A group of people practice yoga on a mountain top in Xinmi in Henan province, March 23, 2016. [Photo/IC]

He adds that the city has direct flights to New Delhi, Kolkata and other Indian cities.

Although many small cities in China have yoga clubs now, China is still in an early phase with regard to the development of yoga, says Hao.

Compared with the development of yoga in the West, which began more than 40 years ago, China got its first yoga club just 13 years ago.

"The coming five years will see the popularity of yoga grow in China and an increase in the number of yoga clubs. But we still have a long way to go to do it correctly," says Hao.