COACH’S LATEST USSA COLUMN “RUNNING ON WATER” IS NOW UP: i wrote this column with my Sangha in my my heart,wishing they will smile at the way i have interwoven Yogic tenets into a ‘hard core’ outdoor sport! even the President of USSA sent me a letter saying; “OUTSTANDING!” please enjoy a cup of Calli […]
BRING THE MIND HOME Meditation is bringing the mind back home, and this is first achieved through the practice of mindfulness. Once an old woman came to Buddha and asked him how to meditate. He told her to remain aware of every movement of her hands as she drew water from the well, knowing that […]
“To meet everything and everyone through stillness instead of mental noise, is the greatest gift you can offer to the Universe!” – Eckhart Tolle“The joy we seek lies less in something new happening and more in our opening our hearts more fully to the love in our lives already!”– Marianne Williamson
COMPOSURE THROUGH WEATHERING * WHEN THE BODILY LIGHTNESS HITS, it’s…”Holy PRAN batman!” Noble Teacher Ananda,Holy PRAN batman! I mean what was that! LOL This mornings vinyasa of Meditation, Level II Toilet Yoga�, Neti and At Sink Pranayama� left me with a lightness and CHI hit that is still flowing within my awakening body. WF is […]
TAO MADE MANIFEST: THE ELIXIR OF THE WF LIFE IS ON A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SCALEphoto by Coach of Student Alex during his recent Intensive. New to mountain biking, this shot was taken of Alex after he used his vast martial art background to faithfully and chifully conquer a 38-minute hillclimb which left him cross-eyed with […]
SPEAK TO US OF GIVING… *Coach- Namaste! Great week of DL – keeps getting higher and higher. Love- Student LNYC *Namaste Coach Steve,I read this poem by Kahlil Gibran and it brought You, WF and DL to mind. Then said a rich man, speak to us of Giving.And he answered;You give but little when you […]
TOO MUCH THINKING “Because in our culture we overvalue the intellect, we imagine that to become enlightened demands extraordinary intelligence. In fact, many kinds of cleverness are just further obscurations. There is a Tibetan saying: �If you are too clever, you could miss the point entirely.”Patrul Rinpoche said: �The logical mind seems interesting, but it […]
NEW DREW LIVES! This shot of “New Drew” might touch the hearts of those brave warriors and warrioress’s who came to love my HIGH PERFORMANCE YOGA Studio along Ventura Boulevard in Los Angeles. New Drew graced the wall of our lobby area. Now, he dances his renown ‘reverse warrior’ pose above our Medicine Wheel and […]
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