Your
body relaxes when you breathe out. Also, a relaxed body stretches better. So,
when you breathe out, your body will automatically let go and stretch farther,
without you forcing it.
See
the difference that these and other Serenity Yoga Breathing Themes make
to your yoga & relaxation practice.
Audio
Yoga has been voted one of the Top Visionary Websites at the
2007 COVR Awards.
Serenity
Yoga
is a fresh way of teaching Yoga.
In creating the program, Corinne Friesen has introduced a new element to teaching
yoga, the concept of Breathing Themes. These Breathing Themes are
ways of paying attention to your breathing so that the different aspects of yoga
practice become clear to you, quickly and easily, on an experiential level.
The
Breathing Theme innovations, and Corinne's lively, simple approach to presenting
them in her book Hurry Up - Relax!, has won the Serenity Yoga program
recognition at the 2006
COVR awards.
And again, for top websites, at the 2007
COVR Awards.
For
example, in the First Breathing Theme, you learn that your body relaxes
as you breathe out. Try this now, as you read this. Take a nice breath in. Now,
as you let the breath go, notice how your body feels like it's sinking down, letting
go inside - relaxing. This is your Relaxation Response.
When
you work with the First Breathing Theme, you simply do your routine paying
attention to your Relaxation Response as you do your poses. In this way you start
to understand the connection between breathing, relaxation and better stretching.
Many of
the Breathing Themes develop your Relaxation Response in different ways, so
that you become very good at being deeply calm, very quickly.
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The
Breathing Themes can be used with any stretches or any pre-existing yoga
program, or with Corinne's own lessons, which she has designed to help you
grasp the principles of yoga quickly and easily.
You
can use your new understanding toward whatever purposes you like - whether you
need to drop stress during your day, become more fit, shape up for your sports
activity, find energy you thought you'd lost, develop better breathing, rebuild
your body or simply enjoy connecting with yourself. The possibilities are
endless.
In
Serenity Yoga the
lessons are divided into themed blocks. Within each block, each routine combines
postures, breathing, relaxation and meditation according to object of the lesson.
The object of the lesson is then made clear through the Breathing Theme.
Together, these linked elements to every routine give you more skill at things
like relaxation, body-mind harmony, and calmness under stress.
Because
you learn Serenity Yoga through Breathing Themes and in manageable
bits, the connections happen faster than if we throw it at you all at once.
Serenity
Yoga was founded by Corinne Friesen after 30 years of personal study and
7 years of program development. Corinne draws on her extensive background in yoga,
natural health, psychology, and on her many years as a teacher and presenter to
give you an effective, deeply beneficial program.
Audio
Yoga is the website presence
and CD lesson series that brings Serenity Yoga to you. It's our way
of making yoga more accessible. For example, you can take the CDs with you wherever
you go. The website instruction becomes more clear when you're hearing Corinne's
gentle guidance. We also love the way that using sound helps our connection with
you become more personal - conveying the warmth and depth of experience that yoga
has to offer.
We
have detailed instruction on many postures at many levels of difficulty.
Each page includes photos, how to modify the pose for your level of ability, warnings,
tips for safety and tips for best results, and downloadable sheets you can print.
Many of our pages also have audio instruction. If you'd like audio for
your iPOD, see our Audio menu. See the Serenity Yoga Breathing Themes
to get the most out of the postures and your routines.
We
also have a wide variety of routines, at various levels of difficulty, that you
can use toward many types of goals, including learning Serenity Yoga,
building strength, developing flexibility, dropping stress, energizing you.
We have also designed the routines to accomodate your different situations, whether
you're very fit or struggling with some aspect of your body.
Plus,
cruise around the site for lots of tips, discussions, thoughts about yoga, shopping
and, of course, Corinne's books and CDs!
