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...

Ripped Core — Natasha’s Blog

5 Yoga Poses for a Ripped Core     Plank   A yoga plank is like a regular fitness plank except the arms are fully extended rather then bending at the elbows. 1.Begin on all 4’s with your hands shoulder width apart and fingers. 2. Then step back one leg...

Natasha’s Blog- Cereal???

Super food cereal recipe   As healthy eating becomes trendy more and more food companies are offering gourmet products, but they come at a cost. When you make your own food at home you not only save tons of money but you can also make it exactly to your own...

Natasha’s Blog

5 “Healthy” Foods that are Crazy High in Sugar   Tons of food companies are using the words “natural” or “organic” in their marketing to convince consumers that their products are healthy.   Nutritional needs are different for everyone, kids and men...

Oxygen Saved My Life

Meet Rob. Injured at work, Rob's program at Oxygen Yoga and Fitness took him from barely being able to walk without to pain, to rejoining the workforce and completing a yoga teacher training program. He's shared his story at MyVancity.Ca, read it here

Natasha’s Blog — Vitamins??

Should you be taking Vitamins?   First off I just want to say: Really try to get your vitamins and minerals from a healthy diet.   For example when you eat an orange your not just getting the vitamin C, it actually has over 28 different elements plus fiber...

Natasha’s Blog

Dairy & Your Diet   I wanted to go a bit deeper into the nutritional aspects of dairy, I know I’ve mentioned before that if your trying to lose weight or just be healthier its probably a good idea to reduce the amount in your diet.   However I’ m not a...