The 102nd of Gregory Ormson's yogainspirationals is published in March, 2023 issue of Om Yoga Magazine. Read on for more on how to keep your yoga playful, while at the same time focused and aligned with who you are. #yogasong

From YOGA SONG Chapter 16, “Yogatecture: Blueprint of Transformation” Physical asana is not just movement, it’s also the ground and heart of an embodied spiritual practice because asana is a moving prayer. Many people pray in church, in nature, in a building, or some other religious setting, but these prayers most often exclude movement. Prayer without the body misses spiritual embodiment, and if spirituality is not embodied in people, then where is it? Doing yoga, we learn to open our bodies in asana, and when doing so, we are also opening spirit, mind, consciousness, and the energy body. When yoga asana, and the practice of meditation open the physical body, all other aspects of the koshas follow; this makes asana an expression of gratitude and a moving prayer: a physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual action. Yoga-prayers are not asking for something; rather, they are our full mind, body, and spirit response to breath and life itself. “Asana is a sacred offering,” Iyengar wrote. He was right, but its a sacred receiving too, where yogis receive the benefits of embodying asanas, mobilizing prana, surrendering our cares, and focusing our monkey minds. In that way asana is prayer, and this prayer is a yoga song of gratitude for life. This is transformational – because it involves all aspects of the human being — and it’s the foundation of yogatecture. It's both the blueprint for yoga and the map to completion of the yogi. Get your copies of my book, YOGA SONG online with one of the links here or ask me to inscribe and mail one to you! https://www.amazon.com/dp/8182539595?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860 https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/yoga-song-dr-gregory-ormson/1141800615 Yoga under the sycamore trees, Peoria, ILL. #yogasong#gregoryormson#yogainspirationals#yogaauthor#yogalife#nmualumni#uwlalumni#arizonayogaconnection#asanajournalmagazine#omyogamagazine https://www.instagram.com/p/CjJPWa1Pzfn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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