Student:Dear Coach,You mention using a prop for yoga… Coach:search in the SanghaLounge for the Temple Teaching on using props in asana.for 90% of the time, we only use the foam blocks for my HP Yoga Prop Workout video. Student: I admire your tenacity and will in the face of the challenges brought forth by your […]
“To discover an Outer World, we must first recognize and establish some sort of a relationship with our Inner World. The key is development of sustained concentration.” – coach ilg above; WF Teacher Ananda sustains her concentration during vinyasa in 28-degree weather. the yogi must work hard to keep chipping away at overcoming Duality. a […]
Can You Doubt Your Doubt? “If you are strong enough to doubt your strength and willingness to do something,are you not as equally strong to doubt your doubt?”– coach ilg photo; eventually, all WF Students practice Pranayams each day in the ongoing effort to stabilize our mind, develop equanimity of body and mind, and attempt […]
Moccasin Wisdom by coach steve ilg, cpt/ryt/uscf “Do not judge another man until you have walked a mile in his moccasins.”– Native American saying Do you deserve your Pain? You might be surprised at the answer. How long has it been since you performed an UnAssisted Shoe Placement and Removal? The WF Master Student never […]
Oh, i know, the excuses for losing Abhyasa (steadfast Practice) during the holidays are old, predictable, and so easily justified. There are the family get togethers,pressing work projects that need finishing (like the post production work on my new DVD!),and preparation of All Things (particularly SKIING!). However, the WF Warrior’s Practice remains unfluttered by such […]
“The great problem is bringing lifeback into the wasteland,where people live inauthentically.” – Joseph Campbell Tonight, Ananda and i are going on a moonlight cross country ski with some fellow yogis. Merging into my most treasured sound of ski across snow, we’ll each reflect on the past year before returning to our tiny town hunkered […]
So, i understand that Nike has merged with iPod and has thus begun a marketing(read spirit-deconditioning) campaign to convince the UnAwakened massesthat to go for a run without being ‘plugged in’ is soooo uncool.feeble ilg wonders,“Would Steve Prefontaine train and race with an iPod?”whatever happened to running while listening to and nourishing one’s own Divinity!?! […]
“Where are you between two thoughts?” There is no Practice quite like Holiday and Family Practice! The yogi is trained to participate fully in the family and Outer World yet maintains his or her Inner World as the true and steadfast Source of “Christ’s Mass”. Immersed in the Holiday Practice, relying on Early Morning Ritual […]
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