What a great idea, to consider completing your certification here in the spiritual heart of Bali.

Ubud is up high in the middle of Bali, in the very lush green center. Surrounded by rice paddy fields and a river flowing through steep rainforested ravines.

Many of Ubud's trainings can be found at luxury venues in the open space solitude of the paddy fields or perched in the treetops of the forest in the river valley.

The area has always been well known for it's cultural festivities such as Balinese dancing, and traditional hand crafts. You can feel the connection of the people and place to spirit here. 

Dotted all around you will see shrines and temples adorning the landscape, even elaborate natural rock cut shrines.

You'll see shrines in the terraced rice fields too, which are probably the most well known image of Bali itself.

Ubud is Bali's cultural capital with art galleries, festivities and museums.

The amount of different registered yoga schools, courses, content focus and yoga styles available is enormous.

So you are spoilt for choice for which to attend.

All you need to do is review them carefully here and decide which program speaks to your heart.

Research the lead trainers and the course content focus as you are sure to find the one that is the best match to your desire.

All the schools here are Yoga Alliance registered and offer you your certification to become a yoga teacher internationally.

Because of the abundance of resorts there are quite a few options for you to choose from.

Having said that, you can find nonresidential courses at yoga retreat centers that offer you the ability to organise your own accommodation nearby according to your budget.

The general rule is between $1500 - $2000 for a nonresidential course.

However schools that offer accommodation and food with the tutorship charge starting at $3,000

And there are plenty of lovely places for you to choose to stay across all price ranges.

It is awesome. The town is full of travelling yogis, holistic healers and therapeutic workshops and classes.

There are even Ashrams, co-living and co-working spaces and a community of spiritual seekers and practitioners.

Plus the many health food, vegan, vegetarian, organic, raw and simply delicious cafes make it such an enjoyable place to be out to socialise.

Well first it depends on your availability.

With the weather the busiest times of year are June, July, August and September.

All year round even if it's the Summer months above it can be cooler in the evenings and mornings due to the height and micro climate.

Ubud can get very busy in peak and high season, so maybe consider attending a month either side, maybe early May or late October?

April and early October are Australian school holidays which can add to the throngs of tourists on day trips to the town from the beach resorts below.

Denpasar ( Ngurah Rai) is the main international airport of Bali, and it's about an hours drive to Ubud.

The airport offers flight connections worldwide.

You are spoilt for choice with the number of schools offering yoga certification courses here.

All the schools are internationally-based with very experienced lead trainers and teachers.

Your Yoga Alliance registration as a Yoga teacher will follow completion of your program.

There are courses in everything you can imagine, inside and outside your particular training.

There are courses in Multi styles, Healing, Meditation and Vinyasa Teacher Training.

You will spend most of your time inside the retreat center, practicing and learning to teach yoga.

Outside in town you will find healing, meditation and all sorts of holistic modalities & therapies to explore.

Ubud offers a great variety of YTT courses.

But this is a big island and along with it's adjoining island there are many registered yoga alliance teacher trainings around.

If you are not quite sure where to go then another popular location are the lovely beaches of Bali.