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...

Richelle’s Blog

New Blog Post: January Fitness Challenge: Day 1-3 Check in The first few days of the fitness challenge are underway, and I feel like I may be falling behind. Well, really, I’ve just been busy. And sick. Day 1 I was super motivated to get my butt moving so I ran to the...

Natasha’s Blog

Happy New Year everyone!! If you aren’t regular with your yoga practice now here are a few more reasons why you should be!   Aside from the obvious benefits of practicing yoga, i.e. improving your flexibility, strength and cardiovascular health, there have also...

Natasha’s Blog

Shanti Uganda How a Local Organization has Changed the Lives of Women in Africa   Since were only a couple days away from Christmas I thought it would be very appropriate to feature an amazing organization, Shanti Uganda that truly gives all year long.  ...

Natasha’s Blog

Drink & Appie Recipe for Your Holiday Party   I think at Christmas we all like to indulge, it’s the time of year when you don’t need to feel guilty about drinking wine or eating sugar cookies every night, because the cookies were a gift (would be rude if you...

Natasha’s Blog

Why you should be upside down…Part 1   So todays post is about how you can incorporate some more advanced inversions into your yoga practice.  I guess the simplest way to describe an inversion would be when your heart is below your head.   If you do practice...