Yoga Retreats in North Bali: Shalas on the Lovina Coast, in the Munduk Hills and on the East Shore

Bali has long been a place people come to rest body and mind. North Bali offers some of the calmest settings on the island to practise yoga, by the sea near Lovina or in the cool hills around Munduk. The retreats here are small and personal, from garden resorts on the coast to long-running sanctuaries on the quiet east shore. At one of them, Gaia Oasis above Tejakula, the open-air Forest Shala is built partly from ironwood that once served as telegraph poles.

Sunrise off the Lovina coast seen from an outrigger boat, two more jukung on the water
Sunrise off the Lovina coast seen from an outrigger boat, two more jukung on the water. Photo: Currawong 276 / Public domain.
On this page
  1. In Brief
  2. North Bali Yoga at a Glance
  3. Choosing a Yoga Retreat in the North: Three Questions Sort the List
  4. Lovina and the Coast Nearby: Daily Classes and Full Retreat Programmes
  5. The Munduk Hills: Yoga as Part of a Highland Stay
  6. Tejakula and the East Coast: Two Quiet Sanctuaries by the Sea and Above It
  7. Pemuteran: Yoga Between Dives
  8. How to Fit It In: Stay Where You Practise, or Mix Coast and Hills
  9. Practical Notes
  10. FAQ
  11. Sources

In Brief

Yoga retreats in north Bali happen in a scatter of small shalas. The first choice is the setting you want to wake up in, by the sea or up in the hills.

Then pick by what you want from the stay:

  • A retreat week with daily classes on the coast: Alamanda and Santhika in Lovina, or Puri Bagus Lovina at Pemaron, which also hosts visiting teachers and trainings
  • Yoga folded into Ayurvedic treatment: Zen Resort at Ume Anyar
  • Cool mountain air: Munduk Moding Plantation, Sanak, Munduk Tentrem and Puri Lumbung, in the Munduk hills
  • A long, quiet stay by the sea on the east coast: Prana Veda at Bondalem or Gaia Oasis at Tejakula
  • Yoga between dives: Kubuku in Pemuteran

Retreat dates and rates change, so each entry links to the place's own retreat or class page, which holds the current ones.

North Bali Yoga at a Glance

  • Where: Lovina and the coast either side of it, the Munduk highlands, Tejakula and Bondalem in the east, Pemuteran in the far west
  • What you find: resort shalas with daily classes, retreat centres running week-long programmes, lodges that book teachers on request, and venues you can hire for your own group
  • Styles named on their own sites: Hatha, Yin, Yin-Yang, gentle and restorative classes, Ashtanga, Yoga Nidra, somatic yoga, pranayama, and Balinese healing yoga
  • Often paired with: Ayurveda, sound healing, massage, water blessings, dolphin mornings and waterfall walks
  • Drop-in classes: a few places sell single classes to non-guests, and most keep classes for resident guests
  • Dates and prices: on each place's own page. They change, so this page does not print them

Choosing a Yoga Retreat in the North: Three Questions Sort the List

Three questions sort the list quickly.

Coast or hills? Each area has its own feel:

  • The coast around Lovina: warm, flat and close to the dolphin boats, the hot springs and the town's warungs.
  • The Munduk hills: roughly an hour inland and uphill, with cool mornings and evenings, rice terraces, coffee and clove gardens and waterfall trails.
  • The east coast around Tejakula: quieter than both.

A programme or a place? Zen Resort, Santhika and Prana Veda build the whole day around practice and treatment. Alamanda and Puri Bagus run a class schedule you can join or skip. The Munduk lodges mostly offer yoga as one part of a stay, with teachers arranged for you.

Your own group? Six places say on their sites that they host outside teachers and groups:

  • Alamanda
  • Puri Bagus
  • Zen Resort
  • Munduk Tentrem
  • Munduk Cabins
  • Prana Veda

Every entry below carries the same notes, in the same order, so you can compare them side by side.

Lovina and the Coast Nearby: Daily Classes and Full Retreat Programmes

Four places on this coast run classes or retreats.

Alamanda Lovina Resort

Setting: A small garden resort on Jl. Gang Cempaka at Kayu Putih, in Lovina. It describes itself as a boutique sanctuary for yoga, wellness and retreats, with twelve rooms, two pools and a garden that keeps growing into the buildings.

What they offer: The Yoga Shala is open on three sides under timber and thatch, with room for 24 mats. Classes are included in every stay and open to visitors and local residents when there is space.

  • Class programme: rotates between Hatha, Hatha Flow, Gentle, Yin, Yin-Yang and a sunset stretch
  • Alongside the classes: gong, bowl and voice sound sessions, private one-to-one classes, massage and bodywork
  • Retreats: Alamanda runs its own in small groups led, in its words, by facilitators who live on this coast
  • Group hire: the whole property can be booked for a group, with menus built with the organiser
  • Food: plant-based, gluten-free and Ayurvedic-leaning menus are normal here rather than special requests

What to know: The site carries the weekly class schedule and a booking form for single classes, so check it before you turn up. Alamanda also arranges dawn dolphin trips with local crews.

Contact: alamanda-lovina-resort.com · Map

Best for: A slow week of daily practice on the coast, or drop-in classes if you are staying elsewhere in Lovina.

Puri Bagus Lovina

Setting: A beachfront resort at Pemaron, just east of central Lovina, with traditional Balinese buildings in gardens on the sea. The same resort runs Jaya Spa, covered in the guide to spas in north Bali.

What they offer: Hatha yoga taught by Balinese in-house instructors, concentrating on asana, pranayama and meditation (dhyana, in their words). Staying guests can join the scheduled classes without booking. Visitors book ahead, and private sessions can be arranged.

The Maharani Shala Pavilion is an open-air rectangular hall of about 133 square metres, with a high ceiling and a wooden floor. The resort's group-retreat page lists the kinds of gathering it hosts, each opened with a Balinese blessing at the hotel temple:

  • yoga and meditation retreats
  • sound healing
  • prana chakra healing
  • qigong
  • yoga and meditation teacher training courses

What to know: Current class times and group packages are on the resort's yoga page and group retreat page.

Contact: puribaguslovina.com · Map · Instagram: puribaguslovina

Best for: A beach stay with classes on the side, or teachers looking for a venue for a group or a training.

Santhika Retreat Center

Setting: A retreat centre based at Jl. Kamboja, Kaliasem, in Lovina. Its main centre, Dream Hill, is described as a handcrafted wooden ashram on a hillside with views of the sea, rice fields and Kaliasem village. Guests on shorter programmes may stay at its budget guesthouse, Lovina Loca, in the centre of town.

What they offer: Retreats built around emotional healing, run year-round.

  • The yoga side: Hatha, restorative yoga, Balinese Healing Yoga Markandeya, meditation and sound healing
  • Alongside it: private sessions with Balinese healers, energy and chakra work, fire ceremonies, and purification rituals at Santhipala, a waterfall the centre says is reached only through its programmes
  • The team, in its own words: seventh-generation healers, traditional Balinese yoga masters and internationally certified teachers
  • Also run here: trainings in Balinese massage and in what it calls aroma psychology and Aroma Kundalini Yoga, and a spa open to walk-in guests

What to know: Programmes are personalised and start on set weekdays, and the how our retreats work page explains the formats. This is a healing retreat first. If you want a straightforward class, one of the resort shalas will suit you better.

Contact: santhikaretreatcenter.com · Map · Santhika Retreat Center on Instagram

Best for: Someone coming through a hard stretch who wants yoga alongside Balinese healing and ceremony.

Zen Resort Bali

Setting: A hillside resort in the village of Ume Anyar, near Seririt, west of Lovina, bordered by forest and fed by natural springs. Its site says it has cared for guests for two decades.

What they offer: Yoga, pranayama and meditation are part of every Zen retreat, alongside Ayurvedic treatments at its Amaris Spa. The day opens at sunrise with Zen Chi, a 45-minute ritual of stretching, pranayama and meditation. Later sessions cover alignment-based practice and a gentle, restorative close to the day.

  • Teaching team: a yoga teacher and the resident Ayurvedic doctor
  • Styles the team lists: Hatha, Ashtanga, pranayama, meditation and Yoga Nidra
  • Where you practise: an elevated open-air space with views out to the Bali Sea, a covered yoga hall for rainy days and a forest pavilion for smaller groups
  • Retreats: from a short stress-release stay to longer purification and rejuvenation programmes, and one that pairs Ayurveda with scuba diving

What to know: Zen hosts outside retreat leaders as well as its own programmes, as its host your retreat page explains. The resort's Ayurveda is covered in more depth in the spa guide.

Contact: zenresortbali.com · Map · Zen Resort Bali on Instagram

Best for: Yoga as part of a structured Ayurvedic reset, with a doctor's consultation at the start.

The Munduk Hills: Yoga as Part of a Highland Stay

Munduk sits high on the ridge above the twin lakes, and yoga here comes with cool air and long views.

A carved roof ornament in the foreground and a forested valley falling away below Munduk Looking across the valley from a rooftop in Munduk. Photo: Mike Dickison / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)

Most places in the hills fold yoga into a stay rather than running a fixed retreat calendar. The Munduk guide covers the village, and the eco-lodges in Munduk page looks at these same lodges as places to sleep.

Munduk Moding Plantation

Setting: A nature resort inside a coffee plantation at Gobleg, in the highlands of north Bali, with views across the central mountains and out to the sea.

What they offer: Personalised yoga sessions for guests with the resort's yoga instructors, set outdoors among the gardens. There is a separate wellness and detox package, and the kitchen cooks with organic produce grown locally.

What to know: The resort's yoga page pairs sessions with a traditional Balinese massage or a three-course lunch at its Warung Bongkot.

Contact: mundukmodingplantation.com · Map · Munduk Moding Plantation on Instagram

Best for: Yoga as part of a comfortable highland stay, with the plantation walks on the doorstep.

Sanak Retreat Bali

Setting: Eleven wooden bungalows among rice fields at Banjar Dinas Menagung, in the village of Kayuputih, which Sanak places near Munduk.

What they offer: A yoga instructor who, in Sanak's words, adapts to your own style or chooses one for you. The spa uses scrubs and oils blended in small batches by the Sanak family, and the menu includes an energy healing session followed by meditation.

What to know: Village guides lead walks to a waterfall and to a holy spring, where a Balinese healer offers water blessings.

Contact: sanakbali.com · Map · Sanak Retreat Bali on Instagram

Best for: Private sessions in a small, quiet retreat among the rice fields.

Munduk Tentrem Resort

Setting: A mountain resort on Jl. Raya Asah Gobleg, at about 1,300 metres, looking over hills and rainforest.

What they offer: Complimentary morning yoga for in-house guests in some months of the year, and private sessions at other times, depending on the instructor. The resort will arrange a teacher, or you can bring your own. It also has an organic farm you can tour.

Groups can book three spaces for their own retreat:

  • an open-air amphitheatre for small groups
  • the panorama restaurant terrace, outside meal hours
  • flat lawns for larger sessions

What to know: The months and days of the free classes are on the resort's yoga page. Sign up at reception the evening before.

Contact: munduktentrem.com · Map · Munduk Tentrem Resort on Instagram

Best for: A small group bringing its own teacher to the hills.

Puri Lumbung Cottages

Setting: Cottages in Munduk village made from old rice barns, set in the cool mountain air with views over rice fields and clove gardens toward the sea.

What they offer: Daily yoga classes with the lodge's own instructors, for beginners and experienced students, and meeting halls that visiting yoga retreats use. The same programme includes:

  • the Arathi spa
  • trekking
  • cooking classes
  • a class in the herbal drinks the village calls loloh

What to know: The lodge's activities page sets out the programme.

Contact: purilumbung.com · Map · Puri Lumbung Cottages on Instagram

Best for: Yoga mixed with walking and village life, at the most village-centred lodge on this list.

Tejakula and the East Coast: Two Quiet Sanctuaries by the Sea and Above It

The coast east of Singaraja is dark sand, fishing boats and very little traffic, about 45 minutes to an hour from Lovina.

Temple walls and shrines in the village of Les, with green hills behind Les, the village beside Tejakula on the east coast. Photo: ronnie.muhadi / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

The Tejakula guide covers the villages, and Yeh Mampeh waterfall is close by.

Prana Veda Bali Sanctuary

Setting: A small sanctuary on Jalan Arcana at Bondalem, directly on a quiet lava-sand beach, with a coral reef at the doorstep. It opened in 2010. Its founder, Renate, ran her own therapy practice in Germany for over twenty years and studied Ayurveda, yoga and meditation in India.

What they offer: Weekly retreats, built like this:

  • Each retreat combines: gentle yoga, meditation, massage and Ayurveda, with somatic yoga and sound healing in the mix
  • The fullest week adds: an aqua healing session, a form of bodywork in warm water, in a solar-heated pool
  • Other programmes: an Ayurveda wellness week, and three detox programmes chosen with you on arrival
  • Meals: partly from the sanctuary's own permaculture garden, kept since 2014

What to know: Retreats usually start on a Saturday, and the retreats page has the current weeks. The sanctuary can also be rented by groups.

Contact: pranavedabali.com · Map · Prana Veda Bali on Instagram

Best for: A full week away with yoga, water and the sea, far from any town.

Gaia Oasis

Setting: Two properties at Tejakula. Abasan is a mountain retreat bordered by a protected community forest, and Pantai is a beach resort. Gaia describes itself as a retreat and resort with a non-profit foundation that works with the local community.

What they offer: At Abasan, yoga, meditation and healing sessions take place in two spaces. The Mountain Lotus Room is open on one side to a lotus pond. The Forest Shala is an open-air bale of alang-alang grass, bamboo and recycled ironwood that once served as telegraph poles.

Private paid classes with local teachers can be arranged at both properties. Other sessions, paid or by donation, depend on which practitioners are in residence, and visiting seminar leaders run their own courses. The Abasan kitchen is vegetarian.

What to know: Gaia stopped taking yoga volunteers in 2023, so what is on offer depends on who is in residence. Check its seminars and events calendar and contact the course leader directly.

Contact: gaia-oasis.com · Map · Gaia Oasis Bali on Instagram

Best for: A long, simple stay, or a course with a visiting teacher, in the hills above the east coast.

Pemuteran: Yoga Between Dives

In the far west, one dive lodge keeps a yoga studio in its garden.

Kubuku Eco Dive Lodge and Yoga

Setting: An eco dive lodge in Pemuteran, down a lane about 100 metres off the Seririt to Gilimanuk road, a few minutes from the centre of the village.

What they offer: A yoga studio in the garden, with daily yoga classes and meditation. The lodge has its own dive centre with a stated focus on conservation, a restaurant serving healthy and organic meals, and a spa.

What to know: Pemuteran is about 90 minutes west of Lovina. Pemuteran diving and snorkelling covers the reef.

Contact: kubukubali.com · Map · Kubuku Bali on Instagram

Best for: Divers who want a class after the boats come in.

How to Fit It In: Stay Where You Practise, or Mix Coast and Hills

A retreat of a week or more usually means staying where you practise.

Shorter trips can mix the two. Base yourself on the coast, take classes at Alamanda or Puri Bagus, and spend a night or two in Munduk for the hills.

Brahmavihara Arama, the Buddhist monastery above Banjar, holds half-day meditation gatherings that close with gentle yoga. It is covered in meditation retreats in north Bali.

Good pairings on rest days:

For the wider scene, see wellness in north Bali, sound healing in north Bali and the island-wide guide to yoga in Bali. If you are looking at a teacher training, start with yoga teacher training in Bali.

If you would rather have your own house and walk to classes, Palm Living's villas are around Lovina, within easy reach of the coastal shalas. Munduk, Tejakula and Pemuteran are each an hour or more away.

Practical Notes

  • Book direct. Every place above has its own site, and most answer on WhatsApp. Ask what is included: classes, meals, treatments, transfers.
  • Ask who teaches. Several places arrange teachers on request, so ask whether classes run during your dates.
  • Bring layers to Munduk. Mornings and evenings in the hills are cool.
  • Temples and ceremonies: if a programme includes a water blessing or temple visit, wear a sarong and sash. The place will usually lend them. Balinese temple etiquette covers the basics.
  • Getting here: see getting to north Bali. Several retreats offer airport transfers, so ask when you book.

FAQ

Are there yoga retreats in north Bali? Yes. Alamanda, Santhika and Puri Bagus on the Lovina coast, Zen Resort at Ume Anyar, Prana Veda at Bondalem and Gaia Oasis at Tejakula all run or host retreats. In the Munduk hills, Munduk Moding Plantation, Sanak, Munduk Tentrem and Puri Lumbung offer yoga during a stay.

Can I join a single yoga class in Lovina without staying? Alamanda sells classes to visitors when there is space, and Puri Bagus takes visitors who book ahead. Check each resort's page for the current schedule.

Is north Bali good for a yoga retreat? It suits people who want a small, quiet setting. There are fewer studios than in Ubud or Canggu, so choose a place and stay there rather than hopping between classes.

Where can I do yoga with Ayurveda in north Bali? Zen Resort Bali at Ume Anyar builds its retreats around a resident Ayurvedic doctor, and Prana Veda at Bondalem runs an Ayurveda wellness week.

Can I bring my own group to north Bali? Yes. Alamanda can be booked whole, and Puri Bagus, Zen Resort, Munduk Tentrem, Munduk Cabins and Prana Veda all host outside groups. Ask each for a proposal.

How far is Munduk from Lovina? Roughly an hour by road, climbing into the hills. Tejakula is about 45 minutes to an hour east of Lovina, and Pemuteran about 90 minutes west.

Sources

Read next: meditation retreats in north Bali, eco-lodges in Munduk, the best spas in north Bali.

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