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 — Vitamins??

Should you be taking Vitamins?   First off I just want to say: Really try to get your vitamins and minerals from a healthy diet.   For example when you eat an orange your not just getting the vitamin C, it actually has over 28 different elements plus fiber...

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Dairy & Your Diet   I wanted to go a bit deeper into the nutritional aspects of dairy, I know I’ve mentioned before that if your trying to lose weight or just be healthier its probably a good idea to reduce the amount in your diet.   However I’ m not a...

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Losing it After Baby   At this point in my life a lot of my friends are starting families, and after pregnancy for some women may be the first time they have ever had to lose a significant amount of weight.  I was definitely in this boat, I had lost a couple...

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Another reason for meatless Mondays!   Our over consumption of animal protein does have a negative effect on our environment, lets take a look at the amount of resources it takes to raise cattle.   The head of the Cattlemen’s association says it takes 441...

Natasha’s Blog – Eating Raw

Eating Raw     Enthusiasts of the Raw Food Movement believe that when you heat your food you are basically destroying most of its nutrients and natural enzymes (enzymes are important because they are what help you to digest your food and fight chronic disease.)...

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The Benefits of an Anti Inflammatory Diet     A new way of anti-inflammatory eating went mainstream several years back after Gwyneth Paltrow endorsed a book called “Clean” by Dr. Jung.   Inflammation in the body is strongly linked to heart disease,...

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So today’s theme is healthy treats.  Here are a couple delish and quick recipes that you can use when you’re craving something sweet.   The first one  “Energy Bites” was given to me by a friend, and they’re awesome because unlike my other protein cookies these...

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How to Keep your Gut Healthy   As you may or may not have heard the gut is now considered the second brain.   It primarily helps us to digest food but its also a major sensory organ for the entire body, I’m sure you’ve heard of a “gut feeling” or how when...