This weekend brought the tragic news of the death of yoga instructor and passionate entrepreneur Kristin Johnston. Yesterday, the Halifax Regional Police released that the 32-year-old and former owner of Bikram Yoga and 42° Fitness and Wellness, was the victim of Saturday’s homicide on Oceanview Drive. After a trip to Halifax inspired her to move […]
42° Fitness and Wellness
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Bikram Yoga becomes 42° Fitness and Wellness
Bikram Yoga (1567 Grafton Street) is ringing in the new year with a new name, new additions and new focus. Building on the fitness foundation Bikram has been working on for the past four years, 42° Fitness and Wellness celebrates its rebirth starting next week. “I think we were just ready to explore different types […]
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Best Yoga Instructor
Gold Winner Estelle Thomson, Dartmouth Yoga Centre Silver Winner Jodi Brake, Bikram Yoga Halifax Bronze Winner Helen Fong Thomson can hold two golds aloft this year—she’s also your pick for Best Visual Artist. You can stretch with Thomson as early as 5:45am some mornings at Cow Bay Hall, and she’s a popular teacher at Dartmouth […]
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Best Yoga Studio
Gold Winner Moksha Yoga, Halifax Silver Winner Halifax Yoga Bronze Winner Bikram Yoga Halifax Open since 2008, Moksha Yoga is hot. That’s the point. Owner Joanna Thurlow has been practicing yoga for 11 years and teaching for nine, and she loves the work she does with her teaching staff. “Moksha Yoga is a set sequence […]
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Better together: five ways to get fit with friends
1 CrossFit ”If you attend three to four classes a week, you’ll notice improvements in strength, flexibility, coordination, body awareness and, most importantly, confidence,” says Mel Clarke, CrossFit coach at Blended Athletics (580 Wright Avenue). With tailored work-out plans, CrossFit requires consistency to see results but the strong sense of community mixed with achievable personal […]
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Best Yoga Instructor
Gold Winner Kristin Johnston, Bikram Yoga Silver Winner Helen Fong, various studios Bronze Winner Estelle Thomson, Shanti Hot Yoga Bikram is no joke. It’s hot, it’s sweaty, it’s tough—but it’s rewarding, feels great and requires an instructor who’s knowledgeable, encouraging and firm. Bikram Yoga Halifax’s Kristin Johnston won your yoga-loving heart yet again by pushing […]
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Best Yoga Studio
Gold Winner Moksha Yoga, Halifax Silver Winner Bikram Yoga Bronze Winner Halifax Yoga Some like it hot. Actually, lots like it hot…that’s what we’ve learned since Moksha Yoga first opened in downtown Halifax in 2008, teaching us the ways of hot yoga and the detoxification, relaxation and exercise that comes with it. A popular spot […]
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Scanway’s coming at ya, Grafton Street
You miss pressing your face against Scanway Catering & Pastry’s Quinpool Road storefront to get a closer look, don’t you? This summer marks the return of Scanway to the food and retail scenes, it’ll be taking over 1567 Grafton Street right next door to its new sibling the Stubborn Goat Gastropub (1579 Grafton Street). “I’m […]
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Best Yoga Studio
Gold Winner Bikram Yoga Halifax Silver Winner Halifax Yoga Bronze Winner Moksha Yoga, Halifax One trip to Halifax was all it took for Kristin Johnston. “It was kind of an ‘aha moment’,” she says. “It was like, this is where I want to live and I have to figure out how I can.” After discovering […]
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Best Yoga Instructor
Gold Winner Kristin Johnston, Bikram Yoga Halifax Silver Winner Sherry Zak, Halifax Yoga Bronze Winner Maxine Jeffrey, Therapeutic Approach Yoga Studio While Kristin Johnston won’t sugar-coat the realities of your first Bikram class—it’s going to be hot, it’s going to be hard and most likely it’ll shove you out of your comfort zone—she’s quick to […]
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Ommmmmg, it’s yoga week!
Some like it hot Hot yoga is so hot right now. But the trend factor isn’t why you should turn up your practice. With options in Bikram Yoga, Moksha Yoga (Halifax and Bedford) and Shanti Hot Yoga (Dartmouth and Bedford), we’re cranking the thermostat, and not just because summer’s too short (fair point, though). “It […]
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Bikram with Measha Brueggergosman
While I’m a firm believer that any day is a great day to do yoga (especially winter days and especially when the yoga is in a HOT room), this week would be an extra prime time to work on your practice. Opera sensation Measha Brueggergosman is visiting town, but this time its not for a […]