Namaste Noble Warriors! Mark your calendars today for this weekend: August 10 L.A. Workshop Series: The Yamas and the Niyamas with Steve Ilg, RYT Powerhouse Gym 10:30 a.m. -12:00 p.m. A discussion of Patanjali’s first (Yama) and second (Niyama) “limbs” of Classical Yoga. The five Yamas (“restraints”) coupled with the five Niyamas (“observances”) can be […]
Namaste Noble Warriors – still on my mountain yogi personal retreat deepening my austerities revisiting Rocky Mountain haunts whereupon the Wholistic Fitness and High Performance Yoga chi began and was nurtured and now blossoms in each of you whose devoted WF workouts and HP Yoga Practice remains strong and sincere. through my high altitude austerities […]
Namaste Noble Warriors! “A paradox of the spiritual journey: the more you grow the less you know and the more you enjoy knowing you don’t know.” – coach ilg ��� COACH ILG TO OPEN NEW HP YOGA STUDIO! there is but one consistency in all the UniVerse; change. let me tell you, Ventura Boulevard in […]
Namaste Noble Warriors! “Everything in life either makes you stronger or weaker. Everything can either make you contract or expand. Which are you choosing?” – Coach Ilg NOTE: IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO KNOW WHO WON THE TOUR DE FRANCE FINAL TIME TRIAL DO NOT READ FURTHER! Well, France must be quite stricken with […]
Namaste Noble Warriors! “Life itself is hazardous… There are sharp rocks everywhere. What changes from years of practice is coming to know something you didn’t know before: that there are no sharp rocks � the road is covered with diamonds.” – Charlotte Joko Beck (zen teacher) ��� when i worked at The Ark Bookstore in […]
Namaste Noble Warriors! “High intensity workouts are like spiritual sunrises within. They destroy the darkness and lethargy of ego-created crutches of comfort. We cannot radiate without intensity in our Practice.” – coach ilg {Advanced Note: in the months ahead, i may be forced to move DL into a subscriber-only format. for as long as i’ve […]
Namaste Noble Fitness Warriors! “The real Porsche lies within.” – coach ilg “The gods love dearest who breathes hardest.” – coach ilg in honor of the halfway point of the Tour de Lance, er, i mean, Tour de FRANCE…i’d like to share some insights, predictions, and then compare a few different recent emails from various […]
Namaste Noble Warriors! �Only when strength dances with suppleness is there true power.� – coach ilg �� hmmm…so there is a bit of a rumor – or ‘rumour’ as my friend, Dr. Lahbriumn MacIain would say so eloquently (make mental note; speak more like French dudes,errr…Celtic…errr, whatever) – that i am building my own HIGH […]
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