Wholistic Fitness

He created “Wholistic Fitness®” in 1981 and reached 7 World Championships in 5 different sports (a feat which remains untouched); all this is after self-healing himself from spinal paralysis. He broke his back as a result of 50-foot fall during a winter mountaineering attempt on Longs Peak, in Rocky Mountain National Park.

OUTSIDE Magazine: “Ilg has achieved mastery in more sports than most of us will ever try.” Considered by international media as a pioneering Coach/Athlete/Author, Ilg is known by his legions as a, “Master Mountain Yogi”

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wish ilg Go(o)dspeed tomorrow in the DWC Championship Road Race…likely in the rain/wind…will be using all my Apache Trainings (see above pic for precisely what my chi-ldhood Wolf Guru looked like…courtesy of Joy Kilpatrick). It’s a Blessing to race at this level, at this age, after such a Blessed Life…you too! Count Thy Blessings…Mindfulness or else….

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..might be my age…might be my wearied resume..might be the fact that i am a new daddy of a 6 year-old and rely on bodywork and teaching yoga to attempt to provide for my family, whatever the reasons, ilg feels the conditions were a bit way too warrant a TT on the fancy (read; hard to control) TT bikes and flooded/windy conditions. ilg agrees with the call tonight…TT’s should be about solo fitness; not attrition via subjective conditions…

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newly minted HP Yoga® Teacher, Jackie “Gamhé” Boudreau is already gaining a big class following…and more importantly; she is carrying the WF Torch igniting Transformation quickly among her students.

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forecast for tomorrows MTB TT (event #2 of 4 in the DWC Championships)? dat’s right, baby! RAIN! THIS should be interesting! ilg loves nordic conditions! bring it! stay tuned and send ilg some Chi…need to somehow bridge a 7pt gap to 1st…

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you damn well know, regardless of age divisions? if they would do a pull up competition or a suppleness competition after each and every bike race? your ol’ feeble ilg would be waaaay closer to the top of the podium than my 2nd place today in event #1 of 4 this week during the DWC Championships where ilg is deeply pressed to defend my 2nd place from last year, let alone one up it! i’d have to satisfy myself with a 2nd place and focus on Tuesday’s Mountain Bike Time Trial…of which here is how ilg is planning to attack my far superior opponent…follow me on: www.wholisticfitness.com

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In my line of Service,

hec, in my personal life…

double hec; in the karmic/samskaric lives of all Beings;

there is tremendous suffering.

you don’t need to look far to find suffering. it’s already within. just try softening the tightness in our own hips, for instance…
“Be kind to everyone,” taught Buddha, “for everyone is having a difficult time.”

Here is a Practice from my own Teacher i engage to help elevate my efforts compassion for self and others who are suffering;

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My delight in death is far, far greater than
The delight of traders at making vast fortunes at sea,
Or the lords of the gods who vaunt their victory in battle;
Or of those sages who have entered the rapture of perfect absorption…

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