Maintain Your Independence Exercise Classes
March & April Class Schedule
Monday and Wednesday 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 April 27 to June 15
Community Hall
Strength Training for Overall Health with Stacy Packford
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 are provided.
18 Postures
11:00 am - 12:00pm
Three sets of gentle exercises are designed to support seniors’ health and vitality. These movements combine slow stretches, mindful breathing, stimulation of acupuncture points, and techniques to improve balance and posture. It is a martial art similar to tai chi performed to music.
Tuesdays April 28 to June 16
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 Mia Klassen
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 3 Classes - April 28, May 5 and May 12
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.
Wednesdays April 29 to June 17
Community Hall
NEW Strength Training – Supplemental Class with Stacy Packford
9:30 - 10:30 am
This class is designed for those looking to further support and enhance their strength training. Expect a full-body workout with an emphasis on multi‑joint exercises.
Come prepared to work and bring your water bottle!
Thursdays April 30 to June 18
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 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.
Fridays May 1 to June 18
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.
