HOW YOGA CHANGES US (a simple explanation)

First, we learn to breathe in ease. Doing so, we teach our bodies that breathing in ease is a way to calm presence.

Second, when practicing asana (yoga poses) we intentionally put ourselves into stressful physical positions. The normal response to this is panic, quickening breath, and bodily tension. But then we are reminded to breathe in ease. Doing so, even while moving in asana, our bodies find breath as the way to ease and calm; then asana becomes easy.

Third, we listen to ourselves and become more aware of stress and disease. Without fail, this heightened awareness moves us to evaluate why we are at dis-ease. Thus begins the new way of being which opens each yogi to evaluate their personal and community behaviors (called yamas and niyamas).

This change is not a dogmatic program of religion or psychology, not a new path of sports medicine, or a combination of physical exercise steps; but this martial art of the soul is a drawing forth of the true inner self to teach us what we knew but have forgotten.

Indeed, it is the truth-force (satyagraha) of the practice and its’ available for everyone in every condition.

About Greg Ormson

Gregory Ormson is a musician, yoga teacher, and biker. He plays music with Sat Song and teaches yoga for motorcyclists’ (Yoga & Leather) at Superstition Harley Davidson in Arizona.

As a free diver in Hawaii, he learned the importance of breath management and has translated that into teaching Yoga-Breath, Breath of Life workshops accompanied by Sat Song.

He’s traveled widely – starting in India - to study world religions and other non-formal spiritual expressions. His doctoral degree at the Chicago Theological Seminary focused on religious interpretation and the power of touch in ritual healing environments. He blogs on yoga, music, motorcycling, and landscapes under #MotorcyclingyogiG.

Gregory is a regular contributor to OM Yoga and Lifestyle magazine and in the last four years has published over 80 articles on yoga in 16 national and international publications and journals.
In 2017 he won the Lyric Narrative Non Fiction Award from Eastern Iowa Review for "Midwest Intimations," and in 2016 won Indiana Review's contest for 13 word stories. His nonfiction has earned finalist mention in New Millennium and The Bellingham Review.

Dr. Ormson is an alumnus of The Chicago Theological Seminary; Chicago, Illinois; The University of Wisconsin, La Crosse; La Crosse, Wisconsin; Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan; and Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, Ohio. Connect with Greg on his website where he writes on yoga, music, motorcycling, and the Midwest.

gregoryormson.com Twitter: @GAOrmson Instagram:#motorcyclingyogiG

His yoga articles have reached millions of viewers through social media and have been translated and shared in Portuguese, Tamil, French, and Spanish.

Many of these article can be found in the following links:

June 16, 2019. Bad Yogi Magazine, “The Way to Sacred Being,”
https://www.badyogi.com/blog/the-way-to-sacred-being/

76 May 14, 2019. BadYogiMagazine, “Let It Be: When Your Yoga Becomes You.” http://www.badyogi.com/blog/let-it-be/

Bad Yogi Magazine, “The Way to Sacred Being,”
https://www.badyogi.com/blog/the-way-to-sacred-being/

BadYogiMagazine, “Let It Be: When Your Yoga Becomes You.” http://www.badyogi.com/blog/let-it-be/

https://www.badyogi.com/blog/yoga-jesus-and-healing/

https://www.yoganect.com/story/show/yoga-as-commencement-ritual/

https://www.elephantjournal.com/2019/02/conducting-the-awesome-what-ive-learned-from-7-years-of-hot-yoga/

https://blog.sivanaspirit.com/nexus-of-a-new-identity-namaste/

https://blog.sivanaspirit.com/embraced-by-joy-and-bliss/

https://blog.sivanaspirit.com/the-delight-song-of-a-new-architecture/

https://blog.sivanaspirit.com/yg-nothing-to-lose-everything-to-gain/

https://blog.sivanaspirit.com/intention-your-golden-egg-for-change/

https://thehealthorange.com/stay-fit/yoga/six-yoga-tips-most-of-your-class/
https://blog.sivanaspirit.com/mantra-for-me-and-you/

https://www.asanajournal.com/slow-down-breathe/

https://www.asanajournal.com/tradition-rumps-rendiness/

https://www.elephantjournal.com/2017/10/how-yoga-ruins-our-lives/

https://www.asanajournal.com/true-presence/

https://www.asanajournal.com/4220-2/

https://www.asanajournal.com/truth-force-on-your-mat/

https://www.yogitimes.com/article/what-you-give-to-yoga-
https://tribegrow.com/key-yoga-teaching-attitude-approach
http://boayoga.com.br/por-que-precisamos-de-yoga-agora-mais-do-que-nunca-gregory-ormson/

https://www.asanajournal.com/enter-the-master-enter-the-child/

http://www.asanajournal.com/the-honorable-yogi/

http://www.asanajournal.com/finding-your-depth/

https://medium.com/tribe-grow/e01a4b508d14/

https://helloyoga.com/midnight-hour-yoga-personal-healing-transformation-4a6369255770#.gkk4n43m6/

http://www.asanajournal.com/gift-from-the-core/

http://www.release-into-savasana/

http://www.asanajournal.com/by-a-thread/

http://www.doyouyoga.com/5-tips-one-requirement-for-coaching-yoga-newbies-93326/
http://www.asanajournal.com/my-beautiful-feet/

https://seattleyoganews.com/5-coaching-tips-for-yoga-newcomers-and-one-requirement/

http://www.asanajournal.com/making-heroes/

http://www.asanajournal.com/the-immigrant-asana/

http://www.yogitimes.com/article/discovering-emotional-body-practice-yoga/

http://www.asanajournal.com/sphinx-pose-to-rise-in-righteousness/

http://www.asanajournal.com/storage-wars-and-yogas-emotional-rescue/

http://www.asanajournal.com/a-parable-of-unmaking/

http://www.doyouyoga.com/a-new-planting-a-new-harvesting/

http://www.asanajournal.com/asana-back-to-the-innocent-age/

http://www.elephantjournal.com/2016/09/the-year-of-the-monkey-yogas-counter-cultural-mathematic/

https://www.asanajournal.com/the-missing-link/

https://www.yogainternational.com/article/view-my-portable-home-finding-refuge-on-my-yoga-mat/

http://www.asanajournal.com/yogi-heal-thyself/

http://www.doyouyoga.com/lessons-from-yoga-and-freediving/

http://www.doyouyoga.com/the-three-stages-of-a-yogis-transformation-59820-97291/

http://www.yogitimes.com/article/peace-just-a-pause-present-now-accepting-practice-yoga/

http://www.elephantjournal.com/2015/06/relinquishment-how-a-trip-to-India-can-redefine-our-lives/

http://www.elephantjournal.com/2015/06/why-bad-prayers-are-good-prayers/

http://www.elephantjournal.com/2015/06/yoga-and-the-place-of-soul/

http://www.yogitimes.com/article/yoga-covenant-agreement-vow-commitment/

http://www.elephantjournal.com/2015/03/how-yoga-makes-us-kinder/

http://www.doyouyoga.com/why-yoga-should-bring-us-to-social-action/

http://www.yogitimes.com/article/who-moved-the-yoga-mat-practice/

http://www.doyouyoga.com/4-reasons-teachers-should-use-touch-in-yoga/

https://www.yogitimes.com/article/story-of-yoga-poem-parable
http://www.elephantjournal.com/2014/12/the-yoga-pose-that-healed-my-lower-back-injuries/

http://www.theyogablog.com/favorite-quote-practice/

http://www.doyouyoga.com/mantra-the-power-of-word/

http://www.theyogablog.com/doing-yoga-30-years-now/

http://www.elephantjournal.com/2014/10/ego-injury-10-questions-for-yoginis/

http://www.theyogablog.com/find-silence-yoga-practice/

http://www.doyouyoga.com/how-yoga-moves-from-it-to-it/

http://www.elephantjournal.com/2014/09/mapping-yogas-breathcentric-diamond-body-gregory-ormson/

http://www.theyogablog.com/take-inventory-yoga-yoga-like-aa/

http://www.elephantjournal.com/2014/08/the-savasana-cloud-gregory-ormson/

http://www.elephantjournal.com/2014/07/the-importance-of-living-in-alignment-gregory-ormson/

http://www.theyogablog.com/reality-check-yoga-teachers/

http://www.theyogablog.com/yogas-hidden-benefit-unconscious-mind/

http://www.theyogablog.com/365-days-yoga-completely-changed-life/

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