Wholistic Fitness

Namaste Noble HP Yogis!

NOVEMBER 2003 UPDATE

�It�s the quiet mind that doesn�t mind the quiet.�

– Coach Ilg

Week Seven has dawned across our HP Yoga Studio. The transformation of our humble �Practice Cave� on Ventura has spread dharma waves over students, studio, and the entire neighborhood! Multilayered miracles sprout forth from our studio daily. Several HP Yogic Warriors have risen to charm my entire staff; Students Eric, Wissam, Melissa, Steve, Jim, Clay, Timar, Kirsten, and Michelle are among the many beautiful peaceful warriors whose consistency over the past month has truly affected many people in positive ways. It�s not just that the shape and function of their bodies are transforming in front of our eyes, but their mental and spiritual poise is a chief re-minder of why i wanted to build a yoga studio in the first place. THANK YOU for being so devoted and so strong in your Practice…all of you!

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NEW TEACHER, NEW CLASSES, NEW SCHEDULE

Go to www.HighPerformanceYoga.com today and click on Schedule to download our latest (11/1) Schedule.

Our Teaching Staff is gelling into only the most devoted and passionate servers of the amazing Path of Yoga. It is my honor to welcome Ambre to the HP Teaching Staff. Ambre is yet another gifted Teacher coming to us with the blessings of Mark Blanchards Power Yoga studio in Studio City (www.MarkBlanchardsPowerYoga.com). Her presence graces our AMAZING noon slot M-F along with Joy. Ambre teaches Tuesdays and Thursdays while our current �star teacher� Joy teaching Monday, Wednesdays, and Fridays at noon also. Here is what Ambre says about where her teaching comes from:

“I cannot describe how much this has affected and changed me because it comes from places deep inside, remote passages into a center I never knew existed. I have taken Teacher Training from Lisa Walford and Maty Ezraty at Yogaworks and from Mark Blanchard and Brenda Strong. My only wish as a teacher is to present possibilities to people. We set our own expectations and our own limits; but Yoga is limitless.”

HP PROP WORKOUTS GOING CRAZY!

The yogis gods must be crazy. You guys are LOVING my utterly unique �HP Prop Workouts� which I designed to pretty much do away with anyone needing a gym membership! This class blurs the line between gym style training and yogic vinyasa flows. The class uses yoga blocks like dumbbells and is expertly choreographed from a Western sport physiologic perspective while preserving the authenticity of a yoga Practice. Nothing like it. The training effect from just one Prop Workout instantly carries over into �normal� yoga classes. Come, join the uh…fun? Yeah, FUN (after your legs, chest, arms and abs recover that is!).

PRAYER WHEEL

The beautiful �feel� of the front desk area is palatable. I�ve added an authentic, handmade Tibetan Prayer Wheel that i invite you to whirl each time you enter and leave. Once omnipotent in Tibet before the Chinese takeover, the wheels are still spun daily and continuously by both monk and householder across the world to send forth prayers of compassion toward all beings. For extra spiritual credit and power, you can recite the national chant of Tibet, �Om Mani Padme Hung� while spinning the Wheel.

THE HP VORTEX

The powerful vortex of our studio (an extension of my own Practice places from SW Colorado and New Mexico) is so peacefully strong that many of you have found peace in just hanging out before or after class with HP Devotees Teacher Q, Justin (i call him, �JustHere�), Carlos, and of course our resident bodhisattva/GM; Greg �Kalyana Mitra� Diaz. This is precisely what i intended; a gathering place (desa) for like-minded spiritual aspirants to feel h(om)e. Please, feel free to come and hang with the HP gang of peaceful warriors at any time!

It is also gives me deep pleasure to announce that the utterly lovely HP Warrioress, Jessica, will be attending Front Desk duties. Jessica was one of my first HP Yoga Students several years ago when i started the PowerHouse Gym yoga program in Chatsworth. Welcome h(om)e, Jessica!

COMPLIMENTARY TEA TIME!

Thanks to Devotee JustHere, we now offer complimentary Calli Beverage or Fortune Delight…two pivotal cleansing herbal teas that melt fat off your body and toxins from your cells. We�ve arranged the SUNRIDER HERBS quite intelligently and according to my professional use of them with athletes and spiritual warriors for twenty years; Shelf One is the Cleansing Phase (3 months), Shelf Two is the Empowerment Phase (3 months), and Shelf Three contains the Maintenance Phase. See the enclosed Upcoming Events schedule for my �An Evening of Herbs and Ilg� presentation for more on this whole food herbal foods and skin care to compliment your yogic lifestyle in the most powerful of ways.

If you are NOT on the herbs, baby…git on �em. There are the IDEAL yogi food. As close to eating �Pran� as possible!

UPCOMING EVENTS!

Watch your email for the UPCOMING EVENTS at the HP YOGA STUDIO…the one-stop Practice Place for Awakening Warriors!

THANK YOU!

I cannot believe how many of you are so sweet to send me such LOVELY emails of thanks and appreciation! Keep them coming…trust me, for us Servers of the Noble Path, your appreciation is our main form of paychecks! Here is an example from Student Eric recently;

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�Hi Steve,

Thank you again for an amazing class – I felt so invigorated. I can definitely feel and see my body changing. I know it will continue to take a commitment on my part, but I’ve finally found a method of exercising that has been spiritually awakening – thanks to you and the other teachers.

I was wondering what your schedule is like for the bodywork we talked about as I know that will definitely help, and thank you for that suggestion too.

See you soon and thank you again!

Namaste,

Student Eric�

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On behalf of my humble but powerful HP Teaching and Front Desk Staff, i bow to you.

See you in class and May Your Practice Be Strong and Sincere…

coach ilg, RYT

founder/HP Yoga