Arizona Hiking Yoga, Phoenix

There's nothing quite like performing powerful poses while facing the shimmering morning sun as it sits low on the horizon. At least, this seems to be the view of the instructors at Arizona Hiking Yoga, who prefer the sweeping vista of a mountain valley to the blank wall of a studio. The studio combines the fitness benefits of hiking and yoga in the fresh air—a mission evident in classes that guide participants along the gently sloping trails of locations such as South Mountain and Dreamy Draw Park. Groups drop mat at the most scenic spots on the trail to conduct their yoga classes and scream calming mantras into the valley below. Excursions can last nearly three hours, and range in difficulty from easy hiking with easy yoga to moderate hiking with easy yoga.