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The Om Fairy studio is located inside of Dimensions in Health on the border of Campbell & Willow Glen, CA. Plenty of parking is available behind the building, just off of Grace Avenue.

1836 Hamilton Ave, San Jose, CA 95125
Phone: (408) 634-6233

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The Chakras: one of the more elusive concepts of yoga to explain, yet there is a power to working with these subtle energy centers to discover our samskaras and dissolve the stories we have locked away deep within our being.
In this immersion, we will look at the varying philosophies of the chakra systems, exploring not only the 7-system chakra system most popular today, but placements and hierarchies of the elements and energies in the body. As you work with a wide range of ways to direct your attention to the subtle energy that lives within you, illuminating that which has been unprocessed, drawing it to the surface, you'll start to learn there is no one right way to approach connection to the energy centers of the body. We will experience the chakras through sound, meditation, and movement, as well as through the Eastern concepts of nyasa and marmani and the Western concepts of nerve plexuses, archetypes, and visceromatics. Most importantly, you will discover how best to engage with the energetic patterns manifest in your body and psyche, moving that energy from the deep layers of your unconscious to the surface, so they can be digested, assimilated, and ultimately dissolved, unblocking the path to inherent intuition.
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#yoga #bayareayoga #ytt #yogatraining #lifetraining #loveyoga #lovelife #chakras #yogaeverydamnday #dissolve #yogisofinstagram #yogini #yogaphilosophy #yogateacher #sharewhatyoulove #passion #yogaschool #subtleenergy #asanaandmore #wellness #wellbeing #wisdom

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Throughout my studies of yoga, I've always been the one to question. One of those questions is generally, "Where does this come from?" Sometimes the answer is hard to find, but I've found over the years that somewhere along the way, it presents itself. When it does, it is always fascinating to unwrap the practice, discover the roots, and see what lies beneath, like a pandora's box.
These inquiries have led to this immersion, Threads of Lineage :: Connecting the Ancient Texts to the Modern Yogini. At first read, the Sutras, the Samhitas, and the Pradipika seem so very esoteric and one wonders what bearing, if any, they have on the yoga we practice today. We will look at the practices within, and explore the shat kriyas, asanas, pranayamas, and meditations, and compare the methods both between texts and in our modern day. In the end we'll remember that many of these texts are compilations and incomplete. To honor what we personally witness in the essence of these practices should be given just as much weight as following the text.
Discover how your yoga practice can become more powerful through this ancient wisdom.
This picture of a woman performing soon salutation was taken at Virupaksha Temple in Hampi, which is still a functioning temple today. Some things remain similar centuries later.
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#yoga #bayareayoga #ytt #yogatraining #lifetraining #loveyoga #lovelife #history #yogaeverydamnday #yogisofig #yogisofinstagram #yogini #yogaphilosophy #yogateacher #sharewhatyoulove #passion #yogaschool #movingtogether #asanaandmore #wellness #wellbeing #wisdomfortheages

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Share Your Practice: This immersion is the compendium of knowledge that allows you to shed your doubts, find your voice, and guide your students through an experience that shares what lives at the heart of yoga for you, because the most powerful classes come from the essence of your practice, not prescriptive motions.

This immersion will take you into the details of how to create the most engaging class experience. You will further your knowledge of making asana accessible for all, how to assist and adjust your students, and the considerations for teaching special populations. You'll find your voice literally, learning how to project and modulate your voice, and how to share your practice authentically, creating an experience that transcends the physical motions using language that encourages and empowers your students. We'll explore introducing themes and music to the yoga class, as well as whether Sanskrit and the mythologies of Hinduism have a place in your teaching style. Plus, I won't just be giving lip service to the business side of yoga. My online companion to this immersion will build on the exploration of our unique offerings we've done throughout all of the YTT immersions and take you through the practicalities - from "What the heck is a yoga resume?" and the basics to get started to creating your offerings and marketing yourself, from the big picture to the details of how do you create images, videos, and content.
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#yoga #bayareayoga #ytt #yogatraining #lifetraining #loveyoga #lovelife #soulcare #yogaeverydamnday #yogisofig #yogisofinstagram #yogini #nourish #support #trust #yogateacher #sharewhatyoulove #passion #yogaschool #movingtogether #asana #wellness #wellbeing #wisdom

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A little playtime running through a sequence for a private session focusing on opening the hips and keeping the core strong and engaged. I really love what I do. It's so fun to see how a sequence shifts and changes for each person. We always end up somewhere different than I envisioned, and that's part of the joy of sharing the practice.
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#yoga #aerialyoga #aerialyogini #getupsidedown #flipyourfrequency #invertyourself #fpmadetomove @fpmovement #kali #leggings #movingtogether #yogaeverydamnday #dowhatyoulove #shareyourpassion #yogisofinstagram #yogisofig #loveyoga #lovelife #friyay #omfairy

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Soothe, Calm, & Restore is filling quickly! There's only 1 space left.

Join me Friday, October 4th for this fundraiser that is part of Pose 4 A Purpose, raising money to support @cancer_carepoint. This 2-hour session combines the relaxation of restorative yoga with hot stones, the deep rest of yoga nidra, and the calming sounds of the crystal lyre and the Neptune gong. Reserve your space on the Om Fairy site and see the full list of events for Pose 4 A Purpose at pose4apurpose.org.
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Can't join me but you really want to experience the luxurious sense of renewal that comes with this practice? Schedule your own private session or group session at a time that works for you. DM me or book online via my site!
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#yoga #yogaeverydamnday #restorativeyoga #reset #renew #selfcare #soulcare #yoganidra #meditation #soundjourney #bayareayoga #fundraiser #cancersucks #lovelife #feelgood #yogisofinstagram #yogisofig

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In my element, playing around with the possibilities...
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#yoga #yogaeverydamnday #aerialyoga #aerialyogini #yogateacher #playtime #yogini #flipyourfrequency #getupsidedown #stretchitout #gettingalittlehelpfrommyprops #loveyoga #lovelife

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Our lives are studded with rituals. From our morning cup of coffee or rolling out the yoga mat to holidays and rites of passage, to remove these observances that mark the cycle of time would leave us feeling incomplete.

In this immersion we will bring awareness to all of the ways ritual is entwined in our lives. Are you taking the daily and seasonal observances in your life for granted, operating on auto-pilot? Are these observances a chore to get through? Or can you feel a sense of reverence for the routines you allow in your life? We will look at how fully understanding the benefits of and bringing a sense of sacredness to our routines allows us to develop a deeper sense of gratitude for the connections ritual allows.
Discover how to create a sacred container and space for your yoga and meditation practices. Introduce self-care that enhances your yoga practice and nourishes your soul. Explore the ayurvedic concepts of dinacharya and ritucharya, from the self-care practices to the ceremonies and celebrations that mark the passage of seasons. Learn how the energies of the gods and goddesses mimic the natural flow of the doshas in the environment, within your body, in life, and most importantly, understand how to bring the sense of ritual into your life with a sense of ease and gratitude for its benefits.
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#yoga #bayareayoga #ytt #yogatraining #lifetraining #loveyoga #lovelife #soulcare #yogaeverydamnday #yogisofig #yogisofinstagram #yogini #nourish #support #trust #sharewhatyoulove #passion #yogaschool #ayurveda #wellness #food #wellbeing #wisdom

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You are a unique being: from the foods you eat to the lifestyle you lead, what is right for you and brings balance to your life is unique to you. This is the philosophy underpinning ayurveda.
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According to ayurveda, everything is rooted in the five elements, including you. This immersion is designed to take you deeper into understanding the five elements, how their balance changes with the cycles of time – daily, seasonally, and throughout your life – and why your constitution matters, but not as much as others would have you believe, the key that has made ayurveda work for me as opposed to being an interesting theory that didn't work in practice.
We will dive into understanding the connections between the marma points, the doshas and 15 sub-doshas, and their connections to our asana, pranayama, and meditation practices. Plus, in this immersion, I get to share one of my passions with you - cooking and enjoying food! We'll see how what we eat addresses the balance of doshas in the body, exploring the role digestion plays in ayurveda, and getting a firm grounding in the understanding of the rasas of food and spices. You'll leave with the knowledge of how to create beautiful meals perfectly suited for the season and your multi-faceted nature.
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#yoga #bayareayoga #ytt #yogatraining #lifetraining #loveyoga #lovelife #soulcare #yogaeverydamnday #yogisofig #yogisofinstagram #yogini #nourish #support #trust #sharewhatyoulove #passion #yogaschool #ayurveda #wellness #food #wellbeing #wisdom

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The sweet life. Longevity, vitality, radiant health while enjoying the pleasures of life.
When I designed this immersion, I knew I wanted to find a way to help others see that yoga and ayurveda are tools that fit into and bring benefit to our modern life. So often these practices are presented as prescriptive and dogmatic, as if we need to step into an ascetic lifestyle to enjoy the benefits. I've watched many a person beat themselves up over missing a practice, for simply wanting to rest after a long day at work, or for enjoying the indulgences that present themselves in this earthly existence. How we do what we do is as important, if not more so, than what we do.
This immersion will explore the subtle realms of the body and mind. You'll learn to tap into your energy and be guided by your innate wisdom. You'll learn to listen to what lingers below the surface of the conscious mind, and develop a radical trust in your intuition and yourself. We'll look at the balance between making the practice a sacred ritual and keeping a sense of levity about it at the same time, and how we can continue to be inspired in our daily practice. From the practical standpoint, this immersion starts the work of understanding the koshas, the chakras, the purusharthas, and ayurveda and how these are not simply concepts, but energies and teachings that can guide you to fulfilling, nourishing, contentment in this modern-day life.

La Dolce Vita :: The Sweet Foundations of Practice will lead you to your inner Om Fairy. This immersion will most often be offered in a week-long retreat format; we'll immerse ourselves in the sweet life!
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#yoga #bayareayoga #ytt #yogatraining #lifetraining #loveyoga #lovelife #soulcare #ayurveda #ayurvedalifestyle #yogaeverydamnday #yogisofig #yogisofinstagram #yogini #nourish #support #trust #sharewhatyoulove #passion #yogaschool #wellness #wellbeing #wisdom

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Reading this random passage from my nephew's book came at a time when I've been thinking a lot about ritual, its importance in our life, and the reasons we grasp for it yet let it slide so easily from our routine
Of course, this book, The Empty Space, is discussing performance and the theater, but this passage spoke to me in the context of the role of ritual in our yoga practice and our daily life.
We have lost our sense of ritual and ceremony, in part because we are losing connection - to traditions, to our families as we move further apart, to other humans as we gravitate further into the virtual connection world. Yet ritual is about connection - it's a way of connecting us to something greater, be it lineage, tradition, or another group of humans. We feel called to incorporate this sense of connection into our life, because as humans we have depended on a sense of connection for our evolution. So we search for ritual, trying all sorts of different things that others do, hoping to capture that same sense of connection we see them emanating...
But the most elaborate ritual, ceremony, or puja with no connection, understanding, or meaning behind it falls flat. It's unconvincing and doesn't feed our yearning for this sense of connection with other humans, with our lineage. Yet the smallest act, undertaken with a true knowledge of why, even if buried in the layers of the unconscious, with a sense of reverence, feeds the soul. For that is ritual - a way of connecting with something more than us. The morning cup of coffee I share with my husband becomes ritual, not because of the type of coffee bean or the preparation or because it is part of the routine, but because of the meaning of that moment - connection with a special being in my life, setting the time for the day, honoring the importance of our connection.
What rituals do you observe daily, seasonally? What makes them ritual versus routine? Is your yoga practice ritual or routine? .
Thanks for sharing your reading with me @rhys.not.in.pieces
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#ritual #yoga #soulcare #ayurveda #ayurvedalifestyle #theshaktischool #yogaeverydamnday #omfairy #omfairyytt #dailypractice #inspiration #dailyinspo

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Exploring where my body wants to be as I move through this shape.
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There's always something new to work on. Forearmstand variations are often tough for me to explore because I'm still in the process of feeling where my hips want to be in relation to the shoulders.
Today I took the movement of the shoulders out of the equation by using the wheel to stabilize my upper body. I explored the sensations of pike, feeling the articulation of the spine and the hips in relationship to steadiness and balance. It feels like a huge shift of the hips beyond the shoulders when I'm upside down, but in looking at it from the outside, I see it's a bit more than the shift I use in headstand, and a lot more engagement of the pelvic floor and core.
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Why bother with these explorations? The answer is the same as why I bother with any shapes: to observe the subtle shifts, to know myself more intimately. In this posture, its currently a knowledge of the physical body. In time as the knowledge of the cause and effect of the movements become more ingrained, my observations will shift. The knowledge of breath will become more pronounced, the sensations of energy through my body more easily called to mind whether I'm here or imagining the shape. .
It's a beautiful rabbit hole, the asanas. A full life cycle to explore.
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Flip Your Frequency starts September 26th. Join me if you're ready to discover the essence that lives in your Inversions.
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#yoga #yogaeverydamnday #fpmadetomove #movingtogether #yogisofinstagram #yogisofig #loveyoga #lovelife #invertyourself #invertedyogini #flipyourfrequency #getupsidedown #explore #play #yogawheel #gettingalittlehelpfrommyprops #yogaeveryday #inversions

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Soothe, Calm, Restore
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It's getting to be that time of year where the seasons change, and our bodies need more nourishment and more rest to keep us in good health through the winter months. The first offering of Soothe, Calm, Restore will be on Friday, October 4th, and all proceeds will go to Pose 4 A Purpose's annual fundraiser for Cancer CAREpoint. Come experience this luxurious 2-hour session that combines restorative yoga, sound journey, hot stones, and yoga nidra to fully restore and renew your body and mind.
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Want to experience this bliss but can't make it on October 4th? Schedule your own private session just for you or a group of friends!
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#yoga #fundraiser @cancer_carepoint #restore #renew #wellness #restorativeyoga #pose4apurpose #yoganidra #yogaeveryday #bayareayoga #downtowncampbell #downtownwillowglen #cancersucks #soundjourney #hotstones #fall #soulcarefortheseasons