In the Mudra for International Yoga? 10 of the World’s Coolest Studios

Traveling to a new destination should be exhilarating, but it can also serve as a time for rest, relaxation and enlightenment. If you are a longtime practitioner of yoga or would simply like to try a class, these studios are sure to provide beautiful scenery, unique classes and the opportunity to practice yoga in a faraway place. Plus, each studio welcomes drop-in visitors.

Orion Healing Centre

Yoga is already a soothing activity, but taking a class in a tropical paradise like Thailand just might help you bliss out even more. Take classes in an open-air studio as you listen to ocean waves. Orion Healing Centre offers daily classes, along with longer-term retreats that feature intensive yoga sessions and healthy, tropical meals.

Muskoka Yoga Studio

This boutique yoga studio located in Ontario offers excellent classes such as Candlelight Flow, but its real claim to fame are its stand-up paddleboard yoga classes held on deep-blue Canadian lakes. Practice your downward dog as the ripples gently lap against your paddleboard.

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Dharma Yoga

Dharma Yoga is a calm oasis in the middle of the hustle and bustle of New York City. Start with a basic class or learn advanced yoga moves with a guru who has been teaching for nearly 50 years. Can’t make it to NYC? Dharma Yoga offers online classes to long-distance yogis.

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Divine Diving Yoga & Dive Center

Yoga and diving have combined forces at this unique studio on the island of Zanzibar. After completing a yoga class and practicing your breathing techniques, put on your SCUBA gear and try out those same techniques as you swim through coral reefs and schools of colorful fish.

Anahata Yoga Studio

This yoga studio located in Greece features soothing surroundings, a tea room and, if you’re in the mood to defy gravity, graceful aerial yoga classes. As you hold poses, focus your energy on the view of the ocean and mountains.

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Holistic Yoga Berlin

This sleek, urban studio in the heart of Berlin, Germany, only appears as if it has a city edge. The studio specializes in energy healing and chakra balancing, both of which are integrated in the yoga classes. Would you rather practice yoga in the great outdoors? Try one of the studio’s Holistic Yoga in the Park classes.

Radiantly Alive

If you need a “break” from all of that lounging on the beach you’ve been doing in Bali, head over to the Radiantly Alive yoga studio for a class. Overlook palm trees through large windows as you move from asana to asana. Afterward, visit the Yogi Café for fresh fruit and a chocolate treat.

Shoonch Yoga

This studio in Armenia is one of the first yoga studios in the country. Take yoga and Pilates classes with trailblazing instructors, relax with a honey or hot-stone massage and enjoy the soothing, modern atmosphere.

Mermaids and Sailors

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This studio located in the heart of Costa Rica is bright, colorful and just plain fun. They offer yoga classes, surfing classes and they bring the two together in a Yoga for Surfers class. After admiring gorgeous ocean views, be sure to visit the studio’s boutique. You’ll find cool yoga gear and jewelry, such as a necklace that says, “I’m really a mermaid.”

Kodaikanal Yoga Center

If you consider yourself to be a serious yogi, then a trip to a studio in India, the birthplace of yoga, is a must. Study with highly knowledgeable instructors in a remote, natural setting, get in tune with nature and let all of that stress melt away.