o, my 82 year-old m(om) just underwent emergency surgery for a hernia which migrated into her bladder…i’ll be going down to NM this week to look after her…oddly, enough, this new yoga sequence (of my mom’s urgent care) has made me miss my just dead-Dad (a year ago) even more…How I will remember my Dad? Strong, self-centered, and could make me feel like I really mattered more than anyone in the world.
This morning in typical New Daddy mode, i felt deeply underprepared for the hammerfest known as the Saturday Club Ride here in Durango. the route today was Citron de Duex, a favorite 48-mile test piece involving over 5,000′ of climbing. i only brought one water bottle and the only water i had…
Main intent of this trip will be taking my girls to one of my lifelong Sacred Southwest Vortices; Chimney Rock Archeological Area; the northern High Priest Hangout of the Ancient Ones…this place spin balances your chakral fields faster than an Osprey tracking on a Trout… Chimney Rock is on pace to soon become a National Monument…
have you ever been sooo exhausted from such a fun and fitness-filled family vacation that you need ANOTHER vacation just to recover?!? just back from an AMAZINGLY BLESSED 5 days of scintillating Southwest Wholistic Fitness Family fun…full story plus Dharma c(om)ing only to Members at: www.WholisticFitness.com
photo from back in the day in my former life as a sponsored (there were no professional) climber…my home office: Eldorado Canyon, circa 1982.
this is my Dharma Mentor of free soloing (no rope); Derek Hersey (aka; The Human Fly) followed by Mic Fairchild during a stint we used to call
a ‘double free solo’. route: Hair City on the Bastille in Eldo…5.9+ Below is a letter i wrote to…
Dips, baby…1980’s style..this pic is from my first book; The Outdoor Athlete (1985)…at one point, ilg was able to do 5 sets of 10 Dips with 85lbs around my tiny waist at a bodyweight of 145…give me a few weeks and probably, even at age 50? i’d still come close…below, i answer a question about my “Quota Rule” in WF Strength Training…
“People often make the mistake of being frivolous about death and think, ‘Oh well, death happens to everybody. It’s not a big deal, it’s natural. I’ll be fine.’” That’s a nice theory until one is dying.”
if you can’t feel the Spiritual Tenacity and Fierce Love of Padmasambhava?
chances are? you ain’t gonna last long in this Steep and Direct Path of Self Transformation through
Wholistic Fitness®…you best just default to say, uh…CrossFit™, or Pilates™, or Kettleball Whatever…cuz
you ain’t gonna last a month in Wholistic Fitness®…i promise…after 35 years of living and teaching this Path which Came Through Me Via The Amitabha Buddha Lineage…it’s best if you just stay away…Warriors Toward Wholeness only thrive Here Now…
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