Yoga By Serena

🌿 LATE SUMMER SEASONAL YOGA — WEDNESDAYS 🌿
9th September – 14th October | 6-week block
Choose you yoga and wellness studio, Carmondean centre, Livingston.

As late summer gently begins to shift towards autumn, it’s a beautiful time to slow down, reset and reconnect with yourself.

In seasonal yoga, we work with the energy of the time of year — using mindful movement, breath and relaxation to help you feel more grounded, balanced and at ease as the seasons change. 🍂

✨ A welcoming yoga class for EVERY BODY ✨

Whether you’re completely new to yoga or have been practising for years, you are very welcome.

These classes are especially suited to beginners and intermediate practitioners, with a focus on those 40s, 50s and beyond. No need to be super-flexible, fit or “good at yoga” — just come as you are.

Expect:
🧘‍♀️ Gentle yet purposeful movement
🌿 Seasonal-inspired practices
💨 Breathwork to calm and restore
✨ Options to suit different bodies and abilities
😌 Time to relax, unwind and leave feeling refreshed

This is your opportunity to put an hour aside each Wednesday just for you — to move, breathe, stretch, strengthen and switch off from the busyness of everyday life.

💚 NEW TO MY CLASSES? YOUR FIRST CLASS IS FREE! 💚

You can join me for the full 6-week block or, if you prefer a little more flexibility, individual weekly classes can also be booked.

So whether you’re ready to commit to six weeks of self-care or simply fancy coming along when you can — you’re very welcome. 🌿

📅 Every Wednesday | 9th September – 14th October
✨ 6-week block OR book individual weekly classes

Everyone is welcome. Beginners especially encouraged.

👉 BOOK YOUR PLACE HERE:
Book Yoga with Serena⁠

Come for the yoga. Stay for how it makes you feel. 🌿

🌸 Yin Yoga for Period Pain Relief 🌸

These gentle, long-held poses can help relax the body, release pelvic and lower-back tension, and support overall relaxation during menstruation. Move slowly, breathe deeply, and never force a stretch.

🧘‍♀️ Butterfly — 5 min
Gently opens the hips and inner thighs while encouraging relaxation around the pelvis.

🧘‍♀️ Reclined Butterfly — 5 min
A restorative hip opener that can ease pelvic and lower-back tension while calming the nervous system.

🧘‍♀️ Child’s Pose — 5 min
Provides a gentle stretch through the back and hips and promotes relaxation.

🧘‍♀️ Saddle Pose — 5 min
Opens the front of the thighs and hips and may help release tension around the pelvis.

🧘‍♀️ Supported Bridge — 5 min
With support under the pelvis, this restorative pose gently opens the front body and can relieve lower-back tightness.

🧘‍♀️ Sphinx — 5 min
Creates a mild backbend that can gently mobilize the spine and stretch the abdominal region.

🧘‍♀️ Dragonfly — Left & Right — 3 min each
Deeply stretches the inner thighs and hips while encouraging relaxation and flexibility.

🧘‍♀️ Dragonfly Centre — 3 min
Targets the inner thighs and hips and can help release accumulated lower-body tension.

🧘‍♀️ Side Shoelace — 3 min each side
Combines a hip-opening position with a side-body stretch, helping release tension through the hips and waist.

🧘‍♀️ Cat Pulling Its Tail — 3 min each side
Gently stretches the hips, thighs and lower back while promoting relaxation.

🧘‍♀️ Legs Up the Wall — 5 min
A calming restorative pose that can reduce feelings of heaviness and fatigue and help the body unwind.

💗 Tip: During your period, keep the practice comfortable and gentle. If a pose increases pain, stop or choose a more supported variation.

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🌿 SEASONAL YOGA AND WISE ONES YOGA CLASSES WEDNESDAYS AT 5.30-6.30.

FIRST CLASS FREE TO NEW CUSTOMERS

Looking for an hour each week just for you? 💚

Join me for a gentle Seasonal Yoga class designed to help you move, breathe, relax and reconnect with yourself. Whether you’re completely new to yoga or returning to your mat, you’ll be made to feel welcome.

✨ Suitable for beginners
✨ In person at Choose You Yoga Studio, Carmondean, Livingston
✨ Also available live online via Zoom
✨ Wednesdays 5.30pm–6.30pm
✨ First class FREE for new customers

Seasonal Yoga helps you slow down, reduce stress, improve flexibility and feel more balanced, with classes inspired by the changing seasons. Expect gentle movement, mindful breathing, relaxation and a friendly, supportive atmosphere. Classes are at a pace and level for people who hope to cultivate change, sustain mobility and balance for as long as possible. Throughout the sessions we practice WISE ONES Qi Gong.

Wise Ones is a specialized, functional movement program that blends tai chi, qigong (chi gung), and yoga. Designed by movement and health experts Sue Woodd and Julie Hanson, it tailors gentle, flowing exercises for older adults or anyone with

I can’t wait to welcome you to class. 💜

Serena 🧘🧘

YOGA BY SERENA
Tel 07763885654
[email protected]

🌿 SEASONAL AND WISE ONES YOGA CLASSES WEDNESDAYS AT 5.30-6.30PM.

✨FIRST CLASS FREE TO NEW CUSTOMERS

Looking for an hour each week just for you? 💚

Join me for a gentle Seasonal Yoga class designed to help you move, breathe, relax and reconnect with yourself. Whether you’re completely new to yoga or returning to your mat, you’ll be made to feel welcome.

✨ Suitable for beginners
✨ In person at Choose You Yoga Studio, Carmondean, Livingston
✨ Also available live online via Zoom

Seasonal Yoga helps you slow down, reduce stress, improve flexibility and feel more balanced, with classes inspired by the changing seasons. Expect gentle movement, mindful breathing, relaxation and a friendly, supportive atmosphere. Classes are at a pace and level for people who hope to cultivate change, sustain mobility and balance for as long as possible. Throughout the sessions we practice WISE ONES Qi Gong.

Wise Ones is a specialized, functional movement program that blends tai chi, qigong (chi gung), and yoga. Designed by movement and health experts Sue Woodd and Julie Hanson, it tailors gentle, flowing exercises for older adults or anyone with reduced mobility.

I can’t wait to welcome you to class. 💜

Serena 🧘🧘

YOGA BY SERENA

🌿 Seasonal Reset Afternoon — Sunday 16th | 11am–3pm 🌿

Ready to pause, reset and make space for the season ahead? ✨

Join us for a nourishing afternoon of rest, reflection and renewal — a chance to step away from the everyday and reconnect with yourself.

✨ Only a few places left!
🎟️ Don’t miss out — book your ticket now and give yourself the reset you deserve.

Sunday 16th | 11am–3pm

👉 Book your place here: https://bookwhen.com/yogabyserena

🍂 Seasonal Reset Afternoon 🍂

Imagine leaving feeling lighter, calmer, deeply rested and with a full heart.

As summer gently comes to an end, give yourself permission to pause before the new season begins.

Escape the busyness of everyday life and enjoy four hours dedicated entirely to your wellbeing. Everything has been thoughtfully planned so you can simply arrive, breathe and allow yourself to be cared for.

Whether you’re feeling overwhelmed, running on empty, or simply craving some time for yourself, this beautiful afternoon is your invitation to slow down, reconnect and reset.

Your afternoon includes:

✨ Gentle Yin Yoga (with chair options available throughout – no experience needed)
✨ Guided Breathwork
✨ Deep Relaxation & Yoga Nidra
✨ Herbal teas and nourishing refreshments
✨ A luxury gift bag worth over £20, including a yoga notebook, pen, candle, essential oil, cosy socks and a special keepsake.

🤍 This is an intimate, small-group experience, allowing plenty of individual attention in a calm, welcoming and supportive environment.

This experience is suitable for everyone. Whether you prefer to practise on a yoga mat or from the comfort of a chair, you’ll be fully supported throughout the afternoon. Chair-based participation is warmly welcomed, making this event ideal for anyone with limited mobility, recovering from injury, managing balance concerns, or simply wanting a gentler way to enjoy yoga.

This isn’t just a yoga class—it’s an opportunity to step away from the demands of everyday life, fill your own cup and leave feeling refreshed, restored and ready to welcome the new season.

🗓 Saturday 16th August
🕚 11:00am – 3:00pm
📍 Choose You Yoga Studio, Livingston
💚 £40 per person

🎁 Luxury gift bag worth over £20 included.

✨ Spaces are limited to keep the experience personal and relaxing, so book now to avoid missing out.

💚 You spend so much of your time looking after everyone else. This afternoon is your chance to look after you.

I can’t wait to welcome you for an afternoon of rest, relaxation and connection.

Book your place today:
bookwhen.com/yogabyserena

With love Serena 🩷
Yoga by Serena

Find a Walking Group That Suits You 🚶‍♂️

Walking is a great way to stay active, explore new places and enjoy good company. West Lothian 50+ Network has a range of walking groups offering different distances, paces and days:

🥾 Dawdlers
Weekly on Mondays, with leisurely walks of around 3 to 6 miles.

🥾 Happy Wanderers
Weekly on Mondays, usually covering 4 to 7 miles.

🥾 Oot and Aboot
Weekly on Mondays, with relaxed walks of around 2 to 4 miles.

🥾 Miles and Smiles
Weekly on Tuesdays, generally covering 5 to 10 miles.

🥾 Stroll Along
Weekly on Thursdays, offering leisurely walks of approximately 3 miles or less.

🌆 We also have an Evening Walking Group on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month.

We are also gathering interest in a potential short-distance walking group, covering around 1 to 2 miles on Tuesday mornings.

Routes vary and can include locations across West Lothian and further afield, with many groups using public transport or car sharing. Some walks also finish with a well-earned coffee and catch-up.

Interested in joining? Contact the WL50+ Hub and we can help you find the group that best suits you.

📧 [email protected]
📞 01506 635 510

Physical Activity Groups at West Lothian 50+ Network 🏸

Looking to become more active, try something new or enjoy exercising with others? We have a wide range of physical activity groups taking place across West Lothian:

Mondays
• Seated Pilates, Winchburgh Community Centre, 11.30am to 12.15pm

Tuesdays
• Badminton, Xcite Craigswood, 10.00am to 11.00am
• Line Dancing, Bathgate Partnership Centre, 10.30am to 12.30pm
• Improve ’N’ Move Seated Exercise, the Hub, 12.15pm to 1.00pm or 1.15pm to 2.00pm

Wednesdays
• Tai Chi, Whitburn Partnership Centre, 11.30am to 12.30pm
• Chair Yoga, Murieston Village Hall, 1.00pm to 2.00pm
• Line Dancing for Fun, Bathgate Partnership Centre, fortnightly from 12.30pm to 1.30pm
• Badminton, Xcite Craigswood, 2.00pm to 3.00pm
• Table Tennis, Xcite Craigswood, 2.00pm to 3.00pm
• Qigong, Whitburn Partnership Centre, 2.00pm to 3.00pm

Thursdays
• Outdoor Bowling, Glenmavis Bowling Club, 10.00am to 11.30am
• Cycling Group, various locations, 10.30am
• Balloon Drumming, Glenmavis Bowling Club, 1.30pm to 3.30pm
• Paracise, Low Port Centre, Linlithgow, 4.30pm to 5.30pm

Fridays
• Yoga, Whitburn Partnership Centre, 11.00am to 12.00pm

Saturdays
• Beginners’ Cycling, Bathgate, 10.00am

From gentle seated exercise to badminton, cycling and yoga, there is something for a range of abilities and interests. Some groups have a small additional charge.

For more information or to register your interest, contact the WL50+ Hub:

📧 [email protected]
📞 01506 635 510