HP YOGA STUDIO TO CLOSE!
Coach Refocuses On Online Training, Retreats, and a Pioneering “Legacy” Website “WF Temple”
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�I get up.
I walk.
� I fall down.
� Meanwhile
� I keep Dancing.�
� – Hillel
Well, Noble Warriors, it�s time for you and i to engage our most difficult Yoga Practice yet: I need your strength and your understanding right now. No drama. HP Yoga is not going anywhere but to a larger field. However, on Wednesday, November 24th, 2004 necessity requires that i must roll the boulder over the entrance to our “Chi Cave” on Ventura Boulevard for the last time.�
The current schedule will remain intact until November 24th.
Impermanence and Non Attachment are primary Teachings, not just of Yoga, but of the grandest Sphere of our lives. I shall keep this brief, yet I wish to share this much with you:�� The business foundation of my studio was fundamentally quaked within two weeks of opening by the leaving of my partner at the time.� Instead of pulling out and saving myself a whole lot of debt and energy, i chose to do what my Noble Teachers sent me here to do;� Teach.�
Not just asana, but Yoga.�
HIGH PERFORMANCE YOGA�!
Having you see me close my Studio is part of my Teaching to you.� Elegance In Difficulty. Not once over the past year has even one of my classes suffered from a lack of quality or passion. Therein lies my Teaching; be brave and give whatever you have to share.
It is without one fiber of regret that� I chose to dig in my Warrior heels. My life has been made boundlessly more wealthy by sharing sweat and spirit with every one of you.� We put forth a beautiful, helpful ripple in LA. That�s important.
I have had the honor to begin yoga programs in seven different facilities throughout LA during my ten year �Big City Mission.� To date, thousands of people have heard their first �Namast� through my efforts. As I now regather Chi, I have a miraculous new Field to plough that will bring the unique empowerment of HP Yoga to perhaps millions of people. I must go to where i can help the most. I trust you will understand. Do not worry, Warriors, the HP vibe has already imprinted itself within you and that will only grow as you do. Also, through my books, products, workshops, retreats, and soon, my new �Legacy WebSite� of WholisticFitness.com, it will be very easy for all of you to enjoy an even greater access to HP Yoga� and her Father; Wholistic Fitness�. Trust me; you will be able to �keep your Practice strong and sincere.� After i told Front Desk Yogini Heather about needing to close our Cave, her words brought tears to my eyes,
�Steve,
You are not taking anything �away� from us. The spirit and power and love that you brought to all of us is a precious Gift. The power of your Teaching has permeated our cells and has forever changed positively our lives. You are not taking anything away from anyone.�
Phew. Heart opening stuff. Let me tell you, i�ve written entire books faster than it�s taken me to write this one email to you all.
In particular loving thanks as I prepare to Take Leave, i bow to Joy.� Indelibly moved have i been by her superb warriorism to jump� -� unasked -� into each of our daily battles, put in countless unpaid hours, and then execute superb asana teaching with her ever Healing Smile. Her devoted effort alone kept us open for as long as now.�
I bow to my Front Line of HP Yoga Devotee Staff; Heather,
Quentin, Karen, JoAnne, and Lenore.�
I bow to all my former Staff who gave what they could to our Cave.�
I bow to the Lineage of Great Teachers who made it possible for our humble, yet Powerful Light to shine along Ventura Boulevard!�� We touched some folks, did we!�� May their Inner Light continue to develop and be of benefit to all beings.
Most of all i bow to you, my faithful HP Yoga Sangha. Our Sacred Circle is not broken, nor has our Journey together ended.�� I feel you will deeply treasure the magnificent volume of� Sacred WF Teachings, both physical and philosophic, to be launched into the UniVerse via WholisticFitness.com.� I will certainly keep you posted as we near our launch date!
Maybe it was even you to whom I first taught, �Namast�.� So, without further ado, i fold my hands into Anjali Mudra, hold the image of you (sweating and smiling) in my Heart, and say…
Namaste,
Noble Warrior!
I bow to you.
That Is All.
– Coach Ilg, RYT/USCF
creator/High Performance� Yoga
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