list is mirrored by Chef Blake’s delectable and original take on modern cuisine. His menu reads like a story of exotic spices blended with modern western staples, presented in a nouveau fashion.

Jalan Kemang Raya No.1, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta 12730, Indonesia
(021) 7196160

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Crowne Plaza Jakarta Jakarta Wedding Exhibition

Crowne Plaza Jakarta once again had a chance to showcase our venue and wedding packages during the Jakarta Wedding Festival on 14 – 16 August 2015 in Jakarta Convention Center. Our offers includes wedding reception for 400 to 1000 guests. For confirmed booking and deposit payment made during the exhibition, wedding couples received additional benefits of complimentary stays and food stalls. Our  Wedding Specialists were dispatched to offer their expertise to ensure  that every couple would have a memorable event  at Crowne Plaza Jakarta.

   This prestigious exhibition was supported by leading Indonesian wedding site, weddingku.com and organized by PT. Radyatama organizer. More than 500 wedding vendors participated in the biggest wedding event in town. For the entire three days, wedding vendors prepared stunning booth to promote their products to attract visitors/brides to be. Visitors had a chance to win a luxury car as the grand prize of the exhibition.

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Crowne Plaza Jakarta IHG CR Week

As part of InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) annual program, Crowne Plaza Jakarta organized a Corporate Responsibility (CR) Week from 17 – 21 August 2015. The purpose of this event is to demonstrate IHG commitment to protecting the environment  through sustainability program which is one of the two pillars of IHG corporate responsibility agenda.

For the entire week,  Crowne Plaza Jakarta held various fun sustainability activities such as Flower arrangement competition, Hydrophonic training, Green menu in Employee Dining Area, setting up Self Composting Facility, Skill Competition among students of IHG Academy program as well as webinar sessions of successful implementation of green solutions from Green Engage and hotel’s training under IHG Academy program in sister hotels in Asia and Middle East regions. By taking part in this event, staffs and colleagues were encouraged to create a greener hotel area and also to increase their awareness in the importance of protecting environment.

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Support Bangkok through Food Festival

Jakarta, 26 August 2015 : Ms Busakorn Prommanot, as Director of The Tourism Authority of Thailand  and the Mayor of North Jakarta, Dr. Toni Sukanda – Economy Assistant of North Jakarta Administrative officially opened the Taste of Thai Festival that will be held from 25 August 2015 to 4 September 2015 at Holiday Inn Jakarta Kemayoran.

“We love to support this kind of positive program and I hope the hospitality industry will continue similar activities in order to support the advance of tourism between our two countries” said Ms. Busakorn Prommanot, the Director of Tourism Authority of Thailand.

Taste of Thai Festival presents invited guest Chefs Pongsathorn Jaimaen and Nipon Sornphome from Crowne Plaza Bangkok Lumpini Park Hotel to present delightful authentic Thai cuisine for lunch and dinner at Botany Restaurant.

This is part of Holiday Inn Jakarta Kemayoran’s commitment to place Botany at the forefront of International cuisine in North Jakarta. In addition, it is also a form of the hotel Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activity as support for tourism which was weaken by issues that hit Bangkok some time back. In particular Holiday Inn Jakarta Kemayoran introduced the beauty of Thailand through its authentic food.

As a form of awareness to support Thailand, the hotel also initiated the #WeSupportBangkok Instagram campaign. Holiday Inn Jakarta Kemayoran invite people to share their memories of Thailand to be collected into collection of images that will show the beauty of Thailand which can be accessed through Instagram to support Bangkok.

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A Table With Chef Edward At Rosso Shangri-La, Jakarta

On Thursday, 27th of August 2015, South Korean’s celebrity chef Edward Kwon traveled to Jakarta to lend his genius expertise to host a group of guests at Shangrila’s Rosso to share his interpretation of modern Korean cuisine. Chef Kwon, world renowned for his quest to globalize his national cuisine, wowed the VIP guests with his expertise in incorporating Korean elements with western method of cooking. Throughout the 4 course meal, the dishes were paired with the Wolf Blass’ exclusive selection of white and red wine.

Find out about the full experience here.

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