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Bedtime Wind Down — Bedtime Wind Down
Ready to wind down for bed? In this video Courtney shares her personal practice she moves through before […]

February 15, 2018 in Full Length Yoga Practices / Gentle Yoga tagged 30 min / forward bends / relaxation

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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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day 19: treasured (time) . . Treasured time to che

day 19: treasured (time)
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Treasured time to check in with myself. This has been a theme lately. How much time do you dedicate to checking in with work, email, social media, your family versus checking in with yourself? How does your body feel? The muscle tissue, the joints, the bones? What is the state of your mind? What thoughts are playing on loop up there? How often do you say, "How am I right now?"
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Self-care is health care. Self-care starts with understanding what's happening in the Self. Check in.
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#RebelsUnitedJan2021POTD #rebels_united #treasure #selfcareishealthcare #selfcare #selflove #yoga #yogaeverydamnday #potd #getonthemat #lovewhatyoudo #loveyoga #lovelife #yogaathome #yogainspiration #time #checkin

The world isn't black & white. Or is it? . The wor

The world isn't black & white.
Or is it?
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The world isn't black and white most days, and I've never much been a fan of b&w photography. I can always appreciate when a natural scene pops out at me as this one did, the bird blending into the background of the cement tiles I loved studying as I sat enjoying a sandwich.
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#RebelsUnitedJan2021POTD #rebels_united #rebel_bw #onceuponatimeinporto #portugal #blackandwhite #imjustabird #cityscape #tile #travel

✨Magical Mondays✨

✨Magical Mondays✨

day 17: iced (plant) . . There's not much ice arou

day 17: iced (plant)
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There's not much ice around here, and I'm very good with that. But the ice plants abound by the beach. Impromptu still life by the water yesterday after discovering this interesting remnant of shell.

day 16: oops! . . Does anyone else have this set o

day 16: oops!
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Does anyone else have this set of photos on their phones that shows all the crazy that their hair is? So often I look in the mirror (really often in the morning), and I just start laughing. It definitely has a life of its own, and I always think, if I really wanted to do *this* with my hair, there's no way I could ever make it happen.
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#RebelsUnitedJan2021POTD #rebels_united #iamarebelmember #gowiththeflow #hair #messyhairdontcare #iwokeuplikethis

Can being by, on, in, or near water be called a ho

Can being by, on, in, or near water be called a hobby?
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For as long as I can remember, my free time has been spent somewhere near the water if at all possible. Growing up on a lake, it was skipping stones and staring at the lakebed in the winter, swimming and hitching a ride on someone's boat in the summer. Swimming in the pool, beach trips where the day was spent going from beach to water, drying off, hopping back in again. Wading in a creek brings an amazing sense of calm over me, moreso than anything else. Moving to the west coast made me really search for how to enjoy the water because 50 weeks of the year it's too effin' cold. I still love a good hike along the water, or a beach day, but paddle boarding has become a new favorite activity over the past few years.
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Truth be told, so many of my hobbies have worked their way into my job description the past 8 years. Yoga, cooking, photography fuel the Om Fairy business, and while I still love it all, there's a clear delineation between doing these things for my own enjoying versus sharing them.
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day 15: hobby • #RebelsUnitedJan2021POTD #rebels_united #rebels_nature #iamarebelmember

day 14: hdr . . What is now years ago, I attended

day 14: hdr
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What is now years ago, I attended a fine art college and ended up focusing my work in photography. I loved being in the darkroom, the saturated colors one could create in a photo with a simple change of film and paper. I've always seen the world in this saturated view, something that was often the topic of discussion. Should one print the photo as they see it, or try to balance the colors to a more "normal" looking photo. A strange thought for me, because really, what is normal? Are we saying what I see is not normal?
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These days I can capture anything with a quick snap of my phone, very different from the care I needed to take with the limited number of frames on my film roll. These days instead of peers it is the camera that decides my photos need to be "normal", the algorithm processing what was captured and spitting out an image corrected and optimized for any number of common scenes. It's interesting to watch how the processing has changed over time, even becoming more concerned with laugh lines and wrinkles.
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This is one of my favorite photos from the Taj Mahal. Walking away, pausing to smell my favorite flowers, the frangipani, I snapped a photo. Why not? Later, as I was editing it, I was surprised to see how quickly it looked like an old hand-colored black and white photo reminiscent of old postcards I have seen. These always look fake to me, but maybe this is the way someone else experiences the view? I'll never know. In the end, we're all living in the illusion of maya, experiencing every moment through our own lens, in this case, quite literally.
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#RebelsUnitedJan2021POTD #rebels_united #iamarebelmember #rebels_hdr

day 13: silver & gold . . Once upon a time in Indi

day 13: silver & gold
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Once upon a time in India.
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#RebelsUnitedJan2021POTD #rebels_united #iamarebelmember #incredibleindia #palacelife #allthatglitters

There is no such thing as ayurvedic food. . . Ayur

There is no such thing as ayurvedic food.
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Ayurveda considers EVERYTHING you take in and digest through the senses. Sights, sounds, smells, and yes, especially food. Here’s the thing - it’s not as if you eat something, and it is “not ayurvedic”, so therefore it doesn’t count or doesn’t fit the paradigm. Ayurveda classifies all things we digest by their qualities. All foods have qualities - light or heavy, hot or cold, unctuous or dry, etc. These qualities are attributed to one or more of the five elements (earth, water, fire, air, ether), and in turn are categorized under one or more of the three doshas (kapha, pitta, vata). Ayurveda is the science surrounding how we bring these doshas and elements into balance in our body, through not only food, but through all of those senses I mentioned before.
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So if you eat a cupcake, a steak, have a glass of wine or a beer, you’re not eschewing ayurvedic food. You’re simply putting a certain mix of energies into your body, and your internal fire goes to work digesting those energies, sending them to the tissues in your body and expelling the waste. Might it be better to get your energy from some leafy greens or a fresh fruit juice? Possibly, quite probably, though there’s an emotional component to consider as well (more on that in a later post).
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Why is this important? I feel any time we discuss “diet” there is so much shaming, negativity, and a sense of failure if we don’t follow the “rules” to a T that most of us don’t have any hope of creating change that benefits our health. Ayurveda provides a framework to find balance and health in our life, but in its modern-day form it is often boiled down to a simple diet plan and cleanses, lacking the nuance and breadth of what it actually encompasses, which is a holistic system that addresses balance in your food, activities, livelihood, relationships, mind, and spirit.
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Pictured: Shaking Buffalo with Watercress & Jasmine Rice
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#ayurveda #lifeinbalance #healthyish #noms

day 12: detailed . . When these @heathceramics til

day 12: detailed
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When these @heathceramics tiles arrived, I remember thinking my contractor's tile guys were going to kill me, especially since I realized I wanted the white tiles aligned vertically who meant putting these down at a 45° angle the way they were face mounted. In the end, it turned out beautifully, and I cannot wait to start bringing ayurveda & cooking videos to you from this kitchen!
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#RebelsUnitedJan2021POTD
#rebels_united #iamarebelmember #kitchenremodel #kitchenrenovation #heathceramics #dwell #ayurveda #noms #inthekitchen

Curious what all the fuss was about, Mr. Bear stow

Curious what all the fuss was about, Mr. Bear stowed away to see why his person kept disappearing to this place with caramels and the sea.
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As he unzipped the bag and looked around the new place, he felt the slight dampness and coolness that reminded him of his homeland. Wandering though the house he noticed a bottle of Dalmore. "Obviously the caramel and sea she's been taking about," he mused. Then he saw the most inviting bed, so he snuggled in to try it out. "I think I could get used to this place!" he said as he cozied himself further under the sheets. "Ah yes, now if I just had a wee dram..."
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day 11: personified
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As a child I had a ton of stuffed animals, so many that my mother devised a system to hang them from my ceiling (which was pretty awesome because my room felt like a toy store). I never developed a strong attachment to any of them in my younger years, though I always loved making up stories such as this.
As I grew older and life dealt a few of its hard knocks, I started to form a strong attachment to my stuffed shar-pei, JD, my father had given me. Not the "I'm crying because I don't have him" type of attachment, but there was a comfort in holding him close, snuggling with him, and in general having him near. Over time this faded, and looking back, I can see the attachment came at a time when I was trying to process my parents' divorce. As it became more and more a part of life, the need to snuggle and feel comforted lessened, though I still have JD.
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Over the years, a few more friends have joined the party, including Mr. Bear who is the best for personifying any number of emotions and adventures and in general provides a great amount of laughter and stress relief. He's a pretty good snuggle buddy too.

Some days simply call for quiet and drawing in. .

Some days simply call for quiet and drawing in.
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What do you do when you feel the need to nourish, renew, and recharge and quiet all of the external chatter?
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#quietspace #yoga #gowithin

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