Run For One Planet Blog

Days after running out of Halifax, we are all still reeling from the experience. Now we have had some outstanding experiences across Canada, don’t get me wrong. But Halifax, it was just something else.

So much so, that we have to divide the one city up into at least 5 different blog pieces to give justice to the whole experience. I guess that’s what happens when you have 7 events in 2 days.

It all started off with a magical experience with the folks at Moksha Yoga Halifax (www.mokshayogahalifax.com), where we walked away feeling the truth of their motto: “Calm Mind. Fit Body. Inspired Life.”  Moksha Yoga is a group of independent hot yoga studios committed to ethical, compassionate and environmentally conscious living. They’ve made helping to change the world their way of business, and Joanna, owner of their Halifax studio, really walked their talk with how much she stepped up to support us. You’d never know, but they’d only been open for just over a month, and they put on an event for us like old pros.

You see, every month they offer a ‘Karma Class’ whereby they wave the standard class fee and instead make a nominal recommended donation amount which they in turn donate to a charity of choice. They typically donate every class to a separate charity. But not in the month of September.

Site unseen, with just phone call from our trusty team member Adam, Joanna decided to donate the ENTIRE MONTH’s donations to us, PLUS hold a separate Karma Class the day we arrived. Not knowing this until after our presentation before the full class of hot yoga enthusiasts, we were completely taken aback by this magical surprise.

Our presentation went so well, in fact, that while in the change room after class, we were even booked on the spot for another school presentation the next day.

Thank you so very much Joanna and Moksha Yoga!