THE OYF BLOG
An Introduction to Meditation
What is meditation and how can it enhance your yoga practice? There’s a lot of different benefits you can get from yoga, and many of them expand past the physical body. If you started yoga with a focus on shaping your muscles or improving your flexibility, there may...
What’s the Right Workout for You?
Find the workout that fits into your life, instead of trying to plan your life around your workout. We all know that exercise is good for us. You might have even realized that you really do feel better when you work out. So, why can it still be so hard to actually...
Chakra Series: The Crown Chakra
Bring together your opened chakras to reach another level of enlightenment through your crown chakra. In some belief systems, people are believed to have another layer to our bodies where our energy resides, and wherein it gathers in seven main areas which are...
Chakra Series: The Throat Chakra
Connect with the importance of speaking your truth and actively listening to others. If you’ve ever been interested in where the energy in our body resides, and how this affects us in our day to day lives, you might be interested in learning more about the ideas of...
Chakra Series: The Third Eye
Pay attention to the world around you with the help of your sixth sense, your third eye chakra. Over the past articles we’ve discussed five chakras which, when balanced, are thought to help us connect better to our bodies, to the world, and to becoming our best...
Chakra Series: The Heart Chakra
Connecting with how we love others and ourselves. Over the last few articles, we’ve started an exploration of the chakras, the energy centers of the body. There’s thought to be seven main energy centers, which each connect to a different part of our lives, bodies and...
Chakra Series – The Naval Chakra
How to harness your naval chakra energy towards positive progress in your life. In our last two articles, we delved into our discussion of the first and second chakras {link back to other articles}. The chakras are based on the belief that there is another layer to...
Chakra Series – The Sacral Chakra
Take the time to focus on your creativity, energy, and sexuality in your sacral chakra In the first article of our chakra series , we explored the root chakra and it’s impact on our bodies and lives. Today, let’s move on and up the body to the sacral chakra and how it...
Chakra Series – The Root Chakra
How to focus on staying grounded in your yoga practice for your root Chakra. If you’re leading a health conscious life, odds are you’ve spent a fair amount of time considering how best to take care of your physical and mental health. But, have you considered what role...