Wholistic Fitness

Most Noble Sangha…

what a(nother) amazing day here in the Bubble…
my early morning Practice was saturated with pranic waves of inner depth and Divine vibration…which is not always the case…in fact, still, a lot of my personal Practices remain mere Grunt Work, trusting in the Higher Ones that they are registering my feeble yet stalwart attempts to cleanse my karmic storehouse of ineptitude, lazy habits, and poor willingness…

then, it was into a Private Session with a fantastic new student who, during our cardio workout which included some stair intervals, promptly threw up.  i’m serious.  and you wonder why it’s hard for me to retain students?

then i taught a beautiful HP Slow Flow at the Durango RockLounge – which i’ve come to call ‘The River Cave’ for it is poised beautifully above the sacred Animas River which is really beginning to churn.   i only had three students, yet, three to me is as important – if not financially great – as 300.  what a great time…i just shake my head at wondering why more people don’t show up and truly share a real lunch hour of power…

then, before heading over to help Joy and Dewa teach our Earth Day Community Family Yoga Class at YogaDurango on Main,  i had the unique opportunity to stop by the Durango Performance Center headed up by my friend and champion triathlete;  Molly Hummel, who took 2nd in my Winter Warrior Snowshoe Race – and my ol’ Durango bro;  Dr. Bruce Andrea…today, Molly and Dr. A were re-testing the cardio physiology of Durango’s own Olympic Nordic Biathlete; Lanny Barnes…a TOTAL nordic Heroine (and friend) of mine…check it out:

here’s Molly, fresh off another win at the Tri-The-Rim Triathlon last weekend, preparing the tubes and mask for Lanny’s threshold effort to take place on the treadmill.  The Norwegians actually test their skiers on a special harness/treadmill affair which allows them more accurate, sport-specific readings on their nordic ski racers…Americans aren’t (sadly) into nordic ski racing as much, so we gotta stick our skiers on treadmills, as if they were runners.

Molly (right) sets up Lanny with the Mask Of Pain…i did a Max VO2 test way back in like 1989…did okay, nothing great, then again, ilg ain’t no Lance Armstrong, either.  ilg’s Message lies in my wholeness,  not just one physiologic specialty, like cardio fitness…ilg remains AMAZED and INSPIRED by athletes such as Lanny (i ski on her used skis!) and how impeccably focused she is as she…

…crushes the treadmill into oblivion,  nearly falling off it as she reached her peak effort…from L-R;  a reporter, Molly, Dr. A, and Lanny crushin’ it!

if you are interested,  during your next WF Private Intensive here in Durango,  we can test you, as well…
doing so really dials in coachable/trainable aspects of your sport performance…

if you’re into things like
rising Ever Higher…

head bowed,

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