Wholistic Fitness

i think he likes me…just wish these Students would wipe their slobber from their noses before kissin’ all over me! During a MTB ride, Ananda captured me and Master Student and WF Website Devotee Hakado Ru (aka; john) in the pines..hate when that happens! Hakado visited the WF Temple recently and we went over the new changes for the website. we would have gotten more work done except, well, there is allWays too much FUN to be had breathing and moving in God’s Playground!

“Steve & Joy,
It was a pleasure visiting the new Tribal HQ, a privilege to hook up with El Coache again and a true honor to meet Joy…a fellow class of 85’er.

There is definitely an energy or vibe there. The place is friggin’ ALIVE with vibration. I was wide awake at 4 a.m. on Sunday morning and had to force myself to stay in. I figured I’d be tired from the drive, lack of “real” food on Saturday, etc. But, just the opposite. I felt completely energized.

I definitely noticed the absence of that energy once I got on the road and especially once I returned to my home in Vegas. A sign that much work needs to be done in my home temple. Although I do not have the luxury of a dedicated zendo, I must make the entire home one.

Love,

John”

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STUDENT SASSO on “Pukability and The Wisdom of Intervals”

ever do intervals on sand? oh, you’ll feel like puking…upside? if you do, the puke tends to blend in well with sand. Ananda crankin’ through some cinders; Southern Utah style

“I am feeling slimmer, trimmer and more agile. I�m feeling a renewed commitment to the physical practices.

Intervals…a bit of a philosophical breakthrough of sorts. Towards the end, as I was cooling down, I remembered a comment by a student in DL about wanting to overcome the �sucking eggs� feeling during intervals. I think that�s part of the secret wisdom of intervals: the acceptance that you�ll never overcome that feeling. Even as we get fitter, if you don�t get that �I�m going to puke� feeling, you�re not pushing yourself hard enough.

And the thing is that the training effect is such that as you do get fitter, it�s harder (requires more muscle energy) to get that puking feeling, I think. At the beginning, you can real levels of pukability quite easily. As you progress, it requires more and more to get there. I think it�s exponential. So, you might think that you�re just not sucking eggs anymore and that you�re fitness level is improving, which it is. In order to keep the fitness level improving, though, you need to push harder on those intervals.

It was all sounding much more elegant and profound when I was outside running on the trail yesterday.

WF Online Student Sasso
report from her Cycle Summation; Feathered Lizard Program; meso 1

COACH ADDS:
with Abhyasa, the WF Practictioner builds a tolerance to the intense abdomino/thoracic pressures created by interval training. the organ attachments and insertions, and the walls of the vessels themselves experience a hypertrophic response, thus, the “pukability factor” decreases. if you are one to puke during high intensity cardio, focus on twisting postures in yoga, they will increase the ceiling of your puke tolerance. god i love this Path!

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The power gain in me is noticeable, that Cosmic Yang is one hell of a programme….
Humbly as always
WF Online Student Simon Ash of Great Britain

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One of the top selling Temple Products of 2005; WF Blessed Mala Beads. Each one is only delivered to you after a 3-Day Empowerment Ritual by myself right at the WF Home Zendo. Synchronicity begins dancing with auspicious delight cast upon the Wearer of WF Tribal Malas! This is a shot of mine being soaked in the Boynton Canyon Vortex in Sedona. Some Students send their Blessed Malas back to me after a year for a ReCharge. smart idea. these beads take on a LOT of the outer worldly crap that would otherwise hit your cells. They like to be ReCharged every year or so.

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RE: DL 1*30*06

Coach:
Excellent DL today! Very inspiring. It is nice to see sometimes the bigger picture of what is going on in WF, so as not to get lost in the details.

Love
WF Online Student feather

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Most noble Coach,
I know you get a bazillion e-mails, but I just wanted you to know that your words reach far…

Yogini J9

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RE: DL 1/25:

Hello from SF you wonderful, shining beacon in the dark,

First, I just want to say thanks for yesterdays (1/25) DL. The power radiating from that backbend knocked me back in my chair and took my breath.

I was rereading �The Snow Leopard� on the train this morning and came upon a passage that I had highlighted with �Steve Ilg� next to it:

�However, I am getting hardened: I walk lighter, stumble less, with more spring in leg and lung, keeping my center of gravity deep in the belly, and letting that center �see�. At these times, I am free of vertigo, even in dangerous places; my feet move naturally to firm footholds, and I flow. But sometimes for a day or more, I lose this feel of things, my breath is high up in my chest, and then I cling to the cliff edge as to life itself.�

Wow!

Have a wonderful day.

Kevin

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RE: DL 1/27

blessings my coach in this divine dance…………DL between you and new online student ( jan 27 ) Whew—-push buttons with my own dragon slayin efforts why don’t ya…….then you throw Karl’s chi in my face and here i am feeling the blues because this california spoiled warrior won’t get in the pool in the rain……….my yoga this AM—your prop yoga dvd was dedicated to student karl and his chi and efforts on all our behalves………….so g(o)od to feel part of your tribe !

i was TAF this morning how absolutely incredible it is that you have been on the WF journey and the herbs for so long……when i digest that knowing, it is quite something. Defies words really yet sends such a feeling of awe inspiring energy down my spine . At my 75th birthday i’ll be able to say i have been on this path for 25 years—–i know i know one step at a time , one herb at a time and one friggin jump squat at a time !

feeling the WF vibe……….
WF Online Student shel

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SOMETHING IS ODD ABOUT WF MYSTIQUE…

Steve,

Interesting choice of symbols to send me…i received your OM symbol in the email…your only response to a letter i wrote you. i did not know what to think of it. that night, ironically, I applied the wholisticfitness.com decal to the rear window of my truck. I rubbed down hard on the backing, then peeled it off. As I was peeling the backing, I noticed that not all of the letters were sticking to the window.

I muttered “Fuck it!”

Since it was dark and the letter were black, I shone the flashlight on the window to see if what did stick.

“i n om”

I figured I’d leave that divine message right where it was.

John

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RE: DL 1*28*06

Dear Coach,
You got me to laugh out loud with your metaphorical �Home Depot of Inner Work� (DL;1*28*06)�in that instant I saw a flash of you with your orange apron welcoming us to the WF tool shed. And ain�t that what it really is?!? Anyway, great dialogue in DL and I hope that this student sticks with it (I sense that s/he will).

Namaste.

WF Online Student michael
of Clan Haku
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Namaste, Sweet Coach~

Thank you for these words and today’s (every day’s) DL.

The compassion and love that flows through you makes me smile, giggle and dance. cha cha cha!

My practices have been met every day with a new awareness, a new passion. My nutritional choices have
mostly been appropriate, and my SR regiment steady.

I’m excited by the shifts I feel and hear within myself when I think of others and talk with people. I TAF
that I’m more actively listening and bringing less ego into my words.

I sit with a page, a paragraph, a sentence from The Miracle of Mindfulness. I’ve felt myself wanting to
ask you, “what does this passage mean?” “Is this what he’s talking about?” I’m recognizing where the
voice is coming from and am engaging myself to trust me – trust that I will see.

In flight,
new WF Online Student susan
of Clan Ananda

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Missing the HP Yoga� vibe in LA…a shot of some HP Yogic Warriors during an “Adventure Sunday” workout in the Santa Monica Mountains just out the door of the once powerful, chi-filled HP Yoga� Studio in LA.

Steve,
Miss you man!! Loved those intense sweat sessions at Powerhouse and the HP studio!! I might have to drive to Flagstaff for a class:) I hear there’s a possibility of you coming to LA in Feb. or March? Teaching at Mark Blanchard’s also I hope?

Nat

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Until we meet and gather like this again…may all your cardio sessions sing with divine sweat and may all your meditations sweat with the divine song…there ain’t NOTHING like WF on the planet, and there sure ain’t NOTHING like YOU…Oh Noble WF Student…Highly Skilled Across The Fitness Spectrum Yogic Warriors…From beneath the towering Ponderosa and cobalt carpet of Father Sky…Ananda and i bow to you. Raise your Heart Rate today; you will feel the WF Chi…Sit in Silence Today…you will feel our Love for your Inner Work.

the worlds needs Warriors of Light…
that means you
be brave today and not let the UnAwakened dim your Limitless Radiance…
have compassion for those who operate from Fear…
drop into your HeartSpace and CRANK THE LOVE, baby!
cuz
Love
is
all
there
is!