Namaste DIRECT LINES Readers! i’d like to thank the growing readership over in Germany, where it seems, through the years, feeble ilg has become nearly as popular as David Hasselhoff (sp?)! Germans are always interested in physical training and they become very interested, in my experience, when physical training is linked with mental or spiritual […]
Namaste Noble Fitness Warriors! Spring is in the air. The other day when Kathy and i were in Chicago, we saw a Santa Monica type of scene; hundreds of noble fitness warriors running, inline skating, and cycling along Lake Michigan. The only difference was the shockingly lack of sun tans! Ouch! Some of those folks […]
Namaste Noble Fitness Warriors! Kathy and i are off to sneak a few ski turns before the southern California winter ends…spring conditions are superb for beginning skiers like my wife. the snow is soft, turns are made easily, and skiing sleeveless under a sweet sun makes for ideal learning progress. i wanted to send these […]
Namaste Noble Warriors! it’s late… the lunar sky tugs at my back 18 floors over Lake Michigan as i do my best to fulfill online coaching duties to my devoted students before rising pre dawn to fly back to LA…the words from one noble student however stands out in particular finery tonight…Student Krakel, who now […]
“Thanks for coming here and putting the “chi” in Chicago.” – Mark Burnell, Chicago, IL Namaste Noble Warriors! – okay, so i’m toast. now i know why i trained all those years in ultra-endurance sports…it was performance conditioning for teaching workshops! Kathy and i just finished two days of teaching HP Yoga and WF workshops […]
WHEN THE STUDENT IS READY….. “Persevere…and your Practice will re-fine you!” – coach ilg a Teacher is as good as is the quality of the student. if a student is not interested, teachings will appear uninteresting. like bananas, students come in varying degrees of ripeness. a student is Ripe for transformation when they have the […]
“Unless freedom is gained in the body, freedom of the mind is not possible.” – B.K.S. Iyengar Namaste Noble Fitness Warriors!!!! wow…what a FANTASTIC weekend of workshops! we had the BARBELL BUDDHA workshop into a HP Yoga class/meditation with over 30 students directly into an EVENING OF HERBS & ILGS… second only to enjoying practicing […]
Namaste Noble Warriors! i never know what the hell is going to “hit” people’s Awareness when it comes to body/mind coaching. so for me, to be an effective Teacher of Yoga and Wholistic Fitness, i have to force myself to be brave enough to just speak my Truth as it comes through me. i have […]
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