Wholistic Fitness

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JESUS CALLED…HE WANTS HIS RELIGION BACK

After my Early Morning Ritual on this special day,

i bow first to Desert Yogi Jesus Christ’s parents; Mary and Joseph…who, being the humble kind of folk they were, got kicked in the teeth innumerable ways and times while raising the baby and adolescent Jesus. May all parents everywhere be the people they wish their children to be…so those children Practice kindness and compassion to others when they grow up.

Amen.

i bow second to Desert Yogi Jesus Christ’s Teachers – embodied and otherwise – who enkindled the Fire and Light within
this Practitioner of Divine Presence.

Amen

i bow lastly to Maharishi Jesus Christ, a Master of Life and what you and i still know as “Death.” May we all reflect often enough on this remarkably devoted Karma Yogi who walked this talk like few Others. May we each apply His Teachings of Passion, ComPassion, ForGiveNess, and utter Ishvara Pranidhana (Devotion to one’s Accepted Lord) through his spirit, mind, sweat, flesh, and finally, all of His Blood. Jesus, you raised the Bar of Fierce Compassion and Love like no other; your Bravery as a Yogi inspires me Daily.

Amen.

May we each be brave enough, strong enough, and enduring enough to Apply His Teachings in the Here and Now as often as our feeble Practices may be.

Amen.

i will let Ananda take it from here, for her beautiful words mimic my own feelings perfectly:

Happy Holidays Most Cherished WF Warriors & Warior(esses)

The sweetest, most precious gift of this year has been
the presence of your amazing WF Spirits in my life.

i am honored and blessed to be on this journey
with you all. Our work two-gether fills my
heart with joy and gives meaning to my daily Practice of Metta.

May your Holiday Season be full of Mind-full-ness,
Satya and Compassion.

If or when you feel overwhelmed by the Holiday “fair”
i in-courage you to return to WF LifeStyle
Principle #1, Breath and Posture!

Remember…

the greatest gift you could give someone, including yourself, is LOVE!
( oh yeah, and Wholistic Fitness)

so when in doubt…LOVE, LOVE, LOVE.

or as Rumi says “The first gift of Love is to Listen.”

Here’s to a rockin 2006 !
May it be full of love, health, sacred sweat and “barefooted fun.”

I LOVE YOU!

teacher ananda

coach cranking the zen cooking chi and serving fish for Christmas Eve Dinner…

baby Ella…my niece…as my sister Connie, my Dad, and my brother in law, Norm (Connie’s husband) looks on

baby Mogeus, my nephew fresh from Ethiopia wondering what the hec this Christmas stuff is all about…

me holding hands with my little brother, Craig…we used to hold hands like this as children when we slept in two different beds with a small space between them. we would hold hands and sway them together until one of us fell asleep…

…me Gifting my beautiful, amazing, Warrioress of all Warrioress’s Mom…

…my Dad, stoked as hell about getting a Bronco football jacket and mug!…go BRONCOS!!!

…from our family to yours, in whatever Form it is taking this time around…

i send all of you my Dharma Blessings
and
Heightened Practice Insights for the new year!

i love all of you, so very, very much.

Namaste and Jai Christmas!!!

your humble Server of Sweat and Stillness…
coach ilg