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In the workshops I’ve done at MOTTO YOGA, I’ve included others to help lead the experience. In January, Dan Meyer showed up and dropped a REAL SWORD down his throat and talked about how that is worship for him. In the other workshops, I’ve had Cindy Cain and Lee Swenson accompany me with fiddle,
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The assumptions of my inherited culture: the Euro-American, Lutheran-Christian, dualist WASP-centric perspectives have shaped my perceptions and limit my ability to truly inhabit the culture of others. But I am open to understanding others and in spite of my conditioning, I’m positioned like a hungry-man at a feast; I taste the food, but the flavor
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They practice yoga in a 104 degree room when it’s 105 outside. They come from all walks of life: age, race, physical condition, gender, profession, and status. But they all do YOGA to sharpen their mind and focus their will. They show up to strengthen their bodily systems, to ground their minds in the present
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It’s been a good experience these last seven months teaching YOGA AND LEATHER: Yoga for Bikers. Next year, I will pan once a month for riders to meet at Superstition Harley Davidson, and then ride bikes to a separate location (park, river-flat, desert plain), where we’ll practice yoga. This practice will also provide each of us
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Today, spiritual notions of integrated unitary consciousness are popular but suspect. Some people require facts, and without verifiable facts proving esoteric dimensions, will dismiss such notions and think of consciousness and chakra activation as nothing but wild speculation. But quantum studies in the subatomic realm more than suggest that everything is composed of vibrational energy
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The Christian church used to be central to my life, vocation, and identity but it’s not anymore. Still, I bring my past theological training to my yoga practice and on occasion I remember a word or idea from my past to interpret how I express and experience yoga. I think of a scriptural passage where
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https://www.pinterest.com/gormson/yoga-inspirationals-motorcyclingyogig-httpwwwgrego/
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https://www.asanajournal.com/a-parable-of-unmaking/
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I hope many of you can steer your way to attend one or all three YOGA TEMPLE workshops at MOTTO YOGA. TITLE: YOGA TEMPLE: Embodying the Healing Grace of Yoga WHAT: An integrative workshop series exploring Christian and Eastern thought / tradition. Workshops will embrace: asana, pranayama, philosophy, and experimental movement. WHY: To address
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TITLE YOGA TEMPLE: Embodying the Healing Grace of Yoga WHAT An integrative workshop series exploring Christian tradition and yogic tradition. WHY To address spiritual dimensions inherent in yoga. WHO Anyone with questions about spirituality, faith, belief, and yoga.
GREGORY ORMSON'S Notes, Articles, Blogs, Vlogs Gregory Ormson writes from the ecotone, the vibrant intersections of landscape, spirituality, and physical presence. His essays and poems have appeared in literary journals, anthologies, and print magazines. Author of *Yoga Song* and other works, Ormson blends lyrical observation with grounded reflection drawn from his Midwestern roots and global travels. He lives in Arizona and Wisconsin, seeking stillness where stories emerge like bears. 