Blockhouse Yoga and Wellness
A gathering place to help support you in your journey to balance, bliss, and well-being.
566 NS-325, Blockhouse, NS
Class Schedules
Click on any tab below to see the classes offered on that day of the week.
After purchasing a drop-in class or class pass in our store you will automatically be emailed the booking link with your order confirmation. Please use this link to book your class time. If you want to pay by other means when you arrive at our studio, you can still reserve your class time by reaching out at ‘find & contact us’ and we can reserve your spot for you or email you the booking link.
4:00 Qigong Infused YogaTM with Tracy (60 min)
Tracy is a certified Qigong Infused Yoga™ teacher. This practice is a fusion of Gentle Yoga and Qigong combined to offer the benefits of both ancient healing arts practices. Qigong Infused Yoga™ is a tranquil, beneficial and powerful mind-body practice that relieves physical, mental and emotional tension effectively.
6:00 PM All Levels Vinyasa with Tracy (75 min)
Create inner heat as you move with your breath through poses that will improve your balance, strength and flexibility, as well as open and expand your emotional body and heart. Open to all levels.
10:00 AM Chair Yoga with Alexandra (60 min)
A great class for students who are new to yoga, or unable to participate in a regular yoga class due to injury or mobility limitations. Postures are adapted to sitting in a chair and also using the chair for balance and assistance in standing poses. Emphasis on de-stressing, breathing, and gentle movement to deepen flexibility, increase range of motion and healing mindfulness and relaxation. Open to all levels.
5:00 PM Power Yoga with Tracy (60 min)
Go deeper in the physical body with this faster-paced, dynamic 1-hour class. If you enjoy Tracy’s All-Levels Vinyasa classes but might be looking to take your practice to the next level, give this class a try. By moving with the breath in this way, you can’t help but be in the moment and let all your worries and stresses drop away. You’ll improve cardiovascular health, increase strength throughout your body, and leave class feeling relaxed and grounded. It is recommended to have some yoga experience prior to joining this class.
9:30 AM Vinyasa + Yin with Tracy (75 min)
Flow with the breath through strengthening and heating poses in vinyasa, as well as sink into meditative stillness in yin. Finding a balance between movement and stillness in our practice can help us find balance in the rest of our daily life.
6:00 PM FlowYoga with Alexandra (75 min)
This class offers a strengthening sequence of asanas with some inversions moving gracefully from one pose to the next, encouraging you to go at your own pace, feel your body, center your awareness and relax fully into the moment. Emphasis on breath, dynamic movement to deepen flexibility, increase range of motion and healing mindfulness and relaxation.
5:00 PM Yin/Yang (Flow) with Alexandra (60 min)
A condensed, one-hour Flow & Yin combo beginning with a graceful sequence of fluid, dance-like Flow postures for strength and balance. Then transitioning into the meditative Yin practice of holding the poses longer connecting breath and awareness to our inner silence while focussing on the low back, hips groin and thighs for restorative benefits. A nice balance of movement and relaxation to wind down from the day. Open to all levels.
9:30 AM Gentle Flow Yoga with Alexandra (75 min)
A wonderful way to ease into your weekend with gentle, meditative movements and healing and relaxing sequence of postures, encouraging you to feel your body, center your awareness, and relax fully into the moment. Open to all levels.
9:30 AM All-levels Vinyasa with Tracy (75 mins)
Create inner heat as you move with your breath through poses that will improve your balance, strength and flexibility, as well as open and expand your emotional body and heart. Open to all levels.
11:00 AM Yin Yoga with Alexandra (60 min)
Yin Yoga helps to increase circulation in the joints and improve flexibility. A meditative practice to encourage inner silence and interconnectedness between the posture, breath and your awareness. All poses practiced on the floor, working low back, hips, groin, upper thighs. Deeply relaxing, calms the mind and reduces stress. Open to all levels.
Reserve Your Spot
The following passes are available:
- Monthly Unlimited Classes (Online or In-person)
- 10 Online Classes
- 10 In-Person Classes
- 5 In-Person Classes
- 5 Online Classes
- Single Online Drop-in
- Single In-person Drop-in
You can also visit the Shop.
To purchase with Interac E-transfer, email your payment to [email protected] or [email protected], specifying which type of pass you’d like to purchase.
Testimonials
Our Studio
We’ve put a lot of love and care into making this space worthy of our students, so that it can reflect the intention they bring to our classes. Our space is special to us and we consider our studio to be a very important part of our yoga and wellness offerings. We also follow current government Covid-19 protocols by cleaning the entire studio after every class.
My Lifeline
“Just as Covid reared its ugly head, Tracy Murdoch and Alexandra Nedergaard opened their new Yoga Studio in Blockhouse N.S conveniently located at an intersection just outside Mahone Bay. Their heart and dedicated professional approach to each of the practices carried us, their yogis, through the dark days of our harsh Covid winter. They began zoom online classes and gave us the opportunity to maintain our practice as well as keeping in touch with our Yoga community
I encourage you to check their studio out. There are many different classes that would appeal to any age and physical ability. They have been my lifeline and I owe them both my heartfelt gratitude!
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About Us
Blockhouse Yoga is the result of the union of two thriving South Shore yoga practices. Our intention in merging our energies is to offer you more opportunities to get in touch with your strongest, healthiest, most balanced self. This union symbolizes the true meaning of yoga (from the Sanskrit word meaning to join or unite).
Alexandra Nedergaard
Alexandra Nedergaard has been teaching Yoga in Toronto and Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, since 2000. Her classes weave playful reverence with yoga philosophy, postures and breath work, designed to meet you where you are. She welcomes practitioners of all levels, encouraging them to move authentically on the mat. Alex’s exploration to the practice is an ongoing life long journey with a fresh and unique approach that includes many other styles of yoga. Her classes offer a varied blend of options for everyone to enjoy no matter where they are in their life or yogic journey. She is a well trained, seasoned instructor that brings a depth of experience and knowledge to her classes with gratitude and grace.
Tracy Murdoch
I am a farmer, mother, wife, yoga teacher, reiki facilitator, pranassage practitioner, chanter, medium and more. I live with my husband and son in a beautiful part of the world, the south shore of Nova Scotia, Canada. Our little piece of the earth we call Mirella Rose Farm, and you can click that link to find out more about our food and sustainable growing practices. You can also visit my yoga page, Balance to Bliss.
Find Us
We are located at 566 NS-325, at the intersection in Blockhouse, Nova Scotia. We share a building with Sam Ali’s General Store.
PARKING
Parking is available in front of the studio and to the left as you face the entrance. After 5 PM and on weekends, you may also park at Printer’s Corner, kitty-corner to the studio. Please see the map for details.
We respectfully request that you reserve parking directly in front of Ali’s General Store for customers of the store.
PARKING MAP
Park where you see a P on the map. Click image below to see enlarged version.
