click on pics to enlarge I pray on this day that all of us who have come to know Turtle Island as our h(om)e realize the absolute CHI FORCE of the authors and signers of the Declaration of Independence. As your Svadhyaya on this day of days,read aloud with chi, the noble warrior words of […]
i talk with people. fact is, i am involved with thousands of peoples lives each day. i am not in some high Himalayan cave. yet. i get a trickle-down assimilation of all the ‘horrible’ “news” of the world… i ain’t stupid. i talk with people.some of whom do not Practice. such people are easy to […]
please attend to WF Lifestyle Principle #1 – Conscious Breath and Posture before clicking the picture to enlarge. thank you. As any Conscious Parent should, i’ve accepted my baby daughter as my Rinpoche. As my New Daddy status grows, my previous lifestyle of traipsing off to record another plethora of wholistic fitness high country antics […]
“The skillful art of lifting weights in the fierce poetry of “Yin and Yang Awareness” is what characterizes a Wholistic Fitness® warrior in a gym. We are trained in conscious elegance of posture and breath while responding to the Yin and Yang of the imposed demands inherent to strength training.” nothing an ilg loves better […]
What really matters is not just the practice of sitting but far more the state of mind you find yourself in after meditation. It is this calm and centered state of mind you should prolong through everything you do. I like the Zen story in which the disciple asked his master: “Master, how do you […]
all photos and text by coach ilg.click on pic to enlarge.hint for optimal chi maximization:calm your mind and lower your breath and make your spine elegant before reading… *** as i write this,Momma Robin is outside on a limb of “Vishnu” Ponderosa/crying. She is crying comfort calls to her beautiful baby daughter who is in […]
leading Country Club Crack (rated 5.11 b/c back then), Boulder Canyon, Colorado, circa 1983.this was one of my last leads before attempting to free solo this route, as well as many other difficult rock climbs of the area, later in my climbing career. Photo by Richard Rossiter. This photo appears in Rossiter’s guidebook, BOULDER CLIMBS […]
click on pics to enlargen and enliven your DL Chi Hit! “While unperishing love melted my bones,I cried,I shouted again and again,louder than the waves of the billowing sea,I became confused,I fell,I rolled,I wailed,Bewildered like a madman,Intoxicated like a crazy drunk,so that people were puzzledand those who heard wondered.” – Manikka-vacakar’s 9th century love songs […]
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