The Ohana Blog

Raise your hand if you’ve ever had lower back pain after working out? Discomfort after standing too long? A tender sacrum that sends you to the chiropractor every other week? Every person in this world deals with asymmetry and imbalance in their body. Because our bodies are meant to move, it’s not realistic that we…

Watch this creative yoga sequence by Chris! Inspire your practice. Learn more about Chris! 1. What do you love about Ohana Yoga + Barre? Community! I absolutely love the community here. I’ve longed for it for some time and after I took my first class a little over a year ago, I knew I wanted to…

The understanding of yoga has evolved in many directions since its origin, thousands of years ago, making the history of yoga fascinating to examine. Today, our collective understanding of yoga is based on the fact that we find a studio on nearly every block. It’s based on the love of yoga wear and gear, which…

The season of gratitude and joy has officially made its swift entry. As we all know very well, this is the season of giving… But how do we do that when we feel so exhausted and depleted? Our gentle yoga flow for heart-opening is a good start! It’s a phenomenon of our society that we…

Recently, Ohana announced their second 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training, beginning in late January 2019. When the news broke, I couldn’t help but think back to when they announced their first YTT program. I was fresh off of a win for most classes taken during their “Love Yourself” challenge month, and so, as an active member…

For the last three weeks, we’ve been talking mindfulness. We’ve discussed the basics, an introduction to meditation, and a strategy to dig in to the practice. This week, we ask some deep questions. What is the state of mindfulness? What actually changes when we’re “being mindful” versus being our normal, daily selves? And why does mindfulness…