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...

Natasha’s Blog

Get Your Best Body with Yoga   Last summer I gave up the gym. Why? because I don’t like going.  I know this isn’t something fitness professional should say, but it’s the truth.   I had a realization last summer at a Yoga Festival in Whistler.  Every time I...

Natasha’s Blog

Get Your Best Body with Yoga   Last summer I gave up the gym. Why? because I don’t like going.  I know this isn’t something fitness professional should say, but it’s the truth.   I had a realization last summer at a Yoga Festival in Whistler.  Every time I...

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