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...

Oxygen’s Cruise Retreat

Join Your Yoga Teacher Melanie Palis & Ashley Talbott Onboard Royal Caribbean Explorer of the Seas 4 Night Cruise Seattle-Day at Sea-Nanaimo-Victoria- Seattle, May 16-20, 2016 Day 1| Set Sail in Seattle Can you imagine Sailing out of Seattle Meeting New and Old...

Benefits of stretching

Benefits of stretching According to stretching master Bob Anderson in his classic best seller, Stretching: 30th Anniversary Edition, here are the reasons to stretch: Reduce muscle tension and make the body feel more relaxed Help coordination by allowing for freer and...

5 Fun Facts About Franchising

5 Fun Facts About Franchising 1.  Franchising…So Much More than Burgers and Fries Forbes Magazine and the Franchise Business Review recently rated the Top Franchises according to the franchisees. Scrolling down the list, only one food related franchise made it in the...

Fitness tips for Women

Fitness tips for Women

HOW TO MOVE Do it in threes "Any workout has three variables: weights, intensity, and volume," Hood says. To keep your body guessing, focus on one variable per workout: Increase the weight but lower the number of reps one day; lower your standard weight but add a set...

Franchising and Trademarks

The foundation of a franchise system ranging from the smallest to the largest franchises is the trademark. A franchise investment is rooted in the right of a franchisee to license the use of the franchise trademark. The activities that a franchisor and its franchisees...

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