in Yoga, the “i” such as in – i am great, i am ugly, i am rich, i am poor, i am injured, etc, et. al –stands for “ignorance”. until we break free from the over-identification of pleasing this “i” with entertainment and pursuit of pleasing this “i”…we remain locked in Ignorance and do stupid, […]
The Sacred Peak- one of my most Powerful Teachers – packing Her Chi punch at 5:38 pm (MST) today ***Do not worry about finding the “right” Teachers or doing the “right” thing with your life… Yogi, you just gotta do Three Things in this incarnation: 1) find the Chi, 2) commit to following that Chi […]
Karen Karmona, artist, HP Yogini, and special Soul whose Inner Flight can be touched at her beautiful, svelte blog at:http://pastkarmona.blogspot.com/ ***Dearest, Beloved Shishya Karmona, i find your Blog enchanting and important to the Ever Accelerating Outer World…keep up the effort! a spontaneous Haiku for you this morning: snow sweeps across sky (5) a loud chatter […]
“Oh please, can’t we go? I would so love to see a REAL man!”Australian newspaper cartoon from 1903?Eugene Sandow visited there in that year. *** Mother of GOD�feebly 46ish rj PR�d today in DB press Ilgbro! 3 sets of 65s�clean�no bullshit compensations. Smooth and controlled sets of 10, 10, 12! Now for those bad boy […]
noble powerbar chompin’ coach: RE: DL, March 3, 2006 So when does one use powerbar, and when powergel? My practice has been to eat powergel (ok, actually Gu) about a half hour before a race. Powerbars I usually eat halfway through a training ride or something. The powerbar pria’s I sometimes eat for a mid-afternoon […]
WHOLISTIC FITNESS� Strength Training Movement by Coach Steve Ilg,ryt/uscf/cpt PROFILE:Ski Stance Squat (aka; mother(&_@#$(&@) (see photos below) “The Seer is only the seeing; it is pure, even when witnessing the intellect.”– The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Sadhana Pada/11.20 WF TEMPLE HISTORY: This simple, crazy-effective movement was one of my first En-Lightenments to concentration. My Durango, […]
There is some beautiful Martial Art Chi flowing in the WF Teacher Haku Blog these days: http://hakutrain.blogspot.com photo 1: coach pauses during a run, to open the hips and strengthen his spine while “Calming The Dragon” in Sedonaphoto 2; coach connects big time with Father Sky/Mother Earth in the Ai Imawa Taoist Healing Posture in […]
Dear Teachers,Thank you, so much for including me in Direct Lines. I was truly suprised,genuinely touched and I thank you for acknowledging my humble practice. Ibow to you and Steve’s practiced dharma “eye” – that ability to see beyondthe “shape” of asana practice and encourages the cultivation of an innerstrength and allows for the citizenship […]
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