Imagine that you had gone all your life without ever washing, and then one day you decide to take a shower. You start scrubbing away, but then watch in horror as the dirt begins to ooze out of the pores of your skin and stream down your body. Something must be wrong: You were supposed […]
click pic to enlarge YOGI SQUAT OF THE WEEK goes to… Dewachen Catherine Ilg of Flagstaff, Arizona! Dewa has been a lifelong (22 months) WF Student. she is very strong and powerful and possesses remarkable agility. i once read a study where ‘they’ tested several world class athletes and challenged them to simply mimic everything […]
coach is going off in the WF SanghaLounge about the craziness of this years “Tour”…come on in and sound off! and, as always, read and contribute to the amazingly informative, inspirational, and down right fun input in constant dance among the various disciplines, principles, techniques, teachings, and feelings about the WF Lifestyle from our worldwide […]
Don’t we know, only too well, that protection from pain doesn’t work, and that when we try to defend ourselves from suffering, we only suffer more and don’t learn what we can from the experience? As Rilke wrote, the protected heart that is “never exposed to loss, innocent and secure, cannot know tenderness; only the […]
an actual email from my Inbox today…name withheld for privacy’s sake: To Whom it May Concern: Hello, my name is (name withheld) and I currently live in Vermont on break from attending college in New Hampshire. I picked up your “Total Body Transformation” book in the library a couple of months ago and am currently […]
click on pics to enlarge… Dewa and injured daddy ilg the other day at the Pagosa Mineral Hot Springs. the Native name of my old h(om)etown – Pagosa – means, “Healing Waters” and after my high-speed mountain bike racing crash last Saturday, i truly put these collective pools of ancient healing hot springs to the […]
Yup, pulled another “Ned Overend” outta my bag of tricks…winning the Pagosa Mountain Duathlon Full Course, teaching the young bucks a thing or two about wholeness and longevity! look closely at my right elbow… Namaste Noble WF Sangha, just wanted to let you all know that ilg is doing just great…sore (not ‘well trained’) but […]
Ilg goes down hard… comes up big… wins Pagosa Duathlon overall after high speed bike crash on course… blood, guts & chi story coming up sometime… thank you for your spiritual support!
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