What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? This is the most important of all voyages of discovery, and without it, all the rest are not only useless, but disastrous.– Thomas Merton “Thanks for the chi hit this morning Coach […]
If you are a 3x National Champion in UltraDistance MTB Champion like WF Student Timari Pruis (Kenda/Ellsworth), crashes and injuries are part and parcel to the Journey. During a recent injury recovery, Timari developed a blood clot and the doctors put her on Coumadin. One of Timari’s first priorities was to contact me to get […]
NOTE: this first appeared in DL on September 12, 2005. i have republished it due to auspicious synchronicity connecting several WF Online Students. May this help you all… *** Headstand and the Three Realities of the Genuine Human Being by Coach Ilg Iyengar said it best, perhaps; “All these people rush up to me wanting […]
“(E)arnestly practice every good work.”– Fo-Sho-Hing-Tsan-King, 1981 above photo; apres yoga…mountain yogi style! exhausted and intensely, sacredly happy. more seeds of impurity burned in the furnace of self-driven sweat of a 5 hour, 54-mile, 6,800′ mountain bike effort. this photo shows precisely why i am never impressed by fancy postures done by ‘studio yogis’…let them […]
Namaste Noble Warriors! it’s me, the “MultiSport Mutant” according to the June Issue of OUTSIDE Magazine… i got ribbed pretty good yesterday by the boys in the peleton,“Hey, ilg! Mr. Poster Boy!!! Can i get your autograph on my calf?”“Ooooh, look out, here comes, “The Mutant!”…Here, please take this wheel, Poster Boy!”you know…that type of […]
Namaste Teacher Ananda,Welc(om)e home Coach! i have thoroughly enjoy DL during your LA visit! Yeah! The online shower has begun! EMR (Early Morning Ritual) continues to keep me grounded and begins each day with mindful intentions. breath and mula bandha have guided me through these physically and emotionally strenuous days. thank goodness for the foundation […]
“They don’t call it, “Fast Food” for nothing…you gotta do a mandatory ‘fast’ just to purify yourself from eating it!”– Coach Steve Ilg in a recent interview
The Sacred Peak of Doko oosliid (Mt. Humphreys) is not only the highest point of Arizona, it also becomes the center point around which the ultra-distance ride of “Around The Peaks” revolves. I took this shot from about mile 28 from my bike while riding. This is her northwest slope, still holding significant snow. Come […]
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