THE OYF BLOG

Make Reformer Pilates Fall Season

Why You Should Make A Reformer Pilates Routine This Fall  For many of us, fall brings a desire to build a routine. No matter how long it's been since you actually went back to school in September, something about the season is bound to remind us of that time. It might...

It’s Spooky Season, but Trying Pilates Shouldn’t be Scary

REFORMER PILATES CONFIDENCE Feel good about your journey in reformer pilates from the second you step into the studio.  It might be spooky season, but trying a new workout shouldn’t be scary. We’re excited to introduce reformer pilates classes at our studios, and we...

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...
The Power of Your Breath!

The Power of Your Breath!

The Power of Your Breath is Amazing!   Do you ever feel so overwhelmed that you literally forget to breathe? When you are stressed do you take shorter more shallow breaths? When things feel crazy and you feel overwhelmed, take a moment away to focus on your breath......

The Importance of Core Strength

The Importance of Core Strength

What is core strength and why is it so vitally important? Actually let's not think of it as core strength but as your core system, a system of abdominal support for your spine! In your abdominal cavity you have a floating sac - for want of a better term - of organs...

Breakfast of Champions

Breakfast of Champions

We have all heard several time how breakfast is the most important meal of the day and if you are my age you probably even remember the old commercials that told you a particular cereal was the breakfast of champions? Well, I’d like to talk about some great breakfast...

8 Tips on Healthy Eating

8 Tips on Healthy Eating

These eight practical tips cover the basics of healthy eating, and can help you make healthier choices. Base your meals on starchy carbohydrates Eat lots of fruit and veg Eat more fish – including a portion of oily fish Cut down on saturated fat and sugar Eat less...

Jen Talks to JR FM

Jen Talks to JR FM

Jen our CEO of Oxygen Yoga & Fitness visits Fort McMurray for their Grand Opening. This is our very first studio to open in Alberta. Listen to Jen live as she talks to JR FM. We are very excited to offer our program to our Oxygen family in Fort McMurray. Visit...

Why I Love Fast & Furious

Why I Love Fast & Furious

Why I love Fast & Furious…. Our Most Challenging Fitness Class! I am a yogi.  Everyone who knows me understands that yoga is my passion and my joy.  It brings me contentment and allows me to be of service to my students in the community.  However…. There is still...