A Place to Feel Like Yourself Again
Life moves fast. Most days you’re carrying a lot — mentally, emotionally, physically — and it’s easy to lose yourself in the process.
Serenity exists to be a place where you can slow down, breathe, and feel steady again. Not by pushing harder or fixing yourself, but by creating space in your body and mind so life feels more manageable and you feel more like you.
People come here because their minds feel busy, their bodies feel tense, or they’re tired of feeling reactive and overwhelmed. Over time, they notice they feel calmer, clearer, and more at ease — not because life suddenly changes, but because they have a place to reset and reconnect.
You don’t need experience. You don’t need flexibility.
You just need a space where you can show up as you are and feel supported.
The teachers at Serenity hold the space for your experience.
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Michele Lyman
OWNER
Teaching since 2003 and has owned Serenity Yoga in South Hadley, MA since 2012.
Michele is best known for teaching beginner level students a gentle, safe and effective way to create balance and harmony both on and off the mat.
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Bethany Haller
TEACHING SINCE 2016
Bethany is best known for meeting her students where they are with mindfully strengthening slow-flow sequences. Classes are woven with yoga philosophy and a reminder to be curious and have fun. Non-judgmental awareness and a compassionate, light-hearted approach encourage the students she guides to ride the waves, teaching us that we can skillfully navigate whatever arises when we step off the mat.
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Erin Schifferli
TEACHING SINCE 2007
Erin is best known for encouraging students to practice breathing and being. She specializes in nutrition, yoga, birth support, and overall wellbeing.
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Heather Locklear
TEACHING SINCE 2023
Heather is best known for teaching with a focus on providing a personalized experience to meet each individual's unique needs and preferences. She makes everyone feel at ease and her classes are intentional, engaging and fun for all.
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Kim Deshaies
TEACHING SINCE 2020
Kim is best known for supporting her students as they move in ways that honor their bodies in classes that incorporate yogic philosophy and practical tools for everyday wellness. She teaches trauma-sensitive, alignment based yoga that holds space for dynamic exploration of movement as well as rest and integration.
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Kim Kolbjornsen
TEACHING SINCE 2011
Kim is best known for her strong, steady flow, mindful transitions, and clear and precise verbal directives. Kim strives to teach a fun and invigorating power vinyasa flow to systematically work all muscle groups. She offers students a chance to challenge themselves, while empowering them to grow through exploring their yoga practice at their own pace.
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Molly Terrill
TEACHING SINCE 2012
Molly is best known for her expertise in anatomy and injury prevention, as well as yogic philosophy and embodiment theory and practice. She takes a scientific view of yoga, as a tool for understanding the bodies we live in and a means of living life with greater wisdom and ease. Her classes are playful and include creative sequences that will challenge students, no matter where on their yoga journey they might be.
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Norm Christiansen
TEACHING SINCE 2012
Norm is best known for his warm and enthusiastic spirit that invites everyone to find their own rhythm. He uses playfulness to suggest how people can learn and grow with a lighthearted spirit. Meditation is incorporated into his classes as a safe place to explore the Self (mind-body-spirit relationships).
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Steve Sampson
TEACHING SINCE 2014
Steve is best known for exploring the physical, energetic, and philosophical practices of yoga with an emphasis on pursuing functional health and holistic wellness. Steve strives to blend humor and philosophy to help everyone experience the benefits of yoga practice in a fun, empowering, and safe environment.
What People Feel When They Practice Here
Kathleen
“There's something for every one and every level here. I tried a few things before I settled on Chair Yoga. It's a great hour of stretches, movements, and introspections and perfect for people with balance or mobility challenges. I'm so glad I was introduced to yoga as a discipline, and to Serenity in particular.”
Melin
“Serenity is such a lovely environment. I find that all the classes are welcoming. Exercise has always been something that I bounce around from class to class and type to type. Once I found serenity, it was solid and I didn’t leave. Even after moving out of the valley for 7 years, I came back, rejoined serenity and don’t plan to leave anytime soon. I feel so solid in my body, feel it getting stronger, more flexible and overall healthy. The community pushes you to reach new levels all while having so much fun! Serenity is down to earth yoga. You learn about mindfulness, but you don’t feel you have to be anything you don’t want to be! I am so happy to be a part of this community ”
Christine
“Serenity Yoga is an amazing studio that is welcoming to all levels of experience. I have found it to be more of a community than a studio. Classes are very affordable and packages are available. The owner, who also teaches some of the classes, goes up and beyond to know who each individual is and to provide a variety of workshops and experiences. There are other places closer to home to practice yoga, but I travel a little further because I enjoy being at Serenity that much.”
Rachel