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 […]
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 […]
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