With India being the home of yoga there are many places in which to practice (some of the Himalayan retreats are the stuff of mountain-bedecked fantasy). Swaswara overlooks the crescent-shaped Om Beach in Karnataka and offers retreats where guests often stay as long as 21 days. Work on your yoga practice, and eat homegrown organic vegetables and fish straight from the same ocean you overlook every day.

How do you fancy doing your yoga practice on your own private island in the middle of the Aegean Sea? At Silver Island Yoga, that’s just what you’ll get. With no more than 10 guests at a time staying in classically blue and white-painted villas, this retreat is truly intimate. The rooms are beautifully designed and your weekly cost includes everything you will need on your stay – enjoy two daily outdoor yoga sessions overlooking the glittering blues of the sea, all Mediterranean-style meals (with vegan wines at dinner), and plenty of sporting equipment so you can circumvent the island by kayak if you’re so inclined. You might never feel more relaxed in your life.

Situated in one of Australia’s most beautiful locations – Lord Howe Island – Pinetrees Lodge offers five-day ‘wellness weeks’. The weeks are planned so that you partake in twice-daily yoga practices with instructor-to-the-stars, Charlotte Dodson. Cooking classes, all meals, fitness activities, and even transfers from the airport are included. There’s nothing left to think (or stress) about. Everything takes place on untouched, spectacularly beautiful Lord Howe Lagoon where you can spend your free time surfing, swimming, hiking, or seeking out the local turtles.

There isn’t anywhere on earth that says ‘paradise’ quite like the Maldives. At Hideaway Beach Resort and Spa you can undertake a three, five or 10-day yoga retreat while staying in your own private overwater villa (with personal pool, obviously). Because the resort isn’t 100% yoga-focused, this is a great option if you’re travelling with people who don’t like yoga – while they do their holiday, you do yours.

You couldn’t be more on the beach than when you’re at Bamboo Yoga Retreat on Patnem Beach in Goa. Your hut is positioned on the sand itself so you’ll feel utterly connected to the ocean while you’re here. What’s more, the huts are rebuilt after the monsoon every year with organic materials – yep, that’s right, even your accommodation is organic. Every day you will participate in two long yoga practices, and eat healthy, vegetable-led food. You can even enjoy Ayurveda at the onsite spa and experience an almost trance-like state induced by traditional shirodhara treatments.