Fitness & Yoga 2024
*No classes on:
Monday, April 1 2024: Easter
Monday, May 20 2024
Monday, July 1 2024: Canada Day
Monday, August 5 2024
Monday, September 2 2024: Labour Day
Monday, October 14 2024: Thanksgiving
Christmas and New Year holidays: Decmeber 23-31 2024
Something for everyone!
Questions? Please contact us mpcc@manorpark.ca
10-Class MultiPass for Fitness
Our most popular option - as voted by our participants!
10 class MultiPass for Fitness provides flexibility for participants to attend what they want - when they want! Best of all, Stay Strong & Stable has been added to the class list!
This pass is valid for 4 months from date of purchase -- with any pass purchased in 2024 expiring on December 31 2024. Participants must register for their selected classes in advance online by vising manorpark.ca homepage and clicking the link that takes you to the class calendar. Choose the class of your choice, and click 'Use MultiPass'.
$150 +HST
Purchase HERE
Unlimited 4-month MultiPass for Fitness - expires December 31 2024
This pass gets you ulimate access to the fitness or yoga class of your choice. Ideal if you attend 2 or more classes each week. Note that it is not transferable, non-refundable and expires at the end of the year.
$400 +HST
Purchase HERE
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Pre-Register for classes online
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2024 FITNESS AND YOGA CLASSES:
Classes take place in The Studio at 1805 Gaspe, Ottawa. The schedule is subject to change without notice. At times, the class may be moved to a different room in the building.
Pilates - Instructor: Catherine Hachigan
Pilates is full body functional exercise. The exercises provide the basis for strength training focusing on stability, mobility and core control connecting limbs to torso. Body awareness, posture and balance improve from moving methodically, in alignment and paying attention to small movements.
Mondays
9:30 – 10:30 AM
Thursdays
5:30 - 6:30 PM
Hatha Yoga - Instructor: Nina LePage
Stretch, unwind, use different breathing exercises, and enjoy a relaxing cool-down. The instructor combines gentle Hatha poses with breathing exercises. As you move from pose to pose, you'll relieve stress and stiffness in your mind and in your body. Suitable for all levels.
Mondays
5:30 - 6:30 PM
Saturdays
10 -11 AM
Yoga Flow - Instructor: Rena Argiropulos
The instructor will take your through a series of gentle, yet dynamic movements to build strength, increase flexibility, and improve balance. Intentional breathing and mindful movement releases stress to promote your inner peace. Suitable for all levels as modifications are provided to meet individual needs.
Tuesdays
6 – 7 PM
NEW! Goddess Flow Yoga -Instructor: Sophia Wood Massicotte
Goddess Flow is a fusion of yoga, sensual movement, and dance created for women. These unique flows are inspired by Hindu goddesses. We will channel their qualities of abundance, artistry, nourishment, inner devotion - and wildness! Each class will vary from fire-infused movements to calm and centering restorative poses leaving you feeling awakened and empowered to invoke goddess characterists in your practice and everyday life.
Sundays
9 - 10 AM
Total Strength & Toning Workout - Instructor: Sophia Wood Massicotte
The essence of this class is to train and strengthen all areas of our bodies for the positions we use to live and move. Think about your daily activities from bending over, getting groceries out of a car, or cleaning your house. Adding functional training weekly can help you strengthening the muscles needed in order to excecute the movements properly and avoid injuries. Classes combine bodyweight exercises, Pilates-inspired movements, and yoga.
Wednesdays
6:30 - 7:30 PM
Early Morning Fitness - Instructor: Sophia Wood Massicotte
This energizing early morning workout clas is suitable for all levels of participants aged 16+! High intensity iintervals offer a mix of cardio, core and weight exercises. The instructor will keep you motivated and on your toes. Adaptations for individual needs.
Tuesdays & Thursdays
6:15 - 7 AM
NEW! Mom & Baby Yoga - Instructor: Chelsea Passmore
Expect a gentle Hatha yoga practice that welcomes moms, dads, grandparents and caregivers with babies! Classes are adapted to the needs of beginner through intermediate participants. You will stretch, unwind, and flow through gentle poses -- all with baby! A great time to meet others with babies in the neighbourhood.
Fridays
noon - 12:45 PM
Strong and Stable - Instructor: Louise Hannant
Let instructor Louise Hannant guide you through this class with a series of exercises that strengthen the legs and work on balance and coordination. This training can help you prevent falls, add years of independent living, and help manage chronic conditions. (Our most popular class!)
Heart Wise programs have been accredited by the uOttawa Heart Institute.
At Heart Wise programs, participants are assured that the programs meet strict criteria, provide excellent exercise for the heart, are safe to do, promote longevity -- and contribute to an active (and healthy) lifestyle.
NEW! Attend with your 10 Class Fitness Pass or Unlimited Pass!
Meet Your Instructors
Sophia Wood Massicotte (Total Body Functional Training & Early Morning Full Body Workout)
Sophia Wood Massicotte is a certified Life Coach, 500hr Yoga Teacher and Ayurveda Practitioner. She has been guiding yoga classes and facilitating wellness workshops for 3 years now. Her passion for movement, food, Nature and the human psyche has led her to devote her life's purpose to empower and inspire women to reclaim their Truth in order to create a life that feels authentic and fulfilling. Sophia's classes embody a beautiful mixture of energies that ground & soothe your mind and body yet also leave you feeling empowered & rejuvenated. Sophia also guides MPCC's Women's Circles and Holistic Renewal workshop.
Nina LePage (Hatha Yoga)
Nina LePage has been teaching fitness for the last 40 years and is a certified personal trainer. She is a master trainer in Nordic walking. Nina is also a Hatha Yoga specializing in gentle yoga and breath work for all ages. Nina loves to help people move and breath well. Nina's Saturday Hatha class is a community favourite - register early to reserve your seat, and don't miss out!
Louise Lettstrom Hannant (Strong & Stable)
Louise has been involved with sports and fitness all her life. First as a National figure skater, coach and team leader in Sweden. She has been a certified fitness and personal trainer specialist for the past 30+ years in Ottawa. She studies pre-med nutrition, biology, theology, ethics, and physics in Canada after her degree in Stockholm, Sweden. Always been passionate about keeping up-to-date with fitness and wellness research. She loves her Stay Strong and Stable fitness groups at MPCC! Most of all she loves working with people facilitating their goals for optimal health at any age.
Christina Esposto, RYT 500H (Strength, Length & Lymph)
Christina is very community minded and loves to bring people together. Aside from yoga classes, she works on community building projects to foster connection and creation. She began teaching in 2018 and continues to deepen her studies and explore different modalities and complementary practices to the traditional asana class. She completed her 300H yoga teacher training last year and is passionate to share the practice and wisdom of yoga with the community. She offers a variety of class types as well as journaling and self-love + exploration workshops, and wellness retreats.
Chelsea Passmore (Yoga & Early Morning Workout)
Chelsea has been certified in Hatha Yoga since 2008 and Personal Training (CanFitPro) since 2020. She has been teaching Full Body Workout and Hatha Yoga at MPCC since June 2022. She is a contemporary dancer. You might remember her from her family's Beechwood Ave. health food store, Nature's Buzz, which closed in February 2022.
Cate Hachigian (Pilates)
Cate has been teaching Pilates since 2012. She's a certified Pilates mat and reformer teacher as well as ELDOA Levels 1 - 3 in osteopathic exercises. Registered as a RMT with advanced training in rehabilitative exercises and functional training she has an extensive background in anatomy and biomechanics.
Rena Argiropulos (Yoga Flow)
Rena Argiropulos started teaching fitness over 35 years ago obtaining a Group fitness instructors certificate and in more recent years, she Graduated from Astanga Yoga Ottawa’s Teacher 200 hr Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training course. Rena teaches several styles of Yoga and fitness classes, Including, Astanga yoga, Gentle yoga, Vinyasa flow yoga, Hot power yoga, Low-impact Fitness, 20-20-20 Fitness, Strength-training, HIIT Cardio & Yoga sculpt classes. Rena is passionate about helping people reach their fitness goals, regardless of experience. You can find her in the forest every weekend taking photos.