THE OYF BLOG

Make Reformer Pilates Fall Season

by | October 15, 2025 | About Us, Featured, OYF Blog, Reformer Pilates | 0 Comments

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

by | October 15, 2025 | Featured, OYF Blog, Reformer Pilates | 0 Comments

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...
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LIFE LESSONS FROM REFORMER PILATES

by | July 7, 2025 | Featured, OYF Blog | 0 Comments

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...
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Simplify Your Strength Training: The Hidden Power of Mat Pilates and Bodyweight Training

by | July 7, 2025 | Featured, Mat Pilates, OYF Blog | 0 Comments

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...
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FAR INFRARED & YOUR BODY: PAIN RELIEF

by | July 4, 2025 | FAR Infrared, Featured, OYF Blog | 0 Comments

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...
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Social Media for Yoga Instructors

by | Nov 18, 2015 |

Social Media for Yoga Instructors A how-to-guide     Have you gotten on the Social Media bandwagon yet?  Is it worth it?  Or do you think, as one of my friends said today at lunch, that this fad will pass?   The yoga/fitness industry fluctuates a lot.  As...

Oxygen’s Cruise Retreat

by | Nov 6, 2015 |

Join Your Yoga Teacher Melanie Palis & Ashley Talbott Onboard Royal Caribbean Explorer of the Seas 4 Night Cruise Seattle-Day at Sea-Nanaimo-Victoria- Seattle, May 16-20, 2016 Day 1| Set Sail in Seattle Can you imagine Sailing out of Seattle Meeting New and Old...

Benefits of stretching

by | Oct 14, 2015 |

Benefits of stretching According to stretching master Bob Anderson in his classic best seller, Stretching: 30th Anniversary Edition, here are the reasons to stretch: Reduce muscle tension and make the body feel more relaxed Help coordination by allowing for freer and...

5 Fun Facts About Franchising

by | Oct 13, 2015 |

5 Fun Facts About Franchising 1.  Franchising…So Much More than Burgers and Fries Forbes Magazine and the Franchise Business Review recently rated the Top Franchises according to the franchisees. Scrolling down the list, only one food related franchise made it in the...