“Due to having faith, one relies on the Practices,Due to having wisdom one truly knows.Of these two, wisdom is chief,Faith is its prerequisite.”– Nagarjuna photo above; i would not have believed it had i not been there. Olympian and World Champion Greg Hockensmith got hooked up with me to help him high altitude train for […]
Today may have been a Rest Day for the Tour de France riders, however, here at the Temple Training Grounds it was far from a rest day… coming soon to DL…a World Class Ascent of the Sacred Peak with a World Champion… trust me, after reading this DL, it will be very, very, VERY difficult […]
There would be no chance at all of getting to know death if it happened only once. But fortunately, life is nothing but a continuing dance of birth and death, a dance of change. Every time I hear the rush of a mountain stream, or the waves crashing on the shore, or my own heartbeat, […]
Even in the greatest yogi, sorrow and joy still arise just as before. The difference between an ordinary person and the yogi is how they view their emotions and react to them. An ordinary person will instinctively accept or reject them, and so arouse the attachment or aversion that will result in the accumulation of […]
“In WF, every day is Earth Day.”– coach ilg I heard him the day before yesterday while working in the Temple Office.then again yesterday up at about 8,500′ in Dry Lake Hills on Sunset Trail on Gunther, my mountain bike, i heard him again. haven’t seen him yet. just heard him. and in my hearing […]
“Anyway, was able to sneak in a 5-min. Zazen session in the men’s room at work.”– excerpt from WF Online Student Hakado Ru’s Wednesday Practice Update. This type of “just get it in” effort is why i gave Hakado Ru a coveted WF Master Student Inka! photo by coach:A Ouray, Colorado version of the “men’s […]
INNER STRENGTH To order this photo go to http://photo.azdailysun.comSTEVE ILG PERFORMS A yoga pose on the deck of his Cheshire home. Ilg is a world renown fitness expert and author specializing in Yoga. Photo: Jake Bacon/Arizona Daily Sun By KEITH JIRONSun Sports StaffWednesday, April 4, 2007 7:56 AM MST Flagstaff-based best-selling health and fitness author […]
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 […]
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