click pics to deepen the chi hits… “Toeing The Start Line,” has long been a catch phrase of mine. Here is why. Doing what is required to simply Toe The Start Line of a race (or of a performance) is tantamount to cultivating the Warrior qualities which the Ancient Enlightened Ones advised as key for […]
“…And forgive us our trespasses,as we forgive those who trespass against us… …And lead us not into Attachment,but deliver us from laziness…Om-en.” – Yogi Jesus Christtranslation by ilg Personally, ilg TAF’s that most religions have morphed too much into specificity…kinda like sports. Therefore, feeble ilg suggests a retro-religion, one which all the Enlightened Masters spoke […]
Steve Ilg is the… same as all-ways;stunned by how difficult it is for me to keep opening my hips while cranking consistent cardio volumes and intensities, especially peak running…how cOMe so few seem enraptured with this High Endeavor? i mean; we now have a WHOLE LOT of “yoga stars” preaching about the Kundalini, Sushumna, Mula […]
click to enlarge the Chi Hit. taken from my cell phone camera during a recent training ride on my road bike over Molas Pass (10,910′). when i say “Blue Sky”… what do you Perceive? what do you Conceive of as a “Blue Sky”? Qualities of mind are rarely explored among the popular, convetional fitness paths. […]
No one needs to tell Ananda and Dewachen (photo far right) or the many other Fitness M(om)s and their chi-ldren who begin their day with what matters most: getting out and breathing with Mother Earth and Father Sky. photo by ilg along the Animas River Walk. click to enlarge *** I designed the WF Techniques […]
Profound and tranquil, free from complexity, Uncompounded luminous clarity, Beyond the mind of conceptual ideas; This is the depth of the mind of the Victorious Ones. In this there is not a thing to be removed, Nor anything that needs to be added. It is merely the immaculate Looking naturally at itself. – NYOSHUL KHEN […]
“Wholistic Fitness® reduces stress in our lifebecause we learn inner skills to adjust to ‘problems’ in a positive way.What we used to see as ‘problems’become transformed into blessings; opportunities to Rise Higher!”– steve ilg HP Yogini Melissa Van Sant, owner of Rose Pedals in Durango, crankin’ toward the summit of Jones Creek singletrack this morning; […]
click pic and see extensive footnotes for killer details… what’s “on my mind*”?asks the FaceBook Wizard each time ilg logs on. ain’t it obvious for ALL of us?layers and layers of avidya… if my Mind was Clear/Enlightened, NOTHING would be “on it”! oh, and is it just feeble ilg or aren’t the most ‘basic’ yoga […]
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