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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Moksha Yoga is working on its fitness
It’s been 10 years since Moksha Yoga Halifax (1512 Dresden Row) opened its doors to yogis and yogi-wannabes alike, and owner Joanna Thurlow is giving gifts rather than receiving them. September ushers in some changes to the studio, bringing its students more diversity when it comes to the classes they’re taking. “We’re creating that space […]
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 […]
Healthy food=Free yoga
This Saturday, (December 15) Moksha Yoga (1512 Dresden Row) asks that you dig into the back of your pantry, or make an extra trip to the grocery store, and contribute to their seasonal food drive. Dropping off three non-perishable (healthy, please) food items to the studio is a pretty easy thing to do, but they’ve […]
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Gold Winner Therapeutic Approach Yoga Studio Silver Winner Halifax Yoga Bronze Winner Moksha Yoga (Dresden Row) Yoga has been around for thousands of years. Across many forms, it is a calming, meditative practice intended to bring harmony to body and mind. Physical aspects of yoga are typically taken slow, steady, held for awhile to get […]
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Moksha had a big year. Last summer the kind, flexible people who run the place expanded upstairs, obviously allowing for more space, but also a greater variety of classes. They always have a bunch of events and special deals available to get you in and perspiring and breathing (check here: mokshayogahalifax.com) Oh, and they have […]
Proskates, Utliity and Moksha Yoga: Shoptalk Facts and Rumours
This we know is a fact, as has been reported in Shoptalk: Pretty Things Boutique (5685 Cunard Street, 492-8329) is moving into the Pro Girl space at 5240 Blowers Street, while the ProSkates empire, including Pro Girl, prepares to move into new digs on Quinpool Road. The ProSkates move was prompted by the news that […]
Moksha Yoga closes …for 48 hours
Shoptalk reported a couple of weeks ago that there were some changes going on at Moksha Yoga (1512 Dresden Row, 420-0888), which might include a brief closure as they expand to the floor upstairs their current Dresden Row location. Well, that’s what’s happening: August 26 and 27. All unlimited passes will be extended two days. […]
Soled Out to move, Moksha Yoga expanding
Celebrating two years in the downtown, Moksha Yoga (1512 Dresden Row, 420-0888), the specialists in “hot yoga,” are expanding this month to the second floor of their building, the former home of Soled Out (and more about them in a second). This will mean bigger change rooms, more showers, a greater variety of classes and […]
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Open for a year, the hot yoga place has been winning over the people of Halifax in droves. It turns out they’re especially popular with students and a few prominent musicians in town, including Jenn Grant. They recently finished a 30-day challenge, getting clients to do yoga every day for a month, and soon the […]
Free yoga at Moksha
The kind, flexible folks at Moksha Yoga (1512 Dresden Row, 420-0888) are offering free yoga August 29 and August 30 to everyone. Here’s the deal, according to Moksha Yoga’s Joanna Thurlow: “One of our major concerns is financial accessibility, especially considering the current financial climate. So, for two days, this is our way of ensuring […]
How to live for free all summer
It’s summertime and the spending’s easy. The temptations of big-name concerts, eating out, weekend getaways and cooling off with an ice cold beer—or more likely, beers—on a patio, are even harder to resist when the sunshiny weather has got you giddy. When you haven’t got much to work with, you’ve got to decide what’s worth […]

