Practice
More teachers, more lineages and more class times than anywhere else on the island.
Where to go
Retreats in Ubud
The spiritual centre of the island, and the reason most people who come for a retreat come here first.
In short
Ubud is inland, green and culturally dense, with the island's deepest concentration of yoga and meditation retreats — and about ninety minutes from Ngurah Rai airport.
- Widest choice of programmes and practitioners
- Ninety minutes from the airport
- Quiet evenings, early mornings
What it involves
What Ubud is good at
Three reasons it stays the default answer, even for people who wanted somewhere less obvious.
Ceremony
Temples and practitioners are part of daily life here, not an excursion.
Setting
River valleys and rice terrace. Quiet enough that the practice has somewhere to land.
The catch
Central Ubud is busy, and some retreats advertised as "Ubud" are twenty minutes outside it — which is usually better, but worth knowing before you book.
We tell you which side of that line a retreat actually sits on.
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