cover image Yoga Escapes: A Yoga Journal Guide to the Best Places to Relax, Reflect, and Renew

Yoga Escapes: A Yoga Journal Guide to the Best Places to Relax, Reflect, and Renew

Jeanne Ricci. Celestial Arts, $19.95 (198pp) ISBN 978-1-58761-187-2

This full-color guide profiles yoga centers, ashrams, resorts, spas and inns that cater to the yoga practitioner. Anyone interested in taking a ""yoga vacation"" will appreciate the more than 150 entries on yoga centers around the world, from the spartan (one in India starts at $25 per day) to the sybaritic (another in California can cost up to $2,500 per day). Each entry describes a property; lists some of its past guest instructors; discusses the content, frequency and cost of yoga classes there; profiles extra services (such as a children's program or spa treatments); and talks about rates and what to bring. What's particularly helpful about this guide is that it includes sidebar reviews of the various sites by yoga instructors and practitioners who have been there. These reviews can be very specific about what to expect in facilities, food and instruction.