Who We Are
About YogaFX: A Decade of Teaching Yoga in North Bali
YogaFX has been training teachers and guiding retreats from Bali for over a decade. We are not a travel agency reselling someone else's programme — we are the school that wrote it, the teachers who lead it, and the team that will meet you at the airport.
Our Story
YogaFX began as a Bikram-method hot yoga school in Bali and grew into one of the world's leading teacher-training academies. Over the years we have certified hundreds of teachers from more than forty countries, earning over six hundred verified five-star reviews along the way.
The 6-Day Exclusive Detox & Burnout Retreat is the distillation of everything we have learned: about heat and the nervous system, about food and inflammation, and about why busy professionals need structure — not just a holiday — to truly recover.
Why North Bali
We chose North Bali deliberately. Away from the traffic and crowds of the south, the north keeps the Bali that first drew yogis here: terraced hillsides, empty waterfalls, natural hot springs and villages where ceremony is still part of daily life. It is quieter, greener and far better suited to deep rest.
Most Bali Retreats Are Resold by Travel Agencies Who Have Never Met Your Host Manager.
A YogaFX-curated Retreat, led and hosted by Mr. Ian — an international teacher-training academy operating for over 15 years.
YogaFX International Academy is the No. 1 Teacher-Training Platform for Hot Yoga Teacher Training, with certified students from 80+ countries, represented by certified Yoga Teachers. The teachers other studios hire were, very often, trained here.
That matters for a detox Retreat in Bali more than it might first appear. Because we train instructors, every element of these 6 days — the heat exposure, the anti-inflammatory food, the sequencing of rest against effort — is something we can explain, expand and adjust individually. Nothing is outsourced to a vendor whose name you will never learn.
The same team runs YogaFX Teacher Training and YogaFX Retreats. It is One Academy, One Community, and One Group of people who will still be here long after your flight home.
15+
Years in Bali
600+
Verified 5-Star Reviews
80+
Countries Certified Students
1000+
Graduated Students
A YogaFX International Retreat,
hosted at North Bali state.
12,000+ Hours on the Mat, Distilled Into 6 Days.
Before founding YogaFX, Mr. Ian spent 5 years training under his own guru as a staff member through the intensive 9-week Hot Yoga Trainings. Mr. Ian has taught and trained students from around the world, including the United States, UK, China, Spain, Thailand, Dubai, India, Australia and Moscow, plus many more. He is a Master Yoga Teacher Trainer, most recently appointed by the Indonesian Yogasana Sports Federation as a Master Trainer.
Mr. Ian is the founder of YogaFX and leads this Retreat personally — every day of it. He is not a name on a brochure who appears for the opening ceremony and hands you to an assistant. With a strict limit of 20 guests, he knows what your body did on day 2 and adjusts day 4 accordingly.
His work sits deliberately between casual wellness tourism and clinical rehabilitation: structured enough to produce a real physiological reset, human enough that you are treated as a person rather than a protocol.
More About Mr. Ian
- Yoga Master Trainer E-RYT 500 H
- The highest experience tier registered with Yoga Alliance, held alongside specialist training in hot yoga methodology and nervous system recovery.
- International Recognition & Leadership
- Mr. Ian is Indonesia's appointed Yogasana Master Trainer, advancing the sport internationally toward Olympic recognition.
- Featured on Bali TV & Asian Media
- Recognised locally for his work in the Balinese wellness community, and for building a school that trains the island's teachers.
- Certified in Neuroscience & Brain Health
- Mr Ian is Certified in Neuroscience & Brain Health, with ICF and NBHWC continuing education accreditation.
Our Credentials, In Plain Terms
Mr Ian, our founder and lead teacher, holds the E-500 Hr RYT designation — the highest experience tier registered with Yoga Alliance — alongside specialist training in hot yoga methodology and nervous system recovery. He is also Certified in Applied Neuroscience & Brain Health, an ICF and NBHWC Continuing Education Provider. He has taught daily in Bali with more than 12,000 hours of hands-on experience and has been featured on Bali TV for his work in the local wellness community.
Around him is a hand-picked team: certified breathwork coaches, licensed Balinese massage therapists, sound healing practitioners and local guides who grew up among the waterfalls and temples you will visit. Every person who touches your Retreat is qualified, insured and known to us personally.
If you want to see what past guests say about YogaFX in North Bali, read our reviews page, or learn how our programme works. When you are ready, we would be honoured to host you.