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 Instructor
Gold Winner Kelly Wadden (formerly Kelly Donald), Moksha Yoga Halifax Silver Winner Stefanie Winters, Shanti Hot Yoga Bronze Winner Laura Spencer, Moksha Yoga Bedford Kelly Wadden has been an instructor at Moksha Yoga for four years, and although she’s been in the running before, this is her first time taking gold in Best of Halifax. […]
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Best Yoga Studio
Gold Winner Moksha Yoga Halifax Silver Winner Shanti Hot Yoga, Bedford Bronze Winner On The Mat Yoga Since 2008, Moksha Yoga has helped Haligonians warm up their bodies and chill out their minds. In those nine years the hot yoga studio has expanded from one floor to two, and has increased the offerings on its […]
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Best Yoga Instructor
Gold Winner Estelle Thomson Silver Winner Kelly Donald, Moksha Yoga, Halifax Bronze Winner Laura Spencer, Moksha Yoga, Bedford When we reach Estelle Thomson, she sounds every bit as sage as you’d think winner of Best Yoga Instructor would. “I always think, winning doesn’t mean you’re the best but it’s more a nudge from people to […]
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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 […]
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Up and at ’em
5:30am Lane swim, Canada Games Centre, 26 Thomas Raddall Drive If you’re still rubbing the sleep from your eyes, a dip into this chlorine bath should help wake you up. Swim lengths of Clayton Park’s amazing competition-sized pool in the wee hours (5:30-9:45am), Monday through Friday. 6am Bootcamp, Evolve Fitness, 5540 Cunard Street Nothing like […]
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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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Don’t forget your helmet
[Image-1] Cycling has its benefits. Fresh air, good exercise and eco-friendliness, to name but a few. Still, many riders we’ve spoken to are surprised to learn they’re missing out on some red hot deals all over town. Deals that are only available to bike-riding customers. Bishop’s Cellar, for example, offers 10 percent off purchases for […]
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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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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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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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Moksha Yoga opens in Bedford
Bedford is about to get a whole lot hotter. On April 22, Moksha Yoga will be opening up its second HRM location at 65 Dellridge Lane. The studio will keep with the Moksha mission of helping customers stretch, strengthen and tone their muscles —all in a studio cranked up to 37 degrees. The idea to […]