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...
Choosing the Right Yoga Mat

Choosing the Right Yoga Mat

How to Choose the Right Yoga Mat When choosing a yoga mat it will mainly come down to personal preference, but I find asking others what they like and why can be helpful. Some yoga mats are made for specific styles and types of practice i.e. hot yoga, travel mats....

How Water Boosts Metabolism

How Water Boosts Metabolism

If you’ve ever tried to lose weight, you’ve probably heard a lot about water and weight loss. Can drinking more water really help you lose weight? The short answer is yes -- and no. If you’re already well hydrated and getting plenty of water, getting morewater into...

Ways to meet new people

Ways to meet new people

The 3 Most Effective Ways to Meet New People  1.        Join a group or club.    This is a great way to meet people who you already know have similar interests.  My favorite thing right now is Meetup.  You can visit www.meetup.com to check it out.  There are thousands...

Yoga for the Office Worker

Yoga for the Office Worker

If you have the ever-popular office job that involves sitting at a desk for eight hours a day, it can wreak havoc on your body, creating tight hips and lower back pain. Many stretches for your hips also stretch out your lower back, so these poses are like two for the...

How to get active with friends

How to get active with friends

Here's one that works for me: surrounding myself with other active people. Maybe it sounds obvious, or maybe it sounds impossible, but either way, I believe that it really does matter. As much as we like to think of ourselves as unique individuals, able to make our...

Health Benefits of Yoga!

Health Benefits of Yoga!

Health Benefits of Yoga Yoga has both preventative and therapeutic benefits. It has been shown to offer both physical and mental benefits to the body and the mind. The many physical benefits of hatha yoga are: it improves flexibility and muscle joint mobility;...

Yoga – How it Works

Yoga – How it Works

Workout fads come and go, but virtually no other exercise program is as enduring as yoga. It's been around for more than 5,000 years and Yoga does more than burn calories and tone muscles. It's a total mind-body workout that combines strengthening and stretching poses...

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