The Mangku Path

In Balinese tradition, a Mangku is a spiritual guide and ceremonial leader – a guardian of sacred harmony. They serve at temples, within families, and as healers (Balian), offering blessings, prayer, and connection to the divine.

“This is not a title I wear – it is a life I live. A sacred responsibility, a daily prayer, a call answered.”

The calling to become a Mangku is not something one seeks – it is revealed.

Often, a vision or dream is shown to an existing Mangku.
Other times, a trance medium is called to channel divine guidance from the mountain gods of Bali, asking:

“Tell me, tell us… who is next?”

The deities of Mount Agung, Mount Batur, Mount Batukaru, and Mount Lempuyang are invoked to reveal the one already chosen.

Each Mangku is assigned a unique spiritual role:

• Temple Mangku – Leads ceremonies and holds spiritual responsibility at larger temples like Besakih.
• Family Mangku – Serves within their lineage temple and local community.
• Healing Mangku (Balian) – Offers healing through plants, energy, or sacred hands-on work.

“Sira sane dados Mangku sampun kapilih olih Ida Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa.”
“The one who becomes Mangku has already been chosen by the Divine.”

“For those who are called, resisting the path often leads to suffering.
But when the calling is accepted, peace returns.

In April 2016, at Besakih Temple, I sat beside Mangku Jati when he suddenly turned to me and said:

“One day, you will become a Mangku.”

It felt impossible – but something inside me stirred. A quiet recognition. A seed of truth planted.

That seed required years of deep preparation – physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
In October 2024, Mangku Jati met with his Brahman teacher, who confirmed the calling.
And on March 14, 2025 – under the full moon – I was ordained in a sacred Mawinten ceremony.

“Sometimes it begins with a whisper – but the soul always knows its calling.”

This wasn’t just a ceremony. It was the blooming of a path I had unknowingly been walking for years.

Long before I was ordained as a Jero Mangku, I was already walking the path of a Balian – a traditional Balinese healer.

This wasn’t a role I stepped into. It was an inner truth I had always carried.

My healing work began years ago and has been expressed through bodywork, deep intuitive insight, and the transmission of energy and vision. When I work with someone – through touch, presence, or prayer – I often receive spontaneous visions of their past, energetic imprints, or key turning points in their life that are later confirmed.

These visions arrive not from the mind, but through a channel – as a sacred gift that moves through me, in service of the one before me.

_“Each healing is a prayer in motion –
a moment where I become a vessel for divine guidance.”