Steve, In Direct Lines today Student Tim referenced an article in Mountainbike.com that cited the NY Times as saying yoga was dangerous. If one reads the article it can be seen that the author referenced an article that dealt specifically with Bikram yoga and it’s use of heated rooms. You have mentioned, and I concur, […]
Q & A: YOGA BAD FOR YOU?! hey coach, was just on mountainbike.com and in their Boulder Report, they mention yoga and it not being a competitive sport. just thought i would point you in the direction of it because it gives yet another lead from the new york times apparently (which i couldn’t access, […]
“What you have been conditioned to accept as ‘sweat’ i have come to Know as as the Juice from the Divine.” – coach ilg Noble Ones – off to June Mountain for our HP Yoga/Ski Workshop… i will be updating DL and your programs/correspondences if online access and functioning is possible. sweat your prayers, baby… […]
Noble Warriors.. As many of you have heard, the founder of PowerBar, Brian Maxwell, sadly passed away recently. Brian was a friend of mine and occasional training partner when i was a mountain runner. I established most of the original PowerBar accounts up and down the Front Range and Four Corners in the mid eighties. […]
Dear Coach: ������ I bought your Total Transformation book a little over 1 month ago. I am currently starting the Cosmic Yang portion of the program. I’ve been battling constant minor injuries over the last several years. Basically, the only consistent part of my training has been the frustration of having to start over again, […]
Noble Ones – thank you for all the great input regarding my article at: http://www.foot.com/info/ai_interview.jsp love, coach ilg
Illustrious Coach I., Two weeks into Green Tara, & I’ve just started the herbs at the end of my second week. But things are moving, shifting, changing. Good changes, very positive. Thanks for being the engine of improvement, working one student at a time to light more candles on the Way. Mike Goitein
RE: DIRECT LINES – March 25 Entry dearest coache’, � they NEVER CAN, BE, OR WILL, EVER…. match you,the work, teachers,and students you’ve produced…thru your sincere devotion… they are like some one tracing the mona lisa and passing it off as their own original work… naive amateurs at best…. self-deceiving con artists at worst…. but […]
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