GREGORY ORMSON

Tag: I-can’t-breathe

  • The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride, 2019, Phoenix (the ride for men’s health)

    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…

  • ANCHORS: For Kristen and Greg on their 25th anniversary

    One good thing about Facebook is that every now and then someone reaches from the past and makes contact with us in the present. This is the case from someone that contacted me yesterday and I’m glad he did. Today (Aug. 13) is Kristen and Greg’s 25th wedding anniversary. Back then, I was the officiant…

  • YOGA MAGAZINE FEATURE STORY: Yoga and Leather: A New Road for Bikers (#yogainspirationals 79).

      YOGA & LEATHER: A New Road for Bikers Every yogi is the same. But every yogi has been injured in their own way. Debbie McGregor, passionate yogi and motorcyclist, was first injured at age 11. It happened in a rodeo mishap when she was locked in a cramped chute with a panicked horse. A…

  • LET IT BE: When Your Yoga Becomes You

    Thank you BAD YOGI MAGAZINE for publishing #YogaInspirationals 76. One reference for this article is Science of Breath: A Complete Manual of the Oriental Breathing Philosophy of Physical, Mental, Psychic and Spiritual Development (1905). Yoga Publications Society. The book is out of print now, but I borrowed a copy last summer from Laurel Gyland Kieffer. It…

  • Yoga for Riders in the EAGLE’S NEST Wednesday, 4:30

    This is the last session this year at Superstition Harley Davidson in the Eagle’s Nest. SHD located at 2910 W. Apache Trail, AJ, AZ. Breathe in ease, move in ease, be at ease on both your bike and your life.  

  • Jesus, Yoga, and the Pure Consciousness of Healing

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

  • YOGA AS COMMENCEMENT RITUAL

    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…

  • WRITING, LEADING, INSPIRING, March 7 podcast episode w/writer and yoga teacher motorcyclingyogiG

    In this episode of Here You Are Wausau (click link) Dino Corvino and I discuss writing and yoga, breath, ego, truth, ayurveda, teaching, and journaling along with people and places of Wausau. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/leading-inspiring/id1078823496?i=1000431335481&mt=2 I’ll forever see you (Dino) as the weird kid eating chickpeas from a can in the UW Milwaukee student union. Click link and…

  • YOGA AND LEATHER – new moves for riders and yogis

    Shipra Saraogi (pictured) at the Usery Mountain Regional Park, Mesa, Arizona. #MotorcyclingyogiG teaches yoga for riders (YOGA AND LEATHER) at Superstition Harley-Davidson in Apache Junction, Arizona. His classes demonstrate to riders how they might use their bike for a prop to stretch when taking a break from the road with the goal of  keeping riders…

  • THE WATERS OF BABYLON: A PARABLE

      Once upon a time a mystical movement became water and moved from east to west. The gurus of this movement dreamed it would take root, grow, and change people in the new land. A bold vision drove their mission; they were certain and sure. The gurus taught students but were confused by them. They were…