GREGORY ORMSON

Tag: YogaAndLeather

  • Yoga and Leather: bikers get their zen on

    Bikers: Covid-19 has paused everything. It’s a gift given to us, a rare break in normally busy lives to think about things and even make plans to do something new. “Yoga and Leather: Yoga for Bikers,” is for you. This is not gymnastic yoga where your goal will be to nail a handstand or accomplish…

  • EXCERPT: setting the table to release old-fashioned hierarchies and mobility obsessions

    An entry point to yoga often begins with quiet meditation or breathing exercises. We set our intentions and enter into our dedications with mindfulness. Through active imagination, we create positive mental space enabling us to move in every direction. We may practice with others, but each yogi sets the table for their yoga banquet according…

  • EXCERPT

    The land was drunk on money and the illusion of freedom fired the Westlanders’ imaginations. Yoga’s eight limbs twisted in the creative chaos of post-modernism and strange ideas whispered in the wind. Gurus saw it all and wondered where the surf boards came from. They didn’t understand what had happened to their movement and some…

  • YOGA SONG, EXCERPT

    YOGA SONG, EXCERPT

    In shadow and in light, we yoga, and our teachers observe. Together we’re co-creators in a new architecture – a yogatecture – and celebrate moments when a yogi gives shape to an old blueprint written on a banana leaf. Everything is prepared as I enter yoga class where the nexus of a new identity is…

  • BIKERS: If you are going stir-crazy, here’s a recipe for shifting gears and moods.

    Restaurants and bars – common biker stops – are closed. Large scale events, including bike events, are cancelled. If you want to ride, Yoga & Leather Stretch Ride is on for March 29. But . . . only show up at the Superstition Harley Davidson west side parking lot at 10:30 am if you can…

  • YOGATECTURE: building your house of truth

    OM Yoga Magazine has just released their March issue including the 85th of my #yogainspirationals. Thank you OM Yoga Mag.In the Phoenix east valley, this magazine arrives two weeks after publication in the UK. In each issue you’ll find yoga insights in these areas: OM Body, OM For Men, OM Fashion, OM Mind, OM Spirit,…

  • YOGA FOR BIKERS AT SUPERSTITION HARLEY DAVIDSON JAN. 2020

    Piano, photography, and videography by the talented Randy Anagnosis. He’s been an east coast marketer, recording artist, and now photographer for Superstition Harley Davidson. Anagnosis’ first CD was “Dreams,” c 1996, sold in hundreds of yoga studios. A second piano-driven album was “Full Moon Rising.” He also did a jazz album, “Thunder and Light.” Video…

  • YOGA FOR BIKERS: maintain your bike, maintain YOURSELF too

    See you at Superstition Harley Davidson Jan. 8 and Jan. 22. Stretch Ride on Jan. 26. Check Superstition Harley Davidson events page on Facebook or their Website for current information on all events.

  • MEN: Yoga’s Outliers

    Check out my 83rd published yoga article, “Yoga’s Outliers,” in the January, 2020, Om Yoga and Lifestyle magazine. Better yet, get the mag.  “Men are still the minority when it comes to yoga in the West. They are yoga’s outliers,” says Gregory Ormson. Read MORE below … “Yoga’s Outliers” is a featured story along with…

  • December Yoga for Bikers at Superstition Harley Davidson – ARIZONA

    Thanks Superstition Harley Davidson for this 80 second video. See how yoga is similar to, but has one important difference from other movement oriented activities like motorcycling, judo, and ballet.