Wholistic Fitness

For better or for worse – to put it Dualistically – i write this Blog (one of the first Subscription Blogs in the country) straight from my DharmaHeart.

rare is it when i simply copy-and-paste other peoples writings, photos, and videos in a cheap effort to gain your interest.

ilg has never been interested in gaining your interest.

i want your Soul.

i TAF you have come to respect and honor and even count upon a genuine chi hit and teaching from me, regardless of the quality that you feel from my near daily attempts to reach into your spiritual heart and elevate your intention behind and beyond your sweat and stillness.

over the past year, many of you have sent to me various links to inspiring photos and videos which have moved you.

what follows are the Most Sent To Coach
Photo
and
Videos
plus my own pick of a most inspiring video.

here we go:

MOST SENT IN VIDEO LINK FROM OUR STUDENTS:

i guess many of you still realize the extreme sport background from which i came, and thus, with the young kids going absolutely off the chart, my InBox is often stuffed with emails to extreme sport links from you with messages like, “Coach! Can you BELIEVE THIS?”

answer is; yes.

and…no.

when i competed in the first unofficial World Extreme Ski Championships, it was with a custom made, wooden, split-tailed snowboard with bitchin’ custom graphics based upon the WF Logo which was known back then (late seventies) as “Custom Fit”…not Wholistic Fitness…that was a far cry from Terjes First Descent video which claims the top spot of the videos you sent me…it’s 3.5 minutes that will certainly elevate your chi:
Terjes First Descent

MOST SENT IN VIDEO LINK FROM WF FANS AND FRIENDS:

i’ve ski jumped.
i’ve cliff jumped.
i’ve pinnacle jumped.
i’ve hang glided.

however,
i TAF i might need Dewa to grow up a bit more before i combine ALL those elements
into this:

Ski/Wingsuit

MOST SENT IN PHOTO:

i made my affections for presidential contender Barack Obama public early in 2008 with a DL within which i stated, “There is a lot of ‘OM’ in OBAMA.” as Obama mania began to torch the hearts of our nation, this photo was being consistently sent to me:

MOST COMMENTED UPON DL PHOTO:

i am very touched with the profundity of DL photography which has always been a torrential downpour of inspiring pictures. though my photo; Dewa And Ananda At Sunset – was a close runner up, my feeble photographic skill set could not match the professionalism of HP Yogi James Q Martin
as he took this shot during a photo shoot recently for a Patagonia catalog with my Precious Rinpoche Daughter, Dewachen. i like to refer to this photo as, “The Fruit Doesn’t Fall From From The Tree.”

COACH’s TOP YOUTUBE® PICK OF THE YEAR:

Garchen Rinpoche Video

most recently sent in by WF Devotee Jud Wynne, the Garchen Monastery is located just a drive south of the WF Temple H(om)e…in fact, you can see the Sacred Peak from the Monastery which can be virtually explored right here:
Garchen Monastery

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May All Beings Associated With These Tremendous Chi Offerings Be Blessed And May Your Practice Benefit From These Offerings of Sweat, Stillness, and Spirit…

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note:
i will be doing a special release of a photo book;
25 CLASSIC WF CHI HITS OF 2008; Captured M(om)ents of a WF Life. let me know if you want me to notify you upon its completion.

i gotta get up to the ski area and find a cliff to jump off…

head bowed,
your mountain yogi