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...

Natash’s blog

I thought I would touch upon food labeling, this chart refers mainly to meat because I think that’s where most of the confusion lies.   But the main point here is that you probably don’t want to waste the extra money on food at the grocery store labeled “Natural”...

Natasha’s Blog – Mission Member

Welcome to the Oxygen Yoga Blog!   This is my first post and I thought it would probably be best to start off by introducing myself.  So my name is Natasha Ingram and I’m a member at the Mission location.  I have taught yoga for several years locally, and I have...

Vancouver Giants Train at Oxygen

Building relationships, stronger teams and community spirit. Oxygen is proud to be working with the Vancouver Giants, in their training program! The Giants have incorporated yoga into their training regime, to stretch, meditate and detoxify in our infrared studios....

Switch up your fitness routine!

“It really is that simple! The more you move the more muscle fibres you will recruit - this in turn will burn more calories. With each exercise you perform, get into the habit of thinking ‘the more muscles I use, the faster I will get my results. For instance if you...

Have a sweet tooth??

Got a late-night sugar craving that just won't quit? "To satisfy your sweet tooth without pushing yourself over the calorie edge, even in the late night hours, think 'fruit first,'" says Jackie Newgent, RD, author of The Big Green Cookbook. So resist that chocolate...

An Instructors thoughts 🙂

It fulfills me and inspires me to see my students become stronger and happier, flow by flow. Teaching yoga is manual labor and for me, it’s a labor of love. I’m from a working class family and this feels like a working class profession, like farming, nursing or...

helpful tips for your practice!

1. Stick with a set sequence. Practicing the same poses every day repeatedly is a powerful way to keep consistent with your practice. This repetition offers you a clear vantage point from which to watch yourself grow and change. The nature and sequencing of Ashtanga...