THE OYF BLOG

LIFE LESSONS FROM REFORMER PILATES

We can learn a lot about ourselves through our workouts - not only about our bodies and how we connect to them, but also about who we are, our mindset, and how we look at the world. Every experience in our lives can teach us something new, and workout classes are no...

Simplify Your Strength Training: The Hidden Power of Mat Pilates and Bodyweight Training

If you’re someone who likes to keep up with the hot new thing or try everything new once, you may have noticed that the popularity of fitness classes, like fashion or music, tends to pass by in fads. The 80s brought aerobics, jazzercise, and home workout videos. In...

FAR INFRARED & YOUR BODY: PAIN RELIEF

One unfortunate inevitability of life seems to be that at some point, no matter what sort of life we’ll lead, we’ll experience some sort of pain. If you spend most of your day sitting in a desk chair, you might get aches and pains in your back or shoulders from...

FAR INFRARED & YOUR BODY: SKIN PURIFICATION

We know beauty comes from the inside out, but there’s nothing wrong with wanting to look and feel our best. In our past couple articles, we’ve covered many ways far infrared can help you, inside and out - relieving pain, relieving stress, or increasing immunity, but...

FAR Infrared Heat & Your Body : Weight Loss

There’s a lot of options you could pursue to fit fitness into your life, just like there’s a lot of opportunities you could choose to work in the fitness industry. But not all options are equal, and when we as our members and studio owners alike what led them to...

Back to Basics: Positions of Rest

The new year has officially started, which for many of us goal and dream oriented individuals means a desire to jump headfirst into our new workout goals. We at Oxygen Yoga & Fitness are happy to support you on that journey. Counter-intuitive as it may seem, one...

Back to Basics 2: Core Strength

Welcome back to our back to basics series. In our last article, we covered the importance of good posture and how it can affect us both in the studio and in our day to day lives. One important aspect of our posture is how we hold our core. Today, let's refresh...

Back to Basics 1: Posture

As we’re heading into the new year, many of us may be taking time away from our normal schedule . At Oxygen Yoga & Fitness, we find this can be a great time to return to our roots. Instead of focusing on how your workout routine may be disrupted, you can take this...

Ready, Set, Goals! Setting Workout Goals starts now!

Your OYF Guide to Setting Workout Goals We know everyone comes into our Oxygen Yoga & Fitness studios for different reasons. We want to be there to help you get what you’re looking for out of our classes, whether it’s an hour to get out of your head or a part of...

Pre-Holiday Workout Motivation trouble? Let us help!

Find Your Perfect Pre-holiday Workout Motivation We’re approaching that part of the year where time can fly by at an inexplicably faster rate than it has for the first ten months of the year. It can feel at this point in the year that the opportunity to accomplish...
A Fun Workout

A Fun Workout

A successful workout, is one that you enjoy. It would be hard to stick to a routine that you hated and didn’t feel good or interested in doing. Everyone of course has a different definition of what a fun workout is for them. However, feeling motivated by good energy...

Stretches for Athletes

Stretches for Athletes Many athletes have a great deal of strength, but with this flexibility may be a challenge. Stretching for athletes is very beneficial for them, as it releases tension in over used and built up muscles. The stretching of tendons and muscles...

Embrace Diversity

Yoga instructors have the best job and a challenging job at the same time. Instructors have to sequence their classes, have on point queuing, ensure the safety of their class and create a pleasing environment for their students. The over all feeling and experience you...

Yoga for Dancers!

Martha Graham once said “a dancer dies twice — once when they stop dancing, and this first death is the more painful." Martha Graham is one of the most influential and most legendary dancers and choreographers. Performing and choreographing for over 70 years, I’m sure...

Yoga, the Performace Enhancer

Yoga is one of the oldest form of movement to promote health and well-being. There is an increase in research on how practising yoga effects the mind psychologically. This is why many professional athletes are taking to yoga. Even professional gymnast who are flexible...

Trust the Journey

Trust the Journey

Trust the Journey As much as the end results of a good workout is, there is a great deal of fulfilment in the journey. Yoga and fitness is about what you gain out of the process. It is about learning and enjoying the highs and lows along the way. This is what is...

Yoga for Athletes

Yoga for Athletes As a professional athlete, the body has to be very well maintained. It is a valuable instrument and if it is not cared for, performance can take a hit. No matter what sport you play, strength, endurance, and flexibility are all important aspects and...

More Effective Workouts

There are several ways that you can make your classes more effective and work for you. Keeping up the energy to work hard and see results happens when you have an action plan and self discipline, which is what we last talked about. We also talked about how it can be...

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