Wholistic Fitness

Namaste Noble Fitness Warriors!

�True power hides in the bushes.�

– Sufi

Here are just a few of the recent Rays of Light that constantly stream into my email box from Wholistic Fitness and High Performance Yoga Warriors worldwide…you have little idea of how wealthy you make me feel by your devoted study along our Path!

I bow to you…

enjoy the Rays…

Coach Ilg

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Online WF Student Thanks His Teacher

Dear Teacher Sheader,

i want to thank you for the last 2 cycles we’ve been thru. Until you and i got together i really felt as if i was slipping in my practice and losing my “way”. the last 2 cycles have been more than i could have hoped for. i feel a little like the coyote (bugs bunny)when the light bulb goes off over his head. I get it, how it all comes together, how important nutrition really is (slow learner here). How my yoga practice makes everything i touch better, how much happier, more content and positive i feel. I’m not to good at writing and expressing my thoughts completely but i think you get the drift.

it is Thanksgiving and i’m so very thankful to have you in my corner. happy t-day to you and yours.

humbly,

WFS Moses

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WF Certified Teacher Joseph Sheader still has a few openings for new or waiting to be reactivated online students!

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KNOW SOMEBODY INTO FITNESS?

Give the gift of transpersonal fitness today! We do GIFT CERTIFICATES for WF Certified Online Training! email coach ilg at ilgtrain@aol.com

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USE WHOLISTIC FITNESS ENDORSED HOLIDAY CARDS:

NEW!!!!

WORLD CELTIC DESIGNS

Linda Sheader, the beautiful wife of WF Certified Teacher, Joseph Sheader has just opened a new website for her amazing artwork…Linda offers notecards, ornaments, etc. Each are done with an exquisite expression spiritual essence…check it out today and order your holiday cards from a Wholistic Fitness Teacher�s family!

bookmark it now:

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Dear Coach,

thank you for your added insight — you all-Ways take me deeper into the wisdom of WF. i loved the Daily Meditations while you were in New Mexico….poetry speaking to my heart.

Love,

CR

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�Hi Steve,

I loved Sunday’s yoga class, just what I needed. The white light meditation was beautiful.

Namaste,

Alisha�

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STRENGTH TRAINING QUESTION ON �ARNOLD PRESSES�

Dear Coach,

Regarding Arnold Presses in my strength training routine…wow! Another killer! I pushed through on this one. Please explain form on this one, asked the gym owner, but would like to know the wholistic way.

-Student Scott

Dear Student Scott,

Before Arnold was ARNOLD, i spent three days with him when he helped us do our new Grand Opening at Farentinos Gym in Boulder. Like some sort of possessed fans, me and Steve Farentions, Mark Bogan, and Clay Patzer watched every one of his workouts. While doing his signature seated overhead DB shoulder presses, known as �Arnold Presses� Arnold kept his palms facing toward midline throughout the whole range of motion, although due to his enormous size and restricted shoulder flexibility, i did notice a slight outward rotation at the wrist over the top several inches, but certainly the twisting of the wrists is not as rotated as in Rotating Dumbbell Presses where the palms start facing in back of you and rotate along the upward phase until facing forward at the top of the movement. Arnold Presses are good for those with impinged shoulders as the neutral grip minimizes torque forces at the acromioclavicular (AC) joint.

In Iron We Trust,

coach ilg

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�Dearest Teacher –

We spent Thanksgiving with B and D. B declared at the table

that she was most thankful for having met us so she could find you and

Kathy. She had tears in her eyes as she spoke of how she has her life

back thanks to you two. Thank you for all you do, my dear.

I can also say personally, that through your teachings of posture, yoga, breath, meditation and exercise, I have been managing my neck challenges so much better than before. Thank you again for that. Happy Anniversary too to both of you.

– KA

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HERB INPUT!

�Steve,

I saw the discussion of Sunrider herbs in your online journal and thought I’d pass on my own experience. I’ve been using them for a little over a month, and I recall my early question to WF Coach Sheader, “What will it feel like? Will I notice anything?” In response to your points, here is what I notice:

�Now, if you just keep consistent with this program you will notice the

following over a period of weeks:

1) bodyfat drops –�

Yes, bodyfat is dropping! Part of it is in response

to exercise, but some of it feels like it is due to “something else”.

Intuitively, I feel like fat reserves are now more “accessible” to my

body through the use of Sunrider products (Ilg Supremes, primarily).

�2) energy level increases — �

Energy levels have increased to a surprising degree for me (keep in mind I’m 43!). After many workouts I feel tremendously energized and I wonder if I worked out “hard enough”. I check my notes, though, and it was a hard workout. I just equate working out with being totally spent at the end, and this doesn’t always have to be the case. I am also surprised by the reserves of energy I have during CV workouts. This may be more efficient access to fat reserves, but along about 20-30 minutes into a CV session, I find that I can turn on more power when I need it. And this isn’t the normal “second wind”, it is a reserve of energy that I haven’t felt before.

�3) weird/unhealthy food/substance cravings fade away — �

I have experienced this, as well. I never had much of a sweet tooth, but I find that I’m not remotely interested in sweets. And I have no interest in fatty foods, or high salt foods either (good by chips!). I find that I am also more aware of craving being just that, a craving, and sensing it coming I can have an Ilg Supreme or eat a piece of fruit. You

definitely become more tuned in to your body’s needs. Finally, I

dropped a 25-year coffee habit overnight. My body just didn’t “want” it anymore.

�4) mental focus is better — �

Absolutely!

�5) emotional peace arises — �

Some of this is relates to meditating, but even with that, I think the herbs help with this. Your mind becomes quieter and sharper.

So, that’s my personal experience, and I look forward to continuing with the program.

– Michael T.

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HP YOGA PANTS FAN

�dearest coach,

again, thank you for the HP Yoga Pants; having three pair is awesome. i may not be the most flexible yoga teacher around but i’ve got the coolest pants in fact i’m wearing them now. i have one pair for sleeping in, one for casual wear and one for teaching. ha.�

-WFS K

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ADD ONE MARK IN THE �PLUS� COLUMN FOR LIVING IN LA..

Ever wonder what an outdoor extreme athlete does when retired? Well, here is one thing i love doing…riding roller coasters! Keep this in mind when you book your next WF Intensive with me next summer:

�Six Flags Magic Mountain continues its historic run at the record books announcing today the construction of yet ANOTHER Xtreme new mega coaster – SCREAM! – scheduled to debut in Spring 2003.

SCREAM! will combine traditional roller coaster technology with a unique floorless train design – riders will be strapped into “flying chairs” racing at 65 miles per hour with their feet dangling in the air – no track above their head, no coach around their seats. And for three screamin’ minutes riders will race thru a series of Xtreme maneuvers � head-over-heals “upside down” seven times flying thru a serious of numerous twists & turns, drops & spins that span an amazing 4,000 feet of track!�

yeah baby! BRING IT ON!!!!! Life is WAY to short for slow roller coasters!

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