Wholistic Fitness

When i created WF 20 years ago, i wanted to improve people�s character through personal fitness.

It�s been a long haul.

Changing character doesn�t happen overnight.

It doesn�t happen overnight because we all have what my Tibetan Teachers called, �Clinging Attachments.�

I�ll say.

A CD-ROM doesn�t have enough space to store all of my Clinging Attachments. One – just one – of mine was Banana Cream Pie (BCP). This was a long time ago. Can�t remember when i last had a slice. damnit.

Anyway, during that era of my life, i had already been trained by my Teachers to watch for my Clinging Attachments. Having easily spotted BCP as a significant one for a professional rock climber, i there and then vowed not to eat another slice of BCP until i had free climbed the Northwest Face of Half Dome in Yosemite Valley. Look it up. It�s big. Speaking of Clinging Attachment, to free climb Half Dome requires dwindling your bodyfat percentage and climbing ability to that of a Red Ant. In fact, by the 17th pitch (about 3,000 vertical feet off the ground) the only creatures up there are indeed, Red Ants.

In my typical Slow-To-Get-It-Done skill level, it required 5 years and a helluva lot of saying �no� to BCP to free climb Half Dome.

By the time i accomplished that goal?

I no longer wanted BCP.

Things change along the Way, my beautiful fitness warriors, even that which drives us inwardly toward our Highest Personal Summits.

I share this with you because when I read letters like the following actual training dialogue between WF Teacher Sheader and his student Toby, it makes my heart and soul expand like the UniVerse. I created WF to change character. In the following excerpt from his Online Training, you can viscerally feel a huge Shift in Student Toby�s character in regard to his relationship with his wife.

This, to me, is a huge paycheck.

Thank you Teacher Sheader.

Thank you, Student Toby.

Your efforts in changing your character toward the Higher Way has made me feel very wealthy tonight:

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Student Toby: �My observations of what Coach Ilg said about practicing non-judgement, the common technique of the ego to look for faults, and choosing to ‘let go and observe oneself’ really hit home for me. �I can be very critical, especialy to those closest to me, like my wife and kids. �This morning I got off the yoga mat, went back into the house and snapped at my wife for some of her limitations that were at the time expressing themselves and the state of our ever-messy

house. �Next time I will go back to my breath and look at what I can do to forward the situation, not create friction.

WF Teacher Sheader: Yes, every time one makes a step in expressing their higher self over the ego is another step closure to Awakening. I know the challenge of the h(om)elife well. Responding with kindness and what is truly loving (not co-dependant) is always the way to go.

Student Toby: Addendum to my last Cycle Summation – I weighed 151.5 this morning. �Those Slim Caps from SUNRIDER really work, don’t they. �Hope I don’t wither away. �:-)

WF Teacher Sheader: Not a chance, not with all the muscle we are putting on ya!