Whether you're after an oceanside retreat or complete rejuvenation nestled in the jungle, Bali is home to some of the globe's most stunning yoga retreats just waiting to be explored.
If you're after that perfect girls trip spot or simply in need of a tranquil solo escape, here's 10 of the best Bali yoga retreats for some serious zen in 2024.
Ubuntu Bali
Canggu
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It’s in the beating heart of buzzy Canggu but Ubuntu Bali manages to keep its yogic poise with a peaceful cluster of seven traditional gladak houses on a lush green plot with a pool and permaculture garden. The eco co-living accommodation is set up to house guests signed up for Ubuntu’s six-night ‘Surf Yoga’, ‘Bliss Yoga’ and ‘Spirit Yoga’ retreats, which are customised to suit individual participants. Opt for healthy organic food or detox diets and choose add-ons including wellbeing treatments, meditation sessions and unlimited yoga.
Udara Seseh
Seseh
Udara, an integrated healing retreat in beachside Seseh, is known for its epic oceanfront views and Sunday sessions that combine ecstatic dancing, yoga and sound healing. Their yoga retreat packages, which focus on relaxation, pampering and connection through yoga, are epic too. Rolling with the flow, guests can choose the start day and length of their stay and opt-in to different daily yoga and meditation classes at their leisure including hatha, vinyasa and aerial. Daily massages, breakfast fruit platters and laundry are all included as is access to special events including cacao and kirtan ceremonies, sound healing and the Sunday sessions.
Oneworld
Ubud
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The high-roofed, wood-endowed yoga shala, overlooking a quiet section of the iconic Tegallalang rice paddies north of Ubud, is reason enough to visit Oneworld. This two-property retreat, the other one in Ubud proper, has a basis in ayurveda, the centuries-old Hindu holistic medicinal system and its six-night all-inclusive yoga retreats promise life-changes beyond the norm. Choose ‘Breath Together’ to deepen your yoga practice, ‘Escape the World’ to explore Bali’s nature through yoga or ‘Moving into Balance’ to sort out the next chapter of your life. While the focus is on yoga, Oneworld’s ayurvedic practices will open new doors to health and wellbeing.
Pelan Pelan
Cemagi
Start your day with ‘om’ and end it with a ‘namaste’—it’s that simple. Pelan Pelan means ‘slowly’ in Bahasa Indonesia and it’s this approach that tempts visitors on the resort’s Yoga Relax retreat. The package includes four daily afternoon yoga classes, meditation sessions, three hour-long Balinese massages, a hot stone massage, a mani or pedi and a facial. All this pampering and good energy happens on Pelan Pelan’s serene riverside property, which has a yoga shala, jungle garden, and a central swimming pool. Nine cheerful rattan-roofed houses have nice bathrooms and mosquito nets over the beds.
Yoga Barn
Ubud
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As the epicentre of all things holistic, Ubud is home to a plethora of yoga retreats. One that’s hard to miss, be it by name or devotion to the cause, is Yoga Barn. This healing and wellness hub has seven yoga shalas, two healing spaces and double bedrooms spread throughout a cooling tropical garden. Hundreds of weekly classes are on offer, from classic yoga nidri and vinyasa flow to the more exploratory styles including ‘Fly High Yoga’ and ‘Himalayan Kriya Yoga’. The seven-day yoga retreats will have you shaking your prayer beads in excitement. Themes include: ‘Women ReWilding’, a yoga training to embody cyclical wisdom, vitality and freedom; and ‘Elements of Power Yoga’. Both promise 200 hours of stretching.
Escape Haven
Canggu
In a leafy and quiet corner of Canggu, this women-only retreat was one of the original yoga-surf resorts back in in the ‘naughties. But its offering has expanded since with a bigger premises, more facilities and a focus on real healing and transformation. The yoga package, for both newbies and those wanting to deepen their yoga practice, is tailored to each guest with the shared goals of relaxation, reconnecting to inner self, and being able to step back into life with the tools to handle whatever comes your way. Twice daily yoga classes in Escape Haven’s yoga shala are supplemented by a range of styles and teachers from classes (such as Yoga Dance or Yoga Fundamentals) in nearby Canggu yoga studios. Key to the retreats is unlimited spa treatments, healthy and nourishing food, and Bali excursions.
De Moksha
Tanah Lot
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Surrounded by the rice paddies and villages near Tanah Lot, De Moksha resort still enjoys the traditional Balinese vibe that’s hard to find in other beachside areas. The boutique resort blends natural materials and eco practices with stylish design features to provide a retreat destination that still feels like a pampered holiday. ‘Yoga, Meditation and Balinese Culture’ and ‘Yoga, Meditation and Ayurvedic Wellbeing’ themed retreats include daily yoga and meditations sessions with skilled teachers, many from the Yoga heartland of India. Guests can also indulge in Balinese culture workshops and forays to neighbouring villages and the famed Tanah Lot temple. Guests will also be honoured with a welcoming melukat ceremony performed by a Balinese shaman.
The Yogi’s Garden
Desa Kerta
As the name suggests, the serene Yogi’s Garden retreat is located on a sprawling green property with towering trees and tropical plants. It’s also a working farm cultivating heritage seeds and growing permaculture herbs and vegetables that find their way into the restaurant cuisine. Located in out-of-the-way Desa Kerta, an hour north of Ubud proper, this is less a holiday resort more a focused retreat that offers an immersive yoga educational for all levels. Guests on the Yoga Vacation Program enjoy twice-daily asana yoga sessions, a nourishing vegetarian diet, silent meditation and chanting circles. The program has four accommodation options to suit varying budgets including dorms, stand-alone Indonesian style bungalows, and deluxe rooms.
Revivo Wellness Resort
Nusa Dua
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One of Bali’s biggest gifts-to-self is a stay at Revivo, a lux resort that has found a home in the rarefied and classy digs of a former Aman resort. Think stylish grass-roofed pavilions, recliner-clad pools shaded by umbrellas and frangipani trees, and generous rooms fitted with stylish teak wood furnishings and king beds. The resort offers six signature immersive retreats with themes including longevity and anti-ageing. While not yoga focused, each retreat uses individual goals to style guest itineraries that include up to three daily yoga classes, spa treatments, daily mindfulness consultation and three deliciously personalised meals each day.
Soulshine
Ubud
Ubud’s Soulshine resort has gained a name for itself by offering experiences that are a little bit more creative than the usual. Owned and run by music legend Michael Franti and his wife Sara, the lux resort somehow gets the balance right between good times and being good to yourself, be it in a sound healing class or listening to music at the bar. The Soulrocker Retreat invites musos and fans to join the Frantis themselves on a journey of self-discovery through music, healing and Balinese culture. While the DJ dance and karaoke nights are fun, the best bit is surely the daily yoga class, when Franti picks up his guitar and serenades the room. What a legend.
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