I can’t say that “i’ve always dreamed of skiing with a daughter on winter afternoons in my hometown..” However, ilg’s gotta admit; this works too. I’ve lived in Durango most of my life…yet, sometimes, in mOMents like this one? i gotta pinch myself to see if i’ve not already ascended to some Heavenly Realm of the Buddha…i swear, in Durango the rivers, creeks, trees, snow, and birds all seem to me to sing the Dharma in the most seductive of ways…
Since introducing her “Wholistic Stroller Fitness” workouts here in Durango, Joy “Ananda” Kilpatrick and Dewachen have been steadily trickling down the potent WF Wisdom to local mOMs.
It was Dewa who spotted this magnificent setting of Grandfather yesterday evening…Ananda was quick enough to capture it…given our Teachings this week, this photo reMinds ilg and Moves ilg to the understanding that just because we may not yell or scream or cuss or drink or whatever, doesn’t mean we don’t have Work to do with Anger…these clouds in Father Sky as we discussed this week reMind me that even passiveness equals anger…it’s just not acted out. the following five adorable Dewa-filled photos and my captions are sync’d up perfectly with our Teachings in the SanghaLounge and here this week…may we all Benefit…Can’t you just feel a celestial MIGHT within those beautiful Cloud Sisters in the pic above?! Conduct thyself in the manner of Father Sky and just let come what may come, and let go what goes.
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.
My seasoned Students already knew; here it comes; old man ilg’s elegy for September. Geez, you’d think I woulda grown outta of such seasonal sentiment by now, eh? Yet, the spiritual tease of this particular September is more intense than a stoned night at the Rubber Room because I’m finally back in my h(om)etown for […]
“Perceptions create our problems, m(om)ents themselves never do.” – Coach Steve Ilg photo by Ananda of Dewachen yesterday up in the High Country. My 3 year-old Rinpoche is teaching me my highest yoga of my life…each day and in everyWay. click to enlarge Her Transmission into your Practice today! the quote arrived to me yesterday […]
on this night of Autumnal Equinox, feeble ilg collects his small, yet fierce Tribe of WF Warriors and collectively sends a bow to our Beloved Grandmother during this Auspiciously Empowering night… i just finished a two hour Meditation that felt like 10 minutes; such is the Pranic Potency of tonight! the Wisest and most Devoted […]
note: this is first in a series of chi hits centering upon my performance at the grand-daddy of North American Mountain Running Races and one of WF’s Most Sacred Pilgrimages: the Imogene Pass Run where ilg was once a top-20 Overall finisher who now just tries to summit near the same time that i once […]
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