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Gregory Ormson

Writer, musician, yoga-loving motorcyclist.

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I attended a senior yoga class at the West Hawaii Civic Center in Kona, Hawaii, taught by Andrea Hutchens. Afterwards, I asked students for a few comments about their experiences of yoga and aging. In just a few minutes, I heard enough to affirm, once again, that the ancient discipline and practice of yoga changes lives.

It doesn’t happen in an instant, and the change isn’t easy or predictable. One student said, “I was 58 when I started, but I really wish I would have known about it and started when I was a kid. I think Kaiser should have a program. I think it should be in all schools”

She went on to explain why she started yoga and what it’s done for her. I’m saving it for a later piece on yoga and aging. But the important point for seniors, is that it’s never to late to start something that treats mind, body, and soul without relying upon medication.

And when it comes to finding new ways to cope in a world that’s increasingly distressed and dangerous, yoga is a good place to start a quality of life change no matter how many years we have lived.

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O Rings Teaching How to Catch

Teaching is talking and showing. A teacher can’t be stingy. Teachers share their energy by demonstrating, illustrating, explaining and giving examples.

A teacher invests, gives something of him or herself, and a good teacher is aware of pacing as they give  … stopping frequently to listen. Did this sink in? I just wrote … stopping frequently to listen.

It’s a silly pet peeve of mine, really. And I suppose if anyone really wanted to annoy me they would, at my final resting, throw a football back and forth while dropping it on purpose. If I am watching you from the great beyond,  I’ll be saying, Dammit… don’t reach for the ball, touch and cradle.

That’s my saying as a catching coach, touch and cradle.

Touch and cradle arises from years of playing ball and watching people throw to one another. What I’ve noticed is catching technique. People, when you are getting ready to catch something like a ball, don’t lunge, or reach out for it. You let it come to you.

In the act of catching, it’s okay to extend your arm(s), but not very far. Let the ball make contact with your hands (touch) then cradle it softly into into your arms. Once the ball is in your hands and arms then bring it in to your body. The movement of both your arms and ball are coming into your body as you catch.

This is a weird post I suppose, but I write this after I watched people throw and catch at the beach. I watched what appeared to be a family of two adults and two children.… read more...

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