GREGORY ORMSON

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  • Can Yoga Spirituality and Christian Spirituality Co exist?  Part II

      — a five-part series by Gregory Ormson Part I ONTOLOGY explored the place of divinity and humanity in yogic and Christian philosophy.  Part II BREATH Yoga and Christian Spirituality Within Their Creation Narratives In both Christian and yogic traditions, a divinity emerges from primordial dark and emptiness – or a watery void – and…

  • Teen Mental Health Workshop at Mesa Public Library Main Branch Monday, October 9th

    STRESS is real. It affects all of us. In this workshop (open to the public) I’ll provide tools for handling stress in a one-hour workshop. The steps are: rhythmic breathing practice, posture movement with ease, and guided meditation with music. “My program is built to treat the physiology of stress – felt in the body…

  • Camel Pose from the Inside

    If you view a photo of someone doing a pose called camel, you’ll notice it looks uncomfortable and it is. Along with it, you’ll frequently see a list of physical benefits that happen over time when doing the camel pose. I’m certain that the combination of the backward-bending camel, alternating with forward bends healed my…

  • Yoga Song

    http://Yoga Song: Dr. Gregory Ormson: 9788182539594: Amazon.com: Books

  • YOGA SONG arriving on the 8th International Yoga Day, June 21, 2022

    Yoga Song is a story of transformation and redemption in 23 lyric vignettes from Dr. Gregory Ormson. Yoga Song’s author states there’s a song at the center of all time, being, and structure, and there’s a song in the center of yoga.  The instrument of a yoga song is the yogi’s body which includes: mind,…

  • Stepping to a New Parade led by an Old Song

    Yoga teaches us to be still and live in a way formed by new dimensions from an old script. It levels our judgments and brings us to the healing ground of calm detachment while simultaneously counseling us through yamas and niyamas to say and do the right things. In the pressured spaces of post-Modernism and…

  • 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…

  • January BREATH & MOVEMENT FOR BIKERS OUTDOORS (formerly yoga for bikers)

    Yoga outdoors happening for year 5 at Superstition Harley Davidson. Short read below about yoga for bikers (breath and movement) the how and why. Two January classes on the outdoor deck – facing north to the Goldfield Mountains in the east valley – open for anyone. January 11 at 5:00 pm, and January 25 at…

  • THE MEDICINE WHEEL RIDE: shedding light on an invisible crisis

    I’m pleased to have this article in Thunder Press featuring a strong group of Indigenous Women Motorcycle Riders and Leaders. Thanks Kevin (ed). All photos by Oliver Touron, rider and photomotojournalist extraordinaire. click on photos to enlarge text or go to thunderpress(dot)net for the digital copy. Read the Medicine Wheel Ride story by going to…

  • 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…