The guide to Stockholm's best yoga studios

Yogayama's well-known oasis in Östermalm offers the largest selection of yoga classes in Stockholm. The studio has three yoga shalas, a light and airy shop and a healthfood café BodyBuddy, on the top floor. Stay on for a smoothie bowl or something else healthy if you want to extend your yoga experience. 

Urban OM on Wallingatan is a conscious urban meeting place for everyone wanting to get in touch with themselves and others through yoga and meditation. Experienced international instructors lead the classes, often in English. In addition to two yoga shalas, the studio has a welcoming reception area where you can relax before and after your class.

Stockholm Spa & Hälsostudio in Vasastan specialises in MediYoga, a relaxing and simple form of yoga that encourages strength, flexibility and good posture. Classes have a maximum of 12 participants to ensure a calm, peaceful yoga practice.

DuCalme was the first Bikram studio in the Nordics when it opened, and here you can practice Bikram yoga in 40 degrees heat to gain strength, balance, and focus. The studio also offers classes in flow yoga, HIIT hot pilates, and recovery in varying temperatures.

In Mysore, India, ashtanga yoga is practiced in groups in "self practice" sessions, meaning you adapt the movements to your own pace while a teacher is on hand to help with adjustments. You'll find this Mysore form at the long-established yoga studio Yogashala Stockholm. They also offer gentler forms of yoga such as yinyoga. Everyone is welcome, whatever level you're at.

Inbalance also focuses on dynamic ashtanga yoga, with the more advanced classes carried out individually, Mysore-style. But the studio also offers more gentle forms such as yinyoga, hatha and hot yoga. Everyone is welcome here, from beginners to dyed-in-the-wool yogis.

At Centralbadet, you'll find a yoga, meditation, and dance studio that offers classes, courses, and workshops. The studio provides drop-in classes in dynamic Ashtanga yoga, calming Yin yoga, and what's known as life yoga, all in a tranquil environment.

Yoga Folks on Åsögatan has become a meeting place and a second living room in Södermalm where people come together around yoga. Yoga is taken very seriously here, but playfulness and community are also emphasised. In addition to a wide range of yoga classes, Yoga Folks also offers popular training programmes.

For an out-of-the-ordinary yoga experience, jump on the ferry to Idöborg, a privately owned island in the archipelago. Various retreats are organised here throughout the year, with yoga and meditation with views of the water. Between sessions, you can replenish your energy in the restaurant where vegetarian food is served, and you can also relax in the wood-burning sauna. Upcoming courses and retreats are published in Idöborg's calendar on their website.

YogaShakti on Mariatorget has a warm, welcoming atmosphere and an obvious love of yoga. The main yoga forms on offer here are the American forms anusara and virya, which use biomechanical principles of alignment, but you'll also find yinyoga and relaxing restorative yoga (very popular), among other classes, on the timetable.

At the Alvanda studio, both beginners and seasoned yogis can practice different types of yoga forms together – from restorative to hatha and yin yoga. They also engage in healing, meditation, and breathing exercises, as well as hosting retreats and workshops. Alvanda is in Vasastan, just a stone's throw from Sankt Eriksplan.

Yoga began in India several thousand years ago and is one of the greatest life philosophies. The word yoga means union in Sanskrit and refers to the unity of body and soul and of individual and universal consciousness. The aim is to create balance, focus and connection with the world around us.