There are no shortcuts around the realization that we are all children of Father Sky and Mother Earth. When rain falls, it falls on everyone without condition or opinion.
pic: ilg squatting 320lbs for 10 reps at a bodyweight of 138lbs while logging 80 miles running per week and capable of rock climbing 5.11 when
5.12 was the highest technical lead.
go fetch.
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An honest realization must precede the evident answer to ‘preventing disasters’ on Chomolungma (aka; Mt. Everest). No one that uses supplemental oxygen on a peak actually climbs that peak. Using oxygen falsely ‘lowers’ the elevation and subjective dangers of the natural peak to the fitness capacity of the perpetrator…errr, ‘climber.’
this recent Paleolithic sensationalism which is based on consuming the often toxic flesh (in both spiritual and physical aspects) of today’s animals (ala Cordain) to mimic the composition of the “evolutionary diet” is a bad joke at best. There are so many unAwakened flaws in this approach, that I could write a fetching, sensationalistic (and probably best-selling) book on the imbecilic basis of attempting to convince mainstream Americans that they can and should eat anciently.
i took this pic from about mile 7.5 up our 10 mile dirt road climb on our road bike during the Tuesday Night World’s Ride this evening here in Durango…a definite A-list of the local pro’s…i didn’t finish last…second to last, but not last! that little green blob in the center of this pic is the Animas River Valley…that is how high up we climb on this 3,000′ climb before shaking our molars out on the washboard descent and then roaring back to town at 23mph!
WF has been sooooo far ahead of the rest of the sleeping masses for so long now…it’s not even funny. especially when we see this cascade of chi-less stuff purged by the neophytes looking for the next column square inch… just compare to the WF Techniques published over 3 decades ago and even the least sensitive can sense it: “Shoulda Listened To Coach A Long Time Ago!”
it’s not that feeble ilg dislikes studio, asana-specific yogis…not at all…ilg remains in awe of their prowess upon the hardwood floored Cave..however,
really?
c’mon…show ME the veracity of your yoga-asana across the physiologic/mental spectrum!
at Least as much as my resume has revealed unconditionally to all!!!
Yogis – traditionally – are intensely apolitical. that’s because they’ve blown through the delusion of how things seem, and Realize that it is only by developing oneself we can truly help others. Rumi comes to mind: Apparent shapes and meanings change. Creature hunts down creature. Bales get unloaded and weighed to determine price. None of […]
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