Dear Coach, Today’s DL and this SUNRIDER Dharma arrow (1) really ring true. So does the soreness in my hamstrings from yesterday’s jump squats. Nobody tells it like you do. i bow to you,chris ***1 = here Chris is referring to my regular SUNRIDER Missives that are emailed out to every one who is using […]
“A yoga practitioner should continue to concentrate his mind untilhe masters his mind and body,and thus experiences a state of solitude wherever he may be;then desire and possessiveness drop away.” – Bhagavad Gita, 6;10 [photo of HP Yogi Ben Sullivan racing up the Snowbowl Hill Climb on Saturday to an excellent time!] Some people keep […]
the “Veit Springs” headwall at mile 4 on the climb up to the Ski Basin; this section requires the yogi to bring his or her “A Game” at this section where the road gradient goes steep and undisciplined egos weep “Know the mind and see its essence,and you may speak at willand go wherever your […]
those of you who follow Teacher Haku’s blog may have seen the Promo Trailer for the movie; AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH Ananda and i just used our Meditation Time today to go see it. Coach’s Orders;1) Go See This Movie2) Come home and re-read the Wholistic Fitness Sutra section in TBT and then,follow up with Action. […]
“Let us be moral.Let us contemplate existence.”– Charles Dickens “Nothing is little to him who feels it with great sensitivity.”– Samuel Johnson “A hundred thousand worlds are flowers in the sky.A single mind and body is moonlight in the water.Once thinking ends and information stops,At that moment there is no place for thought.”– Han-shan “You […]
in padmamayurasana several years ago. at the time, my weekly hourly cardio volumes were 20+. if taken as two separate Practices: 20+ hours/week of cardio as one Practiceand then,sustaining padmamayurasana as another Practiceyou have intermediate/advanced skill levels in each. however, attempt to combine the two Practices? suddenly you find yourself in a very, very small […]
Christian Davis Roche, at 5 weeks old, with his Sacred Wholistic Fitness® Blessed Mala Beads. The Mala is a Gift from his Daddy’s Coach, Steve Ilg. photo by WF Online Student Shawna Shwaub of Clan Ko. WF Teacher Ko writes, “Coach actually wore these beads everyday for 7 months, and performed his “empowerment rituals”before Gifting […]
Ananda cranking some High Altitude Pran during a Pranayama workout at Schultz Lake last year. Riding your mountain bike to a place of solitude to Practice your assigned Pranayama is a duathlon that seems to be engaged only by a few yogis. Most of them can be found in our Tribe! The creative interplay of […]
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