Wholistic Fitness

Namaste beloved coach:
I started my HP journey in mid-august, 2008 with your HP PROP WORKOUT® …i was still searching for a teacher having only been in Flagstaff for 1 1/2 months. i used to “hate” ab work. your charisma and humor inspired me, and got me hooked…
– Julie “the petticoat yogini” M

Shavasana
(Corpse Posture)…

There is a time for letting go.

you know that ilg is a fierce teacher of ‘corpse pose.’

no fidgeting. corpses don’t move.

no thinking. corpses don’t think.

there are several different states of Shavasana which i’ll detail in an upcoming HP Yoga Update.

at her most elemental Level of understanding, Shavasana is a shucking of the ego. the trick to jettisoning our ego is not unlike skiing fast and smooth- you’ve got to accept the steepness of the slope. skiing requires a certain surrender to the steepness, a relaxation into speed, trust, and – most of all – Faith.

simarilarly, a well performed Shavasana demands a relaxation of our Soul back to Her Source. only during Shavasana does our body shift into an anabolic (cell building) state. even Lions must rest to gain greater strength.

if we think Zazen is tough,
Shavasana is tougher.
at least in Zazen we get to anchor
our mind.
in Shavasana,
we let go of mind.

that’s steep and very direct terrain.

yogic philosophy speaks of egoism (that ever-squealing aspect of our Self which insists upon seeing only separateness instead of union) as a ‘contraction’ or ‘tension’ in our Soul
(Atman). When i coach you to ‘relax completely’ and then proceed to patrol about our darkened Cave like a lynx in that luscious lingering of darkness during Shavasana, i’ll sometimes test the flaccidity of your limbs. if you find it difficult to relax the superficial tensions of jittery nerves, than – i have to tell you – it is impossible to relax the karmic tension which grips the deep core of our own being.

“In the end
these things matter most:
How well did you love?
How fully did you live?
How deeply did you let go?”
– Siddhārtha Gautama

i’ll see you in the Cave,

– your fiercely loving coach

above photo of joy in Snow Canyon, Utah by steve ilg

The HP Yoga®
Wholistic Progression System

Using the HP Yoga Wholistic Progression System in place at NAYC (and available in DVDs for your out-of-town friends and family), you will be assured of a great, safe, and wise way to slowly shift your body toward the yogic goal of JivaLaghuvata or ‘a yogic body of Light.’ Each Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday class affords unique physical, physiologic, and subtle training effects upon your body, mind, and spirit. As you continue to train within this system, you’ll joyfully feel renewed, recentered, and more whole…you’ll be able to tell by direct experience that this style was born from a Wholistic Fitness® tradition. There’s nothing quite like it!

Bodywork, Online, and private consulations and training sessions within the disciplines of strength, cardio, yoga, meditation, nutrition, fat loss, and lifestyle training are always available. It’s what i’ve done at a world-class level
since 1982. If you would enjoy myself or Joy to take a look at the Wholeness of your training, let us know.

Onward, Upward, and endlessly Inward…

your feeble teacher,

coach steve ilg

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