Gold Winner Moksha Yoga, Halifax Silver Winner Shanti Hot Yoga, Halifax Bronze Winner Halifax Yoga It’s been a busy year at Moksha: A name rebrand (the studio will be known as Modo Yoga starting November 1), new diversified class offerings like barre and resistance band training and the Dresden Row spot’s 10th anniversary have kept […]
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Best Yoga Studio
Gold Winner Moksha Yoga, Halifax Silver Winner Halifax Yoga Bronze Winner RIO Joanna Thurlow’s yoga space on Dresden Row isn’t new to winning Best of Halifax, but she says it’s still emotional, just the same. “Winning the Best of Halifax is always really exciting but it’s also really humbling because it gives me this deep […]
Good vibes only: five wellness experiences you have to try
Halifax is home to a growing number of wellness and spiritual bucket list-worthy experiences. You can find inner peace through complete sensory deprivation or to the tune of a haunting Himalayan singing bowl. Source your essential oils from a local herbalist, bust out some wild yoga moves and figure out what foods you should be […]
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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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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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 […]
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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Gold Winner Moksha Yoga Halifax Silver Winner Halifax Yoga Bronze Winner Therapeutic Approach Yoga Studio “I just bought some really cool eyeshadow for my third eye.” The 2012 viral hit “Shit Yogis Say” could be made in Halifax, as there’s no shortage of yoga studios to suit all your yogi needs. There can only be […]

