– Wholistic Fitness… Where Sweat and Stillness Merge – – Coach Ilg One of the meanings of HaTha Yoga is “Union of the Right and the Left.” if you fancy yourself a yogin, then do this: become ambidextrous before you die. There are those who consider themselves un-addicted yet spend their entire lives addicted to […]
Dear Coach – i tend to overeat at breakfast. i love big breakfasts. but i often feel like i just want to sleep afterward. i was wondering, what is your favorite breakfast? thank you for DL, i am amazed by your “tribe” of fitness warriors. – Sandra, AK Dear Sandra – my “favorite” breakfast has […]
some things just have gotten outa hand… an ad: “CERTIFIED FENG SHUI THERAPIST will come to your home and problem solve poor energy lines.” there was a picture of this woman. her body did not radiate much Feng Shui “good” energy to me. i would love to her come to my humble h(om)e and tell […]
Dear WF Teacher Kodanda – I love this work and the reaches of the human spirit to which I have been pushed by it in my quiet workout room in the basement (and on the road on my bike). Traditionally, I worked out with weights to gain mass, now I’m not sure that it is […]
RE: DL QUIZ…Why Coach Lives In LA for a $50 WF Gift Certificate (see DL, June 21) Coach, Here’s a perspective on your quiz: When we came out to LA for my intensive in February we had a sense of why you were in LA and why we were attracted to it. In one word […]
RE: DL QUIZ (June 21, DL) dear coache’, my answer would be… the proximity of the mountains to the ocean… the ability to to do summer and winter sports on the same day…you could bike, run or surf(me) in the morning …then snow shoe, snowboard, or climb in the afternoon….plus the juxaposition of the clear […]
RE: DL QUIZ: Coach Now Lives In LA Because: On Jun 22, 2004, at 7:01 AM, Diana wrote: “Because the master of the household sleeps in the far corner of the house, facing the house, so he can watch over his family. With the ocean at your shoulders, and the desert, mountains, and beyond in […]
DIRECT LINES QUIZ FOR DEVOTED WARRIORS: a $50 WF Gift Certificate is available to the WF Warrior or Warrioress who can guess, figure out, feel out, or understand the primary ‘energetic/feng shui’ reason why i moved to LA (hint; the West Coast) in order to impart the Sacred Teachings of WF to the American Mainstream. […]
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