Yoga with Raina

Summer 2026

IN-PERSON & OUTDOORS

Toney River Beach

All Levels | Gentle Flow
8:40-9:30am Saturdays
July 11, 18, 25, August 1, 15, 22, 29
$12 cash drop-in (no need to register), or pay what you can into the basket

Join me for a series of Saturday morning gentle flow yoga classes on the beach! All welcome and no experience is necessary. Posture options will be offered, guiding you to find what frels right for your body. May our movement practice together be a gesture of gratitude to the lands and waters that hold us and this glorious summer season.

Location: turn into Toney River Wharf Road off of the sunrise Trail (west side of Toney River Wharf), park at the end and walk down to the beach where we’ll meet. Bring a towel or blanket - yoga mats don’t work great on the sand - and your bathing suit should the ocean call you in after yoga!

Weather permitting. I will post cancellations on social media: my Facebook page and Instagram

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Yoga Video Library

Deepen into your home practice with the support of Raina's yoga video library.

These all-levels yoga videos will empower you to tend to your body, mind, and spirit from the comfort of home. The videos are a combination of recordings from her live, online classes as well as other sequences that she's recorded. They range from 12-minutes to 75-minutes with all different themes, so you can choose the best fit for you each time. 40+ videos in the library. Videos are viewed on Vimeo with membership beginning on the first of each month. $25 (HST included).

To sign up for a January 1st, 2026 start, please email raina.mcdonald@gmail.com.

Certified Yoga Instructor

Raina completed her first yoga teacher training in Hatha Vinyasa at Moksana Yoga Centre in Victoria, BC, in 2008. She is also a certified pre- and post-natal yoga instructor with doula training. In 2023, she completed a Trauma-Informed Yoga & Somatics certification with Collective Resilience Yoga.

With thousands of hours of teaching experience over 17 years, Raina has witnessed and embodied the power of a regular movement practice. She is honoured to walk alongside folks who are willing to show up for themselves—on and off the mat—through their healing and wellness journeys. Her spirit is sourced in community halls filled with deep breathing and the collective energy of taking care during these wild times.

Raina offers all-level, gentle flow yoga classes both in person and online, live and recorded. She also works one-on-one with individuals, groups and organizations through customized yoga sessions.

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Testimonials

  • “I started participating in Raina's yoga practice at 55 years old approximately 2 years after a significant motorcycle accident refashioned my existence. My physical recovery and reimaging of my self owes a great debt to these past 10 years since meeting Raina.”

    Gord | Scotsburn, Nova Scotia

  • “Thanks so much for last night… I love how one goes into class as one person and comes out a better version of one’s self! It was lovely.”

    Susan | Heathbell, Nova Scotia

  • "Practicing with Raina on Zoom has been transformative. Her classes create an anchor in my day, blending gentle challenge with real warmth, and I always finish feeling both stronger and softer."

    Cait | Nanoose, British Columbia

  • “I’ve been working with your yoga recordings and they have been such balm to my soul… your innate wisdom and awareness have touched my heart. Thank you for sharing your voice each morning with me. I love the recordings!”

    Candice | River John, Nova Scotia

  • "I look forward to my Zoom time with Raina. It's the best part of my day! She is warm and welcoming and brings such joy and expertise to my practice. I always leave with a wonderful sense of calm and a fuller heart. You are an awesome teacher and I am so grateful!"

    Catherine | Victoria, British Columbia

  • I didn’t realize how much I have missed doing yoga with you until I heard the sound and timbre of your voice coming out of the speakers at me. Always a gentle invitation to let my body fold and unfold and do what it needs to do in whatever pose I’m holding. What a wonderful way to wake up my body this morning. Thank you!”

    Kathryn | Montreal, Quebec

  • “In the safe space Raina creates inside class and outside class, I discover at a deeper level that safety resides within. I experience spaciousness for the movement of information that is Me within my body. Her cues are a reminder that only I know what my body needs in postures and in the pause between postures. Raina’s yoga class becomes the space I create in my own life to listen deeper and to discover more… about myself while connecting with all that is.”

    Naomi | Big Island, Hawaii

  • “I’ve been lucky enough to experience yoga classes with Raina for the past two years; in fact, they’ve given a whole new dimension to my Monday mornings. Her careful planning and depth of yoga study is evident; each class is uniquely balanced. The benefits extend beyond a more capable body for gardening; at the end of each class “namaste” is followed by a collective sigh of joy.”

    Rita | Caribou, Nova Scotia
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