Yoga is India's valuable contribution to the world's fitness disciplines. It is not only intended to attain mental and physical robustness. It further helps Yogi, one who practices yoga, to introspect and get to a spiritual tranquility. This is what makes yoga and meditation an integral part of Indian lifestyle. Being universally accepted art of fitness, many Nasikites are keen about yoga and so the yoga and meditation centers.

Nasik's soothing environment makes it just the right place to practice yoga. To avail this natural gift in betterment, many yoga and meditation centers have started in and around this holy city. Consequently, lots of foreign yoga enthusiasts also visit this dream place often. Few of those divine places are cited below -

• Yoga Vidya Gurukul : Fondly called as Yoga University, this yoga center is located at Talwade on Nasik-Trimbak road, around 25 km from Nasik. Mesmerizing panoramas of lush mountain range of Sahyadri makes it worth to perform yoga there. This gurukul offers various courses and training for yoga, pranayama, meditation and stress management through yoga.Apart from these, Yoga Vidhya Gurukul bestows massage and nature therapies embracing Ayurveda and herbal treatment. It has some basic infrastructure for lodging and boarding for students. The center also houses a library with an array of books related to yoga, meditation, Ayurveda, Vedas, Upanishads and other Indian philosophical disciplines.
  Address :
  "Vishwa Yoga Darshan"
  Talwade
  Nasik-Trimbak Road
  Nasik
  Phone: (M) 9822770727 / 9420484017
  Website: www.yogapoint.com
  
• Yoga Vidya Dham : It's a NGO aimed to spread awareness and train people for yoga and meditation. It has a wide network working in and out of Maharashtra with more than 170 branches and 5 yoga/naturopathy treatment centers with all mod cons.
  Address :
  Yogabhavan
  College Road
  Nasik - 422 005
  Phone: 0253 - 2318090 / 2575624 / 2317454
  Website: www.yogapoint.com
  
• Vipassana Kendra / Dhamma Giri Meditation Centre : Situated in the high peaks of Sahyadri mountain range at Igatpuri, Vipassana Kendra is a heaven for Vipassi, one who practice Vipassana on a regular basis. It's a Buddhist Pagoda for meditation and is in close proximity from Nasik. Under the proficient supervision of S.N. Goenka, Vipassana is taught free of cost during its 10-days residential course.
  Address :
  Near Igatpuri
  Nasik - 422 403
  Phone: 02553 - 244076 / 86
  Website: www.vri.dhamma.org