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Our ShangriLa Team

Our House Keeping Staff

Ayu Ningsih
She is a very spiritual woman, vegetarian since childhood, a daughter to a priest and always praying. She believes in KRISHNA and expresses her devotion in her amazing voice. Maybe you will be blessed to hear her sing the devotional Krishna Mantras, as magic comes through her voice when you hear her sing.

Putu Widayani
She is very gentle in her appearance, cute in her smile, with a very warm heart and a humble nature. She always makes the staff smile and laugh and stands by her friends. She is still single.

Made Suci
She is a powerful woman, who has lost her husband at a very young age and therefore is a single parent of one son. She appears quiet at first, but is very attentive and will sparkle with her eyes if you look deep into her soul. She likes to share and help her friends with their problems.

Ayu Sri Utami
She is the lead House Keeping staff at ShangriLa. She is always conscientious, attentive to little details, like the flowers on your bed, and truly brings an angelic sparkle into the room.
She is tall and really beautiful, looking like a princess that works in her dream castle.

She is a very strong woman, who gets up early in the mornings to sell her husband's fish at the market, takes care of her family, all that before she comes to work. at ShangriLa
She is married and has two daughters.

Together they work well as a team and from their hearts want to make sure that all guests at ShangriLa feel speical and welcomed.

Our Gardener Team :

Putu Ardana, Wayan, Gede Wydiana

Wayan He is a Balinese of Chinese descent, who works quietly and consistently. Due to his heritage he is Buddhist, which sets him apart in the village. He is a spiritual man in his quiet ways, interested in spiritual literature and wisdom. He has also worked as a tour guide and manager previously out of town, but prefers to live close to his wife’s family in Bondalem now, which is unusual for Balinese, where the woman usually follows into the husband's family. His wife Komang Mudasi works as our Head Chef in ShangriLa. He always is careful and takes good care of his health working underneath the strong tropical sunrays, as his skin is paler than other Balinese, due to his lineage. He is a hard working man. He is married and loves his family very much. He and his wife have two daughters.

Putu Ardana He is hard working staff and works as a Gardener at ShagriLa. He is very humble and funny with the staff, and is like a hidden gem. He makes our staff laugh when they sometimes sit together and talk, and never is too proude to help with anything. Feel free to appreciate the daily effort and attention that our gardeners give to the gardens of ShangriLa.

Gede Widnyana His eyes are like stars and shine like a man who knows a lot more that he shows. His heart shines through his eyes. He takes his life here on Earth as a path of service and conscientiousness. He is a quite type and really kind. We found him working as a finishing builder while ShangriLa was being built, doing all his work with love and attentiveness . We loved his style, his care with details, his persistence and dedication to excellence., whicih is why we asked him to join our team. You will be walking on and touching the many walls and floors he helped to build.

Our SPA Team

Surkerti, Kadek Latsu, Komang Arpeni, and Gede

Kadek Lastu She our head Massage Therapist in ShangriLa and has taught the other entire therapist crew at ShangriLa SPA. She has brought with her many years of experience from her work at the retreat center Bali Mandala and other places before she joined us at ShangriLa. She knows about the powerful effect of a focused mind in the process of healing and in giving massage. You can certainly feel her presence. She also makes sure our groups are received with flowers and will think of things to do for our guest.s and groups She is married and has 2 sons.

Arpeni She is married to one of our neighboring fishermen and brings warmth and strength with her big smile. She is a very good therapist and can give strong massages as well loves to give great Manicures and Pedicures. She is very kind, humble and supportine. You will feel her love. She is married and has one daughter.

Sukerti She has a very soft heart and is a very polite woman. She has worked as an assistant to a midwife prior to joining us at ShangriLa and brings with her a keens sense of energy and healing. She is a very good therapist. Although small in stature, her hands are strong, and she is very focused in her mind. You will be able to feel her focus and presence as she will take you to Heaven during your massage. She is married.

Gede Darma He is our Reflexology Massage Therapist, but also gives all other oil massages as well . His loves to work slowly with equal attentions to his mind's focus, gentleness and refined energy wihile giving his massage. He has a keen interest in meditation and the refinement of his mind and soul. He constantly practices attentive focus during his massage and is ever refining his ability to heal. He is very humorous and loves to learn and help wherever he can. He is married and has one daughter and one son.

Our Restaurant Team:

Ketut Warta, Komang Mudasih, Ilona, Putu Mawar and Komang Widiasa

Komang Mudasih She is our Head Chef in ShangriLa and has brought with her years of experience from having worked as a cook in Candi Dasa. She can coordinate our entire kitchen, produce outrageous buffet menus, and will work diligently to make sure our groups are very happy. She knows to cook healthily and is very clean in all her work in the kitchen. She understands the western stomach! She loves to create new cakes and will be delighted bake a cake for your special occasion as well. She loves to meditate and works on her emotions to improve herself, pays attention to her dreams and thoughts, and knows that she is the creator of her outer life. She teaches YOGA daily in our Meditation Hall for our guests. She is married to Wayan, our gardener, and has two beautiful daughters.

Putu Mawar She is a great team member and cook, esspecialy Balinese Cuisine. She pours out love and gratitude, and will untiringly help to make the kitchen a success. She is very friendly and a good team member. She is married and has 2 sons.

Ketut Warta He is a great cook in the kitchen and also works as a waiter in the restaurant, where he will serve your meals, coffees and healthy juices and will always look lovingly into your eyes as he makes his presentation. Make sure you look into his eyes as he serves you, as his presence will make your meal all the more delightful. He is very refined in his service, and is attentive to your smallest thought. He is very polite and refined. He is married and has two daughters.

Komang Widiasa He is our silent saint in the kitchen. He cooks great tasting a Balinese and Western food and brings with him years of experience. He thinks of himself as an uneducated man, and won’t let his ego get into the way. His eyes and his light reveal a deep spirituality; he is very telepathic and sensitive. He looks like he always mediates. You will recognize him: he is the very tall, thinner man behind the kitchen counter with eyes like a deer. He is married and has one daughter.

Our Security Team

Putu Supardianta
He is our security man, who is in charge of ShangriLa in the night. He is strong, young and handsome. He loves to communicate with our guests in the evenings to make them feel at home.
When we have groups, or when anyone wants to sing, he lights up the evenings by playing guitar and singing Mantras. He always leads our groups in singing mantras and Balinese Songs by the fire side, by the ocean, or in the Meditation Hall.He is married and has one daughter.

		Ketut Arcana He works together with Putu, and is our second security man. Together they watch the premises of ShangriLa at night, so you can sleep soundly. Ketut has a quiet, but very warmhearted personality and is very dependable. He is married and has two daughters and two sons.

Our Maintenance Genie:

Agust Aris

We were so glad when Agus joined our team. He has a fulltime job making sure everything runs well. From lightbulbs to the swimming pool, from waterpipes to solar panels, he can repair and install anything.

His quiet ways make him look like a dear as he patrols the grounds of ShangriLa. He fixes everything at our Resort from the electric system to water pipes and loves to be on call and preform his miraculous tricks.

He is very intelligent, has a very soft heart, is always smiling and is very friendly to staff and guests alike. Be sure you talk to him as well.

He is married and has one daughter and two sons.

Our Manager:

Made Arsa

Made has been with us since the very beginning, when we just had a house, which is now next to ShangriLa.
He was the all around manager at our house. He joined ShangriLa aftern managing Bali Mandala.

He is a humble but a very strong person, with strong ethics and with a big heart. He works quietly in the background, making sure everyone is attended to.

Made can think of a million things simultaneously and get them all done. He has so many talents that we feel utterly blessed by his work and friendship.

He bases his success in his life on good principles. He is especially grateful for the help of a Dutch man who helped finance Made’s schooling, at a time when Made's family no longer could afford it.

Made is forever is grateful that he got the wondrous support of a foreigner and will forever remember him. He is married and has one daughter and one son.

Guest Service Manager

Edy

Edy is our Guest service Manager, who is dedicated to principles and service. He loves to help, to be active and inventive. He is always on top of any needs of our group leaders or guests.

His English is excellent and he loves to make our guests feel like family. He is a very active person, organizes our tours, and assists our Group Leaders from A to Z when they hire his help. Also he is our tour organizer from Denpasar to Ubud to Lovina.

Edy will help you set up your dance classes, your dolphin tours, your cooking classes, and accompany you on excursions or arrange them for you.

He really loves his wife who is also a master Taylor (you can hire her for help if you want a special outfit sewn.) She has her own business and together they have one son.

Reception and Reservationmanager

Dewi

Dewi is our receptionist and accountant with exceptional skills and training. She came to us with international training and brought her experience to ShangriLa.

Her heart is big, and she is very helpful, always smiling, friendly and works incredibly well with the whole ShangriaLa team.

Mostlikely it was Dewi who chatted with you onliine or replied to your emails and inquiries.

She will also be the one who attends to your accounting needs as she is very detailed and very attentive in her work in the office.

But sometimes you will find her working in the restaurant helping in service as she loves to connect with people. Her English is great! She has one daughter, and is pregnant now.