Having a Whale of a Time! Spiritually Fit with Greg McCormack!

Welcome to Spiritually Fit Yoga! Enjoy this episode! Biography for Greg McCormack Greg grew up exploring the rural woodlands in the Farmington River area of Connecticut, and the shorelines of LaJolla, California. His passion for the marine environment flourished when he got scuba certification in his teen years and went on to work summers at the Catalina Island Marine Institute. Greg received his Bachelor of Science degree from Humboldt State University after transferring from UC San Diego. Driven by a desire to connect people with the outdoors, he has worked as park ranger in many of the nations most iconic parks, including Grand Canyon, Everglades, Hawai’i Volcanoes, Denali, Mount Rainier, Olympic and others. Southeast Alaska’s vast wilderness inevitably stole his heart when he first arrived in 1994 as a guide aboard a 36-passenger expedition vessel. He spent many summers there leading clients on sea kayak and river rafting trips. He branched out as an expedition leader, lecturer and Zodiac driver on dozens of trips to the Arctic, Antarctic, Sea of Cortez, and Caribbean. As a Divemaster, he has led divers in the turquoise South Pacific waters of Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Indonesia. Greg did a couple of stints for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, working as a marine educator in the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary and recently the Greater Farallones NMS in San Francisco at Crissy Field in the Presidio. Greg has done volunteer work all of his life, including the last 8 years as a guide at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. He did a 6-week long stint two years ago as an albatross census counter for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at Midway Atoll in Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Outside of work, Greg can be found trail running in the park districts near his home in Monterey, California. He enjoys active vacations with his touring bicycle, logging many thousands of miles in many of the 91 countries he has visited. His mission statement is to have first-had experience as an educator in as many of the worlds remaining intact ecosystems before more environmental degradation occurs and inspire others to become stewards of this magical blue planet we call home.  ==================================  Contact Greg on Instagram @greg.mccormack and at http://www.gregmccormack.com  ==================================  Thank you for being here! I'd love to hear how these episodes are working for you! Please subscribe and leave me a rating and review! Connect with me on Instagram at @spirituallyfityoga, facebook, and on my website http://SpirituallyFitYoga.com.  Subscribe to my newsletter! ==================================  Thank you to the sponsor of this episode, http://ubindi.com, which is the platform I use to manage bookings for my classes.  Ubindi.com is offering a 50% discount on the Annual Essentials Plan to listeners of this Spiritually Fit Yoga podcast!  Check out with discount code AMELIA, all in caps.  Check out these simple tools for happy teachers. Ubindi makes it easy for freelance teachers to manage students, reservations, payments, attendance, emails, and more. You can sign up for free to manage classes for 50 students or less, or take advantage of the generous 50% discount to manage unlimited students!