The Ohana Blog

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…

At this point in our mindfulness blog series, we’ve certainly acknowledged what a busy world we live in, and how mindfulness practices such as meditation can help us find balance and ease the stress we feel in our everyday lives. In this week’s post, we’ll discuss another potential method to cultivate equilibrium, slow down, and…

The Need for Meditation We are living in the busiest time that humanity has ever known. Distractions are at every turn, whether they be from people around us or electronic devices. We often don’t realize it, but our attention is constantly competed for, by everything from billboard signs to TV ads to our children. Our…

It’s funny how once a word becomes a buzzword, its definition can start to muddle. Mindfulness is absolutely one of those words. By now, we’ve heard the word so many times that it’s almost natural to start tuning it out. Not because we are opposed to mindfulness, but because it’s vagueness gets a bit exhausting.…

Within the last year, we’ve had two fitness challenges. Everyone was tasked with one challenge: complete 20 classes in 30 days. We thought that sounded like a lot, but guess what happened? You all crushed it easy-as-pie. Many of you accomplished anywhere from 30-40 classes during the challenge month! Honestly it was and still is…

Humans are habitual creatures: hardcore yogis included! Everybody loves a routine, because it’s the closest thing we have to certainty. We like knowing what will come next so that we may be prepared, and so that we don’t have to deal with the fearful territory of the unknown. As we journey through our yoga practice,…

We consider ourselves lucky to have children as a part of our expanding Ohana family. If you’re around our studio during the day, or sometimes after work, you’ll notice a lightness in the atmosphere. Much of this has to do with the kids buzzing around our Little Lychees Playroom. We love it: having little ones…