Maintain Your Independence Exercise Classes
January & February Class Schedule
Monday classes take place at the Community Hall, 4418 Bedwell Harbour Road.
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday classes are held in the Fireside Room at the Anglican Church 4703 Canal Rd.
Mondays, January 5 to February 23
Community Hall - Upstairs
*NEW* Strength Training for Overall Health with Stacy
9:30 - 10:30 am
This class will focus on building strength in your body to improve overall health. There will be a variety of exercises for all levels designed to build strength, balance, and confidence in movement. Wear comfy clothes and being a water bottle. Resistance bands provided.
18 Postures with Judith Young
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
18 postures is a martial art similar to tai chi but done to music. The movements are slow and calming, focusing on breathing and stretching. There are 3 sets about 10 minutes each, and a set of acupuncture points on the hands.
Tuesdays, January 6 to February 24
Anglican Church, Fireside Room
Moderate Yoga with Mia Klassen
9:30 - 10:30 am
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 am
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 No class on February 24
A slow to medium paced full-body workout that simultaneously stretches and strengthens every muscle in the body. Essentrics reduces muscle tension, unlocks tight joints, develops lean muscle tone, and improves posture. You will leave class feeling relaxed and energized! Bring a yoga mat. Class is done in bare feet.
Thursdays, January 8 to February 26
Anglican Church, Fireside Room
Moderate Yoga with Candace Aldridge
9:30 - 10:30 am
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 Shelley Easthope
10:45 - 11:45 am
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.
Fridays, January 9 to February 27
Anglican Church, Fireside Room
Yin Yoga with Candace Aldridge
10:30 - 11:30 am
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.
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.
