Namaste Noble Warriors! “It is when your practice is rather greedy that you become discouraged with it. So you should be grateful that you have a sign or warning signal to show you the weak point in your practice.” -D.T. Suzuki � Hi Steve, You probably don’t remember me, but you changed my life. I […]
Namaste Noble Warriors! HIGH PERFORMANCE YOGA UPDATE; 7/11/03 �God respects us when we work, but He loves us when we dance.� old Sufi saying � A STAR IS BORN Kathy and I hope it doesn’t go to his unpretentious lovely little head, but our graduate student from my High Performance Yoga Teacher Training, Greg Diaz […]
SUNRIDER HERB JULY, 2003 UPDATE ilg downline Namaste Noble Herb Eaters! “Stay physically hungry but emotionally satiated. Eat to live, not live to eat. Besides, the leaner you get, the better your muscles appear and perform. Most guys I know who are concerned about the appearance of their bodies, would benefit not from trying to […]
Steve Ilg’s HIGH PERFORMANCE YOGA “Why Just Workout, When You Can Work Within?” July 13 L.A. Workshop Series: Zen Meditation Powerhouse Gym, Chatsworth, CA 10:30 a.m. -12:00 p.m. �We must not lean either right or left, and we must not worry about leaning right or left. Balance is what is important, and that is what […]
Namaste Noble Fitness Warriors! “Hills make all men brothers.” WF Maxim oooof. i’m back from Hill Intervals. it was…idyllically intervalic. here is what i did: hooked up with Steve Marlowe and cruised our bikes for 25 minutes over some hilly terrain toward my interval loop circuit as we chatted about the TOUR DE FRANCE. then […]
Namaste Noble Warriors… “Every day should be Earth Day and every night should be the Fourth of July.” – coach ilg � I’m a little nervous, because in a few minutes I’ll be on my bike doing Hill Intervals. Still a twinge of nerves after all these years on Interval Days. But then again, those […]
Namaste Noble Warriors! “This is how a human being can change: there’s a worm addicted to eating grape leaves. Suddenly, he wakes up, call it grace, whatever, something wakes him, and he’s no longer a worm. He’s the entire vineyard, and the orchard too, the fruit, the trunks, a growing wisdom and joy that doesn’t […]
(CONTINUED…) Coach- OOOOF – the new cycle sure hit my e-mail box with a bang! I am off to the gym after work to get started. A few quick questions as I read the program for the first time: What is the technique for medicine ball crunches? • like crunches but squeezing a 4-10 lb […]
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