excerpted from; HP Yoga This Week! weekly email to local HP Yoga Students “O Partha (Son of Pritha, Arjuna),surrender not to unmanliness;it is unbecoming to thee.O Scorcher of Foes, forsake this smallweakheartedness!Arise!” – Bhagavad-Gita, Chapter 2, Verse 3 How much does ilg love this quote?It’s Lord Krishna’s counsel to the Warrior Arjunawhen Arjuna was basically […]
There are a lot of us whose wrists and ankle joints are simply not flexible enough yet – or are continually being re-stiffened from cardio and strength workouts – to sustain the wrist and ankle stresses of a hard-core asana practice. My 20 year-old very simple workout known as, “Exploring The Vents Session” completely takes […]
It PAYS to be a DL Devotee! Thanks to ALL of you who jumped at my WF Challenge Test in yesterday’s DL! photo; steve in a ‘malasana plyo’. click to enlarge but promise me you won’t try this near sharp-edged furniture! pic by HP Yogi devotee; JamesQMartin.com *** Well, i didn’t think it would take […]
text and photos by steve ilg unless noted otherwise. click on pics to deepen the chi hit What are the whispers shared by ducklingsas their feet paddle in frenzied mannerwithin the velveteen wake of their Mother?Family Yoga might best be learned from the wild animals. photo; Early morning last week; Red River Lake, NM. When […]
well, it looks like Blogger is back… so lemme finish unloading from my NM trip and hook you all up with more Dharma for your Practice of Sweat and Stillness! thank you for your Practice of Patience! big things coming up!
Coach, Namaste!! Fantastic race report (Oraivi 8k in DL 8/11) – maybe I’ll bring the Bronx can-do clan out next year. Been rocking the Kinlani Flow DVD the past two mornings, followed by 10 minutes zazen, and loving it! Love, Student L’Gate
EC! Hope all is well with you and your family. I want to give you a brief update re: Sunrider Whole Food Herbs and MAP Amino Acids. Phase I: my body is on fire! My cycling volume has increased to 2 hours/day Zone 1 and 2 for 3 days; 3 hours/day Zone 1 to 4 […]
Planning for the future is like going fishing in a dry gulch;Nothing ever works out as you wanted, so give up all your schemes and ambitions.If you have got to think about something—Make it the uncertainty of the hour of your death. – GYALSÉ RINPOCHE just wanted to let you all know that i have […]
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