Wholistic Fitness

NAMASTE NOBLE WARRIORS!

“Some people speak of Destiny. I can only speak of human effort.”

– coach ilg

In the same way Meditation (Dhyana) is a training effect from

Concentration (Dharana), so too is motivation a training effect from

human effort. The effort has to be there. No way around it.

Success in yoga requires one thing; persistence. Consistent effort is

everything. Ability level means diddilypoop. Effort baby! That�s

what matters most to discovering your life and giving yourself fully to

all of it.

But you must, right now, today and tomorrow and the next day do one

thing: show up. Begin again and again if you must, but NEVER give up

the effort to get to class. I did not move to this Big City from my

Beloved Mountains to give only half effort to practicing my sense of

sva-dharma (inner duty). Neither should you. Before I leave this

Big City and return to my personal Practice in the high mountains, I

want to leave you with a deep fiber fitness of body and mind so that in

later years, when our bodies are old and wrinkled; your posture shall

not slump and your spirit shall only soar Higher.

The Masters say that if we maintain our Practice consistently under

wise guidance, we can prepare our gross and subtle anatomy properly

for the real intense spiritual work of meditation which begins at age

75. We have time, you and I. But life flows as fast as the Gunnison

River during spring runoff. We MUST NOT waver in our determined

Practice. Every day is precious. The focus of your inner life must be

centered around fitness. Meditation comes later in life; now, we need

to build tremendous strength and suppleness into our beings. This

requires work; a lot of it. Don�t run away from it…there are no

shortcuts to spiritual life around the body. You must train with Her,

not around Her.

There is not another yoga studio or style like ours. The spiritual

strength that emanates from our humble Practice Cave on Ventura is

doing more than transforming bodies…it is elevating the spiritual

life of our students. But we must deepen our collective resolve and

dive into our Practices with more consistency and more willingness to

Rise Above our lazy and negative tendencies.

I don�t want to hear excuses from you or what various aches and pains

you have. I have had enough of my own. Your Work with me and my

staff of gifted Teachers, is in the Now.

Show up to Practice. Give 100% effort. Get on the herbs.

It amazes me how many other �fitness� and �yoga� people keep doing

their practices, yet their bodies and their tendencies never change!

You have SEEN the remarkable and internationally known training effect

of my style on our students. You have read my latest book. You and I

have a great gift before us; our proven Path toward a Higher Us, is

right here! If we just Practice together – no matter what – our

bodies will drop fat (which is a manifestation of greed and past undone

karmic work), our muscles leap out with strength and suppleness (muscle

energy is the spiritual precursor to Prana), and our souls will sing

the song they were meant to sing during this life!

That is quality training. That is what I am devoted toward bringing

you. But I need you to show up, Warrior!

Yes, I am a fierce Teacher…I come from a Warrior�s lineage. If you

want a less intense style of body/mind fitness, well, these days there

is a yoga studio or a gym on every block. Free feel to enjoy their

style. This is not a question of superiority but a question of

Finding versus Seeking.

I teach a Path for Finders, not Seekers. That is why I love you; for

you are my spiritual family. You are my pine trees and sunlit summit

snows. You are why I came here to build our little studio of the Big

Light! Please, redouble your effort to get to more classes so our

ripple starts making Waves of peaceful strength along Ventura and out

into the Universe.

Obesity (greed) is the number one killer of our North American tribe.

We must help our Sisters and our Brothers who are lost in the darkness

of the outer directed world. We must show them their inner Light.

How?

By keeping our own Practice strong and sincere.

That is all.

I bow to your devoted Practice. See you at the following event this

Sunday.

Love and Inner Light,

Coach Ilg, RYT/USCF

author/Total Body Transformation

HERBS AND ILG: PHASE II – Cell Empowerment

Sunday, March 14th – 2:30 pm

at the HP YOGA STUDIO

Since 1982, SUNRIDER as been the Official Nutritional Program of

Wholistic Fitness and High Performance Yoga. Come find out why!

I will be discussing the second of my unique and proven approach to

using the SUNRIDER Herbs for optimal weight management and high energy

living, baby!

no charge; free product demonstrations, and MAJOR SALE ON SUNRIDER

HERBS!

Later the same evening my Zen/Dharma Talk will be on

�The Yoga Of Eating.�

(6:30 pm following Joy�s Easy Flow @ 5:00 pm)

It�s all right here waiting for you each day, each week at Steve Ilg�s

HIGH PERFORMANCE YOGA; World Class Yoga by a World Class Athlete.

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Steve man,

Just finished soaking up the material in your latest book and I must

say it is beyond anything I have ever gotten my hands on. It’s like

Way of The Peaceful Warrior combined with Supertraining: a perfectly

detailed plan of how to take care of your body, and mind ! Incredible

and uplifting in every sense of the word ! I had never done much

meditation but

will definitely be adding it to my wholistic training. I always

stretched a lot but you also convinced me that yoga might be a much

better way of training for and maintaining flexibility.

I wish you nothing but the best with all your life’s endeavors.

Because indeed, that is what I feel you are bringing to people, the

best…

Ilg for President !!! (Heck why not ?)

Eric L�pine

Montr�al, Canada