DURANGO HERALD SPORTS/OUTDOOR BRIEFS Local yoga teacher/personal fitness trainer, Steve Ilg (53) lost in his defense of the 2015 Overall Championship in the 13th running of the “Leadville Loppet Nordic Marathon” on Sunday, February 21, 2016. Ilg placed 2nd Overall losing to 21 year-old collegiate nordic ski racer from Boulder, Jamie Mothersbaugh. Ilg […]
Daddy: “Okay kids, stop there…great, now, turn around and say,’BEAST HILL!’…
Dewa (pictured in black); “SERIOUSLY, Daddy…OMG”
We are human. We are upright. We are beautifully, uniquely our own Self. We are meant to fail at any given turn for that is how we Rise Higher. Take the time to understand our voluntary athletic suffering and we may be able to contemplate and amplify our Higher spiritual intentions to become better in the process and in turn understand our Wholeness; become our own medicine man.
i transformed one of my students of yoga/bodywork – a former National Champion in his sport – back to the top ten of last weekends’ National CycleCross Championships in Austin, TX. one year ago? his body was like the fabled tale of Zumbaks’ Suit; all twisted and contorted and full of deep cellular, neural, and hormonal imbalance from decades of professional cycling without a wholistic coach in his corner.
in the past 12 months…
This past Saturday, feeble ilg raced what i felt was my strongest 10 kilometer nordic skate race since i was in my thirties, i mean, i friggin’ threw DOWN… yet, i finished a few seconds off the podium and i know why; here is why….
Sit quietly. From the depths of your heart, invoke in the sky in front of you the embodiment of the truth in the person of your master, a saint, or an enlightened being. Try to visualize the master or buddha as alive and as radiant and translucent as a rainbow. If you have difficulty […]
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