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THE OYF BLOG

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...

Our OYF Gift Guide

The holiday season can come with a lot of excitement, but also a lot of stress. Picking out the perfect gift for our friends and family can bring us great joy, but if you’re stuck about what to get the loved ones in your life this gift can start to feel like a burden....

Spooky Season with Oxygen Yoga & Fitness

Whether it means back to school or picking up pumpkin spice on the way to work, it’s officially fall. The days might be getting shorter and darker, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t make time for fun activities with our friends and family. There’s plenty of themed...

Exercise, Yoga & The Menstrual Cycle

Exercise, Yoga & The Menstrual Cycle Part of our mission here at Oxygen Yoga & Fitness is to help empower you to better know and understand your body. For those of us who are not cis men, achieving that goal might include filling in gaps in our knowledge...

3 Ways Heat Can Step Up Your Yoga Class

If you’ve been to one of our Oxygen Yoga & Fitness studios or checked out our yoga class options, you might have noticed that lots of our class options are performed in a heated room. Our studios are heated with FAR Infrared technology which raises your body...

An Introduction to Mindfulness

What is mindfulness and how can it enhance your practice and your life? You’ve likely heard the expression ‘You get out what you put in’. This couldn’t be more true than in our yoga practice. How we go about our practice, be it where our minds are or how we move...

What is Sanskrit?

Sanskrit 101- For New Yoga Instructors   What is Sanskrit? Sanskrit (???????? ????) translates to refined speech and it is the ancient language of India.  Although it is no longer used in conversation it is used in teaching yoga because yoga was developed in...

What Is Far Infrared Heat?

OXYGEN YOGA AND FITNESS HAS LOCATIONS FOR YOGA AND FITNESS IN VANCOUVER, LOWER MAINLAND AND FRASER VALLEY What Is Far Infrared Heat? Far infrared heat is radiant heat and radiant heat is simply a form of energy that heats objects directly, without having to heat the...

Healthy Foods that give you ENERGY!!

Want some easy ways to boost your metabolism try these healthy foods or use one if these tips; By strength-training just a couple of times a week, for example, you’ll reverse 50% of the seemingly inevitable metabolism slow-down that comes with age The next time you...