Wholistic Fitness

Namaste Noble Ones!
okay, i know i promised to finish Part II of HONORING CARDIO AS YOGA, and my intent is still to do so. however, the “dog” must have eaten my rough draft cuz i can’t find it anywhere. since i basically “channel” these DLs (some of which can take me several hours to write) i will have to Practice some more and empty myself and wait for the next Divine Download to finish that potent essay. hang in there with me…it ain’t like i am some damn Fiction paperback author with a staff to help me crank these DLs out…it’s just me, your ol’ coach! So thanks for your Patience.

I must be in a HolyDay mood, cuz for today i’m gonna let you view my Monthly Practice Stats with Synopsis. These are edited, of course, for your safety. As always, DO NOT ATTEMPT to mimic my Training Volumes and Sport Performances on my extremely low caloric intake. You will injure yourself and damage your subtle anatomy. Much better to sign up for WF Online Training and let us Guide you naturally toward such powers. You CAN do what i do, i promise! However, keep in mind that i follow my Teacher’s instructions carefully and i have been Practicing Wholistic Fitness for over 25 years along with eating the SUNRIDER Royal Herbs for 22 years! Also, i am taking BioBuilde (TM) Amino Acids (use my link on my website to get my complimentary Guidance!)as i have made public. As evidenced by my summer of racing, these Aminos are regenerating me from my workouts and recovering from high intensity sessions. keeping the body in a positive nitrogen balance is Job #1 for the wise athlete. What i am saying is: There are no shortcuts. Just Begin where you are. I make my Training Diaries public to serve as inspiration, not as an astral coaching directive to go and attempt to match my volumes.

Oh, i forgot to mention below that i did sent a new “Zen Dart” personal record last month. Get this: 1 minute and 04 seconds! that’s all the way around the DartBoard (#1-20) plus 2 bulls-eyes! i’m certain with all the talented Warriors in this Tribe however, you will probably beat that mark. GO FOR IT! i found yet another new throwing technique which i call my “Perch and Push” Technique. the new mark felt quite easily and my average game time is now around 1:40! i know i can break the 1 minute barrier soon! Hey, some people watch TV to take a break from office work…this yogi uses Zen Darts to empty my mind, get clear, and enhance Dharana. Warriors are allWays “on” their Practice in some way, shape, or form.
May your own Practice be strong and sincere and i am LOVING all the great dharma going on in the WF SanghaLounge! there is mounting winter training talk in the Lounge right now and deals for you Sport Snowshoers out there! soooo Blessed we are to have this humble, Noble Path of the Ancients re-tooled for our modern era…

om so ti,
coach ilg
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COACH ILG’s PRACTICE STATS: NOVEMBER, 2006

The beginner’s mind is an open mind, an empty mind, a ready mind, and if we really listen with a beginner’s mind, we might really begin to hear. For if we listen with a silent mind, as free as possible from the clamor of preconceived ideas, a possibility will be created for the truth of the teachings to pierce us, and for the meaning of life and death to become increasingly and startlingly clear.
My master Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche said: “The more and more you listen, the more and more you hear; the more and more you hear, the deeper and deeper your understanding becomes.”
– Sogyal Rinpoche

NOVEMBER PRACTICE STATS:

Strength Training Hours =2.50 (i did 6 ST workouts averaging about a half hour each )
down by 30 minutes from Oct.
down by half hour from November, yet the highly concentrated, high intensity sessions included more plyometric training specific to nordic skiing as i prep for Mt. Taylor Winter Quadrathlon. my ST sessions these days are more inwardly concentrated upon the yogic bandhas and nadic line than some of my asana sessions! take THAT Yoga Journal!!!

Cardio Training Hours = 38.75 (average of 1 1/2 hours per day)
down from 39.25 in Oct.
i was able to Katoola the Sacred Peak several times and actually did two Ski Descents on my mini skis; utterly fantastic fun!!!also, a huge MTB skill breakthrough for me on the 19th under the tutelage of Sensei; i am mastering rolling over fallen trees and big boulder drop-offs and bullet passes like never before! it’s all YOGA, baby! finishing up getting footage for my new Snowshoe DVD on Sacred Peak; it’s gonna be GREAT! stoked! in New Mexico, i rode a club ride with my old bros and shattered the group with one only kid heading for the mid-sprint prime; i did not know where the line was, yet still got 4th! i had not been on my road bike all month! so many cyclists in the peleton suffer from so many postural and physiologic dis-ease which could be sooooo easily mitigated by WF! they still seem scared literally stiff of yoga; why?!?! oh well, guess i will just keep kicking their asses on a third or less of their on-bike training volumes! geez….whatever!

Yoga (asana) Hours: 52.25 hours (average of nearly two hours daily)
down from 58.25 in Oct.
Toilet Yoga remains the steadfast ally for the ongoing development of my spine healing and internal energetics. during asana sessions, pratyhara comes fast and deep as i embark on drilling nadic fitness throughout muladhara/svadhisthana granthis and continue to break down and open into my “Jesus Granthis”; yoga is AMAZING!!!!!!! backbends really paying off now in my Cardio; on the Sacred Peak, my mountaineering efforts are carrying huge average speeds with seemingly little perceived effort; it’s like i feel like i am at Z2 or low Z3 and yet, my speed is near record pace w/o trying. much Laghava and my Pranic Fields seem to jump in amplification above 10,000′. Mantra seeps into every cell…all of this is just tip of the ilg iceberg; so hard to put into words…i feel so ready to renounce, yet so much Outer World suffering! must continue to do my best to Teach for a while longer yet…

Meditation Hours: 50.50 hours (average of nearly two hours daily)
up from 46.25 in Oct.!!!
{INSIGHTS FROM WITHIN MY PRACTICE OF THIS DISCIPLINE NOT AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEWING…it would be misleading and confusing to you and thus not safe. i must honor my Teacher’s commands and not make public that which is reserved for Teacher/Student training. I will say this much; Pranayama!}

Nutrition; average of 1556 kcals/day!!! PR of the year!
down from 1692 kcals/day in Oct.!!!
Ahara jaya (mastery of food; a Yogic mandatory requirement) was singingly easy this month. SUNRIDER Herbs an absolute GodSend and my ongoing experiment and embrace of BioBuilde Amino Acids obviously continue to keep me in a positive nitrogen balance. when A and i went to LA and then to New Mexico; i experienced HUGE SURGES in overall energy. for me, the reliance upon muscle/oxygen/calories for energy nows seems as archaic a system as the Conestoga Wagons! As the herbs continue to intensify my pranic fields, my capacity to manage the vayus continues to develop and enchant me ever deeper within (Pratyhara!!!). All muscle strength and nadic flows continue to progress in my weak/imbalanced/injured regions. my physical pain is my “red stripe” for Dharana and is now easily targeting and often erased by strength of mind followed by the Pranic Power which overrides all tensions and pain; scintillating stuff!!! why are MORE PEOPLE engaged with INNER ATTAINMENT instead of their addiction to ENTERTAINMENT!?!?!??!