Wholistic Fitness

“The Zen “genius” sleeps in every one of us and demands an awakening.”
– D.T. Suzuki
contributed by HP Yogini Leslie

above; WF WARRIORS UP! Coach and RJ after another HP Yoga� Sweatfest in Los Angeles. Photo by Connie Ilg.

In WF Training, we don’t just use yoga to get slimmer and more supple. We use yoga, especially the HP Yoga style indigenous to Wholistic Fitness� to do the most important “posture” that any yogin can do; Dharma Protection…To serve and protect the Way of Virtue.

i designed HP Yoga philosophy and biomechanics to regain the Intent of “Original Yoga”: the sharpening of our individual Dharma Swords, so each ONE OF US are capable and willing and passionate to rush again and again onto the Battlefields of ego, ignorance, and spiritual slumber and attain Victory over those things. We use HP Yoga to stand strong and balanced “in our Stance” and in so doing , thus be prepared for every “instance” of defending Virtue and the Way of Appropriate Action, which is Wholistic Fitness Lifestyle Principle #3.

There is much Work to do.

We cannot waste time.

Train Hard, Oh Noble WF Warriors! Train Soft, Oh Noble Seekers of Union…do this every day in every Awake Way you can to protect and serve the Dharma!!!

Not even the powerful CHI from the WF Chi Cap can help Ron “RJ” Jones…a DL Favorite contributor over the years and my ultra-racing teammate, deadlift this crazy heavy Dumbbell at a recent Fitness Expo. That monster Dumbbell, by the way, was Clean and Jerked by the Iron Athletes! That’s YOGA, baby! You try it, Mr. or Mrs. Studio Yogin! Yikes!

I grant RJ the May, 2006 WF WARRIOR OF THE MONTH AWARD for his exemplary in-Stance of Dharma Protection as he relates the following ‘WF Warrior inStance” to his mom and dad below.

i bow to RJ.

i learn from RJ.

i am inspired by RJ.

May all Beings everywhere be freed from Ignorance and
knowing the causations of Ignorance,
be of Benefit to the Awakening of All Those Who Are Blessed to be Human.

Om So Ti,

coach ilg

***
Mom and Dad,
Tonight I did the right thing�or the appropriate action as Ilg calls it. I was at the sushi restaurant after a long 12+ day and post workout with a big day tomorrow for over 400 corporate clients at a yearly event. As I walked up there was a couple outside VERY drunk. Another couple was talking to them about not needing to drive. I went inside without saying anything; however, I had a bad feeling about the whole thing. After about ten minutes the sober couple came in and went to their friends who all started laughing at the drunk guy and making fun of him. The drunk girl had walked off and left already. I couldn�t stand it. I went to the door to see what was up. He was trying to get into the passenger side door of his car! I saw what car he was in then kept an eye on him through the window. The sober young couple went outside again to make fun of him and take photos of him staggering around with their phones then came back in laughing. I spoke up and asked if he planned on driving that he had NO business going anywhere and �someone� needed to call the police. I then told the restaurant that if they had served them it was not good for business to have wasted drunks leaving their business and trying to drive and that they needed to call the police. No one called. I ate my sushi�one eye on the fish and the warrior eye on the drunk. One thing had been determined that night. In this case fitness was going to be power and I�m in better shape than that fat ass AND that guy was NOT getting in the car unless he came through me first. All I could think about was him plowing into someone like Ronnie and Cade�someone�s innocent family. No one else in the restaurant stepped up to do the right thing�no one had the guts to do the right thing and no one had the brains to realize that it wasn�t funny at all. I paid the tab, went outside, called 911, stayed on hold, then reported the situation. I still couldn�t leave�the dude was staggering around the parking lot near the car and I was afraid he�d finally get in and take off�so I waited in the cold, tired, and wondering if the police would ever show up. He came back around but I was standing next to the car so he kept walking. I had other things I could be doing and I was tired, but I couldn�t let that guy get into the car�I had the chi�he did not! Finally the police showed up�I pointed the guy out and explained. They wheeled off and got the guy aside. A few minutes later they arrested him and put him in the car. I might have saved someone�s life�maybe the drunk guy�s�who knows. I�m glad I stayed. I�m glad I could have taken him out in one punch if I had to�I didn�t have to use my fitness to save anyone�s life tonight�the phone and my brain was enough to spare my muscle�how Zen! It was the right thing to do�so I did it.
Love,
Ronnie

Ron Jones, MS-LLC
Atlanta-Los Angeles
ACSM Health/Fitness Instructor
Corporate Wellcoach
ronjones.org

ps; RJ’s cycling and spiritual mentor, MultiSport, MultiWorld Champion Norm Hoffman was killed by a young car driver while road cycling near Bakersfield, CA. Norm’s indomitable, versatile, passionate spirit still burns Brightly in the WF Temple.