i would like to go official on the Temple Scrolls to report gleefully that i am beholding a ‘cold’!!! now, some of you may think that i made myself sick over my poor Avalanche hockey team losing to Detroit in an unmentionable ‘sweep’ in the Stanley Cup Playoffs…aaaargh. perhaps, however, as you’ll read in a […]
What should we “do” with the mind in meditation? Nothing at all.Just leave it, simply, as it is.One Master described meditation as “mind, suspended in space, nowhere.” – Sogyal Rinpoche *** For Ananda’s birthday yesterday, we both received a Healing from theGaden Shartse Tibetan Monks. For me, it was welcome and needed step step back […]
WF Master Student Allan “L’Gaté” LudgateL’Gaté is a precious gem, a shining Warrior of the WF Way…recently, as part of his commitment to “Live my WF Practice Out Loud,” he took on the mission of teaching yoga out of his NYC Corporate skyscraper as an act of Service for his coworkers. L’Gaté is the epitome […]
below, WF Online Master Student Shawna acknowledges missing Teacher Ananda as her Online Teacher as Ananda pours herself into being a 24/7 Mother for Dewa. please visit Ananda’s blog to pay tribute to a very chifull and Noble Warrior Protector of Ananda and the WF Temple… The Joyful Breath Namaste Most Missed Teacher Ananda,first and […]
i’ll get back to the Tour de Ski Chronicles next. right now,a DL M(om)ent of Silence for a climber/adventurer whose humility knew and embraced one of my guiding mountaineering quotes; “Though man can climb to the highest summits, he cannot dwell there long.”– Shakespeare. For the Atman of Sir Edmund Hillary now on the greatest […]
-your humble mountain yogi, at His Service, a while ago. – true; my first exposure to organized spirituality came by way of Roman Catholicism. “organized” is putting it lightly. each day, every day came an intoxicating mix of resounding organ pipe music, mystical reverberations of Latin wordage, drinking and eating each early morning of the […]
There are only a few things more delightful to a Mountain Yogi than taking that first step outside after Brahmamuhurti Meditation and getting to shovel fresh, dry-as-a-sock-outta-the-dryer southwest snow…can you name a few?…at this point in your Practice, you should know at least three of the following WF Lifestyle Principles that transform a “chore” into […]
Noble Coach Thought you might like to see this: WF Cardio Commute I credited you with the term “cardio commute,” however, they edited it out, along with some other stuff. WF Online Student Mark Featherman photo; Student Feather preparing for Cross Nationals…stay tuned!
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