The most essential point of the meditation posture is to keep the back straight, like “an arrow” or “a pile of golden coins.” The “inner energy,” or prana , will then flow easily through the subtle channels of the body, and your mind will find its true state of rest. Don’t force anything. The lower […]
At the moment of death, our state of mind is all-important. If we die in a positive frame of mind, we can improve our next birth, despite our negative karma. And if we are upset and distressed, it may have a detrimental effect, even though we may have used our lives well. This means that […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Durango, Colorado – more Champions per captia across more sports than any other town in Turtle Island Venue: Durango Parks and Recreation Center pic of Coach Ilg’s Tuesday Night Indoor Cycling World’s (TNICW’s) Grand Finale Champion Kathryn Phillips with Coach Ilg. pic by TNICW’s former champion and all-round great guy plus a renown […]
This M(om)ent… “Daddy?” while holding hands back to Chloe Snowflake (our white RAV4 after today’s dental appointment)… “Yes, Precious Daughter?” “I love going to my Dentist, Mrs. Pinkerton, even MORE than I love P.E. and I REALLY LOVE P.E!”#thingskidssay #dewadharma #consciousparenting#wholisticfitness — in Durango, Colorado.
ilg’s celebration and awards presentation at the DUST2 Fat Bike Race this morning And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. – Nietzche got the Win this morning at the highest elevation Fat Tire Bike Race ilg has ever done: Start Line was […]
Honored to Serve ilg’s h(om)etown City Employee’s for our Week One Of Four; Backbend/Inversion Workshop! if feeble ilg can open and influence the Hearts and Spines of my precious H(om)etown’s City Servers?! Well? feeble ilg might just again cause Ripples which may result in Waves for the benefit of my Daughter and ALL of Durango’s […]
35 years as an Outdoor Performance Coach, and seeing and feeling the transformation of students just gets more and more Sacred… this morning’s coaching was speed skating into snowshoe hill repeats for my Noble Warrioress students! Blessed Be YOUR Sacred Sweat! #skihesperus #durangorunningcompany #wholisticfitness #durangoparksandrec #runsteep #sacredsweat #tailwind #bodyhealth #pineneedlemountaineering — in Durango, Colorado.
pic by ilg of my Rinpoche/Daughter Dewachen during a run of a sacred Native American vortex outside of Los Alamos, NM a couple of years ago Just as Buddha said that of all the buddhas who attained enlightenment, not one accomplished it without relying on the master, he also said: “It is only through devotion, […]
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