Wise Monkey Way & Sober Yoga Girl Bali Retreat 2025

 

Following the huge success of the 2024 retreat, Wise Monkey Way’s Rory Kinsella and Sober Yoga Girl Alex McRobert are teaming up once again for a breathtaking and transformative retreat in 2025 to kickstart or supercharge your sobriety.

 

Join us in the idyllic jungle setting of Ubud in central Bali for a breathtaking seven-day experience of meditation, yoga and workshops to understand and transform your relationship with alcohol for good. 

 

May 25-31 2025, UBUD, BALI

 

Claim your place with a deposit now – spots are strictly limited

Highlights from the 2024 retreat

WHAT TO EXPECT?

 

On this beginner-friendly retreat, Rory will teach you the simple but powerful technique of Vedic Meditation, including getting your own personalised mantra and showing you how meditation can be something you look forward to.

 

Alex will lead classes guiding you to a foundational understanding of the essential self developmental practice of yoga.

Together, Rory and Alex will lead a series of workshops showing how meditation and yoga can remove your reliance on alcohol and open up whole worlds of new possibilities about what your life could be like after alcohol.

 

Alex is the founder of Mindful Life Practice and her Sober Yoga Girl program is the world's only yoga-centric sobriety method. Rory's Wise Monkey Way is the world's only meditation-centric approach to sobriety. Together the two approaches provide a unique and unbeatable holistic way of reducing reliance on alcohol and tapping into inner resources.

For more experienced yogis and meditators, there will be opportunities to learn advanced techniques such as advanced mantras and Vedic rounding.

 

Alex and Rory connected in 2020 through their shared philosophies and have since recorded multiple podcasts together. When they met in person for the first time in Ubud in 2023, it didn't take them long to realise how much they wanted to collaborate on something and their 2024 retreat was born.

 

It was such a success, they immediately decided to host another one together.

Alex and Rory at the end of the 2024 retreat

TRIP HIGHLIGHTS

 
DAILY YOGA SESSIONS

Alex will lead daily classes showing how yoga can help support sobriety.
 

VEDIC MEDITATION

Rory will teach the effortless technique of Vedic Meditation. If you're new to meditation, he'll get you up and running. If you're more experienced, he will give you a Vedic mantra, advanced mantra or introduce you to Rounding. 


DAILY WORKSHOPS & KNOWLEDGE TALKS

Deepen your understanding of how yoga and meditation can supercharge your evolution and take you beyond alcohol into the next expansive phase of your life.

 

UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCES

Enjoy a sound healing, cacao ceremony, traditional Balinese home experience and make your own mala necklace. 

 

SPA TREATMENTS

The resort has a dedicated spa so massages and other treatments can be accessed throughout the retreat (at extra cost).

 

DELICIOUS, HEALTHY FOOD AND LOCAL EXCURSIONS

Enjoy healthy and delicious meals and fresh drinks (no alcohol!!) and explore the wonders of Ubud with select excursions, all included in the price.  

 

WHAT PEOPLE SAY

 

Hear what some of our 2024 Bali retreat guests had to say about their experience.

Priscilla: "I've loved everything about this week"

John: "It has been above and beyond all expectations"

 
 

Marissa: "A fantastic week"

Libby: "Incredible food and rooms, totally luxurious"

 
 

"I absolutely loved & will always fondly remember my 7 night Ubud retreat experience with Rory & Alex – wonderful combination of daily meditation & yoga. Amazing environment & very yummy vegetarian cuisine. Loved meeting, connecting & sharing with a lovely group of very interesting people from all over the world. I feel very grateful to have had this experience & thank Rory & Alex for making this happen 🙏🥰"

Bev, New Zealand

 

"The retreat was transformational for me and I loved meeting the other people on it, knowing we were all coming with a similar mindset and interest in improving our life journeys."

Anon

 

"The retreat was an excellent balance of theory and practice for both meditation and yoga in an amazingly beautiful environment."

Gen, Sydney

 

"It’s an experience that I’ll always remember! It helped me get out of my comfort zone, learn valuable tools for my sobriety, and step out of my daily life to reflect. The workshops were so informative and gave me a new perspective, but there were also moments of fun sprinkled throughout. Highly recommend!"

Priscilla, Washington State

 

"A wonderful experience I would recommend to anyone looking to explore meditation, yoga and behavioural change. With the gentle, fun, non-judgmental support of Rory an Alex, together with great connections I made with others in the group, I am so deeply happy to be free of drinking (and a couple of other bad habits!)"

Libby, Sydney

 ACCOMMODATION

 

Our retreat will be at a beautiful retreat venue just outside of Ubud, with a swimming pool and on the rice terraces. All meals will be vegetarian and included. Dietary restrictions welcomed. 

 

Get blissed out as you unwind by the natural water swimming pool or wander around the idyllic rice fields.

We have single and twin rooms available. Most participants will be travelling alone and we will use our best judgement to assign shared rooms with people of the same gender who we think you will get on with.

 

Getting to know new people is one of the best parts of a retreat and sharing a room is the best way to do it.

 

Secure your spot now with a $400 USD deposit. 

 

If we are not able to meet your room preference, you will be entitled to a full refund of your deposit.

 

The retreat runs over six nights, seven days: Sunday to Saturday, May 25-31 2025

 

Payment plans are available to spread the cost.

 

Flights are not included, but we will provide transfers to and from the airport for those arriving on the first and last days of the retreat.

 

Single room (only 2 left!)

$2555 USD

$2355 USD – Early Bird

- King bed in own room

- Bathroom shared with one other room in private villa

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Twin share

$1977 USD

$1777 USD Early Bird

- Share with one person – bring a friend or make one!

- Bathroom shared with one other room in private villa

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What's included?

  • Six nights accommodation in Bali
  • All meals and drinks at the resort
  • All teaching and activities – daily yoga, meditation, workshops and excursions
  • Transfers to and from the airport at the beginning and end of the retreat

What's not included

  • Flights to/from Bali

  • Bali visa on arrival ($30)

  • Travel insurance

  • Meals/drinks outside of the hotel


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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Any information on this website is not to be taken as a substitute for medical advice. If you are concerned about withdrawal symptoms or other adverse reactions to stopping drinking, please consult your doctor.

We are based in Sydney, Australia and acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we teach – the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation – and pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging.