Welcome to Yoga By Serena Livingston
Serena is a Seasoanal yoga instructor who offers classes focused on gentle movement practices that support both body and mind through every stage of life and season. Rooted in awareness, adaptability, and care, each session encourages mindful movement that honors individual needs, natural rhythms, and lasting well-being. Yoga by Serena’s approach blends experience, sensitivity, and intention to create accessible yoga practices that feel grounded, nourishing, and supportive.
Discover Gentle Chair Yoga for enhanced mobility
Chair yoga is a gentle form of yoga performed while sitting on a chair or using a chair for support. It adapts traditional yoga poses to make them accessible for people of all ages, fitness levels, and physical abilities. This practice focuses on improving flexibility, balance, strength, and relaxation without the need to get down on the floor. Chair yoga incorporates breathing exercises, seated stretches, and modified standing poses using the chair for stability. It can help reduce stress, ease joint pain, increase circulation, and enhance overall well-being. Ideal for seniors, office workers, or anyone with mobility challenges, chair yoga offers the benefits of yoga in a safe and comfortable way—making mindful movement and relaxation accessible to everyone.
Discover Seasonal Yoga with a certified Yoga Instructor
Seasonal yoga is a holistic practice that aligns yoga, breathwork, and meditation with the natural rhythms of the seasons. It encourages practitioners to adapt their movements, energy, and mindset to the changing qualities of nature throughout the year. In spring, yoga focuses on renewal and cleansing, using dynamic flows to awaken the body. Summer practices emphasize openness, energy, and heart-centered poses to match the season’s warmth and vitality. Autumn brings grounding and balance, with slower, stabilizing movements to support transition and release. Winter encourages rest and reflection through gentle, restorative poses that nurture stillness and inner warmth. By tuning into the cycles of nature, seasonal yoga helps balance the body’s energy, supports emotional well-being, and fosters a deeper connection to the environment. It’s a mindful approach to living in harmony with the world around us.
Discover Deep Relaxation with Yin Yoga and Myofascial Tension Release Techniques
Myofascial release(MFR) and Yin Yoga supercharge your practice to ease pain and tension in the muscles by massaging the connective tissue with an acupoint ball. The combination of yin yoga and MFR using an acupoint yoga ball skilfully applies targeted pressure to release tightness, alleviate pain, increase range of motion and improve function. Myo' caresses your muscular tissue, & 'fascia' weaves a web of healing throughout your body, from the surface to the core. This is the power of myofascial release!
Timetable of Classes
Monday
Seasonal Yoga Online On Zoom .7.00pm-8.00pm( RECORDING INCLUDED)
Wednesday
Seasonal Chair yoga with wise ones Qi Gong 2.30-3.30pm
Seasonal Yoga 5.30pm-6.30pm
Myofascial Tension Release and Yin Yoga- Last wednesday of the month. All Wednesday classes are held at Choose You Yoga Studio and Wellness Hub, Carmondean House, Carmondean, Livingston, EH54 8PT.
Book on the link below. First class is Free.
https://bookwhen.com/yogabyserena
https://www.yogabyserenalivingston.com/
Seasonal Yoga classes-
Supportive Community
Be a part of a welcoming community that encourages growth and connection. Suitable for beginners
Seasonal yoga is a holistic practice that aligns yoga, breathwork, and meditation with the natural rhythms of the seasons. It encourages practitioners to adapt their movements, energy, and mindset to the changing qualities of nature throughout the year.
Online Seasonal Yoga Classes On Zoom-
Supportive Community
Classes tailored to various skill levels, suitable for beginners. Join from the comfort of your own home. Every session is recorded to practice when is suitable for you. I have been delivering online ZOOM sessions since 2023.
Myofaschial Tension Release and Yin Yoga
Yin yoga is a slow, meditative style of yoga that focuses on long, passive holds to target the body’s deeper connective tissues rather than the muscles.
What Is Myofascial Tension Release?
Myofascial release is a method of applying gentle, sustained pressure to the fascia — the connective tissue that surrounds and supports muscles, bones, and organs. When fascia becomes tight or “stuck,” it can restrict movement and create discomfort.
🧩 Why MFR Works Well With Yin Yoga
Yin targets deep connective tissues through long holds.
Accupoint balls target specific points within those tissues.
Chair yoga is a gentle form of yoga performed while sitting on a chair or using a chair for support. It adapts traditional yoga poses to make them accessible for people of all ages, fitness levels, and physical abilities. This practice focuses on improving flexibility, balance, strength, and relaxation without the need to get down on the floor.
WISE ONES-INSPIRED INDEPENDENCE, FUN FUNCTIONAL MOVEMENTS FOR THE OLDER ADULT.QI-GONG-BODY CLOCK.
TESTIMONIAL FROM A DOCTOR
"My patients have reported; resolution of back pain, increased strength, betting mobility and falling less, improved sense of well being, better mood and a significant reduction in essential tremor through attending this class."
-Dr Sheena Fraser MBchB MGCGP
