Good to know
Good to Know
- Amed is a small, spread-out string of fishing villages rather than a concentrated yoga hub like Ubud — studios here tend to be attached to specific resorts (e.g. Kelapa Cottage, Life in Amed) rather than standalone drop-in studios, so check individual class schedules (often via Facebook/Instagram) before showing up, as some don't maintain an online booking calendar.
- Amed's yoga scene has a genuine niche crossover with its freediving community — Blue Earth Village and Apneista specifically combine breathwork/freediving technique with yoga practice, which is distinctive to this town versus Bali's other yoga hubs.
- If teacher-training certification matters to you, confirm Yoga Alliance registration status and exact tuition directly with the school before booking, since published pricing was inconsistent or missing across the sources found.
- Amed is genuine but modest for yoga — expect a handful of small beachfront shalas and guesthouse classes rather than the retreat-industry scale of Ubud or Canggu.
- The most distinctive local wellness angle is the freediving–yoga combination (breathwork training paired with freediving courses), which fits Amed's reef and calm-bay setting.
- If you're drawn to Bali's famous balian healer tradition, note that it isn't a documented Amed-specific practice — it's an island-wide phenomenon most concentrated around Ubud, so don't expect a distinct local scene here.
- Because the nomad/yoga community here is small, don't expect regular organized meetups, teacher-training density, or a large peer network — this suits people wanting solitude over social wellness scenes.
Teacher Training Programs
Trimurti Yoga
- Duration
- The 200-hour course runs as an intensive 24-day program.
- Styles Covered
- Hatha and Vinyasa flow, with Pranayama, meditation, Yin and restorative components included.
- Certifying Body
- Yoga Alliance
- Cost Note
- Specific tuition figures were not consistently published across sources at time of research — check directly with the school for current pricing.
- Location Note
- Kelapa Cottage resort, Amed Beach.
Programs
- 100-Hour Yoga Teacher Training
- 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training
- 300-Hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training
Coconut Yoga / Yoga Here & There
- Duration
- Not specified in available sources.
- Certifying Body
- Not confirmed in available sources — verify directly with the school before enrolling.
- Cost Note
- Not found in available sources.
- Location Note
- Amed, on the Abang–Amlapura road.
Programs
- 200-hour teacher training
- 250-hour teacher training
Bali Yoga Wien / Yoga Bali (Led by Beate McLatchie and Bruno)
- Duration
- Approximately 23 days.
- Styles Covered
- Hatha, Bhakti and Tantra yoga; instructors bring backgrounds including Sivananda-lineage training.
- Certifying Body
- Yoga Alliance
- Cost Note
- Airport transfer alone was quoted at 35 EUR; full course tuition not confirmed in available sources.
- Location Note
- Beachfront in Amed (accommodation at a private compound called 'the Kampung').
Programs
- 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training, taught in Amed, set directly on the beach
Studios And Retreat Centers
Trimurti Yoga (Hosted at Kelapa Cottage, Amed Beach)
- Type
- Yoga studio / retreat & teacher-training center
- Breathwork Offerings
- Pranayama is included as part of daily practice and teacher-training curriculum.
- Location Note
- Kelapa Cottage resort, Amed Beach; yoga shala surrounded by bamboo forest, about 800 meters from the ocean.
Styles Taught
- Hatha
- Vinyasa
- Yin
- Restorative
Coconut Yoga (in Partnership with Yoga Here & There)
- Type
- Yoga studio offering daily drop-in classes and teacher training
- Breathwork Offerings
- Not specifically detailed in available sources.
- Location Note
- Raya Celuke, Amed, on the Abang–Amlapura road, Kabupaten Karangasem.
Styles Taught
- Not specified by style name in available sources — general asana classes
Ocean Prana
- Type
- Yoga & meditation studio
- Breathwork Offerings
- Daily classes specifically include breath control (pranayama-style practice) alongside meditation.
- Location Note
- Located on the top floor of a bamboo house near Jemeluk Bay, Amed.
Styles Taught
- Aligned forms of movement (asana practice); studio emphasizes breath and meditation alongside asana
Blue Earth Village (Evolved From Apneista Freediving and Yoga School)
- Type
- Yoga shala and wellness hub, combined with a freediving school
- Breathwork Offerings
- Distinctive combined freediving-and-yoga sessions that pair breath-hold/freediving technique with asana and meditation practice — a genuinely unique local offering tied to Amed's freediving scene.
- Location Note
- Elevated bamboo and reclaimed-wood shala with views of Gunung Agung and Jemeluk Bay; accommodates up to 35 yogis or 100 meditators for workshops.
Styles Taught
- General yoga asana (morning and evening classes); style mix not itemized in sources
Apneista Freediving & Yoga
- Type
- Freediving school with an integrated yoga offering
- Breathwork Offerings
- A signature freediving-yoga combination class that blends freediving breath techniques with asana and meditation practice.
- Location Note
- Amed, associated with what is now Blue Earth Village.
Styles Taught
- Asana
- Tantric Hatha Yoga
Life in Amed Spa & Yoga Shala
- Type
- Hotel-based yoga shala with Balinese teachers
- Breathwork Offerings
- Not specifically detailed as a standalone offering; classes are framed around traditional Balinese yoga teachings rather than a named pranayama program.
- Location Note
- At the Life in Amed hotel property.
Styles Taught
- Traditional Balinese-style yoga blending asana with Balinese dance-influenced movement
Traditions And Community
Community Size And Character
- Assessment
- Small and incidental rather than a major scene. Amed has a modest handful of yoga shalas and guesthouse classes strung along its coastal road, but nothing resembling the scale, retreat density, or teacher-training industry of Ubud or Canggu.
- Supporting Evidence
- Amed does cater mainly to tourists, so you will see 'tourist pricing' in some restaurants, dive shops, and hotels, but there are no coliving spaces and nowhere near enough digital nomads to sustain regular digital nomad meetups or any other form of social bonding.
- Practical Note
- Studios and shalas identified include beachfront/garden setups attached to guesthouses and dive schools (e.g. Blue Earth Village's shala, Buddha Sunset Yoga at Meditasi Bungalows, Coconut Yoga at Kelapa Cottage, Ocean Prana), mostly offering daily drop-in classes, small teacher trainings, and occasional retreats rather than a dense, self-sustaining local yoga community.
Distinctive Local Characteristic
- Example
- Blue Earth Village evolved from the renowned Apneista Freediving and Yoga School, creating a holistic hub for wellness in Amed, combining a bamboo yoga shala with freediving/breathwork training overlooking Jemeluk Bay.
- Finding
- The one genuinely place-specific wellness niche in Amed is the pairing of yoga/breathwork with freediving, a natural fit given Amed's coral reefs and calm bays.
Place Specific Spiritual Traditions
- Verified Finding
- No genuinely distinctive, independently-documented spiritual/healing tradition unique to Amed itself was found (unlike Ubud's well-documented balian healer concentration or Rishikesh's ashram culture). Amed's yoga/wellness offerings are largely imported studio practices (Hatha, Vinyasa, yoga nidra) run mostly by international or Balinese-trained teachers rather than a rooted local lineage specific to this stretch of coast.
- Background Geographic Note
- Amed sits in the shadow of Mount Agung, which is widely recognized as Bali's most sacred and highest volcano and home to the island's 'Mother Temple' complex (Besakih), but Besakih itself and its associated ceremonial life are located on the mountain's other slopes, not within Amed, so this is scenic/spiritual backdrop rather than an on-the-ground Amed practice.
- Regional Context Not Amed Specific
- Bali's island-wide balian (traditional healer) tradition — combining herbal medicine, energy work, and spiritual mediation, sometimes touching on meditation and breathwork — is real and well documented, but it is a Bali-wide phenomenon concentrated most famously around Ubud, not something specifically clustered in or associated with Amed. We are deliberately not presenting it as an 'Amed tradition' since no source ties it distinctly to this town.
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