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...
An Introduction to Meditation

An Introduction to Meditation

What is meditation and how can it enhance your yoga practice? There’s a lot of different benefits you can get from yoga, and many of them expand past the physical body. If you started yoga with a focus on shaping your muscles or improving your flexibility, there may...

What’s the Right Workout for You?

What’s the Right Workout for You?

Find the workout that fits into your life, instead of trying to plan your life around your workout.  We all know that exercise is good for us. You might have even realized that you really do feel better when you work out. So, why can it still be so hard to actually...

Chakra Series: The Crown Chakra

Chakra Series: The Crown Chakra

Bring together your opened chakras to reach another level of enlightenment through your crown chakra. In some belief systems, people are believed to have another layer to our bodies where our energy resides, and wherein it gathers in seven main areas which are...

Chakra Series: The Throat Chakra

Chakra Series: The Throat Chakra

Connect with the importance of speaking your truth and actively listening to others. If you’ve ever been interested in where the energy in our body resides, and how this affects us in our day to day lives, you might be interested in learning more about the ideas of...

Chakra Series: The Third Eye

Chakra Series: The Third Eye

Pay attention to the world around you with the help of your sixth sense, your third eye chakra. Over the past articles we’ve discussed five chakras  which, when balanced, are thought to help us connect better to our bodies, to the world, and to becoming our best...

Chakra Series: The Heart Chakra

Chakra Series: The Heart Chakra

Connecting with how we love others and ourselves. Over the last few articles, we’ve started an exploration of the chakras, the energy centers of the body. There’s thought to be seven main energy centers, which each connect to a different part of our lives, bodies and...

Chakra Series – The Naval Chakra

Chakra Series – The Naval Chakra

How to harness your naval chakra energy towards positive progress in your life.  In our last two articles, we delved into our discussion of the first and second chakras {link back to other articles}. The chakras are based on the belief that there is another layer to...

Chakra Series – The Sacral Chakra

Chakra Series – The Sacral Chakra

Take the time to focus on your creativity, energy, and sexuality in your sacral chakra In the first article of our chakra series , we explored the root chakra and it’s impact on our bodies and lives. Today, let’s move on and up the body to the sacral chakra and how it...

Chakra Series – The Root Chakra

Chakra Series – The Root Chakra

How to focus on staying grounded in your yoga practice for your root Chakra. If you’re leading a health conscious life, odds are you’ve spent a fair amount of time considering how best to take care of your physical and mental health. But, have you considered what role...