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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...

New Location – Port Moody!

Purchase Your Membership Here! Oxygen Yoga and Fitness is coming to Port Moody! We will be offering our same great state-of-the-art Far Infrared Hot Yoga and Fitness Classes! Find us at 2732 St. Johns St, Port Moody. Opening October 4th, 2014! Find our schedule here! ...

. Go barefoot for whole-body health   If you refuse to wear shoes in the summer, you may enjoy better blood circulation, a happier mood, stronger bones and better posture. According to Barefoot in Toronto, a group that promotes a barefoot lifestyle, barefoot...

Healthy Apple Crisp? No way! YES way!

This recipe is great because it can act as a dessert or quick breakfast. I make a batch usually on Sundays and it stays good for most of the week, plus kids love it! 1-cup whole oats- not instant! 1-cup oat flour (you can easily make by putting whole oats in a magic...

Summer Appie Recipes

I have yet to meet a person over the age of 10 who does not like guacamole. This recipe below is lighter then the typical recipe and includes some veg. Eat as an appy with friends or even as a meal for yourself!   Hole Guacamole 1 large ripe avocado ½ cup cooked...

10 Simple Diet Hacks

  If your having tacos replace half the meat with beans, either pinto or black. They contain tons of potassium, minerals and fibre plus sub out half the meat reduces your fat intake. When ordering sushi go for the salmon over tuna, it contains 11 times more omega...

Increase your Metabolism naturally

How to Naturally Increase Your Metabolism     Eat Something Spicy   Peppers contain a compound called capsaicin, when studied it was shown to regulate the release of hunger hormones and temporally increase metabolism. Sit Less   Sitting for 3 hours...