Yogatrotter Academy — 200-Hour Hatha & Vinyasa YTT, Sidemen & Balian (East & West Bali)

About the Program

Yogatrotter Academy is a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga School that runs 200-hour trainings in Bali and in Niantic, Connecticut. Its Bali course roots modern Hatha and Vinyasa teaching in the Krishnamacharya tradition and in Balinese Hindu culture, with ceremonies, temple visits and mantra chanting with a Balinese priestess woven through the programme.

The training moves between two venues. The first ten days are spent at a retreat centre in Sidemen, a sacred village of rice terraces in the shadow of Mount Agung in East Bali. The group then travels to Balian, a quiet surf village about an hour up the coast from Canggu, for the second half in a wooden oceanfront shala between the river and the sea. Groups are kept under 20 students.

Teachers

• Megan Mulrine Saukulak — founder, E-RYT 500, who has trained more than 600 teachers and is studying yoga therapy in the Krishnamacharya lineage
• Thia Moana — E-RYT 500 teacher trainer with more than ten years leading trainings in Bali, specialising in mantra, meditation and movement

Curriculum Highlights

• All eight limbs of yoga, not only asana
• Anatomy and alignment, including modifications for injuries and specific conditions
• Sequencing and teaching traditional Hatha and modern Vinyasa, from basic poses to arm balances and inversions
• Cueing, hands-on adjustments, and the business and ethics of teaching
• Meditation, Vedic mantra, chakras, prana and Ayurveda, with one day of silent retreat
• Yoga history, philosophy and the Hindu mythology behind the asana

Dates

• 25 January – 17 February 2027

Entry is by application; booking and payment details are sent once you are accepted.

Pricing

• All-inclusive, shared twin room: US $3,650
• All-inclusive, private room with private bathroom: US $4,350

Needs-based full and partial scholarships and monthly payment plans are offered.

What's Included

• Accommodation for the whole course (air-conditioning, hot water, swimming pool at both venues)
• Three vegetarian meals a day
• Tuition, course manual (PDF, or a free printed copy), mats and props, mala beads and Balinese ceremonial clothing
• Yoga Alliance 200-hour certificate

Travel costs are not included.

Location

Sidemen, Karangasem (East Bali) for the first ten days, then Balian Beach, Tabanan (West Bali) for the rest of the course.