Published on Jul 16, 2003 by in Uncategorized

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Namaste Noble Warriors!

�Only when strength dances with

suppleness is there

true power.�

– coach ilg

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hmmm…so there is a bit of a rumor – or ‘rumour’ as my friend, Dr. Lahbriumn MacIain would say so eloquently (make mental note; speak more like French dudes,errr…Celtic…errr, whatever) – that i am building my own HIGH PERFORMANCE YOGA studio here in LA.

really?

well then, THAT would certainly be quite just the thing for a feeble mountain yogi from Colorado like me to do now, isn’t it?

let’s take a gander at this rumour’s evolution…

1 – (1985?) i moved to Beverly Hills thanks to my older sister Connie who had already forged the way to the Left Coast and said that ANYONE who KNEW ANYTHING about ANYTHING was living in LA. lived with Stephan Frease (God Bless You, My Beautiful Teacher!) and assisted him in teaching Pilates on Beverly Drive long before anybody but our clients like Daryl Hannah, Vidal Sassoon, and Gregory Peck even KNEW what the hell Pilates was!

2 – after six months of living in LA and watching my eye contacts turn from clear to brown because of the pollution, i ran like hell straight back to: steve ilg, general delivery, pagosa springs, colorado. i ate from my backyard herb garden, fished from my frontyard lake, and did outdoor mountain sports for a “living” which essentially meant i worked part time at the Recreation Center teaching yoga, living from paltry book royalty checks, and ate PowerBars from my sponsorship.

life could NOT have been better.

2a- from a Buddhist perspective, i was still FAR too attached to the body and to the ego. i had returned to what i already knew:

being comfortable in dangerous high altitudes and kicking ass in sports like snowshoeing, peak running, mountain biking, nordic skiing, ice and rock and sport climbing, and telemark racing. i was most comfortable being in pain in high mountain sports.

3 – could not ignore my Higher Self any longer. spiritual duty – reinforced through yogic/meditation austerities – challenged my lame egoic ass to cut all my physical health attachment power cords and walk my Wholistic Fitness talk where it would test my ego the most, dwindle my physiologic fitness the most, and test my adaptation skills the most….

L fucking A

oh, sorry about that…i do my best to keep DL hovering around a PG rating…feeble yogi that i am…i meant to write:

L “friggin” A

so i answered Brahman’s call.

and moved to LA

whereupon i suffered terrible loneliness, apartment finding, bicycle commuting among a veritable forest of SUV’s and cracked out Corvette drivers, whacked out GORGEOUS actresses, casting calls, BelAir millionaire private clients and celebs, learned how to love city people as much as sub alpine trees, initiated HP Yoga programs in four different gyms, met my Beloved Kathy, got dialed into the VIP rooms at the most famous Hollyweird clubs, still hung in the top group of any cycling race, and authored my fifth book…

so,

how great would it be to this mountain yogi to actually move to friggin LA and build his own YOGA studio!?!?!

on VENTURA BOULEVARD!?!?!

could it be…

true?

guess you’ll just have to keep checking back…

just know this;

feeble ilg

loves

mighty

YOU!

coach ilg

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