Good Morning Coach, I just finished an incredible session of HP Yoga® and want to thank you for my daily practice. Words can not express the joy and gratitude I feel for my life and my daily practice. Thank you the work you have done and continue to do in Wholistic Fitness®. Namaste’,Angela
“Why waste sweat on anything other than your own Salvation?Make each droplet count toward your Enlightenment…not for you…for All Beings In All Realms.”– steve ilgphoto; Soulstice Mountain Race 2006 – 3 years;3 podiums Every spiritual tradition has stressed that this human life is unique and has a potential that ordinarily we don’t even begin to […]
Noble Sangha,just back from sharing yet another sacred HP PROP WORKOUT® with 15 local Warriors…another ego-withering, limb-and-gut check of satya in the sweatiest degree!only thing missing was YOU! gotta tell you,this soup from Yogini Emily absolutely cranks! we’ve had it like three times and you can truly feel the immense healing capacities within each delicious […]
“Naturally speaking, nothing is ugly. Everything, every Being is beautiful. As we Practice wholeness, our vibratory rate amplifies. The things we see, touch, feel, taste, smell, and otherwise sense grow intensely and non-dualistically more beautiful because we are sensing the Divine Aspect more readily within our whole being. ‘As within, so without.’ When we TRY […]
Noble Sangha,i spent about 6.5 hours yesterday compiling and editing a years worth of ‘baby footage’ trying toget Dewah’s 1-2 year time frame condensed into an hour long DVD for my family before thanksgiving. New Parents, i know you know what ilg means; this is BRUTAL EDITING!!! it’s an excellent spiritual exercise however…kinda like ‘what […]
click to enlarge the image: Thanks Steve…for what you do,for keeping the ‘do’ inhow you live your lifeandhow you sweat out loudyet with such wisely paced compassion and fierce grace! You’re always in my thoughts.Namaste.– your Devoted Warrior Jerry ACA COACH RESPONDS: Precious Tribal Brother,if ilg is indeed ‘all-ways’ in your thoughts,then, please!… switch the […]
Dear Steve, I am a 56 year old woman who is trying to lose weight and get fit. I try to walk three times a week but with my very busy work schedule don’t always get to it; but know that I have to do something about my weight. I am feeling very fat and […]
the following is excerpted from the Northern Arizona Yoga Center’s newsletterwhere Joy and i both teach… photo of Joy by Wayne Williams Q &A: Get to know your instructors What brought you to yoga? Well, it’s more like “who” brought me to yoga… My dad was my first teacher to introduce me to yoga. He […]
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