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 slightly hidden-away healthfood concept BodyBuddy, on the top floor. Stay on for a healthy meal or a raw food snack if you want to extend your yoga experience. There's also been a branch of Yogayama in Sjöstaden since 2015.

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.

Work on your strength, condition and relaxation at the same time in this luxurious oasis specialising in bikram yoga. Enable your body to be able to deal with everyday life in a stress-free manner. Suits all levels.

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.

A little, luxurious oasis in the middle of Grev Turegatan run by yoga teacher Jennie Liljefors, who used to run Altromondo in Italy. You'll find everything from ashtanga to yinyoga and yoga for men. The studio has smart changing rooms and its own shop.

Gittan Hendele was one of the first to begin teaching ashtanga yoga in Stockholm in the Nineties. At Ashtanga Yoga Stockholm she teaches this powerful, dynamic form of yoga together with several of her former pupils, in advanced Mysore and other kinds of classes.

Elements Spa, inside the Clarion Hotel Stockholm and with views over the waters of Årstaviken, has an indoor and outdoor pool, sauna facilities, health bar, gym and yoga studio. Take things down a notch and enjoy relaxing yoga on Thursday evenings with Lisa Wingårdh, before rounding off the day with a swim in the pool.

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 in the Dojo room, which is next to the beach 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.

The current Atmajyoti studio by Vasaparken is slightly larger than its predecessor and more accessible. You'll find a wide selection of yoga taught in cosy surroundings. The studio also offers classes in pranayama (yogic breathing techniques) as well as meditation and mindfulness.

Malin Johansson started Yin Yang yoga studio with the aim of creating wellbeing and spreading body consciousness. Together with her team she runs courses and retreats where you can try various yoga forms, from restorative to hatha yoga. You'll find them on Vasastan, a stone's throw from Sankt Eriksplan.

House of Shapes is one of Stockholm's largest dance studios on Hornsgatan, just a stone's throw from Hornstull. In addition to working on your dance moves they offer personal training and beneficial, strengthening exercise classes, for example yoga. Choose from yoga forms including Hatha or Vinyasa.

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.