Don’t we know, only too well, that protection from pain doesn’t work, and that when we try to defend ourselves from suffering, we only suffer more and don’t learn what we can from the experience? As Rilke wrote, the protected heart that is “never exposed to loss, innocent and secure, cannot know tenderness; only the […]
an actual email from my Inbox today…name withheld for privacy’s sake: To Whom it May Concern: Hello, my name is (name withheld) and I currently live in Vermont on break from attending college in New Hampshire. I picked up your “Total Body Transformation” book in the library a couple of months ago and am currently […]
click on pics to enlarge… Dewa and injured daddy ilg the other day at the Pagosa Mineral Hot Springs. the Native name of my old h(om)etown – Pagosa – means, “Healing Waters” and after my high-speed mountain bike racing crash last Saturday, i truly put these collective pools of ancient healing hot springs to the […]
Yup, pulled another “Ned Overend” outta my bag of tricks…winning the Pagosa Mountain Duathlon Full Course, teaching the young bucks a thing or two about wholeness and longevity! look closely at my right elbow… Namaste Noble WF Sangha, just wanted to let you all know that ilg is doing just great…sore (not ‘well trained’) but […]
WF Temple NewsJuly/9/2009 “The Lord has a Universe for a body.” – Pratyabhijna-Hridaya (4) of Kshemaraja Coach and his Can-Do Clan hasGone Fishin’…and racing, and climbing, and camping and…and…whatever, wherever our little summer walkabout leads us. After teaching tonight’s HP Yoga PROP BASICS class, we’re heading deep into the h(om)eland of my youth; Pagosa Springs, […]
Steve, I really appreciate the effort you put into your book, “Total Body Transformation”. It is well-balanced, informative, and very insightful. However, I have a couple quick questions I was hoping you could answer: 1) I am a practicing zen buddhist who tries to practice simplicity and renunciation as much as possible. Because I don’t […]
click on pics to enlarge For those of you following my daughter’s Dharma Journey, the “Om So Ti’s” continue to rack up in the most exquisite array of snychronistic, auspicious Signs…however, the Key is; Consciousness…feeble ilg wonders at just how many more miracles pass before me without me realizing them due to my afflicted, clouded […]
well, the emails from my rock climbing brother and sisterhood are streaming in…i understand my my old friend from my era of American rock climbing has hit the deck during a free solo near Bishop, CA and is now free soloing – as we all must – his Bardo Entry and Navigation….on behalf of myself […]
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