Tag: #omyogamagazine
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RESPLENDENT PASSAGES: Motorcycling to a Yoga Festival, Diaries in Soul Craft
The grand American narrative of the open road is more compelling on a motorcycle. It captures the imagination of wanders and seekers because it looks like a story of independence and freedom. It’s not always true, but there is a universal search playing out in every riders quest for the open road, and that is…
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Our World is in Need . . . people are distracted, fractured, and busy.
Our world is in need. People are distracted, fractured, busy, angry and vulnerable to emotional hijacking. When this happens, its hard to experience the joy of being alive because we lose touch with ourselves and others. Yoga meets this need by offering time for the busy to rest for a few moments, connect to our…
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YOGA SONG arriving in two weeks on International Yoga Day. Small sample from “Transforming the Emotional Body,” chapter 7
In yoga, we respond to the yoga song that our body is singing, and since we occupy the best position to define and transform our emotions, we use this knowledge – when getting in touch with our emotional bodies – to rewire our lives and release negatives. Yoga teachers rightly say your yoga song might…
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From the Epilogue to YOGA SONG
Years ago, and far from the waters of Hawaii where yoga first tumbled me, I set out on a solo three-day vision quest in a barren land that Wyoming residents call the Red Desert. Before my quest began, I spent two days training in the Lakota way. Once I walked into the desert I would…
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YOGA SONG: a lyric narrative of transformation and redemption, coming this summer from Rochak Publishing
When born-to-be-wild biker Gregory Ormson (#motorcyclingyogig) moved to Hawaii, he was sidelined by debilitating back pain and couldn’t enjoy paradise. Dipping a toe into yoga, he discovered a healing road that reformed his mind and fixed his spine. Ormson’s yoga writing and publishing (#yogainspirationals) led to Yoga Song. From YOGA SONG Yoga equips us to…
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Thanks OM Yoga Magazine (UK) March issue, for publishing the 101st of my YogaInspirationals
A couple paragrphs from the full text (below) written originally as: “Endowed With Longing for Connection.” Perfection in yoga may have been an ancient goal, and to achieve that goal many yogis spent time alone and in isolation; but I don’t know anyone with perfection on their bucket list. I’ve not heard anyone say, “Yea,…
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Writer Portfolio (selected pieces)
From The Empty Mirror on writing, “With Crooked Legs of Hackberry” From Eastern Iowa Review, “Midwest Intimations” From The Twin Bill on Baseball, “And the Diamond Speaks in Runes” From Cut Bank Literary Magazine, literature and Walt Whitman, “Long Way From, Long Time Since: Letter to an Admirer of Whitman” From Asana Journal, “Injury as…
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#Yogainspirationals number 99, OM Yoga Magazine, May 2021
OM YOGA MAGAZINE Yoga as a life-altering gift: From freediving to chess: how a yoga practice can enhance every aspect of your life. By Gregory Ormson Shortly after starting yoga I realised its life enhancements could be applied to any activity of mind or body. Nobody was teaching yoga specifically for motorcyclists and as a…
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Story of Yoga for Bikers – OM Yoga Magazine, May, 2021
Yoga and Leather – Yoga for Bikers Yoga for Bikers – Yoga & Leather • OM Magazine click link for full story