Monsoons rise here each afternoon totally unlike great blue thoughts. The red penstemon in the aspen is not like some singular lightning strike. The river in flood is not your life in turmoil. And in the fir and spruce a bear wanders through bracken and duff, snuffling up a mushroom and refuses to be anything […]
“He who limpsis still walking.”– Nietzsche “He who limps from weekend warriorism,must still must crank HP Yoga on Monday!”– Ilg your feeble teacher abovestill walking (errr…limping) his talk in Silverton, Coloradoafter Saturday’s Kendall Mountain Half Marathon. The 13,066′ Kendall altar of Sacred Sweat is seen in background.The race climbs 3,748′ in six miles, including a […]
Hum SAH, baby!… The Start Line of tomorrow’s 1/2 marathon…Silverton, Colorado…Mt. Kendall is just out of view, right. running Kendall Mountain Race tomorrow in Silverton;from 9,318 feet to (gulp) 13,066 feet atop KendallMountain…may Vishnu bless my effort (and my crashed hip!). i’ll kiss the summit winds for you all! Get out and do…from the Coach […]
“Nursing my 4th career high-impact injury on my right hip sustained in a road race in New Mexico several weeks earlier, I had no expectations to defend my title from last year, yet having Andrew, who is one of my High Performance Yoga® students, inherit the title was just as rewarding for me than winning […]
“I feel lighter and stronger than ever on the bike!Thank you HP Yoga, Master Ilg and the Hub!” Brad A TafoyaDurango, CO Abba and Dewa offering Vrkasana (Tree Pose) to Grandfather Sun while rooted in the sacred, wild water of the Animas River during yesterday’s family raft trip. photo by Amma. click to enlarge
Less than two months after sustaining the 4th career high-impact crash on my right hip, i managed to squeak onto the AG Podium at last weekend’s Pagosa Duathlon, an event that i won last year. click to enlarge. coming up; i’ll tell you precisely how i recovered so fast in order to sustain the running […]
“HP Yogis are not your typical ‘studio yogis’…we consider Lactic Acida Sacred and Vital Source of Deep Prana!”– steve ilgfounder/High Performance Yoga® click to enlarge the Chi Hit(L-R): HP Yoginis Linda, Lisa, and Amy. not only did these Princesses of the Pranacrank up to “High Point” on the Colorado Trail above Durango,but they also cranked […]
Answer is: American Black Bear. With over 16 Black Bear sightings in my neighborhood this summer and a very tempting Black Walnut Tree blooming outside our bedroom window, each evening invites the sounds of bear mixed with running river. Kinda reminds me of my summers spent living in the old “Camp 4” (Climbers Camp) in […]
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