I have stayed two nights so far and am now approaching my third. Needless to say time is already flying. For the first two nights I stayed in a very local guesthouse very near by to the place where I'm practicing yoga, yoga barn. I only booked two nights to get myself acclimated etc. I got in real late the first night and the next morning I venture off to the yoga barn and did 3 classes. Enjoyed some coconut water and some healthy salads. This morning I took a nice sleep in, and checked out and moved into my new space! I'm at this really nice resort actually and I got a great deal where it works out to be about $16 a night for this $65 place! I'm so lucky. I will stay here for 15 days at least and then I have two more nights and I may just stay here! The staff is so friendly, they have free bikes that I can use to bike into yoga, and the food is amazing and very reasonably priced. I have really no reason to leave because they also have yoga classes, restaurant and spa ! I'm definently getting a facial and a massage one of these days!
As for the yoga vibe here, it's really good. On the first day my first class was vinyasa. Typical style and the instructor was from the states. The second class was called nada yoga. I have never tried this style so I thought that I would give it a go. This class is based all on sounds and it's actually a really mediation style of yoga. Needless to say that your mind adjusts to the sounds which in turn create vibrations for mediation. This was the first half of the class and the rest was more personal where you got very close to others in the room and looked them in the eyes etc. very intimidating ... Not sure that I will do this style again but it was fun to try. My third class was restorative yoga which is even more slow paced then yin. Great way to end my first day. Today since my morning was spent having a lay in, and then checking out, I laid out by the pool until he rain came and then of course when the rain came it was time for me to bike to class. I enjoyed a yin class tonight and my hips are hurting now! Most of the people at these classes are westerners, a lot of people actually from the states and UK. Very few locals practice here but I've seen a few. The vibe is good, everyone is very hippie style (no offense to anyone) and I wish that I could actually try and dress like more of the people here. I just don't have that style. And seeing all these cute tattoos that resemble yoga on all these girls is making me want one! I've never had one, so I'll be thinking this over and over and over again!
Tomorrow I will make it up for sunrise flow yoga! No sleeping in!
Everyone needs to experience bali at least once in their life. It's really cheap here considering its a huge resort area, and the people are friendly and the weather is good. Come ALL!
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