Fabulous Yoga Retreats

Nurturing Nest

The Nurturing Nest in Desert Hot Springs, California is one of these yoga getaways.Located near the Joshua Tree National Park, Nurturing Nest is a small but lovingly tended hot springs retreat and spa. With just seven pretty rooms, this place offers weekend yoga classes as well as treatments including Transformational Breathing, Shirodhara and the "Total Tune-up," designed to open your energy centers. Visitors can enjoy the silence of the desert, healing mineral waters and Freedom Retreats, which include Yogic breathing, yoga and meditation, colon cleansing, Bio Energetic Synchronization Technique (B.E.S.T.) and nature walks. The location can be rented by people wishing to teach yoga to a select group of students.

Baptiste Power Yoga Institute

Offering yoga residential retreats this institute in Massachusetts, Cambridge offers a retreat or boot camp where the owner of the place, Baron Baptiste offering courses in yoga and transformation. The kind of yoga taught here is practised in hot rooms, heated up to 90 degrees, to enable the body to shed toxins during exercise. There are many different programs available but this may not be for you if you are just starting out with yoga.

Amangani Wyoming

The name of this retreat means "peaceful home". This stylish and expensive Rocky Mountain address makes it the perfect place perfect for novices and experienced devotees of yoga.

This resort is luxurious and offers all the comforts that one would expect from a well-appointed hotel. The resort offers one-on-one yoga sessions and meditation classes and an extensive list of wellness treats. Yoga sessions are specifically tailored to your needs. After chanting "ohm," you can withdraw to your suite featuring a king-size platform bed, fireplace, deck with panoramic views of the Teton peaks and, for soothing tired, yoga-toned muscles, a deep soaking tub with a window view. This is one of the most pampering luxurious yoga getaways.