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Understanding the Koshas

Understanding the Koshas: The 5 Layers of the Body

It’s widely accepted that yoga can improve flexibility, balance, and strength as well as cultivate mental clarity and ...
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Benefits of Inversions

10 Reasons to add Inversions to Your Practice

A yoga teacher’s suggestion to invert has the power to elicit a range of emotions, from confusion, anxiety, ...
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Sun Salutations

What is a Sun Salutation?

If you’ve ever taken a vinyasa yoga class then you’ve likely performed Sun Salutations, or Surya Namaskars in ...
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Hamstring Flexibility

Healthy, Happy Hamstrings: How to Gain Hamstring Flexibility

Your hamstrings are a group of three muscles that run along the back of your thigh, from your ...
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Barre Weights

What Size Weights Should You Use In Barre Class?

The age old debate: is it better to do fewer reps with heavier weights or higher reps with ...
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Resistance Bands

Resistance Bands: Everything You Need To Know

Whether you’re a seasoned athlete, weekend warrior, or exercise neophyte, you can benefit from incorporating resistance bands into ...
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Shoulder Alignment in Yoga

Shoulder Alignment in Yoga

Every year, millions of Americans visit the doctor complaining of shoulder pain. Typical issues include joint instability, rotator ...
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Palo Santo

What Is Palo Santo?

If you’ve taken classes in the Ohana studio, you’ve probably noticed the smoky, sweet fragrance of freshly burned ...
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How to balance working out with kids

Balancing Kids & Your Health

You've heard the expression, “you can’t pour from an empty cup,” but have you ever stopped to consider ...
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Crystals 101: Agate

Crystals 101: Agate

Imagine the feeling you get when you look up into a perfect blue sky or out into the ...
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