Maintain Your Independence Exercise Classes

September and October Class Schedule

Monday classes take place at the Community Hall, 4418 Bedwell Harbour Road. Tuesday and Thursday classes are held in the Fireside Room at the Anglican Church 4703 Canal Rd.

Mondays, September 8 to October 20 (7 classes)
Community Hall

18 Postures with Judith Young  10:15 to 11:15
This class incorporates slow stretches, breathing exercises, improving balance and posture, and stimulating acupuncture points. 

Yin Yoga with Candace Aldridge  11:30 – 12:30
Yin yoga is a functional, floor-based practice where shapes are held for 2-5 minutes. Using props for support, we nourish joints, ligaments, bones, and fascia while settling into stillness. This stillness becomes a gateway, bringing awareness inward and anchoring us in the body. Through mindfulness, breath, and sensation, we develop interoception—the ability to turn inward, integrate, and explore our shadow. This practice expands our capacity to be fully embodied, releasing the need to do, be, or look like anyone else, embracing ourselves exactly as we are.

Tuesdays, September 2 to October 21
Anglican Church

Moderate Yoga with Mia Klassen  9:30 – 10:30
This moderately paced class teaches foundational yoga shapes, introducing breath and the ability to flow from one posture to the next. With a focus on alignment, pranayama (awareness of breath), guided meditation, and a rooted sense of Joy and Play. You will build strength and mobility, flexibility and balance, while gaining range of motion in your joints and spine.

Chair Yoga with Candace Aldridge  10:45 – 11:45
Chair Yoga offers a gentle, accessible way to ease stiffness, reduce chronic pain, and improve strength, balance, and flexibility — all from the comfort of a chair. This practice weaves together gentle stretching, strength-building, breath awareness, and moments of meditation to support both body and mind. Ideal for those with limited mobility, injuries, health conditions, or anyone who spends long hours sitting, Chair Yoga helps you reclaim confidence and vitality while fostering brain-body connection. 

Essentrics with Heather Hanson  12:00 – 1:00 (6 classes starting Sept 16)
Restore movement in your joints, increase strength and flexibility in your muscles, and help relieve pain.  This is a slow to medium-paced full-body workout.  Wear comfortable clothing and bring a yoga mat.

Thursdays, September 4 to October 23
Anglican Church

Moderate Yoga with Candace Aldridge  9:30 – 10:30
This moderately paced class teaches foundational yoga shapes, introducing breath and the ability to flow from one posture to the next. With a focus on alignment, pranayama (awareness of breath), guided meditation, and a rooted sense of Joy and Play. You will build strength and mobility, flexibility and balance, while gaining range of motion in your joints and spine.

Chair Yoga with Mia Klassen 10:45 – 11:45
Chair Yoga offers a gentle, accessible way to ease stiffness, reduce chronic pain, and improve strength, balance, and flexibility — all from the comfort of a chair. This practice weaves together gentle stretching, strength-building, breath awareness, and moments of meditation to support both body and mind. Ideal for those with limited mobility, injuries, health conditions, or anyone who spends long hours sitting, Chair Yoga helps you reclaim confidence and vitality while fostering brain-body connection. 

Experienced instructors provide weekly exercise classes tailored to maintain flexibility, build strength and balance with a focus on fall prevention.

Email: activities@penderislandhealth.org

Phone: (250) 629-3346 and leave a message for Marcella

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If the cost is a hardship, please reach out to the Community Support office for assistance.  Many thanks to the CRD Pender Island Parks and Recreation Commission for their financial support of the MYI program.


We acknowledge the support of the Pender Island Parks and Recreation Commission.