Can I realistically fit Reiki training into a trip to Bali, or does it need more time than a holiday allows?
Answered by Vanessa Chugani · Updated September 2026
Yes, for one level. Training has no fixed calendar: Vanessa arranges dates around each student, taught live in Canggu or live online, never a recording. A single level often fits inside a trip. If you want several levels or Master Teacher, plan for more time, or start in Canggu and continue online once you're home.
Training with Vanessa does not run on a public timetable, so the honest answer depends on what you are after. One level in a short trip, yes, comfortably. All the way through to Master Teacher in a week, probably not, unless you are happy to finish some of it later online. Plenty of people who come to her for training are not filling gap-year time either: they arrive with a career behind them and a clear reason for wanting this, and that shapes how much time is actually worth setting aside.
Why the schedule bends around you
There is no fixed calendar and no advertised start date for Reiki training. Vanessa arranges every course around the student in front of her, in Canggu or live online, and she always teaches it live. There is no recording and no automated attunement, even for a single level, because the attunement itself is something she gives you directly. Tell her the dates you have in Bali and she will work out what genuinely fits inside them, rather than fitting you around a schedule that was never built with your trip in mind.
What one level looks like on a trip
Groups are small, no more than six people, and much of her teaching happens one to one. Each level includes the manual and the attunement, plus support afterwards while you get used to using it, support that carries on past the day you fly home. Taught this way, a single level sits comfortably inside most holidays in Bali: there is no course to wait for and no term to start. This suits someone who wants to begin something real while she is here, more than someone trying to collect every level in one visit.
If you want more than one level
Every level from Level 1 to Master Teacher is EUR 488, the same whether you train in person in Canggu or live online. That matters for planning a trip: you can finish one level with her in Canggu, fly home, and continue the next one online at the same price, rather than cramming everything into a single visit. Splitting training across a trip and the months after it loses you nothing, since the price and the teaching do not change by format.
Deciding what to book
If this is your first level, come with a few spare days and a loose itinerary either side, in case a session needs to move. If you already know you want to reach Master Teacher, say so early: Vanessa can plan a sequence that uses your time in Canggu for the parts that work best in person, and leaves the rest for later online. If you are still deciding whether training is what you want at all, a private session first is a reasonable way to feel how she works before you commit to a level. Read more about her background, or get in touch to talk through dates.
Related questions
Is a single level of training possible in under a week?
Often, yes. Vanessa arranges training around each student rather than a public timetable, and a single level, taught live in a small group or one to one, tends to fit into a typical stay in Bali. Tell her the dates you have and she will tell you honestly whether they are enough.
Can training be finished online after I leave Bali?
Yes. Every level is EUR 488, the same price in person in Canggu or live online, so you can complete a level with Vanessa in Bali and pick up the next one once you are home, rather than trying to fit everything into one visit.
What if I only want to try Reiki, not train as a practitioner?
Then training is not what you need yet. A private session in Canggu or a distance session is a more direct way to find out how Reiki feels before deciding whether the training itself is worth your time in Bali.