Iyengar Yoga Institute

The only purpose-built yoga centre in Europe boasts two yoga studios with underfloor heating. The specially designed skylights, built into the building's structure, make maximum use of natural light - which is just what you feel like when you're chanting and flexing. The modern simple block-shaped design lends itself perfectly to the building's purpose. Iyengar is one of the more gentle forms of the practice - when you compare it to the more strenuous Ashtanga or the sweat-inducing Bikram yoga. The idea behind all forms of yoga is to promote health and well-being through enhanced flexibility and controlled deep breathing. If founder B.K.S. Iyengar is anything to go by it can only help - at 88 years old he continues to practise yoga every day.