pic by ilg; this is what it looks like when i take the Soul Force Known To The Outer World As Dewachen Ilg out to her fav breakfast spot in Durango… i KNOW!?!? As Buddha said: “What you are is what you have been, what you will be is what you do […]
Whenever you see Ravens gathered together? It is a Blessing…a MAGICAL BLESSING, actually! Raven Medicine means that Magic IS NEARBY!!! Are you Clear Enough To Receive It!?!?! Raven, Raven! Black as pitch, mystical as the moon… Speak to me of Magic… and i will fly with you soon! i share this pic i […]
pic by ilg the other day of Tsé bit’á i “Rock With Wings” – White Man called it, ‘Shiprock’… Navajo Nation (first published, 1990 in PAGOSA SPEAKS; A Collection Of Regional Poetry, by Steve Ilg. All Rights Reserved) Gallup. Window Rock. Tohatchi. Eon-molded tufts of basalt and sandstone. Massey-Ferguson caps. Thrift-Way stores. A Navajo […]
For those of you still living in an Outdoor Fun-Compromised town or (worse) city? A little reference is perhaps needed. eBike = Electronic (aka: Pedal-Assisted) Bicycle capable of helping you pedal to 20mph before the motor turns off eMTB = Electronic (aka: Pedal-Assisted) Mountain Bike capable of helping you pedal to 14mph before the motor turns […]
The accomplished yogic Masters were keen about conserving vital energy or Prana. One of the largest ‘leaks’ of our Life Force according to the Enlightened Ones? Idle conversation and thinking. Excessive talking or (these days) time on silly social media wastes Prana. Our words and actions should be exact, purposeful, and kind. Using sport performance, […]
the feel of silence the sound of silence a soliloquy for ‘us’ parents is more like a penance for our kids still, we must plant the seeds of stillness… unattached to resultant outc(om)es of our intended desires of their unmitigated Soul Journey hopefully Ever Higher the feel of silence ilg knows all too much how […]
pic by HP Yogini Dawagahti Lee: your feeble teacher of nothing, “Off in search of a great perhaps,” beginning a 4-mile descent on my mountain bike after riding it up and stashing it at 12,378′ to peak run/scramble the seld(om)-visited summit of Three Needle Peak (13,491′) on Sunday, errr, yesterday. see my personal FB page for […]
Finding Unity through Divorce… one of the many Challenges of being a Consciously Divorced Father? Breathing through the chronic domesticatification (yeah, I just created another new word by necessity and am not ashamed) intensities of everyday life. I spent most of my life chasing World Championships in more sports than most ever even try (an […]
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