With a diverse selection of classes and a diverse teaching staff we pride ourselves for marching to the beat of our own drum.
We think mindful movement can look llike a Gentle Yoga class, a sweaty Step class, Burlesque Dance or a challenging Circuit class! We hope you can come to your mat with ease : knowing that in our studio we are here to guide you, but in the end your movement journey is yours!
MOvement Community over gym vibes
Maureen has been an RMT since 2005 and started teaching Pilates in 2018. She started out looking for ways to provide her massage clients with opportunities to connect with their own bodies in a more meaningful way. Her teaching practice has quickly evolved into a neurologically-focused movement re-training, where students get a chance to strengthen the pathways between the brain and the various muscles in the body. It’s all about calling upon the right structure to do the work, and helping to prevent pain and injury in the process!
MAUREEN BLEVINS-HAYWARD
Meet Some of the Folks Who Keep the Room Moving
Rachel’s movement practice is rooted in cultivating resilience in body + mind through progressive challenge. Using a blend of yoga, pilates, and dance aerobics, her goal is to create accessible classes where people can find joy and strength in their bodies. Rachel seeks to find a place where curiosity and playfulness can coexist with radical compassion, thoughtful language, and wild kindness. In general, they believes mindful movement practices can help us reclaim agency over our bodies, tap into our intuition, and smash the patriarchy.
RACHEL SMILEY
Jo Gale (she/her) believes that anyone can find a joyful movement practice. In a society that uses exercise as a means to "fix" the body, she believes folks should want to move to FEEL their body. Her classes are a playful blend of Pilates, Somatics and Dance Aerobics, which encourage you to move from where you are at, honouring rest and modification as a deeper connection. Through her 9 year journey as a facilitator in the fitness industry, she leads with passion and care, hoping to empower folks to know that STRONG IS NOT A LOOK.
JO GALE
Stephanie began to practice yoga in February of 2015. After 2 years on her mat, she looked to strengthen her personal practice, completing a 200-hour teacher training program at Anjeli Teacher Training with Diana Lockett and Daniel Horgan. Stephanie loves to teach from the heart, guiding in a way that offers both support and encouragement to all students. In Stephanie’s classes you can expect to feel safe, to move at the pace of your breath, to laugh (or cry), to listen to your heart and feel connected to your body, all within the corners of your mat.
Stephanie WEILER
sign up
sign up
sign up
sign up
Andrea King initially studied yoga with Angeli yoga teacher training for her 200 hour certificate and in 2018 went to San Francisco for 6 weeks to study with international teacher, Jason Crandell to complete her 500hour advanced training. She studied mindfulness and the mindfulness based stress reduction program. She invites fun, creativity and focus to her yoga flows. She will breakdown a pose down to its basics and her flows are planned to build you up and educate you on your body and the practice of yoga. She loves to teach and invites a positive and joyful approach to yoga, usually with a killer playlist. Oh and yes, it was probably a joke so its okay to laugh in class.
ANDREA KING
sign up
Ruth Lewis is a personal trainer and Goodbodyfeel Teacher Training Alumni. She has created a wide variety of movement classes over the years, including a hybrid strength training and pilates class "Be Dynamic", and "Leg Day with Ruth"(which was...a leg day....with Ruth ;). Outside of her work in movement/fitness Ruth wears multiple other hats. She is a Real Estate Agent and a Research Assistant at McMaster University. She loves a good dance party.
RUTH LEWIS
sign up
Tanisha (Nisha), is an RMT , Certified Fascial Stretch Therapist, Hypnotherapist, Personal Trainer and Functional Movement Specialist with over 8 years of teaching movement practices. After a car accident in 2010, Nisha discovered the incredible healing power of yoga. It helped her overcome chronic pain and ignited a passion within. Since then, Nisha’s dedicated herself to sharing the transformative benefits of yoga with others.
She completed her 200HR Yoga Teacher Training in 2020 with DownwardDog Yoga Centre and gained confidence to begin her teaching journey through a 14-week Soulga Sangha Mentorship Program with Soulga Yoga & Wellness.
NIHSA AMAnkrah
sign up
Dee is the creator behind Pilates Strong Moms, The Postnatal Guide: The Early Days, and Core Reconnect. She is also a Pre + Postnatal Corrective Exercise Specialist, Personal Trainer, Pilates instructor, Fascial Stretch therapist, teacher trainer, and Mom of two incredibly active and hilarious boys.
She loves empowering Moms, + Moms to be, through movement and hate the societal ideal that we should bounce back. Nothing behind you is ever as good as what is in front of you right now!
DEE OSBORNE
sign up
At the Move Room we operate under an anti-oppressive lens. We will not knowingly host facilitators who do not encompass our values, and the values we think will help support our community. We do not tolerate racism, discrimination, homo/trans-phobia or fat-phobia. At the same time we acknowledge folks are learning, and we give grace and compassion to our humans as we all make mistakes. Conversation Culture > Cancel Culture.
join our e-mail list
The Move Room is a welcome disruption to mainstream fitness. There’s no pressure to be anything but yourself, and the space’s invitation is to move in ways that suit your body. With attention to what it means to be part of a community that revels in the care work of nurturing bodymind difference, Jo and others at The Move Room are reimagining fitness and movement culture as an accessible, welcoming, and radical movement of bodies in community. -C.J.
DEE OSBORNE
Join Nest & Story’s Jaclyn Desforges and Miranda Hill of Mimi the Doula for a two-hour workshop to gather the memories, reflections and sensory details of your birth experience, and transform them into creative expression.
In this session, we’ll experiment with visualization, imaginative prompts, and freewriting— and you’ll have the opportunity (if you choose) to share your writing aloud. Whether you’re hoping to explore your personal experience more deeply, leave your child a written record, or communicate your journey to a wider audience, Write Your Birth Story is a fertile place to begin.
Learn More Here
WRITE YOUR BIRTH STORY
Hosted by: Jaclyn Desforges and Miranda Hill
Sunday November 24
1:30-3:30pm
Join Piper Hayes in this 4-part series created to tone your voice - improve pitch, quality and power through technique, experimentation, feedback and play.
This workshop is for you if you’ve been curious about restoring your relationship with your voice. Whether a professional performer, teacher, caregiver, public speaker, simply love to sing or have been afraid to use your voice fully, expect to walk away feeling more yourself.
Learn More Here
RECLAIM YOUR VOICE
Hosted by: Piper Hayes
Select Sundays in January and February 2025
NAVIGATING STRESS + BURNOUT
Saturday November 16th
2:00 pm
Hosted by : DR. MADELEINE ELTON, ND
You are invited to this FREE talk at 2pm on Saturday November 16, where Dr. Madeleine Elton, ND, will be taking a deep dive into stress and burnout: what's going on in the body and what can we do about it. The session will start with a 5 minute meditation and then we will get into the nitty gritty of stress and burnout - what lab work might need to be considered, how we can support our body through nutrition, and what are some possible supportive supplements. You will leave the session feeling confident about the next steps you need to take to continue to best support yourself!
learn more
BrEATHE + RESTORE
Saturday November 16th
4-5:30pm
Hosted by : TASH FRANCESCA
As the days get cooler, consider nurturing your mind and body with restorative yoga and a sound bath. Join Tash Francesca for a 90-minute session at The Move Room. All you need to bring is yourself; we'll handle everything else. Expect a calming prānāyām (breathwork) practice followed by a restorative yoga and sound bath that will guide you into a state of deep rest, nourishing you from within.
This workshop is suitable for all experience levels, and is perfect for those who snore, those seeking a moment of solitude, or those who are curious about new self-care practices. In short, this special workshop is for you.
If you have a 10 or 5 class pack, you can use 2 of your class credits to pay for this workshop.
learn more
NEW CLASS PACK OPTION
Classes bookable with these passes include : Mondays and Thursday Move with Babe at 12:10pm and Thursday Move your Bump at 5:30pm. Classes are running regularly: so we're excited to offer you this class pack to make booking the classes you want to take easier.
check it out
JAM DANCE FITNESS POP UP
JAM Dance Fitness is a party. It’s a celebration of who we are as individuals. Join a group of like-minded people for a dance party like you’ve never seen before! Shake your thang to the best songs from every genre and every decade while just having fun. Who says exercise has to be boring? Enjoy a high intensity workout made up of choreographed dances intended to boost both your physical and mental wellbeing.
JAM Dance Fitness is not about nailing the choreography, burning calories, or dancing your way towards a specific body type. It’s about doing something for yourself. Whether you want to challenge yourself to try something new, push yourself to move your body, or just want to find freedom through movement, JAM Dance Fitness may be for you!
learn more here
Hosted By: Hilary Clarke
Monthly on Saturdays at 7:00pm
Intro offer:
7 classes in 7 days for $40
Get this offer while we have it!
New customers only.
Pass does not include Special Population classes
(Move with Babe, Kids Yoga etc)
Activates on first use.
see more details
NEW MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS
ARE HERE
A mutual investment : in us and YOU!
Monthly Membership!
Quarterly Membership!
10 and 5 class packs!
Check out what we have to offer
get the details
Every Body CRew :an inclusive "move crew" at gage park
Mondays at 6pm at Gage Park
FREE - meet in front of the Greenhouse
Every Body Crew (EBC) is a size-inclusive, anti-diet, anti-oppressive, and anti-racist move crew. We encourage people to show up and move in a way that’s best for them because no one knows your body better than you do! Your distance and your effort is always your choice.
Currently we have folks who walk, run, do a mix of both, or use an assistive device to move.
If you’re looking to move in community, gently try running, get back into running without a set pace, worried about being left behind, or simply wanting to move for joy, then we’re the crew for you!
visit EBC on insta
IG / @move.room.hamont
FB / the move room
Get In Touch.
