Cloud Sisters over Wing Mountain, by coach on Thanksgiving Day from his front porch, Kinlani, AZ. Ladies & Gentleman, thank you so much for flying with us this (w)holiday… you’ll be back on the (spiritual) ground shortly with Coach so… please make sure your trays are in their upright position and that all your ‘carried […]
When you spend each day with a 2 year-old Rinpoche? It’s easy to feel and treat each dawn as another blessed opportunity for Thanks-Giving. Dwelling in the UniVerse of Dewachen, outer worldly comings and goings fade like evening night into meaninglessness. i must shake myself like a dog out of a lake, re-ground myself…force myself […]
It’s very easy to ‘overthink’ WF. Those who are overwhelmed by the notion of WF need to stop overthinking…a predictable tendency among us Westerners. Instead, read the WF Sutras as i’ve written TOTAL BODY TRANSFORMATION. Read the chapter on WF Lifestyle Principles. Or, even less expensive, visit the WF SanghaLounge and read my Introductions to […]
WF Devotee Yogini “Petticoat” Julie at Haridwar (“door” to Shiva), northern india after being blessed by a Hindu priest by the Holy Ganga. photo courtesy Julie Mueller. Dearest Gurujilg: PY’s first el Tour de Tucson, first time riding more than 100 miles, second ever century, first true bike “race”– done in 6:33:57. With one small […]
my amazing dad and my still-scintillating sister at 51 years-young! taken by me outside the WF Temple H(om)e, Kinlani, AZ last year. actual cell phone conversation with my mom today: “Hey, Mom?” “Steve? Is that you?” “Yeah, hey listen, Dewa has been talking nonstop about you and “Duck*” coming for Thanksgiving and she wanted to […]
“The bicycle is the most efficient machine ever created: Converting calories into gas, a bicycle gets the equivalent of three thousand miles per gallon.” ~Bill Strickland, The Quotable Cyclist “To the Wholistic Fitness® yogi? A bicycle is our lifeblood; it’s our car, it’s our health insurance, it’s our chi-developer, it’s our weapon against Gaia Abuse.Today? […]
Body lying flat on a last bed,Voices whispering a few last words,Mind watching a final memory glide past:When will that drama come for you? VIITH DALAI LAMA
Coach Ilg- Do you have a half an hour or so free in the next few weeks so that I can interview you? I found that your yoga instruction is the most rich example of ritual performativity out of all the samples that I’ve collected, so I have some interesting questions for you. I’ll treat […]
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