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International Day of Yoga

On this International Day of Yoga, I am grateful to be a part of the new and developing Battle Born Yoga Project. Though my activity within the project has been slow thus far, new developments are helping me to switch gears and pick up momentum. The project is and will allow our local military-connected community to have free access to yoga and meditation.

My yoga history began here in Nevada, in 2001, when I saw a high school friend and fellow musician doing some interesting stretching. I asked what that was and eventually saw a Yoga Journal magazine in our local library. It was attractive…

Veteran, YogaDennis KerrJune 21, 2020yoga, warrior, veteranComment

Colorado Snowsports Museum

On the 28th of September, on the way to support a friend’s wedding in Aspen, Colorado, I visited the Colorado Snowsports Museum in Vail. This trip was an unexpected manifestation of a childhood skier’s dream to visit Colorado’s mountains (from around the mid 90’s).

Veteran, Ski, Trumpet, YogaDennis KerrOctober 2, 2019skiing, snowboarding, veteran, combatveteran

Oath of Service

Today I did an Oath of Service for the third time in my life. It’s fascinating to reflect on the differences of how each of them felt. The first time was when I enlisted to serve my country as a U.S. Army Musician. The second time was as an AmeriCorps VISTA in 2016 serving at Naropa University to start building Veteran services (outside of a VA certifying official for veteran benefits). This third time was again with AmeriCorps at the same location.

Veteran, Book, YogaDennis KerrOctober 29, 2018Naropa Universityveteran, naropa university, veterans, service, oath, musician, yogi, yogaComment

Writing a Book/Taps Project

My journey of writing a book began in a writing class at Naropa University during the fall semester of 2013. It was my third time taking the class and I needed to make sure I did well on the final assignment to pass it. Our final assignment was to turn in a manuscript of the work we had done during the semester. I wasn’t impressed with the semester’s work I had done, so I inquired about writing one paper for the final assignment. The teacher mentioned it would be firmly graded and had to be the same length as the final manuscript (about 20-25 pages).

Dance, Trumpet, Veteran, Book, YogaDennis KerrSeptember 23, 2018writing, veteran, naropa, Memoir, naropauniversity, writingabook, combatveteran, taps, bookproject, trumpet, trumpetplayer, dancer, yogaComment

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