TIRTA ENING: A Water Blessing Self Care Ritual
Inspired by Sacred River Spa Four Seasons Bali Sayan
The Tirta Ening ritual was born from a deeply collaborative creation between Synthesis Organics and the wonderful Sacred River Spa team at Four Seasons Resort Bali at Sayan, world renowned for their new wellness programs where many Synthesis treatments and products are also offered.
Inspired by the Balinese ceremonial art of water purification and shaped through the mastery of the spa’s therapists, this ritual blends cultural reverence, elemental immersion, and botanical alchemy. Honoured globally with the 2025 SpaChina Award for ‘Most Creative Body Treatment of the Year’, Tirta Ening represents the pinnacle of modern wellness woven with ancient wisdom.
And now, through this carefully adapted home ritual, you are invited to bring the essence of this world-class spa experience into your own sanctuary. A reminder that eco-luxury is not only found in extraordinary places - it is something you can create within your own home, your own body, and your own moment of stillness.
We invite you to recreate the essence of Tirta Ening through this slow, intentional sequence that merges water, steam, botanicals, minerals, and inner attunement.
RITUAL PREPARATION
Sacred Water Intention
Before you begin, prepare a glass of spring or filtered water and hold it gently between your hands.
Close your eyes.
Allow your breath to deepen.
Feel the coolness of the glass, the subtle vibration of the water inside.
*image courtesy of Four Seasons Sayan
How to energise the water with intention
Water is receptive, impressionable, and deeply symbolic in many cultures - including Bali - where it is honoured as a living conduit for cleansing and spiritual renewal.
To energise your water:
- Hold the glass at your heart or just below your face.
- Speak or silently project an intention into the water—such as:
“May this ritual cleanse, renew, and restore me.”
“May I return to clarity and balance.”
“I invite peace, purity, and alignment.” - Visualise light infusing the water with that intention.
Imagine it absorbing your words, your energy, your purpose.
This simple act mirrors the Balinese practice of consecrating water before ritual cleansing.
Take a few mindful sips, allowing the energised water to attune your body and cells to your intention.
Keep the glass nearby and sip throughout the ritual and again at the end to close your ceremony.
*image courtesy of Four Seasons Sayan
Turn your home into a sanctuary.
SETTING THE SPACE
Dim the lights
Light a candle
Play gentle music or nature sounds
Place a chair or stool for steaming
Lay out your fresh towel, robe, and Synthesis Organics products
THE RITUAL
STEP 1
Purifying Shower
Begin your journey by cleansing your body with Rainforest Renewal Hand & Body Wash.
Allow the warm water to soften your body and mind, washing away the day and creating space for renewal.
STEP 2
Create Your Steam Sanctuary
Transform your bathroom into a temporary steam room, echoing the immersion experience of Four Seasons Sayan’s Tirta Ening ritual.
How to create your home steam room:
- Turn your shower to its hottest setting.
- Close the bathroom door fully.
- Block the gap under the door with a towel.
- Keep the shower curtain or door closed.
- Place a chair or stool inside for comfort (away from direct hot water).
- Add soft lighting and calming music.
Within minutes, the room will fill with warm, purifying cloud-like steam.
STEP 3
Mineral Exfoliation
Prepare your exfoliating blend:
- A tablespoon of Ocean Bliss Body Salts & Scrub
- A pump of Rainforest Hand & Body Wash or a few drops of Purify Essential Oil Synergy
Mix into a nourishing mineral paste.
Exfoliate with intention and direction
- Begin at the feet, moving upward toward the heart with long, mindful strokes.
- Use circular motions over joints.
- Move up the arms from the wrists toward the shoulders.
- Finish with slow, clockwise circles on the abdomen.
This direction mirrors lymphatic flow and supports energetic cleansing.
Leave the salt on the skin.
Let the minerals continue working.
STEP 4
Aromatic Steam + Purify Meditation
Add 2–3 drops of Purify Essential Oil Synergy to the shower floor or a bowl of hot water to infuse the steam with botanical purity.
Sit or stand comfortably in the aromatic vapour.
Play the Purify Meditation and allow your breath to synchronise with the rising steam.
This is the heart of your ritual:
a moment of restoration, clarity, and inner quiet.
Sip your intention-infused water as needed.
STEP 5
Final Rinse
Turn down the heat to your comfort level.
Step under the water to rinse away the salt scrub, imagining the water carrying away anything heavy or stagnant.
STEP 6
Nourish + Seal
Gently pat your skin dry with a clean towel.
Warm Rainforest Hand & Body Lotion between your hands and apply with slow, loving movements.
Massage intentionally, as if communicating to your body:
I honour you. I care for you.
STEP 7
Integration + Closing Sip
Return to your glass of water.
Take a final sip to integrate the ritual and seal your intention.
Close your eyes.
Place a hand on your heart.
Breathe deeply.
Whisper gratitude inwardly:
“Thank you for this moment of care, clarity, and renewal.”
Allow yourself to emerge slowly, with softness.
1 — Cleanse
During your first shower cleanse, wash your face with Renew Enzyme Cleanser.
2 — Exfoliate
Create an exfoliating facial paste using: 1 pump Renew Enzyme Cleanser and 1 teaspoon All-4-One Exfoliant & Mask.
Apply gently and leave on during the meditation (steam will keep it moist). If not steaming, keep it hydrated with Spectrum Face Mist. Rinse off under the shower when rinsing your body.
3 — Serum Ritual
Before applying body lotion, apply: Notox, HA+, or Vitamin C Serum based on your skin’s needs. Press into the skin with soft, upward strokes.
4 — Moisturise + Illuminate
Seal everything in with your chosen Synthesis Organics moisturiser or Skin Elixir.
A Note from Theme Rains, Founder & Formulator
My travels through Bali have always drawn me to its sacred relationship with water. Watching villagers gather at dawn for cleansing ceremonies - holding water with reverence, intention, and devotion - reminded us that purification is as much an inner act as a physical one.
This ritual was born from this inspiration: a way to experience the clarity, softness, and renewal I felt in Bali, from the sanctuary of your own home.
Rooted in the Balinese tradition of water blessing and infused with botanicals, minerals, steam, and intention, I hope you have enjoyed this invitation to slow down, reconnect, and create your own moment of eco-luxury wherever you are.
Synthesis products for your Water Purification Ritual
Water in Bali is considered living, intelligent, and sacred - a messenger between the physical and spiritual worlds.
By incorporating intentional water practices into daily life - such as energising water with intention, purifying through steam, bathing with minerals, or using botanical oils - we honour this same wisdom:
That water cleanses not only the body, but the mind and spirit.
That purification is both symbolic and deeply real.
It’s a reminder that caring for ourselves can be a ceremony, a return to presence, clarity, and balance.