Wholistic Fitness

Coach,

First I would like to say that I was extremely touched by your words on DL.
It confirmed the type of person you are on a personal level and for that I am
greatful. I wanted to write to you today (the first day of THE cosmic yang) to
ask more or less why things work out the way they do. I know there is probably
no real answer but I find it miraculous how and when things happen in life.
About a year ago I was in a 4 year relationship with a extremely nice and smart
girl. She soon wanted to get engaged. Recognizing that I was only a sophomore
in college I did not act on that right away. Then the beginning of that spring
semester, I was assigned a seat next to this beautiful girl (we’ll call her
girl X) in one of my classes. From the very first day of talking with her to
the last day of that semester was a true joy. She was striving to be an
acupuncturist (my mother is an LaC), she also regularily did yoga,
crosstraining, and meditation. There was an attraction not neccessarily to
date her but a self realization that my past 4 years, while nice, had been
stagnant and filled with false contentment. Soon after meeting her, I broke up
with the g/f and started doing yoga in an attempt to spend more time with girl
X. Soon summer had come and we parted ways. When I was first introduced to
yoga, I had gone with a firend that would usually go on about how she’s going
to hot room yoga and I’d say “cool” (thinking to myself, oh I guess girls do
that kind of thing). My mind soon changed as I was introduced to my first
session in the wheelhouse of pain (and pleasure)! Lifting weights and playing
basketball had always been a part of my life but yoga was something that
brought the balance that I was looking for but did know how to attain. From
there I looked for a way to combine my love for strength training with my new
found love for yoga. One day I searched for yoga articles on bodybuilding.com.
Sure enough there was a Q&A article on yoga. A guy had asked the question: how
do I combine weights and yoga? The kind woman answered by recommmending two
books REAL MEN DO YOGA and TBT. I picked up both books before leaving for
summer vacation. Through the knowledge I have gained form your book among
other readings ( some of which you had recommended in your book ) has made me a
better person. To top it all off, I saw girl X today on a beautiful day in
Tucson and had an wonderful conversation on wholistic fitness and I couldn’t
help but name drop ( “you don’t know wholistic fitness until you’ve been abused
by the ilg train”). Just kidding. Anyways, I guess my conclusion/question is
that if I hadn’t chose to take that class, asked to go to yoga with my friend,
talked to girl X outside of class, parting ways with the g/f, bought your book,
strive to make improvements in my life…then I would be living a life that
would in many ways an unmotivated, selfish, superficial, and reserved one huh?
After writing all this to you I am truly appreciative of the unbelieveable
events that have transpired in life (go(o)d and bad) that have led to this
moment…Truly a miracle.

from an eternally grateful student

I bow to you coach

namaste

Sike

COACH RESPONDS:
Noble One On The Path,

what does it matter how you got Here Now?
the point is you were working on yourself (doing yoga) and whenever we
work on ourselves, God begins sending us angels, signs, and inSights to
help us stay Awake
and
Rising Higher toward Him.
so, i say to you, Beautiful Warrior Who Has Awoke:
“Just Listen
and
keep your Practices strong and sincere and surrendered to the Go(o)d within.”

om so ti,

coach ilg