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...
Mind, Body, Soul

Mind, Body, Soul

This week’s theme has been all about taking time for yourself. I have had the opportunity to hop around a bunch of the Oxygen studios this week and talk to clients about what they like to do to take time for themselves. Of course, coming to yoga was the one thing they...

Self Care isn’t Selfish

Putting yourself first is not an act of selfishness, it is an act of self care. When boarding an air plane, there is always some sort of safety presentation and when it comes to the part about the oxygen masks, what do they say? Put your mask on first before assisting...

Disconnect to Reconnect

We all know the mind is a powerful thing. There is a large understanding that there is a deep connection between the mind and the body. The medical community has been slowly shifting gears and realizing that our mental state can have profound effect on our bodies and...

Routine

Routine

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” -Aristotle These words are so true. Since the early stages of life we benefit from keeping a regular routine. Parents are encouraged to set up routine for their children, with a proper eating...

Seasonal Foods

Seasonal Foods

Seasonal Foods Now that spring is here, we have the privilege to indulge in a variety of foods that are now in season. There are so many benefits of eating at this time of year there is more to choose from, better quality and taste, more and in some cases cheaper....

First Class Fears

First Class Fears

First Class Fears… Coming to your first yoga class can be intimidating. There are so many things to keep tabs on. Showing up on time, finding parking, signing up, what to wear and bring and studio ettiequte. And that is just getting you to the class. Sometimes you...

Spring Forward

Spring Forward

Spring Forward They say April showers bring May flowers, but what do the April showers and sunny spring days bring to you? Spring is about shading the layers of winter, cleaning out the clutter, and feeling reenergized by the sun. It is now very common for people to...

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