42 minutes into it and feeling the CHI!!!!!! FIRST TRACKS! ahhhh, finally! The First Snow of the season graces my Temple Training Grounds on the Sacred Peak! You know what that means? Yeah baby; your ol’ coach-who-still-does high tailed it ASAP to the Arizona SnowBowl the very minute the road was open in order to […]
“Go out and breathe God!” – instructed Sasaki Joshu Roshi. That’s precisely what i’ve attempted to bring to the Westerners notion of Personal Fitness. Although i could wear my Naropa monks robes for you,i find that if i wear them, too many people bow superficially and it sets up difficulty withmy SvaDharma of bridging Western […]
“The Awakened Yogi, knowing of the inevitability of pain mingled with pleasure which makes up a human incarnation, attempts through steadfast Practice to slay plurality, watching all duality become diluted in the Holy Water of one’s Sweat until all separateness fades into the growing, luminosity of Oneness. Being Gifted a child brings up ones own […]
“Things will never be perfect. How could they be? We are still in samsara*. Even when you have chosen your master and are following the teachings as sincerely as you can, you will meet difficulties and frustrations, contradictions and imperfections. Don’t succumb to obstacles and tiny difficulties. These are often only ego’s childish emotions. Don’t […]
WF Warrior Roberto Crespo used Wholistic Fitness and Online Consultations with coach ilg as part of his preparation for what resulted in a fantastic 2nd Place Finish at the ‘The Toughest 48 Hours in Sport’ with three of his fellow Pasadena Triathlete bros. May his report below fire up your chi for your own Practice… […]
two days ago:a window of bullet blue skies opened between storms. i took aim for the Summit of the highest peak in Arizona, determined to run to Her lofty heights while chanting the name of my baby girl to christen her spirit with those of the high mountain Kachinas. this cell phone camera self portrait […]
“You don’t get a second chance at your Pre-Season.”– coach ilg READ MY LATEST ARTICLE ON THE UNITED STATES SNOWSHOE RACING WEBSITE: Coach Ilg’s Column at USSSA photo by Ananda: cranking off Norwegian Crunches during my pre-season snowshoe race training. the ultra innovative snowshoes that i am wearing is called the, Flight System®, made by […]
A DL EXCLUSIVE REPORTand Photos “proudly” brought to you by WF Temple Manager (and Mother Of Dewachen), Ananda! The “legendary antics*” of the ol’ Mountain Yogi just keeps on continuing… With only 11 days in his pocket as a new daddy, and eight running workouts in the past 8 months, our Beloved “MultiSport Mutant**” of […]
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