don’t be scared; be sacred! actually i called it “High Performance Yoga” for a multi-layered effect; it really means, “Divine Action Union.” you? you just get through that front door, i’ll take wonderful care of you and after your first class you’ll be like, “OMG…! What TOOK me sooo long to do this?!” trust.
“Half way into week 7 of WF Online Training, although this is not about a cosmetic journey, the core is coming along nicely.”
– WF Online Student and Devotee Monty Mason, AR who is taking Sacred Pilgrimage to Durango this May to race the IRON HORSE BICYCLE CLASSIC alongside Coach Ilg. The IRON HORSE is one of the Three Sacred WF Pilgrimages which all WF Devotees attempt to take before this one wild and precious lifetime is over.
Evergreen is all about Chlorophyll. And Chlorophyll (CHO) is all about ‘eating Light’ or as yogis would say, ‘absorbing the Pran or Life Force”. In my 28 years of being a SUNRIDER Leader (and an ‘Evergreen™” devotee), i’ve found that young children are deeply attracted to Evergreen™, as well as those in chronic low-energy. Why? Because young chi-dren (like my 3-year old daughter) live so close to the Chi that they instantly recognize that they are eating ‘more chi’! Those in chronic pain cherish the ‘feel’ of Evergreen entering their body because they can really feel more Life Force entering her cells. Yogi’s fall in love with Evergreen instantly, because they, like small chi-ldren, live energetically cleaner lives; they can Sense pure, concentrated Prana (or Chi) in a millisecond. Taking Evergreen is sort of like doing a half-hour of devoted Yoga Breathing (Pranayama). It develops and amplifies the Pran within the body.
look closely at my skis and you’ll see a snot-soaked, Blessed Mala-swinging, levitating mOMent from last years’ Mt. Taylor Winter Quadrathlon which i attempt to defend in the Mixed Pairs category next month. Below, i counsel our Tribe’s most recent receiver of WF Blessed Training Mala and tell all current WF Blessed Mala yogi’s when my next Mala re-Empowerment Ritual will take place…
Coach; i’ve got a question on deadlift form. when I’m lowering the bar, my knees tend to flare out to keep my spine straight up and down. is this ok or should i focus more on repeating the exact same form on the way down? i’m trying to be conscious of not straining the low back on the way down.
14 dips! getting better. pullups…. not so much. working on it!
online student j
hi coach,
i did miss a question when I was reviewing my new online training program?
i don’t know exactly what “GP Squats” are and have not found the definition in Total Body Transformation anywhere.
direct me to it if you will!
much thanks,
New Student MM
Coach Responds:
From My DharmaTalk With Former WF and HP Yoga Teacher Q: “The sincere spiritual journey can be, and often is, a very precarious thing. For many reasons this is so. I will share one now. As my shadow was uncovered and my practice began to reveal the deep hidden things I tried so hard to hide. Tried so hard to run from. It can turn things upside down. What was up seems down and down is up, and what felt like love seems like hate, and vice versa. The illusions are powerful. So real. So captivating. It broke me. Broke me completely. I lost my whole life. I spat at all that was God, I hated all that was WF. And when my hate was sincere enough, when I was willing to die rather than hide from it any longer….she changed. What was Hate/Love became ONE…”
photo: coach, a two-time World Mountain Snowshoe Championship athlete is on schedule to produce a USSSA Sanctioned Snowshoe Race in his hometown of Durango, Colorado, this February…stay fit, and stay tuned!
sensei,
can you recommend a good pair of snowshoes for this blessed winter? are there ones that are good for both fast pace and slower backcountry hiking?
josh
New Mexico
COACH RESPONDS:
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