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About this trip
Our yoga and adventure retreat in Ubud, Bali will be a once in a lifetime, life-changing experience. We will combine our love of yoga with the thrill of travel, connection, and cultural immersion in one of the most enchanted, inspiring, beautiful places on Earth.
This is an 8-night Yoga and Adventure retreat held at Swasti Eco Cottages as our home base. Swasti is a beautiful eco-resort designed to blend harmoniously with the natural beauty of the jungle with an open-air yoga pavilion, a pool, a spa, an organic farm on premises (!), a phenomenal restaurant, and dreamy private cottages. The cottages are built using natural materials and traditional Balinese architectural techniques and I feel like Indonesian Smurfette every time I'm there. Goats, kitties, chickens, and lots of birds will be part of our experience. Swasti is a special little place in the middle of the jungle: homey and lush and real. As my friend, Flora, describes it: Swasti has soul.
Leaving plenty of details out, I want to paint a picture of how the retreat will feel to make sure it's the right thing for you:
Each morning we will begin our day with a 90-minute power yoga session in the yoga shala— followed by breakfast at Swasti's delicious and healthy (and truly farm-to-table) restaurant. Some days might be 75 minute yoga, other days 80 minutes, other days 100 minutes. It will be a nice long yoga class that makes you feel great. From here our daily adventure awaits...
There will be 4-5 pre-planned, day-long excursions (included in the price and totally optional) where we will hike through terraced rice fields to a waterfall one day, learn balinese dancing from a local family the other, and spend a morning at a sacred temple the next. We will be out in the community meeting people, learning about life in Bali, and truly falling in love with the good people of Bali. We'll dine at great restaurants, be relentlessly inspired, and have a trip of a lifetime.
Two of our days there will be nothing on the schedule after yoga so you can choose your own adventure. You could lounge at the pool and spend hours at Swasti's spa, or spend the day in the cultural heart of Bali in Ubud where the shopping is insane and the vibe is just absolutely inspiring. Bali is magical and Ubud is home to many spiritual landmarks, local markets, tropical forests, terraced rice fields and sacred waterfalls. We'll be able to experience so much.
And, as always, the best part of every retreat is the friendships we'll make and the people we'll meet. Traveling like this is life changing. You’ll connect with like-minded people from around the world forming lasting friendships and bonds, and changing your perspective on life forever. If the best part of being alive is connection than this is where you can stop time and luxuriate in that.
Absolutely do not miss this retreat.
Travel/Arrival:
Bali is a full 12 hours behind EST.
You will be flying into Denpasar (DPS) and it will take between 23-40 hours of travel to get there from the US so you'll have to start your journey a day (or two!) beforehand. Just keep noticing when - which day - you land and plan accordingly. Some of you may want to land the day before we start.
Our retreat begins on Monday, January 5th with an evening yoga class and our opening dinner.
As part of the retreat you will be picked up at the DPS airport and driven directly to Swasti. If you land the day before and are at a hotel we can pick you up at your hotel.
Departure:
There will be a rolling list of departing flights on January 13th. There will be yoga class and breakfast for those who can make it and check out is at noon. You can surely leave your luggage at Swasti if your flight isn't until the evening and you plan on spending the last day exploring.
Weather:
January is Bali's wet season so this is hot, humid, and jungly. The crowds are much lower this time of year and it's way way way better than being here in January.
Photos:
The photos that are attached above ( click 'see more photos' in the banner photo) are my photographs from the two times I have been the photographer on Flora Bowley's painting retreats held at Swasti Eco VIllages. You will see portraits of people you don't know, but I'm adding them here because those photos were taken at Swasti and I want you to get a sense of the place. There are also photos of hidden waterfalls and rice terraces that we'll be seeing on our trip.
**Photos of each room and cottage are part of the individual descriptions of each room (after you click the 'book now' button).
What’s included
- Nightly accommodations8 nights at Swasti Eco Village
- Breakfast daily
- Lunch daily
- 5 dinnersEnjoy a welcome and closing dinner together as well as three dinners at special locations
- Airport transferPick up and drop off both at the beginning and end of the trip
- Power yoga every morning90 minutes of power yoga taught every morning by Tara Morris
- Four day-long adventuresWithout giving away too much of the itinerary there will be a mix of free time and cultural excursions
What’s not included
- Airfare
- Alcohol
- 3 dinnersWe will have three days on your own
Available Packages
The entire price of the room is $4400 so it's either a single room for $4400 or $2200/person.
**IF you want this room for yourself buy TWO spots in this room to ensure someone won't book the second bed with you. **
This room can have a double bed or two twin beds.
The entire price of the room is $4400. So it's either a single room for $4400 or $2200/person.
**If you want this room for yourself buy TWO (both) spots in this room to ensure someone won't book the second bed in your room. **
*The bed configuration in this room is one double bed plus one single bed.
The entire price of the room is $5000. So it's either a single room for $5000 or $2500/person.
**If you want this room for yourself buy BOTH spots in this room to ensure someone won't book the second bed in your room. **
*The bed configuration in this room is one double bed OR two twins.
The entire price of the room is $5000. So it's either a single room for $5000 or $2500/person.
**If you want this room for yourself buy BOTH spots in this room to ensure someone won't book the second bed in your room. **
*There is only one double bed in this room. This would be perfect for a single person or a couple. **
The entire price of the room is $5000. So it's either a single room for $5000 or $2500/person.
**If you want this room for yourself buy BOTH spots in this room to ensure someone won't book the second bed in your room. **
*The bed configuration in this room is one double bed OR two twins.
*There is just one double bed in this room. This would be perfect for a single person or a couple. **The entire price of the room is $5000. So it's either a single room for $5000 or $2500/person.
**If you want this room for yourself buy BOTH spots in this room to ensure someone won't book the second bed in your room. **
There is one double bed in this cottage so this is perfect for a couple, two friends, or as a single.
The total cost of this cottage is $5600.
So $2800/person or buy both spots for $5600 and have it to yourself.
You'll see a twin bed in the photos, but I am selling this room as a double.
This cottage is a triple. There is one double bed and one twin bed so I think this would work best with three friends (with two sharing a bed).
If you want to use this room as a double just let me know and I can adjust it for you.
So $2600/person.
This cottage is a quad. This has a double bed and two singles
There is one double bed in this cottage so this is perfect for a couple, two friends, or as a single.
The total cost of this cottage is $5600.
So $2800/person or buy both spots for $5600 and have it to yourself.
You'll see a single bed in the photos of Gita, but I am selling this as a double.
There is one double bed in this cottage so this is perfect for a couple, two friends, or as a single.
The total cost of this cottage is $5600.
So $2800/person or buy both spots for $5600 and have it to yourself.
There is a double bed in Komang. This is perfect for a couple, two friends, or as a single.
This cottage is a quad. This has a double bed and two singles
If you want to make this room a double or a triple just let me know and I'll adjust it for you!
This cottage is a quad.
This has a double bed and two singles
This cottage is $2600/person if there are four people in it.
If you want to make this room a double or a triple just let me know and I'll adjust it for you!
This is a room with seven single beds in it. This is perfect for all of our solo travelers who want a bit of a discount on their accommodations and a lot of fun! ***This dorm will be coed!**
Itinerary
You can, of course, plan to arrive anytime before that, but our opening yoga and Welcome Dinner is on January 5th, 2026.
It may be a good idea, if possible, to land the day before. On the East Coast we are a full 12-hour time difference so there's the reality of jet lag. Far from suffering, but kinda weird to fall asleep mid conversation, ya know?