From March 19 – 28

This unique pre-festival retreat includes private yoga sessions to help develop and refine your personalized yoga practice, bringing together a number of yoga traditions depending on your needs.

In group yoga classes we sometimes find ourselves practicing asana, yoga styles, sequences and breathing exercises that are not always best suited to own health needs, stress levels or personal growth goals. Combining group and private classes with workshops, this retreat will give you the skills to practice intelligent yoga poses with possible modifications during group led classes, and more importantly you will develop the tools to support your self-practice, perhaps making you less dependent on attending classes in order to do yoga.

At this retreat you will have an option to extend your stay for 4 more nights so that you can attend the Bali Spirit Festival! The BaliSpirit Festival, takes place from Wednesday night March 23 – Sunday March 27: it is an annual celebration of yoga, dance and music. Tickets can be bought on their website.

Retreat leaders:

Janet Nicol, Yoga Instructor and retreat leader
Janet is from Toronto, Canada where she has practiced yoga for nearly 20 years. Blending her studies in Ashtanga, Iyengar, Anusara, and Restorative, she draws on these styles to offer students unique classes weaving together the best of each tradition. Read more about Janet.

James Newman, Yoga Instructor and retreat leader
James discovered yoga in 1996 during his previous incarnation as an investor and mountain sports enthusiast. His mental and physical changes were so profound that he devoted his life to the study and teaching of yoga. He’s certified to teach in the Anusara, Kripalu and Vinyasa Krama styles. Read more about James.

Further information about the program can be found on : The Pre Festival retreat page

From February 6 – 11, 2011

Along with daily yoga and meditation classes, we will explore some of our favorite places on the Island of the Gods, experiencing true Balinese culture, participating in temple ceremonies and practicing alongside some of Bali’s natural wonders like Mt. Batur, one of three local volcano’s.

A daily asana practice, grounded in the traditions of Ashtanga Vinyasa and Yin, will help to invigorate and reconnect you with your body. Activities around Ubud will ensure that you get to experience Bali and its wonders, spa treatments will leave you relaxed and balanced and evening meditations will help you center and reconnect with your inner spirit.

We hope that you can join us in this magical place, which has become so dear to us. We have yet to find a more supportive environment for yoga, healing or relaxation than this beautiful island and we would love to share it and the gifts of yoga with you.

Retreat Leaders

Rachel Roberts leads weekly classes in Cincinnati, Ohio as well as international workshops and retreats on yoga and meditation. In 2010 Rachel opened The Yoga Bar in the heart of downtown Cincinnati to create a yogi community center in her home town.

Meredith Hogan began her yoga journey at age sixteen. She believes her gift as a teacher is to empower people to free themselves from the trappings and cycles of the unexplored mind, to make friends with the body and voice (our most precious garments) and to make positive changes in the world.

Sign up through: http://www.oneworldretreats.com/ubud_bali_yoga_retreat_rachel.php