“A common obstacle in a Western student’s grasp of yoga and spiritual work lies in the mistake of Teachings for Transmission. Teachings and Transmission are universes apart. To receive the Transmission of a Teacher, one thing has not changed in the course of several thousands years of Yoga; the Student must take private Pilgrimage to […]
Noble Online Student Michael Cerame of NYC visiting the Temple H(om)e for a 2-Day Private Intensive… Zen Sweeping, a long-time WF engaged Meditation. Here, MC mindfully sweeps using my magical “India Broom.” Chopping wood; i supervise MC’s attempts to draw gym-fitness into Traditional fitness. “No, but I’ve seen it done on TV,” was his omnipotently […]
Coach Ilg (aka; “the friggen stud,”) in Yogi Squat, mixing up his Phase III Herbs in Taos, New Mexico. Coach has been on the SUNRIDER� Herbs for nearly a quarter century, allowing elite levels of multiDisciplined yoga and sport to be enjoyed each day with peerless immunity and energy levels. Coach has recently upgraded his […]
The Masters were no dummies. Back in the peak of Their era, Inner-Attainment efforts were done with as much zeal as we glom for in Enter-tainment and luxury efforts today. Thousands of spiritual athletes, yogis, were taking deep study under the most skilled and versatile Teachers they could find. Such Teachers knew damn well that […]
This is an adorable, potent, and just such a precious example of our beautiful little Pathway of WF…it comes into our life by way a fine new Online Student, Tom Carpenter. Tom is now entering his 3rd Month of Online Training under Teacher Ananda and his rapid Transformation has taken root right where it is […]
“Introspection teaches us to respect the sacred cycle that continually nourishes the universe: birth, life, death, and rebirth. Can we see our genuine place in the cosmos, a cosmos so inextricably linked to everything but not elevated beyond anything else? Within the context of the universe, a human dying of cancer is no more dramatic […]
On location for a segment of a new upcoming WF DVD “Tribal Tapes” = “Sacred Sweat Series;-Pumping Rock; Coach Ilg’s Introduction for Bouldering.” ***After racking up some initial Base Miles on my road and cross bike, too much of any one sport makes a WF Warrior too…well, specific. We can’t have that, no sireee bob…least, […]
“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountans rise into and above the clouds.”– Edward Abbey ain’t it ’bout time to unplug from the iPod and go for a reRead of Desert Solitaire?..forget the quick link to Amazon.com…Ed woulda kicked me in my nuts if i […]
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