Wholistic Fitness

RE: DL QUIZ…Why Coach Lives In LA for a $50 WF Gift Certificate (see DL, June 21)

Coach,

Here’s a perspective on your quiz:

When we came out to LA for my intensive in February we

had a sense of why you were in LA and why we were

attracted to it.

In one word — Beauty. The contradictory Beauty of

the world. It’s yin and yang.

You’ve got the Beauty of LA’s topography (natural and

human made).

There’s the cultural riches and poverty that comes

along with Hollywood and the like. So you’re in the

center of cultural shifts (not just tectonic ones) in

how we present ourselves as a People.

More importantly, though, you have layout of the city

in the midst of beaches and mountains — right on a

magnificent coast. Head to the beach for surfing and

swimming, ride Grunt up the mountain… and, like

that, you could be snowshoeing or skiing.

You’ve written about it before, and I experienced it

myself, in a city so flooded with people and other

things, look at that photo! Student Ludgate is only

pictured with trees — only beautiful trees, melting

snow, and the magnificent vista that the San Bernadino

or the other mountains offer.

You can be (ALONE!) with the Beauty of Nature in no

time.

Gassho,

Bryan