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THE OYF BLOG

Back to Basics: Positions of Rest

by | January 10, 2024 | OYF Blog | 0 Comments

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...
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Back to Basics 2: Core Strength

by | January 3, 2024 | OYF Blog | 0 Comments

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...
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Back to Basics 1: Posture

by | January 3, 2024 | OYF Blog | 0 Comments

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...
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Ready, Set, Goals! Setting Workout Goals starts now!

by | December 8, 2023 | OYF Blog | 0 Comments

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...
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Pre-Holiday Workout Motivation trouble? Let us help!

by | December 8, 2023 | OYF Blog | 0 Comments

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...
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Our OYF Gift Guide

by | December 8, 2023 | OYF Blog | 0 Comments

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....
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Spooky Season with Oxygen Yoga & Fitness

by | October 17, 2023 | OYF Blog | 0 Comments

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...
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Exercise, Yoga & The Menstrual Cycle

by | October 17, 2023 | OYF Blog | 0 Comments

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...
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3 Ways Heat Can Step Up Your Yoga Class

by | August 14, 2023 | OYF Blog | 0 Comments

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...
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An Introduction to Mindfulness

by | July 17, 2023 | OYF Blog | 0 Comments

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...
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Healthy tricks to see results

by | May 8, 2014 |

Timing your Meals to Lose Weight   I’ve had people ask me about when and how often they should be eating in order to maximize weight loss, and increase muscle gain. There has been a lot of dispute about this amongst the fitness community, and in my personal...

Natasha’s Post – BAD CHOICES!!

by | May 2, 2014 |

Artificial Sweetners & Weight Gain   Recently the owner of Mission Oxygen Yoga informed me that Aspartame has changed their name to “AminoSweet”.  This is probably because awareness about the dangers of artificial sweetners amongst the general public is...

shout out – from Natasha

by | Apr 30, 2014 |

Mothers Day   Since it’s almost Mothers Day I wanted to give a shout out to an organization that I volunteer for and greatly admire, Shanti Uganda.   Shanti Uganda was founded in Vancouver by a yoga teacher and doula, it’s an organization that supports the...

Yummy!!!!!!

by | Apr 25, 2014 |

As soon as the weather gets nice everyone starts to get excited for the summer, and then nervous because that also means its bathing suit season. Earlier this week I posted a recipe for a detox drink that will help you shed some of the water weight, but if you’re...

Detox!!!!!

by | Apr 23, 2014 |

Detox & Debloat with this Drink   So after a long weekend of overindulging I was feeling a little puffy and sluggish, I decided to whip up what I call my “detox water.” I thought I’d share the recipe and hopefully it can help you lose a bit of that water...

Tips for a healthy Easter!

by | Apr 18, 2014 |

Tips for a healthy Easter   Around this time most of us are thinking about getting back into shape for the summer but holidays are usually a bust when it comes to your diet,  here  are some small things you can do to keep on track.   Before dinner put out a...

Natasha’s Blog

Natasha’s Blog

by | Apr 15, 2014 |

Recipe for the Best Cookie…Ever     So this originated from a basic oatmeal cookie recipe but after doctoring it up, plus a couple trial and error batches I think I’ve got a pretty solid recipe for a cookie that is not only delicious but also healthy.  ...