Bhakti schools of Vaishnavism combine yoga with devotion to enjoy an eternal presence of Vishnu.

Bhuwan is a qualified yoga tutor himself and the brothers specialize in combining yoga with music in a unique way.

The therapies combine yoga and massage with some emotional self-discovery that I find more rejuvenating and satisfying than conventional spa treatments.

If you suffer from a long-term (chronic) medical condition, you can often combine yoga and conventional medical treatment.

Some athletes are combining yoga with strength training.

And now Americans are combining yoga with everything from hip-hop to boxing.

This spa offers skin-care treatments and what it calls "core fusion," a one-hour session ($40) that combines yoga and Pilates to help you to feel long and lean.

Yoga in Italy (0445 48 02 98; www.yogainitaly.it) offers a variety of week-long holidays combining yoga with anything from walks in the Chianti countryside to white-water rafting.

AntiGravity Yoga a hybrid combining traditional yoga poses with aerial arts, pilates and dance.

There are also intensive two- to three-week courses for more experienced hatha yoga devotees and special short courses combining yoga with ayurvedic treatment.