Namaste Noble Warriors! The more fun we have with life, the more fun life has with us. Don’t stop growing just because you are grown up. – coach ilg ��� LOCAL NEWS… The new PowerHouse Gym is OPEN! It is big enough to qualify as a nation unto itself! I want ALL of you HP […]
For DIRECT LINES submitted and written by WF Student Sean Madine, Broomfield, CO {Inspired by Coach Ilg�s article on his Grand Canyon trail race [Direct Lines, 9/2/02].} There is an interesting event called the Breckenridge Crest that is held every Labor Day Weekend. It is 25 miles of mountain running including 5000 feet of ascent […]
A Weekend Flower…For My Students… So much change this weekend as PowerHouse Gym is relocating. Change is good for yogis…it keeps our Practice fresh. Whenever change enters my life, I always think of the lotus flower for inspiration. When I worked at the Ark Bookstore in Santa Fe, a common question about all the Buddhist […]
Of gurus,sex, lies, and videotape? With the agony of love Not the ecstasy Then the Beloved Will fall in love with you.” -RUMI Namaste Noble Warriors! I�ve gotten a few letters from some of you remarking on the recent gossip regarding famous �Yoga Masters� like Amrit Desai, Bikram Choudhury, and the omnipotent Rodney Yee falling […]
CARDIO TRAINING….IT�S IN US by steve ilg, founder/WHOLISTIC FITNESS Personal Training I was naturally attracted to Cardio Training. So were you, whether you know it or not. Perhaps you�ve forgotten your initial love affair with Cardio, but it was there. As soon as you could crawl, what did you do? You tried to walk. Then, […]
Overtrained or Under-Recovered? 10 surefire fixer uppers to save you from the Under Recovery Dragon: By Steve ilg, USCF Coach Are you feeling over trained, or are you feeling Under-Recovered? It is probably the latter. Back a long time ago in the fabled athletic fantasyland of Boulder, Colorado, my first certified WF Teacher, Randy Owens, […]
NAMASTE NOBLE WARRIORS! WEST LA YOGA: First of all, thank you for my Valley yoga warriors who travelled over the hill to enjoy the Free Yoga weekend in West LA at Mark Blanchards Power Yoga! Mark and Elizabeth (the owners) remarked how many HIGH PERFORMANCE YOGA mats and and sweat towels and logos they saw…HP […]
OF HERBS AND QUESTIONS – Dear Coach – Exactly what “core nutrients”am I supposed to be getting from the Sunrider herb products? There is very little protein or calories and I’m sure less nutrients than a plate of broccoli or a handful of blueberries. – Tim Student Tim – your question comes from a conditioned […]
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