Embody Yoga & Wellness

01/09/2026

Ease back into movement and reconnect with your body through our 6-week Mom & Baby Postnatal Yoga series with Nicole, starting Thursday, Feb 19 at 1:15 PM.

This class focuses on mom's postpartum wellness, incorporating babies into some poses to keep them engaged. We sing songs and include movements with the babies, creating a supportive environment alongside other new moms navigating the ups and downs of having a new baby.

No prior yoga experience is required. The class is designed for mothers who are at least six weeks postpartum and have received clearance for activity from their healthcare provider. If your baby is mobile, you're still welcome to join; we trust moms to use their best judgment, as they may spend time attending to their little ones during the classes.

Learn more and sign up at NicoleBlackwood.com/postnatalyoga

01/07/2026

We love our sweet space 🥰

Decided to move some of the pendant lamps to the main entrance and loving the vibe 💫

If you’re a student with us let us know what you think! 🙏

New to our studio? We’d love for you to gather with us ♥️

NicoleBlackwood.com/rates-and-register (link in bio)

01/07/2026

💫 Teacher Spotlight 💫 With over 25 years of dedicated yoga practice and 5 years of teaching experience, Valerie brings a warm, encouraging energy to every class. Her sessions strike the perfect balance between fun and challenge, helping students grow in strength, flexibility, and focus.

Valerie is passionate about the many ways yoga supports overall well-being—nurturing the mind, strengthening the body, and fostering a positive outlook on life. She believes regular practice can help prevent or ease many of the challenges we face as we age.

Classes are thoughtfully designed to be accessible and restorative, with a gentle background playlist to set a calming tone. Students make use of props such as bolsters, blankets, yoga blocks, and belts to deepen stretches, enhance alignment, and increase comfort in many poses. Valerie also incorporates self-discovery work using yoga balls to release tension and restore elasticity in the fascia, the body’s connective tissue.

Participants leave feeling more open, mobile, and energized—having stretched, strengthened, and awakened both body and mind.

This Winter, starting January 9, Val is teaching Lengthen, Strengthen & Realign on Friday mornings.

To view registration options visit nicoleblackwood.com/rates-and-register

01/06/2026

💫 Teacher Spotlight 💫 Darla’s yoga practice began in her university days back in the mid 1990s. Her love for yoga grew deeper each year and in 2014 she completed a 200 hr teacher training at Therapeutic Yoga Studio, Halifax and in 2015/16 she completed a 150hr Advanced Teacher Training with Hart Lazer of United Yoga, Montreal.

She has completed hundreds of hours of yoga training over the past 30 years, a 120-hr Pilates Mat Certification and recently has completed her Level I Iyengar Yoga certification which was by far the most in-depth level of study she has completed thus far. Certified Iyengar Yoga teachers are extremely well trained. Teacher training is rigorous and spans a three to five-year period in which teachers follow a program based on an international syllabus and standards set by B.K.S. Iyengar.

As a dedicated yoga student and teacher, with a true desire to learn how movement of the body can help create space in our bodies and minds, you will find Darla’s classes can help you explore your own body and mind.

Darla’s curiosity about the mobility and stability of the body inspires her to offer diverse yoga classes and yoga workshops on ways we can cultivate these qualities in both the body and mind. She is an innovative and creative teacher using props extensively to help her students connect with their bodies and minds to bring a sense of stillness and peace within.

This Winter, starting January 7, Darla is teaching Mobility & Stability on Wednesdays.

See registration options at nicoleblackwood.com/rates-and-register

01/05/2026

Brunch with the best company ♥️ So blessed to have all these compassionate humans guiding our Embody community (plus a few others who couldn’t be there in person). Forever grateful 🙏

Happy New Year!

01/05/2026

💫 Teacher Spotlight 💫 Christie offers a welcoming space within an all-inclusive environment for all bodies to feel accepted and loved.

Christie had invested 30 years of attempting to conform her body to fit in with the ideal diet and fitness cultures thin-able body realizing there is no magical panacea for all. Through teaching various yoga and fitness classes she has witnessed clients initially participating but not returning due to inaccessibility and alienation. During the past three years she has divested herself from the oppressive and exclusive mindset of the diet and fitness culture.

This new mindset has been challenging and at times isolating but she has been ever so grateful for the teachings of yoga to strengthen her psyche. Christie is committed to creating a community offering support for people learning to love their bodies without shame or pressure to change. Continuing on her journey in a bigger body she has learned ways to adapt and make movement accessible and enjoyable again.

In 2018, Christie completed Yoga Teacher Training with Meaghan Burridge and Bobby Bessey. She has 200 hours of Yin training with Stephanie Calhoun; Level 1 Meditation teacher training with Miranda Squires; Yoga for All with Dianne Bondy and Amber Karnes. Christie also has training in Yoga Nidra, Karma Kids Yoga and Restorative Yoga.

Christie is a mother of two beautiful boys and she is a self-described nature enthusiast enjoying our beautiful and rugged environment.

Christie’s invitation and expectations are simply “come as you are, be yourself and leave with an enabling strength.”

This Winter, starting January 6, Christie is teaching Flow & Yin on Tuesdays, Gentle on Wednesdays, and Flow on Saturdays.

See how to join her weekly classes at nicoleblackwood.com/rates-and-register

01/04/2026

Our Winter 2026 classes start this Monday, January 5!

Gather with us in our small group yoga classes at Embody Studio located in the west end of St. John's or online via Zoom.

No yoga experience necessary!

Learn more about our classes at NicoleBlackwood.com/classes
Schedule at NicoleBlackwood.com/schedule
Registration options at NicoleBlackwood.com/rates-and-register

Please reach out with any questions!

01/03/2026

I’m so looking forward to moving, exploring, breathing, and softening in Align & Release Yoga starting this Monday, Jan 5, 7:30pm!

As someone who has managed a spine condition my whole life, I quickly learned that a fast-paced class with limited support did not work for me.

Once I found a class where I had time to marinate in a pose and explore the inner actions, my practice began to deepen and grow. Not only did I feel stronger but I felt a deeper sense of steadiness within.

This approach that I take in my classes is not only infused into active postures but into softer postures that allow for deep release of muscular tension.

We often use yoga props and variations in postures to bring the pose to you. And there’s always time carved out for slowing down and integration to settle your nervous system and reconnect to yourself.

If you’re interested in joining us you can see the registration options at NicoleBlackwood.com/rates-and-register

01/03/2026

💫 Teacher Spotlight 💫 Cheryl is amazed at how even five minutes of moving and breathing on the mat can alter her perception of herself and the world. She began exploring various styles of yoga in 1995, and completed a 200-hour Akhanda Yoga Teacher Training with Yogi Vishvketu in 2008. This experience inspired her to seek more joy in her life – both on and off the mat. Around the same time she undertook the challenge of a silent 10-day Vipassana Meditation Retreat, which had a profound effect on both her yoga and her work in holistic wellness.

In recent years, Cheryl has been drawn to explore Yin Yoga (200-hour teacher training with Stephanie Calhoun) and Restorative Yoga (40-hour teacher training with Andrea Peloso).

These practices leave her feeling more kind hearted to herself and the beings around her. Through time in nature, snuggles with her cutie cats and daily walks with her dog Cookie, she strives to cultivate present moment awareness. Cheryl is grateful for the opportunity to share the gifts of slowing down, becoming still and moving inward.

This Winter, starting January 5, Cheryl is teaching Yin on Monday mornings.

See how to gather with us at nicoleblackwood.com/rates-and-register

01/02/2026

Starting this Monday with Nicole Blackwood!

Starting this Monday, Jan 5!

No yoga experience necessary. Offered in person or online from anywhere. Recordings available for one week after live class.

Nourish, soothe, and honour the beautiful vessel that is doing the most amazing work of growing your baby.

A typical class includes seated, kneeling, and standing postures all designed to support your body during pregnancy and prepare your body for bringing baby into the world.

We also practice Supreme Release Yoga to release spinal and pelvic tension and restorative postures to rejuvenate.

Pranayama utilizing the breath and guided awareness practices help integrate your experience for holistic nourishment of your body, mind, and heart.

Classes also include pregnancy and birth education to help foster the connection to your innate wisdom for pregnancy, birth, and parenthood.

Suitable for moms 12 weeks through delivery.

Recordings of the live classes will also be available for a week after each class to practice at home.

Learn more and sign up at NicoleBlackwood.com/prenatalyoga (link in bio)

01/02/2026

Gather with us this Winter to move, breathe, connect and release in our weekly classes. We have a variety of inclusive classes that foster a sustainable lifelong yoga practice.

Learn more about our classes at NicoleBlackwood.com/classes

Check out registration options including membership and passes at NicoleBlackwood.com/rates-and-register

New to us? Get started with a $30 3-Class Discovery pass at NicoleBlackwood.com/discovery-pass

Reach out if you have questions!

01/01/2026

💫 Teacher Spotlight 💫 Nicole completed her 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training through the Living Yoga Program in Austin, TX in September 2013 and has also trained in Restorative Yoga, Prenatal Yoga, Kid’s Yoga, Yoga Nidra, Chair Yoga, Supreme Release Yoga, along with many other courses pertaining to the wisdom teachings of yoga.

Recognizing that everyone is unique, Nicole takes an individualized, playful, and nurturing approach in her teaching. She is passionate about deepening her knowledge and experience with the wisdom teachings of yoga, weaving it into her teaching. Her mission is to make it easier for people to invite yoga into their lives and founded Embody as an accessible and inclusive space for all people to practice.

She has a passion for women’s health and is also a Registered Holistic Nutritionist. She teaches fertility programs including yoga, diet, and lifestyle support for those experiencing fertility challenges, drawing from her own experience of her journey to ultimately conceiving her daughter through IVF.

When she is not teaching or practicing yoga, she enjoys experiencing the world through the eyes of her daughter, walking her Westies, being in nature, making a mess in the kitchen for her husband to clean up and traveling and camping with her family.

This Winter, starting January 5, Nicole is teaching Align & Release on Monday evenings and both Gentle Yoga and Chair Yoga on Thursday mornings.

Nicole is also teaching three specialized series this Fall: a 10-week Prenatal series beginning Monday, January 5, from 6:00-7:15pm, a 3-week Supreme Release series beginning on Tuesday, January 6, from 7:15-8:30pm, and a 6-week Mom & Baby Postnatal series beginning Thursday, February 19, from 1:15-2:15pm.

To join Nicole’s weekly classes visit nicoleblackwood.com/rates-and-register

For more details on Nicole’s specialized workshop series, visit nicoleblackwood.com/supreme-release-yoga for Supreme Release Yoga, nicoleblackwood.com/postnatalyoga for Mom & Baby Postnatal Yoga, and nicoleblackwood.com/prenatalyoga for Prenatal Yoga.