photo: coach, a two-time World Mountain Snowshoe Championship athlete is on schedule to produce a USSSA Sanctioned Snowshoe Race in his hometown of Durango, Colorado, this February…stay fit, and stay tuned!
sensei,
can you recommend a good pair of snowshoes for this blessed winter? are there ones that are good for both fast pace and slower backcountry hiking?
josh
New Mexico
COACH RESPONDS:
tomorrow, a local reporter is going to come to my morning HP Yoga™ class.
how in this world – within a flimsy hour of Sacred Sweat – shall ilg EVER attempt to Transmit the majestic Path of WF and ALL of our Tribal collective cries and accomplishments of Awakening to a reporter?
here is the answer:
Eventually, our society just might arrive at the re-Discovery that sports, sweating, and stillness may provide the most accessible Path toward Awakening and social transformation the Western world will ever see. – coach ilg. All the jobs we do, the practices we perform, the sports in which we sweat, are mere apprenticeship. the real Art, the true Yoga is our life.
don’t miss this feature on HP Yoga™ at the Church Of The High Pines blog! Thanks Larry!
Today: It is ilg’s immutable, unspeakable joy to share this winter’s first snow in SW Colorado’s high country with my precious MahaShishya’s PY and Raven Sister during the first day of their two-day WF Half-Day Training Camp with me. i first came into Contact (this lifetime around) with PY and Raven when i lived in […]
The Bike Fairy – A Modern Fable When a chi-ld wants their first bike, he or she closes their eyes real tight and makes a wish. If they’ve been as virtuous a chi-ld could possibly be, well, then the Bike Fairy grants their wish and manifests a shiny new bike. The man in this photo? […]
If you’d got a couple of minutes, please enjoy this guided tour of “Phil’s World”…a world-class mountain biking area about a half hour west of Durango, near Cortez, Colorado. This Singletrack Dreamland was created exclusively by and for mountain bikers. A needed break from Durango’s typical 3k’ of climbing, Phil’s terrain features no major climbs, […]
Photo; Multi-time State Nordic Champion coach ilg, ramping up for snow season on East Animas Road yesterday. Pic by Vishnu. #10) Cuz it cuts up your thighs, calves, abs, intercostals, butt, lats, and delts like NOTHING else can while burning twice as many calories as lower body specific endurance activities! #9) Union-carbide road ski pole […]
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