a word to the wise seekers of wholeness; use my monthly Practice Stats as inspiration, NOT as guidelines…i’ll even spot you my age and being a new daddy…my Message is wholeness; not competition. don’t try to compete with my Practice Stats just enjoy your own version of Wholistic Fitness® as she unfolds before your regular […]
“Never let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”– John Wooden HP Yogin, Brad Tafoya, of Durango honors Father Sky while rooted in honoring our beautiful Mother Earth beside Vallecito Creek above Durango last week. Yogi BT knows the value of doing some HP Sacred Sweat to help mitigate the compression inherent […]
this is Ouray, Colorado (aka; the Start Line for Imogene Pass Run). click to enlarge. This “Switzerland of America” is 75 miles, 3 mountain passes over 11,000′ away. i’m riding there this morning and taking Joy, Dewa, and Joy’s dad; Jerry, camping here for 2 nights. i reckon i’ll be feeling the GNARLY FUN HP […]
“There is no substitute for Noble Effort. Always apply your full capacity in every Appropriate Action towards your Highest Self. The worst waste of all is the waste of our inherent Enlightenment potential.” – Coach Steve Ilg200+ podiums in 23 different sports7 World Championship appearances in 5 different sports founder:Wholistic FitnessandHigh Performance Yoga photo: ilg […]
“There is no higher God than Intervals.” – Coach Steve Ilg1989 Journal of Wholistic Fitness® west wall, bookcase, of my Durango H(om)e office. click to enlarge Original print by HP Yogini Susan Deterling – Granite Camp, Grand Canyon. the three books which are always ready for me to grab while enroute to either the toilet […]
“Wholistic Fitness® reduces stress in our lifebecause we learn inner skills to adjust to ‘problems’ in a positive way.What we used to see as ‘problems’become transformed into blessings; opportunities to Rise Higher!”– steve ilg HP Yogini Melissa Van Sant, owner of Rose Pedals in Durango, crankin’ toward the summit of Jones Creek singletrack this morning; […]
click pic and see extensive footnotes for killer details… what’s “on my mind*”?asks the FaceBook Wizard each time ilg logs on. ain’t it obvious for ALL of us?layers and layers of avidya… if my Mind was Clear/Enlightened, NOTHING would be “on it”! oh, and is it just feeble ilg or aren’t the most ‘basic’ yoga […]
*** “A Way (not The Way)… to worship workouts, that vehicle of all glorious and truth quality, is to sweat freely at least once every other day and then Sit Still in Noble Silence, far removed from all care and worry at least once every day. doing so cultivates adoration in every aspect of fitness […]
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