by The Oxygen Yoga Team | Nov 11, 2019 | OYF Blog
Tap into your inner grace with mermaid pose, eka pada rajakapotasana. This insta-worthy pose will definitely challenge your flexibility, but it’s a fun challenge to add your asana list! Mermaid pose is technically a variation of king pigeon pose, with some small...
by The Oxygen Yoga Team | Nov 4, 2019 | OYF Blog
If you want to feel powerful in an arm balance without getting into an inversion, then elephant trunk pose or eka hasta bhujasana (one-leg-over-arm balance) is a great challenge for you! Benefits: Strengthens the arms, shoulders and abdominals, opens hips, and...
by The Oxygen Yoga Team | Oct 28, 2019 | OYF Blog
Fallen Angel is a fun arm balancing pose that is definitely challenging, but far more accessible than it looks at first glance. If you are strong with crow or side crow, fallen angel will probably be one that you can find yourself in much more easily than you think!...
by The Oxygen Yoga Team | Oct 25, 2019 | OYF Blog, Workshops & Contests
WE’RE SPENDING ONE NIGHT OUTSIDE IN SUPPORT OF VULNERABLE YOUTH On any given night there are between 500 and 1000 young people living on the streets in the Lower Mainland. Many youths are re-victimized on the streets, having fled one unsafe situation only to find...
by The Oxygen Yoga Team | Oct 22, 2019 | OYF Blog
Chin Stand or Ganda Bherundasana can be an incredibly intimidating pose. In English it’s also called Formidable Face Pose, which is accurate, if you ask us! Putting your chin on the floor and getting your legs in the air, has many of us looking and going, No thank...
by The Oxygen Yoga Team | Oct 14, 2019 | OYF Blog
Whenever somebody says that yoga is only stretching, we want to challenge them to hold chair pose, utkatasana, for 10 breaths and tell us that it’s “just a stretch”! Benefits: Strengthens the core, shoulders, butt, thighs, hips, and back. Opens the chest, stimulates...
