ON ANY GIVEN INTENSIVE; From Grappler Training to Sedona Sacred Places…
Our Humble Temple H(om)e was recently graced by a most polite, fiercely strong grappler/surgeon, Alex. This warrior stayed with Ananda and i beneath the Sacred Peak for two amazing days of WF Private Intensive training…This shot, taken on Day Two, shows me coaching Warrior Alex through a shared, “Weenie Workout” that left Alex with some key insights and hideously pumped forearms (hey, i know a trick or two about training forearm/finger strength from my rock climbing days!)check out his Padmasambhava steady gaze, the elegant spine, the Connection with earth and breath (sky). This kid was soooo fun to train…oh, did i mention Alex wanted to go rock climbing during his intensive…
…well, here at the Source of All Multisport/Multidisciplined Training, we aim to Serve you Higher than anyone else on the Planet, baby…so i took the sharp end of the rope from Ananda and led up “Duck Soup” at the Overlook to create an upper belay for Warrior Alex…
“After Coach led the climb and it was my turn, i was so nervous…i had to go back to my Breathing Practices to calm myself, i felt like i was getting ready for a grappling match,” admitted Alex to Ananda at the base of the climb. Alex, who has mastered several martial arts, though you have to force his mouth open to admit it, has travelled to China and has studied under great Teachers. yet he speaks of reading DL as his, “Lifeblood, every day,” and has embraced SUNRIDER herbs like crazy into his life. The people that know the CHI, that, like Alex, LIVE and RECOGNIZE the CHI, immediately tap into both WF and SUNRIDER Herbs…why? Cuz the CHI is just soooooo evidently clear, powerful, and transforming!
This is the final pic of Warrior Alex, giving us a “Thumbs Up, Life is Go(o)d” mudra, as Day Two came to a heart-touching end in the Vortex studded Sacred Land of Sedona…after we left Alex vibrating with a “crystal spine, diamond mind�”, he said, “This intensive was sooooo much more than i had imagined…people have no idea of how much Love and Light you guys give…thank you, Sensei.” Ananda and i, already under the influence of Sedona’s etheric powers, cried like little babies as we watched our Warrior Physician drive away into a flaming red rock sunset. Happy and Centered, may Warrior Alex always hold his scapel with greater calm and chi-enchanced focus and a heart that beats more peacefully as he saves other people’s hearts. “Ripples make waves.” – Coach Ilg
Ananda and i had some business to do in Sedona (think; Upcoming WF/HP Yoga Retreats!). Then i had some more Vortex Research to perform, so i took Ananda on the 6 mile jaw-dropping, energy body empowering hike into Boynton Canyon Vortex, the Creation Home of the Yavapai. I have been meditating in these Vortices for my entire life and the Information that comes through them is translated through my humble capacities into the Teachings of Wholistic Fitness and HP Yoga. I am working on a book project involving the energetic influence from this Sacred Spaces upon our subtle anatomy and how it relates to our Transpersonal Fitness potentiation. I am certain it will be yet another National BestSeller like all my books have been. (hey, what can i say…i guess the Outer World just can’t yet GROCK what you and i live and love so much; Wholistic Fitness!…thus, we remain a humble Temple up on a high desert hill.) Boynton Canyon Vortex is a particularly powerful “introspective” Vortex. Let me just say that our shared experiences within this Sacred Place was too great for my tongue and mind to Connect for you. My vocabulary is neither prolific enough nor potent enough to describe for you what transpired in this dreamlike meditation expedition…a few photos are but whispers from the Eternity which coiled Itself around our crystal spines and diamond minds…May all Beings realize the utter importance of Daily and Ritual Meditation…
example of an “energy cairn�”…my term…these cairns dot the trail into the Vortex by the hundreds. they serve a number of ritual and practical purposes such as amplifying the axial earth energy to enhance meditation. note the obvious defiance of “physics” as this native structure remains bewilderingly balanced on a wet rock, through wind, rain, and snow. i pity the poor Skeptics whose internal cell clarity is not yet Vibrant enough to Feel the Energy of the Land here and make mockery of those who come and sit quietly in these places…
a shot of me near the Medicine Wheel of Boynton Canyon, surrounded by a literal “City of Energy Cairns.” the effect from meditating in this particular Wheel is, well, dizzying! i had to PhotoShop several pics from this place, the Energy of the Wheel was so great that it kept defying clear picture taking!
the hike/run we did into and from the Vortex carried us over a carpet of autumnal leaves so thick that at times we lost the trail and were caught in what Ananda described as a, “most dreamlike, brilliant version of Alice In Wonderland.”
…when i sit in a Vortex and meditate, i allow the power of the Vortex to Cleanse and re-Amp my personal Mala beads next to the Red Earth…
when we returned h(om)e (5)
snow, on the Sacred Mountain (7)
shimmered like jewels (5)
May your Practice remain Empowered and Inspired…
i’m going snowshoing on some fresh, sacred snow and Dance with the Mountain Gods…
Namaste,
coach ilg
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