my amazing dad and my still-scintillating sister at 51 years-young! taken by me outside the WF Temple H(om)e, Kinlani, AZ last year. actual cell phone conversation with my mom today: “Hey, Mom?” “Steve? Is that you?” “Yeah, hey listen, Dewa has been talking nonstop about you and “Duck*” coming for Thanksgiving and she wanted to […]
photo of our gorgeous Grandmother, taken by student shawna schaub outside the WF Temple H(om)e. *** Most Precious GrandMother, ilg is so sorry…on behalf of my Turtle Island Tribe of the Two-Leggeds,ilg is sooooo sorry. as a boy with a wolf,you empowered my courage to fight the scariness of backcountry night. as a climberi would […]
Dear Coach, regarding your KINLANI FLOW DVDyou are so flexible for morning time! will you please teach me about twists? it got planted in my head that for optimal digestion i was to twist/compress the right side first and the left side second. will you expand upon and/or clarify that for me? with gratitude,student coop […]
What Have You Bought with Your Life? On Resurrection Day God will ask,“During this sojourn I gave you,what have you produced for Me?”Through what work have you reached your life’s end?For what have your food and your strength been consumed?Where have you dimmed the luster of your eye?Where have you dissipated your five senses?You have […]
HP Yoga Student, Wyatt Brown, cranking “Little Smoke” above Flagstaff. photo; Wyatt Brown archives. Coach, This morning you subbed for my regular, amazing Ashtanga Yogi in our beautiful, NAYC yoga-cave. Holy Yo-Guh! You helped me to inhale the entire Universe, exhale my mind right out of my skull, and sweat at LEAST a day’s worth […]
Dear Steve, Can you please advise? I have ‘experimented’ with yoga in the past but get disillusioned after a few weeks as I don’t seem able to increase my flexibility. I have especially tight hamstrings and lowerback/hips. At the moment I do do a cardio workout (cycling/power walking) 3-4 x week followed by at least […]
It is said that you can judge a man’s character by what lies on his reading stand…here’s mine; copy of current MOUNTAIN LIVING MAGAZINE which did a feature on Yoga and included a hit of Ilg, photo of my new Trek EX9 Mountain Bike to be shipped here any day from Durango (yes, i will […]
excerpted from; HP Yoga This Week! weekly email to local HP Yoga Students “O Partha (Son of Pritha, Arjuna),surrender not to unmanliness;it is unbecoming to thee.O Scorcher of Foes, forsake this smallweakheartedness!Arise!” – Bhagavad-Gita, Chapter 2, Verse 3 How much does ilg love this quote?It’s Lord Krishna’s counsel to the Warrior Arjunawhen Arjuna was basically […]
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