Wholistic Fitness

Namaste Noble Warriors –

below i answer driving directions to my West LA yoga classes which begin tomorrow and are every Tuesday & Thursday from 6:00 pm to 7:30…

following the directions, i answer a common question from a student regarding his bewildering infatuation with yoga…

See you in class, keep your Practice strong…

coach ilg

www.wholisticfitness.com

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Most Noble Yogi Joey –

RE:

?? Can you send me directions to Tuesday/Thursday evening class in Westwood????

� sure, you can visit:

www.MarkBlanchardsPowerYoga.com/locations.html

or here are some quickie directions:

FROM THE VALLEY:

405 South.

Exit I-405,San Diego Fwy via ramp at sign reading “Olympic Blvd / Pico Blvd” and go South for 600 feet

Turn right on Sawtelle Blvd and go Northwest for 700 feet

Turn right on W Olympic Blvd and go Northeast for 0.7 miles

Turn left on Westwood Blvd and go Northwest for 130 feet to 2180 Westwood Blvd

…immediate Right into underground parking at the mall located at 2180 Westwood Blvd. the MARK BLANCHARD POWER YOGA studio is on the upper story.

FROM THE WESTSIDE…

take your pick…but just get to the intersection of Westwood and Olympic and you will see the studio on the NorthEast corner, 2nd story of a small mall.

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WHY, AM I SO PSYCHED ABOUT YOGA?

Dear Coach Ilg –

My name is todd bishop. I live in Oregon and have all your books and your unbelievable HIGH PERFORMANCE YOGA video!

i’m not sure why i want to know the Wholistic Fitness way so bad but i’m hooked.”

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Dear Warrior Todd –

the intense inner fire that you feel toward doing your yoga and fitness Practice is what yogis know as mumukshutva or ‘desire for liberation’. basically, the Higher Self of you, Todd, is longing for escape from your egocentric habits and conditioned patterns of thought. your inner fire to transcend the voluminous chains of your ego personality senses the need for intense commitment to a genuine Path of Self-realization, in this case, Wholistic Fitness (and it’s sub-discipline; High Performance Yoga).

you are ‘hooked’ because fitness is your natural or ‘karmic’ Yoga..or union. you are mumukshu…one who is aspiring to liberation as opposed to the ‘pleasure seeker’ (or bubhukshu).

most of the mass of men are addicted to comfort and pleasure and chase it for the rest of their lives, never realizing that pleasure is to be transcended through discipline and commitment in order to find eternal and true Joy.

pleasure and happiness is fleeting, but Joy is sacred and eternal. read this from the Taittirya Upanishad:

“From Joy all beings are born.

By Joy they are all sustained.

And into Joy they again return.”

May your Practice remain strong and sincere,

namaste!

coach ilg

wholisticfitness.com