Day: July 20, 2025

200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Bali Experience with House of OM

Kj Villanueva July 20, 2025 No Comments

In January 2022, I completed my 200 hour yoga teacher training Bali with House of OM, it was a 20-day intensive held at Yoga Amerthan in Ubud. I had been practicing yoga for two years before I enrolled, and I wanted to go deeper than just the asanas. The philosophy, the anatomy, the breathwork , I needed to understand all of it. This isn’t a round-up of schools Iresearched from a laptop. I lived this. I woke up at 6 AM every day for three weeks, practiced in a shala surrounded by nature, cried in meditation, laughed through acro yoga on the beach, and walked across a stage at Tegalalang Rice Terraces to get my RYT-200 certificate. Below I break

9 Best Temples in Ubud Bali You Should Visit

Kj Villanueva July 20, 2025 No Comments

The best temples in Ubud Bali aren’t all in Ubud. Most of the famous ones sit a 20- to 40-minute drive north and east, in the rice-field villages of Tampaksiring, Bedulu, and Pejeng. I’ve lived in Bali for years and have visited all nine on this list, usually on slow weekday mornings when the tour buses haven’t arrived yet. This guide covers what each temple is actually like, the current 2026 entrance fees in both rupiah and dollars, what to wear, and how long to spend, so you don’t waste a day backtracking. If you only have time for two, make them Tirta Empul (the holy spring where you can join a water purification ritual) and Gunung Kawi Tampaksiring (giant