Dear Coach, I thought I saw a haiku request in DL from 5/4/05(quote: “(dude, you guys gotta SUBMIT MORE!!!)”) So here goes my humble submission: nighttime stargazing (5)me on the earth, stars above (7)emptiness between (5) Written in honor of the first warm clear night ofspring here on the east coast. Namaste Noble Coach, Mike […]
Coach:Loved the DL from SM regarding the ego checking in during his breakaway. Often, other students’ thoughts mirror what is going on for others. I too have been struggling with the interfering ego during hard efforts in races/practice crits/club rides. For me, the little voice says “hey, you’re in a break with a strong Cat. […]
***NEWLY UPDATED WF INTRO DVD and (just in time for Mother’s Day!?)…MORE HP PROP DVD’s just arrived! get yourself to the Tribal Catalog now!!!… MORE HP PROP DVD’s just arrived! Yoga is traditionally a Path of radical Self Transformation;my style of High Performance (Divine Action) Yoga upholds this authenticity…and my Prop Workout combines the highest […]
Stabilizing EveryDay Mind = Key to Stabilizing “Racing” Mind “Coach Ilg,During my high intensity workouts and racing I�ve become more aware of my ego emerging at certain times.� When my efforts reach the upper end of my output of speed and power I notice my ego begins to create excuses for why it would be […]
Congrats to Dr.V! A mere three months after you read about “Gram Man” in february’sDL Special: THE MT. TAYLOR CHRONICLES…Grammage has completedone of the hardest Stage Races in the nation, the infamous TOUR OF THE GILA near Silver City, NM. Richard Verderame or“Dr.V” was one of my teammates for Motorola when i raced the ‘Gila […]
“If you were to draw one essential message from the fact of reincarnation, it would be: Develop a good heart that longs for other beings to find lasting happiness, and acts to secure that happiness. Nourish and practice kindness. The Dalai Lama has said: �There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. […]
Haiku Of The Week;some DL readers ask me, “How the hell do you keep up the Originality and energy of DL everyday?” feeble ilg replies, “By spending long hours alone,at the sacrifice of many Worldly Things, to just ride my breath and allow my beautiful mind (and ALL minds ARE beautiful!!!) to relax into its […]
ASPEN TREES ON DL; We All Need To BURN ImpuritiesSteve,A key reason, as you likely know, that the Aspen glades are disappearing is because of fire suppression. Like us they need fire (tapas) to clear out the slash and rejuvenate. Every time we suppress nature�s cycle of fire we let the monoculture of pine (which […]
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