Serenity Yoga and its Benefits

Yoga Philosophy, Meditation,
and Basic Yoga Postures

Serenity Yoga is a gentle, meditative style of Yoga particularly designed for maturing adults, but appropriate for anyone seeking reduction in their levels of stress. Similar to the Yoga practiced at the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Healthcare and Society, at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Serenity Yoga's aim is to reduce the levels of stress that could lead to the so-called stress related disorders. It is not the physically challenging or high-impact style of Yoga.

Benefits

Although too numerous to name here,
some of the major benefits of Serenity Yoga include:

Physiological Benefits

• Weight normalization
• Improved sleep

• Decreases in pain levels
• Decreased cardiac and respiratory rates

• Decreased blood pressure
• Normalization of the cardiovascular and respiratory

• Normalization of gastrointestinal and endocrine function
• Increased flexibility and strength
  

• Increased strength, resiliency and endurance
• Improved reaction time and eye-hand coordination

• Improved posture and balance
• Increased energy level
• Enhanced immunity

• Decreased anxiety and depression
• Increased ability to cope with stress

• Improved mood and well-being
• Enhanced self-acceptance and self-actualization

• Decreased hostility
• Improved memory, attention and concentration

• Enhanced learning efficiency
• Increased ability to refrain from addictive behavior

• Decreased cortisol level (the stress hormone)
• Decreased glucose and sodium levels

• Decreased total cholesterol and triglycerides
• Decreased LDL (the bad cholesterol) 

• Cancer
• Diabetes
  

• Bronchitis
• Asthma

• Clinical depression
  
• Dyspepsia
  

• Spondalitis (curvature of the spine)
• Myopia

• Menopausal and menstrual disorders
  
• Sciatica
  

• Arthritis and rheumatism
• Cervical spondylysis
• Renal calculi (kidney stones).