THE OYF BLOG
Vancouver Giants Train at Oxygen
Building relationships, stronger teams and community spirit. Oxygen is proud to be working with the Vancouver Giants, in their training program! The Giants have incorporated yoga into their training regime, to stretch, meditate and detoxify in our infrared studios....
Switch up your fitness routine!
“It really is that simple! The more you move the more muscle fibres you will recruit - this in turn will burn more calories. With each exercise you perform, get into the habit of thinking ‘the more muscles I use, the faster I will get my results. For instance if you...
Have a sweet tooth??
Got a late-night sugar craving that just won't quit? "To satisfy your sweet tooth without pushing yourself over the calorie edge, even in the late night hours, think 'fruit first,'" says Jackie Newgent, RD, author of The Big Green Cookbook. So resist that chocolate...
Total Body Conditioning classes!!! coming soon!
What is Interval Training? Interval training is built upon alternating short, high intensity bursts of speed with slower, recovery phases throughout a single workout. The interval workouts can be highly sophisticated and structured training that is designed for an...
Wonderful words from Miss World Canada from the South Surrey Oxygen Yoga Studio.
Hello Oxygen Yoga South Surrey, I am Lisa Xie, a delegate from Miss World Canada 2014 whom you are sponsoring for an annual membership pass. I would like to personally thank you again for the opportunity for me to become far more healthy than I would be. I have...
An Instructors thoughts 🙂
It fulfills me and inspires me to see my students become stronger and happier, flow by flow. Teaching yoga is manual labor and for me, it’s a labor of love. I’m from a working class family and this feels like a working class profession, like farming, nursing or...
helpful tips for your practice!
1. Stick with a set sequence. Practicing the same poses every day repeatedly is a powerful way to keep consistent with your practice. This repetition offers you a clear vantage point from which to watch yourself grow and change. The nature and sequencing of Ashtanga...
Journals help — accountability is everything!
1. Keep a practice journal. Yoga classes are full of little comments and insights that smooth over life’s rough edges and change the way we see ourselves. But today’s “aha!” experience is often swept away in the flood of tomorrow’s activities. Write it down. A...
Yogi tips….
#1 Respect the limits of your own body. Can you bring your nose to touch your knee in Standing forward bend? Some people can bend more than others can. So you bend to your capacity. Love your body and respect the limits of your own body. You need not compare yourself...