Noble Ones, 5:15 am…the world inside the WF Temple is quiet and sacred with Brahmamurhurti Prana…only the massive Elk Beings stir the wet, cold grasses outside. ilg just spent an hour, felt like 10 minutes, inside the WF SanghaLounge… ’nuff said. if you are not in there, yogi squatting around our Tribe’s most intimate campfire, […]
What Have You Bought with Your Life? On Resurrection Day God will ask,“During this sojourn I gave you,what have you produced for Me?”Through what work have you reached your life’s end?For what have your food and your strength been consumed?Where have you dimmed the luster of your eye?Where have you dissipated your five senses?You have […]
“GET OUT AND DO!”– coach ilg WF Devotee Bryan Bishop of Colorado, sure does! Anyone one out there wanna break WF Devotee Bryan Bishop’s altitude and style points for a yogi squat? Check out these pics our Noble Mountain Yogi sent into WF Headquarters this weekend from his recent climbing expolits in the Rocky Mountains…click […]
HP Yoga Student, Wyatt Brown, cranking “Little Smoke” above Flagstaff. photo; Wyatt Brown archives. Coach, This morning you subbed for my regular, amazing Ashtanga Yogi in our beautiful, NAYC yoga-cave. Holy Yo-Guh! You helped me to inhale the entire Universe, exhale my mind right out of my skull, and sweat at LEAST a day’s worth […]
it’s 5:18 am, this morning. four Wapiti prowl among pre-dawn light among the grasses of “Buddha Hill” behind the WF Temple H(om)e. My statue of Gautama Himself, momentarily trapped between the legs of a spring-born Elk child. i stall my steps out the door for my Early Morning Ritual walking meditation; content to leave my […]
oh, the excuses from Students not incorporating the fourth Noble Fitness Discipline of Wholistic Fitness® into their lives – Meditation. ilg has heard about the kids. the ‘bad knees.’ ilg has heard about the work schedule…the dogs, the lack of space, the lack of time… here is what is lacking;your willingness. your strength to sit […]
As a son of the American Southwest,ilg knows about the Scorcher Guru…and the Teachings of Wholeness come hard: “One second I’m crying,one second I’m guilty,the next moment I’m angry,and then I just want to drink Tequila and forget.I’m going to have to figure out a new philosophy:how to live without loving stuff.”– Adi Ellad, who […]
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