Why Don’t Monks Squat? This one does. In fact, all WF Fitness Monks are required to take Study beneath the Squat Bar Zendo! i maintain that there is no Zafu Cushion quite as effective as a heavily loaded barbell across ones shoulders. Why Don’t Monks Squat? That is a fine question, one that i asked […]
Dead, our white bones lie silentwhen pine trees lean toward spring. Remembering, I sigh. Looking ahead,I sigh once more.This life is a mist. What fame?What Glory? – Li Po i took this photo of ‘Red Fox Deck’ here at the WF Temple H(om)e last week. With a New Baby Being on my horizon, i may […]
how do you create, maintain, and Serve endlessly to thousands a world class standard of multidisciplined body/mind/spirit fitness for a quarter of a century? well, you start at the Cellular Level; in other words;you better damn well watch what you eat,honor what you eat,andembrace all challenges as a form of nutrition designed to make you […]
WORK ON THE BOD AND THE GOD WILL FOLLOW
it is true that asana (the sustained stretching exercise component of yoga) can in fact create a ‘longer, sleeker’ appearance to the physique than does a strict bodybuilding or weightlifting only program. Asana, i suppose it can be said, creates a ‘cat-like’ physique as opposed to a ‘bulldozer’ physique from gym-only training or an anorexic, […]
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