blessings my El Coache and thank you for your wisdom, A question. mental cleanliness? I am taking your teaching that mental cleanliness precedes other states like calmness to mean something akin to “the body follows the mind.” Mental chatter, busyness , distraction, confusion all lead to those states in the body as well. Is this […]
after my effort on Imogene Pass, it was hang time with Ananda in my beloved Ouray…since water seemed to be the theme of this trip, a gentle “Active Recovery” hike with Ananda up to Cascade Falls seemed to be in order…we sat right beneath the falls and did some Pranayam before splashing about in the […]
the picture quality of the photographs below relates to two things;1) i could only use my camera phone, and2) my effort so great, that only my Love for you produced the extra chi to stop and take these few pictures… * special thanks to Ananda for picking my ass up in Ouray andto HP Yogini […]
Dear Coach, just read Part 2 of the Telluride Training Diaries on DL. love the waterfall image! check out the image i’ve attached: look familiar? ‘course, the artist had to use paint to create his image; you use sweat, breath, Pran, effort to create your Work of Living Art. your DL entry of today…, this […]
“Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace.”– Elbert Hubbardphoto by coach of “Trout Lake” on the descent into Telluride from Lizard Head Pass “Ananda gaze.” The town of Telluride hunkers in the wet valley below as we begin the ascent of Black Bear Pass.As we climbed toward the massive waterfall, […]
WF FACT:did i ever tell you that i walked on my hands across FOUR STATES?!i have done so a few times!…at the Four Corners National Monument!photo by Ananda as she said, “Oh geez, here we go again…”Friends. This is Ananda’s first view of my old training grounds, Telluride. To heighten the impact of her first […]
“When the sun of fierce devotion shines on the snow mountain of the master, the stream of his blessing will pour down.”– The Tibetan Saint, DRIKUNG KYOBPA COMING UP in DIRECT LINES SUBSCRIPTION:COACH’s PRACTICE IN TELLURIDE…The Mountain Yogi Returns H(om)eDO NOT MISS IT! (self photo from cameraphone; “What would my Sangha expect of me in […]
“Back Pain? Joint Pain? It’s just another form of self-induced purification. The pivotal point is to Accept the pain as your Yoga. If we can just muster the gumption to do the “Outer Work” of accurate, wholistic exercise and nutrition, then the Way of the “Inner Work” will arise naturally… and, arriving with it?A Higher […]
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