GREGORY ORMSON

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  • Breath Notes

      The practitioner is ATTENTIVE to breath while focused on the process of asana and quiet. In movement, consciously linked to breath, we produce the rhythmic effect of life. It’s what humans have done for centuries; and therein lays yoga’s simple yet profound magic: breath in movement and rhythm. When a yogi comes home to…

  • Thank you to AZ Rider Motorcycle News (now in the 21st year) for your summary on YOGA & LEATHER: Yoga for Bikers in your October issue https://tinyurl.com/y6g5ak66

    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,…

  • 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…

  • ONE BIRD, ONE STONE, AND ONE COB OF CORN

    A memorable month on the home ground to see many family and friends. Two Wisconsin trips with Marquette, Michigan in between sweetened by literary frosting. The last nine days, Debbie came north to share in the good times. Thanks everyone for food and drink, word and music, for yoga and breath. Until next time, namaste…

  • 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 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…

  • 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…

  • Conducting the Awesome: What I’ve Learned from 7 Years of Hot Yoga

    “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,…