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...
Chakra Series: The Crown Chakra

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

6  Reasons We Like Our Hot Yoga Hot

6 Reasons We Like Our Hot Yoga Hot

We love all yoga at Oxygen, but here’s why there’s a special place in our hearts for hot yoga.  Whether you’re regularly practicing yoga, or have never walked in a studio before, you’ve likely heard of hot yoga. But have you ever been curious why working out in a...