If you really want to get away from it all and recharge your chakras, and are serious about your yoga, then what better place to do so than on a bonafide paradise island in the Bahamas? Nassau's Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat follows a specific pattern. You’ll rise at 6 a.m., meditate through dawn, chant until tea time and do two hours of hatha yoga before breaking for your 10 a.m. vegetarian meal. The afternoon follows a similar pattern with a session of Karma yoga, where you'll help with ashram duties (known to non-yogis as chores). Nonetheless, this is all offset by the retreat's island paradise, complete with crystal blue waters, white sands and swaying palm trees.