i feel like a Mother Hen bloated with pride and awe at just how beautiful WF Teacher Joy (aka; my beautiful Beloved Ananda) can radiate so fast, so warmly,so perfectly Joyful… do NOT miss: The Joyful Breath
“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 […]
To Fall In Love With Yoga “The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.”– zen saying To Fall In Love With Yogameans learning to enjoy the intimate mystery of overcoming our weaknesses by doggedly forcing ourselves to concentrate on the peeling away of our superficiality and […]
Is this coach ilg now appearing in Yoga Journal? Below, i settle the rummor once and for all! A handful of Alert WF Warriors wrote in to ask if that was me in the February, 07 issue of Yoga Journal. “I don’t know,” came my reply, “i don’t subscribe to mainstream magazines. And Yoga Journal […]
OF ALL BANDHAS GREAT AND SMALL (aka; Where Babies Come From)by coach ilg, ryt/uscf/cpt (Note; for Student Use, i will keep a copy of this essay in the WF SanghaLounge within the “Yoga” cave.) “As a kid, i used to practice Mula Bandha on long chairlift rides nearly every winter day. Though i did not […]
For the past year beneath the Sacred Peak, Ananda and i have brought the Fire and Light of the Steep, Direct Path of HP Yoga – the yogic subdiscipline of Wholistic Fitness – to a small Warrior Tribe of Seekers fearless to do the Inner Work. Among them was one warrior, whose appearance in the […]
WORK ON THE BOD AND THE GOD WILL FOLLOW
it is true that asana (the sustained stretching exercise component of yoga) can in fact create a ‘longer, sleeker’ appearance to the physique than does a strict bodybuilding or weightlifting only program. Asana, i suppose it can be said, creates a ‘cat-like’ physique as opposed to a ‘bulldozer’ physique from gym-only training or an anorexic, […]
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