Competition means, by definition, To Arise From Within… Toe the Start Line of SOMETHING, ANYTHING…and feel how the Sangha of Competition lifts you waaaay higher than not cOMpeting…get out there and do your Noble Best…
“One word, ANIMAL!” says National MTB Champion Joe Burtoni about my effort to regain my former King of the Mountain title at last weekend’s Chama Ski Classic. ilg lost the title by not being fast enough in the snowshoe..yet, as i tell my 5 year-old daughter, “Competition means, by definition, To Arise From Within,”..she gets it. do you? Toe the Start Line of SOMETHING, ANYTHING…and feel how the Sangha of Competition lifts you waaaay higher than not cOMpeting…get out there and do your Noble Best…
2011/12 HP Yogini of the Year, Sandra Lee gettin’ it done to bring h(om)e a 1st place AG in her first Chama appearance…next year? ilg wants to see YOU on this Sacred Sweat Pilgrimage…and don’t tell me you ‘can’t snowshoe’!!! c’mon! pic by Pat Hogan — at 40th Annual Chama Chile Ski Classic. watch for my exclusive interview with Dawa coming soon only to WF Members!
due to technical difficulties at pulling off a massive weekend of racing with over 250 racers at 10,000′? it’s okay to have technical difficulties…
here is what ilg knows (unofficially) thus far from one of my most enduring and beloved winter racing events in the Southwest:
…and, i get the privilege of attempting to defend an overall title…and at 51? such privileges don’t cOMe by too often anymore!
ilg is re-discovering the “5” in “51”
by simply listening, responding, and playing with Dewa; my live-in residential Dharma Teacher.
yet another Sister found through the Deep Pow Connection…and if you don’t know how Sacred the Deep Pow Connection is?
ya’ just ain’t yet livin’ the WF life to her fullest…that is why ilg offers Private Intensives…ilg will take you into the k(Now)…pic by ilg at Wolf Creek (nearly 11,000′) during pow(der) day…
“you can only run away from intense cold for so long…embrace cold! we’ll need to when it matters most!” Here is the Spiritual Reason why:
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