Sacred Continuation to my 87 year-young m(om) – cancer sur-thriver, lost my dad her one and only of over 55 years five years ago- …and to ANY OF YOU that have received direct sweat under my guidance over the decades? if you think Feeble Ilg is tough!??! you better count yo’ dang Blessings […]
Many students have asked me about my Traditional Opening Prayer…it is beyond Sacred and should not be recited without my head nod due to Lineage implications…however, for your OWN PERSONAL SADHANA, here you go, again, never recite this most precious Prayer from the Ancestors without contacting me first because, as Rinpoche says, “Each time we […]
Feeble ilg’s note to all the upcoming New Years Resolutioners: Over intellectualism (which includes rationalization of excuses) is Culprit #1 of lifelong fitness…prioritize Sweating instead of Thinking. Sweat is (W)holy Water, cherish it daily. Dance across diverse activities weekly over various fitness disciplines. Wholeness thus bec(om)es.
To Whom It May Be Of Snow Concern, As a Durango native, (oh, geez, the obligatory preface): outdoor sports performance coach of over 3.5 decades, yoga/fitness teacher of s(om)e renown, gainer of a ‘few’ podiums across many winter sports, and way more importantly? The ever-learning father of a 9 year-old girl who loves to rip […]
More like, ‘White Friday’ around ilgsville…dat’s da way we like it! so D and i created this powder trail through the trees which got more and more skier traffic throughout the day…that was meaning-full for her..trailblazing-wise…D named our Forest Path trail: “Black Stallion”…OMG, we had SUCH a great time!!! love the kid that chose to […]
This M(om)ent… Bittersweet, surreal emotions swirled as Dewa rode chairlifts for the first time with a friend instead of Daddy…what’s next? My car keys?! Om Ami Dewa Hrii.. Letting Go ain’t easy… Noble Sangha, i took the above pic today…that’s Dewa (9) on the left with her friend Isabella up at Purg. This M(om)ent touched […]
As a child, my daddy who stood on his feet 6 days a week at Kroegers hardware store in Durango would take us kids out to the Rez near your Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Farmington Field Office (FFO) to…PICK UP LITTER ALL DAY LONG!!!! since then? i have established my OWN lifelong legacy of […]
reprinted from The Durango Telegraph Kicking around idea of eco-turf Dear City Council of Durango, As a Durango native, yoga teacher to city employees, multi-sport athlete and single father of a very Durangatangish 9-year-old daughter for whom I did everything it took to move my family back to my hometown in order to raise her […]
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