Wholistic Fitness

“In this pure land surrounded by snow-covered mountains, you are the source of all goodness and all happiness. Chenrezi Tenzin Gyamtso, may your lotus feet remain firm until the end of existence.” – from the Chenrezi Meditation Sutra which is the spiritual lineage of Wholistic Fitness™
my hOMetown…shot of Overend Mountain Bike Park which is within Durango City Limits with Hogsback Hill and Perrins Peak in the foreground and the high LaPlata being the mountains in the background. To think when i grew up here,

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continued from DL April 15th… my Hopi Brother; Michah. Plant talking. Michah? Not much spiritual ignorance. S(om)ething tells ilg that this Teacher of feeble ilg will soar through the Bardo… The third type of Avidya (spiritual ignorance) described in this Sutra is my personal favorite; interceptive. ilg knows what my seasoned warriors are thinking:1) uh…aren’t […]

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“Like a virgin/it feels so good inside…” – lyrics from Madonna with all possible apologies to the strikingly rad Lady Gaga, however, you ain’t even close to Madonna status. the Tangkha leading into my (our) Tribal Zendo where ilg comes up with all this stuff. this is where i cook and re-cook the WF Blessed […]

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Rinpoche Dewachen and Easter bonnet. photo by ilg on Easter Sunday *** “Oh your baby is sooooo uttterly precious!!! Don’t you just LOVE how INNOCENT they are?!” When your entire lifestyle is lived barely an arm’s reach away from an adorable Rinpoche like Dewachen, you get this comment a lot. i mean, a LOT! and […]

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text and photos by steve ilg unless noted otherwise. click on pics to deepen the chi hit What are the whispers shared by ducklingsas their feet paddle in frenzied mannerwithin the velveteen wake of their Mother?Family Yoga might best be learned from the wild animals. photo; Early morning last week; Red River Lake, NM. When […]

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Abbaji and Dewachen practicing Vrkasana or Tree Pose, thanks to a most beautiful Arizona Sycamore near Clear Creek last week. photo by Ananda. click to enlarge the chi hit. The energy of the body is intelligence.The energy of the mind is consciousness. Everybody wants Happiness; for themselves, for our chi-ldren, for our Animal friends, for […]

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Please enjoy the debut issue of HOMEGYM MAGAZINE featuring coach ilg HOMEGYM Magazine, a beautiful and noble offering for Fitness Warriors, is now available at most major bookstores…i would LOVE it if you would subscribe to this magazine to help the lift-off of this new venture designed to ultimately not to turn people on, rather […]

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-your humble mountain yogi, at His Service, a while ago. – true; my first exposure to organized spirituality came by way of Roman Catholicism. “organized” is putting it lightly. each day, every day came an intoxicating mix of resounding organ pipe music, mystical reverberations of Latin wordage, drinking and eating each early morning of the […]

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