Four Bikram Yoga studio operators have joined forces as part of efforts to improve the image of the discipline in the UK.

Michele Pernetta of Bikram North, City and West; Olga Allon of Hot Bikram Yoga; Helen Currie of Bikram Chiswick; and Simon & Bridgett Ane Goddard of Bikram in the Lanes in Brighton have teamed up to try and promote the practice and attract more people to take it up.

Michele Pernetta said: "This coming together of studio owners will help dispel some of the myths and misconceptions surrounding Bikram Yoga."