Transform Your Body and Mind with Yoga
Yoga at our Bali retreat is led by Captain Bingo, who brings more than 30 years of international teaching experience, with a deep, practical understanding of how yoga and surfing support each other.
Daily yoga sessions are built around surfing rather than fitted in alongside it, with each class designed to support your time in the water as much as your day-to-day life. The aim is a genuine balance: a steadier body on the board, a clearer mind on the mat, and the benefit of both carrying into daily life.
If improving your surfing alongside building a steadier, calmer mind sounds useful, book your spot on an upcoming retreat.
Decades of experience, on the mat and in the water
Captain Bingo’s teaching draws on more than 30 years of practice across roughly ten different yoga styles, alongside other therapeutic approaches he has picked up along the way.
Whether you are completely new to yoga or have an established practice, sessions are adapted to where you are rather than run from a fixed script.
That depth of experience also means classes go beyond the physical side of yoga, into its philosophy and the quieter, more reflective parts of the practice too, for anyone interested in going further.
Surf and yoga, working together
Surfing and yoga reinforce each other more than people often expect. Yoga builds the endurance and resilience that make longer, more demanding surf sessions easier to handle.
Over the course of a retreat, working both into the same week tends to leave guests with a stronger body and a steadier mind, rather than progress in one at the expense of the other.
A clearer head in the water
The benefit of yoga for surfers goes beyond flexibility and strength: the mental clarity it builds matters just as much. Yoga trains focus and awareness, which helps you stay present and composed once you are in the water.
Learning to notice and shift unhelpful thought patterns can turn a frustrating session into a good one, and the same skill, pausing, resetting, staying present, works just as well on the mat as it does in the waves.
Yoga styles for different needs
Several styles are taught across the week, so the practice can be matched to what you need on a given day. Yin Yoga focuses on deep stretches, mindfulness and introspection. Restorative Yoga, supported by myofascial release, helps the body and mind let go of built-up tension.
For something more demanding, intensive sessions build strength and endurance, while Hatha Yoga focuses on balancing body and mind. Yoga Nidra guides you into a deeply relaxed, meditative state.
With this range on offer, there is usually a style that fits whatever you are looking to get out of the week.
Breathwork as part of the practice
Specific breathing techniques are woven into the week, including the Wim Hof Method, Ujjayi breathing, and breath of fire, each used for a slightly different purpose.
These practices are particularly useful for managing stress: learning to control the breath helps calm the mind and ease anxiety, making day-to-day stress more manageable.
They are also genuinely practical tools you can use anywhere, which is part of why the benefit of the week tends to outlast the retreat itself.
Yoga and meditation together
Our programme pairs yoga with meditation rather than treating them as separate sessions, which tends to deepen both.
Meditation supports the yoga practice by building a more settled, inward focus, which in turn makes it easier to practise mindfully and get more out of each session.
Together, the two support both body and mind, and most guests notice the benefit lasting well beyond the week itself.
Build a regular yoga practice on retreat
A week with Uluwatu Surf & Yoga Retreats brings daily yoga together with surfing and wellness, guided throughout by Captain Bingo. Make your booking or get in contact to secure your spot.