Tag: Teaching
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Lightning Bolts and Scars
Music spoken word by Gregory Ormson, Russell Thorburn, Darrell Syria. Lightning Bolts and Scars – New Plains Student Publishing (newplainsreview.com)
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Thank you OM Yoga Magazine (UK) for publishing “Yoga as a life-altering gift.”
Inspired by the breath training and yoga practice of Magnus Carlsen, eight time world Grand Chessmaster (a story from The Best American Sports writing of 2020), I found connections between Carlsen’s practices training for chess matches – that can take up to a week – and my experiences with freediving, motorcycling, and yoga. From…
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Irish IRISH music on St. Patrick’s Day at the Apache Junction Starbucks (including a limerick contest to win a Starbucks gift card)
Six days to St. Paddy’s IRISH MUSIC — is there really such a thing? Yes, and Irish music takes you into its culture hook, line, and sinker. It’s known for telling powerful stories of resistance and sacrifice, land and liberty, love and loss; it cants of a thirst for the grog and flare for…
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IRISH music on St. Patrick’s Day at the Apache Junction Starbucks (including a limerick contest to win a Starbucks gift card)
Seven days to St. Paddy’s Day IRISH MUSIC — is there really such a thing? Yes, and Irish music takes you into its culture hook, line, and sinker. It’s known for telling powerful stories of resistance and sacrifice, land and liberty, love and loss; it cants of a thirst for the grog and flare for…
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Sickness Givers and the Shape of Hope: a three part spoken word and music series on life and human existence during the pandemic by Randy Anagnostis and Gregory Ormson
Sickness Givers and the Shape of Hope part I. 2:22 (Navajo) Sickness Givers and the Shape of Hope part II. 3:01 (India) Sickness Givers and the Shape of Hope part III. 7:01 (Earth)
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THE LANTERN from UW La Crosse, on yoga and leather
BALANCED BIKERS: YOGA + HARLEYS = BIKING, BODY BENEFITS This isn’t your ordinary biker gang. Technically, it’s not a gang at all — just a community of denim-clad Harley enthusiasts who love to roar down an open road, and then unwind with some deep breathing and meditative poses. “Learning to breathe, be calm, work on…
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GUNS ‘R . . . US part II “Life in the Shooting Empire.”
In 2014 I wrote Guns ‘R US, part one which was published by The Good Men Project. They just featured part two, “Life in the Shooting Empire.” Thank you GMP. Link to full story below via The Good Men Project. For Guns ‘R US part two, click this https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/guns-r-u-s-parf-ii-lbkr/
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Steering Our Way in Troubled Waters (video)
Steer Your Way – From You Want it Darker, Leonard Cohen Resist the temptation to run away, put God on it, seek to justify or find salvation. It’s our mess and we deserve it. A Pandemic killing millions worldwide; Armed insurrection at US Capitol; a President calling to overturn a Democratic election; Giant problems rolling…
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GET IT DONE IN ’21: forty days of austerity measures to stop the virus
If Arizona were to adopt an integrated austerity program, we could stop COVID. It would require 40 days of isolation, but without doing it, COVID will drag on and the Arizona Republic will keep limping along with no solution. A committed public and government could “Get it Done in 21,” but my suggestions will be…
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From The Twin Bill
And The Diamond Speaks in Runes https://greg-ormson.medium.com/and-the-diamond-speaks-in-runes-4ac221b65c41 In this essay, @GAOrmson writes about his lifelong journey with baseball and connecting with his family. https://t.co/75dFVyToD2 — The Twin Bill (@thetwinbill) December 15, 2020