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  • Years ago, and far from the waters of Hawaii where yoga first tumbled me, I set out on a solo three-day vision quest in a barren land that Wyoming residents call the Red Desert. Before my quest began, I spent two days training in the Lakota way. Once I walked into the desert I would

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  • When born-to-be-wild biker Gregory Ormson (#motorcyclingyogig) moved to Hawaii, he was sidelined by debilitating back pain and couldn’t enjoy paradise. Dipping a toe into yoga, he discovered a healing road that reformed his mind and fixed his spine. Ormson’s yoga writing and publishing (#yogainspirationals) led to Yoga Song. From YOGA SONG Yoga equips us to

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  • See it here: https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/8041e482-b91f-40a8-bf08-bb36cb780cad/downloads/YogiG_Yoga-Leather_1019.pdf?ver=1570396386788 With appreciation for your summary of YOGA & LEATHER: Yoga for Bikers (Starting Oct. 9th) ” . . . to improve the health and wellbeing of motorcyclists.” Yep, that’s it! If ANY OF  YOU have interest in Yoga for Bikers, a program at Superstition Harley Davidson now in its third year,

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  • I took part in the world’s largest charitable motorcycle event for owners of classic and vintage styled bikes on Sunday September 29th, 2019. This event, called the Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride, brings together over 113,000 well dressed riders on sweet, small bikes raising 5 million dollars in 700+ cities for men’s health across 110+ countries. The

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  • Thank you BAD YOGI MAGAZINE for publishing yogainspirationals 75. Read and share. https://www.badyogi.com/blog/yoga-jesus-and-healing/

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  • Thank you #YOGANECT for publishing yogainspirationals number 74. https://www.yoganect.com/story/show/yoga-as-commencement-ritual/ During my seventh year practicing yoga I started learning the sitar. Immediately I realized it was a hard instrument to play and its technology is ancient: there’s a huge gap between frets and the strings which are painful on the fingers; the metal sitar pic winds

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  • “Conducting the Awesome: What I’ve Learned from 7 Years of Hot Yoga” is live on elephant journal. https://www.elephantjournal.com/2019/02/conducting-the-awesome-what-ive-learned-from-7-years-of-hot-yoga/ This is my 11th article for elephant journal since September, 2014, and the latest installment (73) of what I call YogaInspirationals, a collection of my yoga writing published by elephant and 12 other national and international magazines,

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  • EMBRACED BY JOY AND BLISS

    Thanks to Sivana east for publishing my 70th yoga piece (yogainspirationals). Thanks also to: Yoga International, Yogi Times, elephant journal, Asana Journal, Do You Yoga, Hello Yoga, Tribe Grow, Seattle Yoga News, The Yoga Blog, The Health Orange, Medium, Boa Yoga, and AZ Rider Southwest. #yogainspirationalsnumber70, #motorcyclingyogiG, https://gregoryormson.com, #amwriting, #arizonayogateacherandcoach, #mottoyoga #yogaandleather #superstitionharleydavidson https://blog.sivanaspirit.com/embraced-by-joy-and-bliss/  

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  • YOGA Inspirationals, 25th Installment, based on ritual studies, “Three Steps to a Yogi’s Transformation.”

    July 20, 2015 DoYouYoga.com/the-three-stages-of-a-yogis-transformation-59820-97291/ July 2, 2015 Yogi Times http://www.yogitimes.com/article/peace-just-a-pause-now-accepting-practice-yoga June 20, 2015  elephant journal http://www.elephantjournal.com/2015/06/relinquishment-how-a-trip-to-India-can-redefine-our-lives June 12, 2015 elephant journal http://www.elephantjournal.com/2015/06/why-bad-prayers-are-good-prayers/ June 5, 2015 elephant journal http://www.elephantjournal.com/2015/06/yoga-and-the-place-of-soul 2015 Yogi Timeshttp://www.yogitimes.com/article/yoga-covenant-agreement-vow-commitment Marach 2015 elephant journalhttp://www.elephantjournal.com/2015/03/how-yoga-makes-us-kinder/ February 21, 2015 DoYouYoga.comhttp://www.doyouyoga.com/why-yoga-should-bring-us-to-social-action/ February 15, 2015 Yogi Timeshttp://www.yogitimes.com/article/who-moved-the-yoga-mat-practice January 6, 2014 DoYouYoga.comhttp://www.doyouyoga.com/4-reasons-teachers-should-use-touch-in-yoga/ December 27, 2014 elephant journalhttp://www.elephantjournal.com/2014/12/the-yoga-pose-that-healed-my-lower-back-injuries/ December 11, 2014 Yogi Times http://www.yogitimes.com/article/story-of-yoga-poem-parable/ November 24, 2014 The Yoga Blog http://www.theyogablog.com/favorite-quote-practice/

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