THE OYF BLOG
Yoga for Knee Pain
Experiencing chronic knee pain? You’re not alone. Knee pain plagues many adults, both athletes and non-athletes, and is reportedly the second biggest complaint when it comes to seeing the doctor for chronic pain. When it comes to keeping up with your yoga practice,...
Water
Water, how complicated can it be? Let’s put it this way, it can be very complicated. 97% of the world water is salt water and there for undrinkable. There is 2% of the worlds water frozen as glaciers and only 1% of the worlds water is available to us. Water has many...
Will Cutting Out Sugar REALLY Result in Weight Loss?
What happens when you eliminate sugar from your diet? For many of us, sugar is the primary source of empty calories in our daily diets, meaning it is pretty safe to assume that removing it from your daily diet could result in weight loss. Before you decide it’s time...
The Power of Thought And Body
What we think about we bring about. Our thoughts and the way we speak have more power then most would know, or like to admit. We have all encountered a person who is a negative speaker or the positive person who is always looking on the bright side of things. Although...
Summer Food and Excercise
Summer time is about beaches, camping, traveling, patios and being outdoors. It is easy for you to get off your regular routine. It is not uncommon that we drink more, workout less (especially if traveling), and eat a not as healthy. It is important to indulge from...
Happy Birthday Canada from Oxygen Yoga!
This Canada Day we are celebrating 150 years as a nation. Coming into confederation in 1867, spanning more than 5,000 kilometers wide, holding second place for the worlds larges country. We are surround by 3 beautiful oceans, the North Pacific, Artic and North...
Yoga Teacher Survival Guide
Yoga teachers around the world can all agree that teaching is the best job in the world but it can be a surprisingly hard job. We take on a lot of other people’s energy, and we are also responsible for changing negative energy in our classes to reflect a positive...
Getting through the day
The average person probably works about 250 days a year, give or take. That’s with 2 weeks vacation and if you have weekends off. If you work 40 hours a week and work about 50 out of the 52 weeks in a year, that’s about 2000 hours per year. Most of us probably work...
Yoga for Forward Head Posture
Have you heard of Forward Head Posture (or Forward Head Syndrome)? Unfortunately for many who spend hours a day working at a computer or staring at other device screens, this postural phenomenon is a pressing, and sometimes painful, reality. Colloquially it is...