Wholistic Fitness

honestly however, me toeing the Start Line tomorrow? has helped in unspeakably potent ways to heal my knee. see; let me tell you a Secret of Mountaineering, Sport Performance, Overcoming Weakness/Imbalance, Conquering Dis-ease and Injury, and last however, not least, Chi-ld Rearing: ALWAYS MOVE IN THE DIRECTION YOU WANT TO GO.

if you had seen my right knee one and a half weeks ago, here is what you…well, actually perhaps not YOU being a WF devotee…however, here is what many would have (and many did) say:

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Your Feeble Mountain Yogi Ilg, sky high today on my most Sacred Sweat of all my Durango workouts; my infamous “Mordarbacken”…which is now part of the nordic skate skiing ultra: Tour de Ski coming up on my Race Schedule on January 22. Behind me is the radiance of my chi-ldhood Sacred Mountains; the La Plata’s caught here in my pic beaming their namesake silver aura.

I actually have not been able to ski this old traditional nordic skate skiing torture/bliss fest which i called, The Mordarbacken, since I was in my twenties! You can only imagine how stoked I was to revisit this old Ilg Standard which repulsed all my training partners who were able to finish it with me (only 2 out of 5 did!). This workout requires 2 hours of uphill ski skating at elevations starting at 8,793′ and finishes at about 11,213′ upon the base of Grayrock Peak (12,604′) which you’ll see in my 11 photos below (watch my YouTube Channel for a music video of this route).

2 hours up of skate skiing…followed by a scintillating, jump-filled descent on tiny edgeless skate skis in 32 minutes…most of which need to be spent in Chair Pose (Utkatasana)…you wanna come with me? Sure…you’re gonna have a challenge figuring out however, which of the photos to use as your new ScreenSaver…reader beware!

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click on pics to deepen the Chi Hit…all photos by steve ilg unless otherwise noted. please do not republish without first asking. May my effort amplify your Practice this week… *** Prehistoric man journeyed through, lived within, and more than likely marveled at these captivating sand dunes which lay like a Devotee before the snowy […]

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please do not republish without consent. thank you. coach in MahaMudra by James Q Martin now,click HEREfor a tremendous asset to your own Practice of Meditation and Yoga… *** Just as a writer learns the spontaneous freedom of expression only after years of often grueling study, and just as the simple grace of a dancer […]

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Coach!! Can you cook me a WF Blessed Mala for 100k+ prostrations?above; long-time WF Devotee Claudia *** Hello Noble Coach!!! Much has happened since we spoke last – I would like to come see you this fall to visit ananda and baby and check out flagstaff but before then I will be entering a tibetan […]

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Falling snow does this to me…it opens my HeartSpace of Avalokiteshvara… May this inspire your Practice ever Higher and Deeper today… * i have, through this incarnation been introduced to an eon-old and ever growing personal pantheon of Formfull and Formless Teachers…and that’s a Great Blessing if you are as feeble of a yogi as […]

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“I believe it was Hemingway who said, ‘There are only three sports: Stanley Cup Playoff hockey, Tour de France cycling, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.’” – from WF Master Student “Abu” one of the many Hockey Maniacs now gathered in the WF SanghaLounge in the CURRENT EVENTS cave…stop by if you dare, […]

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Dearest Teacher, I’ve just started teaching yoga, attempting to bring some of your ‘mountain yogi spirit’ into my classes. It’s hard. I feel like a fool and I don’t know if I should continue. If i get too “out there” and say the “G” (God) word too much, I get reprimanded by both students and […]

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