BALI RETREAT
ESSENTIAL NOURISHMENT
A 7 day Immersion in Yoga, Pranayama & Meditation
BALI RETREAT
Essential Nourishment
A 7 day Immersion in Yoga, Pranayama & Meditation
Sept, 2026
Precise dates to be confirmed
Set amidst the tranquil majesty of Jatiluwih Rice Terraces, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in central Bali, this retreat is a rare opportunity for us to let go of the pressures and distractions of our day-to-day lives and turn towards the nourishing wisdom of the Dharma.
This retreat will support you in finding, clarity, inspiration and confidence in the subtle processes of a grounded spiritual life. The heart of our work is to open towards a deeper relationship with the essential foundation and innate intelligence of our lives.
Each day is an opportunity to rest a little deeper into the intimate terrain of our bodies, hearts and minds, gathering in, and integrating the sometimes fragmented impulses in our lives into an easeful and cohesive wholeness.
An invitation to rest down and
find nourishment in the simple elegance of embodied living, uncontrived, open, and natural.
THE RETREAT
Essential Nourishment
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​This retreat is an invitation into a more intimate, relational way of practicing, a way of being that reconnects you with the subtle intelligence of breath, feeling, and mind.
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At its core, yoga, and all true spiritual practice, is about intimacy.
Intimacy with our bodies, our breath, our hearts and minds.
And ultimately, with the open, spacious ground of awareness itself.
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Many of the struggles we face arise from a sense of disconnection, from ourselves, from others, and from the living world. This retreat offers a space to return to wholeness, to reweave the threads of inner coherence, and to rest into, and be nourished by a deeper sense of belonging.
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Together, we’ll explore what it means to relate intimately with life as it moves through us and as us,
and how this internal alignment opens the way for a deeper intimacy with the world around us.
Our week together will centre around three core themes:
Intimacy, Nourishment, and Belonging.
We’ll explore these through daily practices of:
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Embodied movement and restorative asana
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Breathwork and Pranayama
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Meditation and mantra
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Dharma talks and shared inquiry
The breath and pranayama will be central.​
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To cultivate a relationship with Pranayama is to enter into an ongoing dialogue with the living current of life itself. It is a subtle, transformative, and profoundly intimate journey.
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This retreat will be physically gentle yet internally rich, a soul-nourishing oportunity to deepen your practice, expand your inner capacity, and rediscover the wisdom and coherence that lives within you.
Pranayama is the intimate process of apprenticing ourselves to the rich and subtle intelligence of life
Some themes we will cover
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Grounding and embodiment
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Prana as nourishment
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Integration and belonging
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The role of gravity in breathing.
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The feeling of mind
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Trauma and the breath
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Yoga psychology
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Developmental psychology
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Understanding the interplay of Energy and Mind
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Trusting the natural intelligence of life.
Daily Schedule
06:45 am Meditation and Pranayama
07:30 am Asana and Embodied Movement
09:00 am Breakfast
10:30 am Dharma Talk, Inquiry and Meditation
12:30 pm Lunch and Break
3:30 pm Restoratives, Yoga Nidra, and Pranayama
5:30 pm Meditation
6:00 pm Break
7:30 pm Evening Meditation (optional)​
The opportunity to attend one of Paul’s events is an opportunity for me to deepen my practice and embody the ancient teachings of Yoga. Paul’s amazing wisdom and depth of knowledge allows me to release into his care and let go of all pretensions and expectations.
Paul has a wonderful way of making each student feel special and valued and allows them to ‘start where they are at’.
​As a Yoga Teacher myself, attending Paul’s retreats are part of my ongoing personal development and teacher training as I find I learn so much from him and my fellow retreat participants. I give Paul’s retreats my highest recommendation.
Gina Macaulay, Owner/ Director of Yogahara
What students say
The Venue
Jatiluwih
Jatiluwih is famous for its vast and terraced green rice fields, creating a landscape like a mesmerizing natural tapestry. This view is made even more captivating by the majestic backdrop of Mount Batukaru. However, Jatiluwih is not just about aesthetics. Behind its beauty lies the centuries-old subak system, a traditional Balinese irrigation system that UNESCO recognized as an Intangible Cultural Heritage.
THE LOCATION
Nestled along the verdant southern slope of Mount Batukaru, lies a a secluded world where luxury, nature, and regenerative agriculture are seamlessly interwoven.
Across 10 biodynamic hectares, volcanic soils and lush ecosystems nurture a thriving coffee plantation, tropical orchards, aromatic herb gardens, and abundant vegetable fields.
Every ingredient served is harvested at its peak and prepared with intention, offering guests an exquisite farm-to-table culinary journey.
Elegant villas are thoughtfully placed within this lush landscape, providing serene mountain vistas and an atmosphere of refined natural beauty.
It is an ideal setting for immersive calm, deep nourishment, and reconnection with life’s essentials.
Super Early Bird
Pay Before Jan1st, 2026
SINGLE ROOM
$2200
SHARE ROOM
$1750
Early Bird
Pay Before Mar 1st, 2026
SINGLE ROOM
$2450
SHARE ROOM
$1950
Full Price
After Mar1st, 2026
SINGLE ROOM
$2650
SHARE ROOM
$2200
Please reach out for Payment Plan option
​What's Included
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6 Nights Accommodation
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Airport Pick Up
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All Meals
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1 hour Balinese Massage
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All Teachings
​Not Included
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Flights
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Visa
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Travel Insurance
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Airport drop off
Bali Travel Info
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
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Visa - Visa on Arrival (VOA) - 500.000 IDR ($50)
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Passport valid for over 6months
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Return flight
About Paul Wooden
About Paul Wooden
Paul has been practicing and studying yoga and meditation for 40 years and teaching for 35 years.
He draws from his experience in many different styles and traditions and, through a practical understanding of their underlying unifying principles, weaves together a cohesive and integrated approach to yoga.
Paul is a unique voice in the world of yoga. He has a way of bringing the sometimes abstract teaching of yoga into ordinary language making them accessible and workable in our lives.
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For Paul, yoga is first and foremost a relational process, with technique being a way to serve a deepening and more intimate relationship with ongoing moment to moment reality of our lives.
Working with Paul is an invitation to the deeper dimensions of practice. His particular way of working opens us to the sensitivity and receptivity necessary for the subtler inner practices. He has been running retreats for over 2 decades and finds them fertile ground for real transformation.
He continues to study the inexhaustible richness of the wisdom traditions and complements these studies with a more contemporary understanding of the human condition, including developmental psychology, integral theory and trauma work (somatic experiencing) which seeks to help uncover and release the binding patterns of trauma in the body.
