Wholistic Fitness

as he’s done from the Beginning, Coach takes aim at the conventional fitness world’s latest notions of Warming Up and provides his Tribe with the cOMmon sense of proven wholeness. Here is Part One of his Wholistic Fitness™ Warm Up Protocol for endurance athletes which optimizes pranic, mental, and physical environments. Endurance athletes following his Warm Up Protocol will find greater power production via neuromuscular function and decrease the rate of lactate concentration while increasing the rate of lactate removal. photo of coach in northern Arizona by Ananda.

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don’t be scared; be sacred! actually i called it “High Performance Yoga” for a multi-layered effect; it really means, “Divine Action Union.” you? you just get through that front door, i’ll take wonderful care of you and after your first class you’ll be like, “OMG…! What TOOK me sooo long to do this?!” trust.

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Then came that Day when my Anahata Chakra opened…

Evening to be precise.

Brahmamuhurti (Yogic hour of God…sunset or sunrise) to be even more accurate. during those years i was the manager of the Center For Self Healing in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Santa Fe is a world-renown spiritual vortex which speeds up whatever Inner Work you may need to accomplish. ilg was at that time a pranic drunk; etherically gorging myself each day from the chronic smorgasbord of delectable world-class spiritual appetizers for which Fanta-Se was known. you name it? ilg was there; Rolfing, Yoga, Kundalini, Re-birthing, Astral Navigation, Zen Sessins, Tibetan energywork, Buddhist chanting, Feldenkrais, Cranio-Sacral, Past Life, Tarot, Sufi Dancing, Men’s Tribal Drumming…whatever it was? SIGN ME UP, baby!

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“Coach Steve Ilg raced the first year’s event some time ago with snowshoes even though there was no snow — now that’s courage. Try it sometime. He was the cheerleader encouraging snowshoe racing at the Nordic Center, and the race gives him his credit for leading the way.” – Snowshoe Magazine

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Ananda’s knee; after a botched surgery job decades ago after injuring her knee while dancing onstage, her knee is still vulnerable to swelling after outdoor activities, yet has grown consistently stronger and is regenerating in spite of nearly a bone-on-bone situation when i first met her and began her on the Wholistic Fitness™ Healing Path…
Karmically; if we are too quick to look for external ‘fixes’ to our in-Jury’s…we’ll simply keep having to suffer the same lesson, until we ‘get’ the spiritual life lesson of the injury or illness.

Need some assistance in your “Injury Blessing”?

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i received SOOOOO much more than the admittedly high effort i put in to produce Durango’s first annual snowshoe race, the Winter Warrior 10k which took place today under the most unbelievably, jaw-dropping, sattvic conditions any new Race Director could have dreamed.

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It’s a heccuva thing…

trading big money for seeing personal DreamSpeaks jump into Reality…dat’s what ilg has done my whole life and tonight, on this night of nights…my Heart is smiling broader than a Broadway marquee…cuz come what may tomorrow morning?

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Another day at the “ilg office”…my nordic skis rest in the southwest sun beside my Kahtoola custom-mounted snowshoes today as i do final Course Prep on my Winter Warrior 10k Snowshoe Race tomorrow! i LOVE turning Dreams into Reality! photo by ilg’s cell phone.

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