Big Island Events
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A stellar original composition and keyboard piece by this man, Randy Anagnostis, he calls “Queen Creek.” Lyric and vocal interpretation from portions of an essay I’ve been writing exploring the inner dimensions of free diving. Anagnostis at the keyboard.
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April 2017 https://www.yogitimes.com/article/what-you-give-to-yoga- Yoga gives each of us more than we can repay. It’s the reason we continue our practice and make it a long-term life discipline. Yoga creates new space and provides the impetus for us to search for our true self. It has our backs and has fixed our spines. Yoga balances our
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STORAGE WARS AND YOGA’S EMOTIONAL RESCUE http://www.asanajournal.com/storage-wars-and-yogas-emotional-rescue/ A reality TV show on the Arts and Entertainment channel is called, “Storage Wars.” In it, a group of bidders look for five minutes at the contents of abandoned and locked storage units, but they can’t go into them. After competitive bidding, the winner is declared the owner
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A Parable of Unmaking
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Five days ago, I went to a drum circle attended by about 50 people. It brought me back to my essay in progress. Drumming takes place through the night until a last tired thumper wanders away in the fog of exhaustion. Their fully-charged reptilian brain shifts to the goal of finding their tent. Some can’t
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DAY 17. Everything Changes: A Yoga Parable The people were fueled by energy drinks, but ripe with anxiety and unexamined ambition. The land was drunk on money and the illusion of freedom fired their imaginations. The eight limbs twisted in the wind of post-modernism and creative chaos. In time, yoga prospered and many realized the
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Link: http://asanajournal.com/asana-back-to-the-innocent-age Asana Back to the Innocent Age On an overcast February day, my move toward balasana (child’s pose) began easily enough; “breathe into your truth, breathe into your center,” my teacher said. The words moved me like someone taking my hands and gently walking me backward into a calm refreshing lake. I would have
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The Missing Link On Feb. 3, 2014 my first yoga article was published in TheYogaBlog. Now, nearly two years to the day, the 30th is published in Asana Journal. Thanks for reading folks, and please pass these on. You may not do yoga, but perhaps someone you know does or maybe someone you know is
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New article today in Yoga International #YogaInspirationals#28 https://yogainternational.com/article/view/my-portable-home-finding-refuge-on-my-yoga-mat
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http://www.asanajournal.com/yogi-heal-thyself/
GREGORY ORMSON'S Notes, Articles, Blogs, Vlogs Gregory Ormson writes from the ecotone, the vibrant intersections of landscape, spirituality, and physical presence. His essays and poems have appeared in literary journals, anthologies, and print magazines. Author of *Yoga Song* and other works, Ormson blends lyrical observation with grounded reflection drawn from his Midwestern roots and global travels. He lives in Arizona and Wisconsin, seeking stillness where stories emerge like bears. 