Tag: gregoryormson
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Thanks OM Yoga Magazine (UK) March issue, for publishing the 101st of my YogaInspirationals
A couple paragrphs from the full text (below) written originally as: “Endowed With Longing for Connection.” Perfection in yoga may have been an ancient goal, and to achieve that goal many yogis spent time alone and in isolation; but I don’t know anyone with perfection on their bucket list. I’ve not heard anyone say, “Yea,…
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ROYAL ENFIELD: a brief history of the bullet
When I was a kid my parents bought me a stingray style bicycle that we called a muscle bike. With a can of cheap green spray paint, a leopard patterned banana seat, and high handlebars, I went to work updating. Attaching handlebar streamers to the hand grips and playing cards with clothe-pins to the frame,…
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Love me two Times: coyote and The Doors in a dark desert valley
I’m camping, and the desert divot nearby is a scar of prickly pear, cacti, and sharp-edged boulders. Tonight it’s dark, stars are twinkling, and its filled with coyotes singing, rapping, and yipping a song of their own. I think it could be their version of “Party and Bullshit” by the Notorious BIG. (Photo: desert-bleached coyote…
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A Western Yogi’s Evolving Precis
My yoga starts when I acknowledge the Western inheritance of the yoga tradition or some blended combination of traditions. Western yoga shares widely in the thread known as hatha, a tradition of opposing forces coming into balance and working together for the yogi’s mental, spiritual, and physical development. A scholarly treatment of ancient texts or…
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Lunar Sound Journey: an event for you on January 2, 2022
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Gregory Ormson (@motorcyclingyogig)
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INVITATION: Music and Cacao Ceremony Event – FRIDAY DEC. 3
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kirtan-cacao-ceremony-sound-healing-tickets-150131119219 I’m inviting you to a Cacao Ceremony this coming Friday from 5:30-8:00 pm, December 3 at RADICILE SANA, 22 N. Bellview, Mesa, AZ. Space is limited to 15 people with payment in advance through eventbrite (on the link above). Click it to register & for details on what cacao actually is, what to expect…
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Peace: Just a Pause Away
peace: just a pause a – YOGI TIMES “Peace, Just a Pause Away,” originally published July, 2015 by YOGI TIMES; republished August, 2021 by YOGI TIMES. #yogainspirationals number 24 be here, now When my yoga class begins, one of my teachers will often remind me to “let go” of what happened during the day. This…
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In The Golden Moment: A riders journal on sunset, highway, and wind by Gregory Ormson
September’s issue of Thunder Press includes a 2021 review of Sturgis Bike Week and my story below. Thanks Kevin Duke (ed)., and Oliver Touron for this photo of Debbie and I heading west on I-8 closing in on Yuma, AZ. Riding for #MMIWC on the way to San Diego’s #MedicineWheelRide. Link to full issue below…
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Spoken Word collaboration with music, video, photo, word.
I’m pleased with this music, video, and word piece edited and created by Randy Anagnostis; with collaboration from Gabriel Thorburn’s photo of mountain sheep and lyrics from the poem, “Many Names Have Never Been Spoken Here,” written by Russell Thorburn during their father-son Mohave Preserve National Parks Residency in 2013. Vocal interpretation of Thorburn’s poem…
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See you tomorrow (March 17) 4:00 pm @ Starbucks, Apache Junction (@Delaware & the Trail).
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and hear some Irish music tomorrow. Bring canned food for Starbuck’s monthly donations to a local shelter. Write a limerick, the winning verse gets a Starbucks gift card. https://soundcloud.com/greg-ormson/molly-malone