“That goodness is what survives death, a fundamental goodness that is in each and every one of us. The whole of our life is a teaching of how to uncover that strong goodness, and a training toward realizing it.” – Sogyal Rinpoche, My earliest formative spiritual training was the Tibetan Mountain Lineage. That Path has […]
“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 […]
Coach,You probably hear this a lot: you’re the best!!! Thanks for keepingme updated through the process of my Blessed Malas. I was trying to focus to bring lots ofenergy into my meditations. I’m very excited about the Malas.– steve a order YOUR WF Blessed Malas Today; Personally Empowered by Coach during a Multi-Day Empowerment Ritual; […]
click here andMay your Practice Be Empowered… THE OUTDOOR JOURNEY INTERVIEW WITH COACH ON MEDITATION
My Darling Dewachen, in honor of your 21st Day of coming into this Formful UniVerse* and, to let you know that Amma and Abba ( mommy and daddy) are still ATTEMPTING to bring Non-Attachment (vairagya) to your absolutely ADORABLE form,i Gift unto Thee on this Day of Days, an excerpt from a very famous book […]
a new poem and pictures by steve ilg Writing poetry has long been established within the Wholistic Fitness Personal Training System as a form of what i termed, “Passive Meditation,” back in the early years. To this day, if you look upon Bala’s cartop carrier rack, you’ll see a decal, one of many, expressing; POETRY […]
Early Autumn mind… (5) stiff cold feet warm into frost (7) squirrels earn sustenance (5) photos by ilg:1) nearby road to ski area2) this morning’s footprints in frost after Early Morning Ritual3) an opportunistic Grey Squirrel gets today’s early morning hole shot and scores the corn, mere seconds after i put it out.
“Nothing is at last sacred, but the integrity of our own mind.”-Ralph Waldo Emerson – WF Online Shishya Daniel Sauve during a Meditation clinic/workout at his recent WF Private Intensive
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