“The beauty of training our weaknesseslies in the indescribably personaland penetrating transcendence of them.Our reward?Nothing less than Wholeness.” – Coach Steve Ilg “America’s Fittest Yogi” – LA Times photo by Wayne Williams…click to enlarge my muscles cuz, i only wish it was that easy!
” Dear Coach,I want to be able to continue to do all my activitiesas i get older and therefore want to make sure my body is in balance, like yours. That is why i trust in your Path.” – Wholistic Fitness Devotee and HP Mountain Yogi; Bryan Bishopenjoying what he calls his,“Advanced Summit Pose on […]
Steve Ilg is the… same as all-ways;stunned by how difficult it is for me to keep opening my hips while cranking consistent cardio volumes and intensities, especially peak running…how cOMe so few seem enraptured with this High Endeavor? i mean; we now have a WHOLE LOT of “yoga stars” preaching about the Kundalini, Sushumna, Mula […]
click pic to enlarge; can you find the Hawk?taken this morning during my MTB ride in “Hidden Valley” where, seriously, i had not ridden in over 15 years. Hawk Medicine is powerful. if you are as interested as you well should be, you’ll read the below. head bowed to your Devoted Practice Toward Wholeness…you REALLY […]
“Let us be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us be thankful.” – Buddha artwork; Alapadma by Paige Bradleysource; www.inspirationz.com
click to enlarge the Chi Hit. taken from my cell phone camera during a recent training ride on my road bike over Molas Pass (10,910′). when i say “Blue Sky”… what do you Perceive? what do you Conceive of as a “Blue Sky”? Qualities of mind are rarely explored among the popular, convetional fitness paths. […]
When you meditate, it is essential to create the right inner environment of the mind. All effort and struggle come from not being spacious, and so creating that right environment is vital for your meditation truly to happen. When humor and spaciousness are present, meditation arises effortlessly. – Sogyal Rinpoche Even the non-Practitioner could look […]
ilg sports the Durango Sombrero yesterday after a 60k, 3,7000′ of climbing road bike ride and needed to cool off in the Sacred Animas before laying down the Dharmic Sweat at HP PROP. photo by Ananda. *** Most Precious and Noble WF Sangha, thank you to all of you who took the effort to answer […]
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