Cliff above Are Guling Beach, 5km west of Kuta town
★ 4.7(524 reviews)
Ashtari Yoga is Kuta Lombok's destination yoga studio — a cliff-top open-air shala 5km west of town with panoramic ocean views, two daily classes (175–200k IDR), and an excellent attached restaurant. Tourist-priced but the location and food make it a half-day experience, not just a class.
# Ashtari Yoga: Kuta Lombok's Destination Studio
Ashtari Mountain Lodge sits on a cliff west of Kuta Lombok town, overlooking the Indian Ocean and the long sweep of Are Guling Beach below. The yoga shala is open-air, oriented for sunset, and visible from the road as you approach — a wooden platform under a high palm-thatch roof, mats laid in two facing rows.
It's a destination. People plan around the 5pm class and the post-class restaurant dinner. If you're in Kuta and you have a free afternoon, Ashtari is the half-day experience that combines yoga, sunset, and a good meal.
Capacity 25 mats, with proper spacing — you won't be elbow-to-elbow even at peak class. The platform is teak, the roof is palm thatch, the sides are open. Sea breeze is constant. Cicadas and waves form the background sound.
Mats and props are provided (well-maintained, not the borrow-mat horror you sometimes find at cheaper studios). Cubbies for shoes and phones. Water cooler. Toilets and changing rooms in a building 30 metres back from the shala.
Two daily classes:
The 5pm class is the famous one. It's timed so the savasana relaxation falls during peak sunset light. Phones are not permitted during class but most people stay 15 minutes after for photos.
Drop-in is 175,000 IDR for morning, 200,000 IDR for sunset. This is the most expensive drop-in yoga in south Lombok — you're paying for the location and the produced experience as much as the class itself.
Multi-day retreat packages combine the yoga with bungalow accommodation on the Ashtari property:
Packages are well-organized — solo female travelers consistently report feeling safe and integrated. Meals are communal in the restaurant, which makes friendship-formation easy without forcing it.
This is the part that elevates Ashtari above other yoga studios. The restaurant is genuinely good — not yoga-cafe good, restaurant good. Menu spans Mediterranean (mezze, grilled fish, tagines) and Indonesian (gado-gado, nasi campur, fresh sambal). Mains run 100,000–250,000 IDR.
The restaurant is open to non-yoga visitors as well — many Kuta travelers come to Ashtari just for sunset dinner. If you're doing the 5pm yoga class, plan to stay for dinner. If you're doing the 8am morning class, breakfast options are excellent (granola bowls, eggs benedict, fresh juices).
5km west of Kuta town. Options:
The road is paved and reasonable. Most travelers ride a scooter.
Both serve Kuta-area travelers but with very different propositions:
If you're in Kuta for 10 days and want daily yoga, Kuta Lombok Yoga Shala is the right call — you can't sustain Ashtari pricing for daily practice. If you're in Kuta for 4 nights and want one or two memorable yoga experiences, Ashtari is worth the premium.
Book Ashtari for the sunset class — at least once. Book retreat packages if you want a wellness focus rather than a regular Kuta surf trip. Book for couples or solo travelers who want a special evening that combines yoga, sunset, and dinner.
Skip Ashtari if your budget is tight (the per-class price is genuinely high), if you don't want a scooter ride to class (it's not walkable from Kuta town), or if you want a stripped-down yoga focus without the attached restaurant social scene.