PRANAYAM…PART THREE: OUTER MOVEMENT A BEACON FOR INNER MOVEMENT {NOTE: THIS THE CONCLUDING PART OF A THREE PART DL EXCLUSIVE FEATURE ON PRANIC EMPOWERMENT; see DL 8/9, 8/11) “Today, ‘pranayama’ is usually described in yogic media as a form of breath management. Such a description does dis-Serve-us to the majesty of this most powerful internal […]
FEARLESS YOGA=WF * YOGATOES; AUTUMN STYLE * RESENTMENT=ANGER * DANCING SPINE, FLUID ROCKS ANOTHER UNIQUELY COACH ILG IDEA; YOGINJINJITOES!i don’t know about where you live, however, up here at over 7,000′, the nights are already growing cold. Early morning meditations stun barefeet, yet we would never want to stop wearing our treasured YogaToes, right? All […]
**Dear ILG~~ Do you feel that taking on a SUNRIDER / TBT lifestyle has left you in complete control of your emotions, your ability to stay clear? or do you still experience anger, depression, anxiety, a feeling of being off balance, at all? In Peace,BrandOn Most Noble BrandOn,your Journey Toward Awakening is yours.not mine.do not […]
COACH IS BACK!!!!*CHAKRA SPIN OFF* STUDENT INPUT! *** This existence of ours is as transient as autumn cloudsTo watch the birth and death of beings is like looking at the movements of a dance.A lifetime is like a flash of lightning in the sky,Rushing by, like a torrent down a steep mountain.BUDDHA *** Dearest Noblest […]
Planning for the future is like going fishing in a dry gulch;Nothing ever works out as you wanted, so give up all your schemes and ambitions.If you have got to think about something�Make it the uncertainty of the hour of your death.GYALS� RINPOCHE{coach, working the chi in a southwest canyon. photo by Ananda}Dear Coach Ilg,I […]
OFF TO RED MOUNTAIN SPA!; I LEAVE YOU WITH LOVE and “THE GILA JOURNALS” (and the DL ARCHIVES!)“In this tiny dawnlit field, I move as though underwater, breathing space and light into body and mind. The external world responds as my inner self awakens. Good omens arise from the theatre around me: a magnificent red-tailed […]
DISCRIMINATING AWARENESS“The more often you listen to your discriminating awareness, the more easily you will be able to change your negative moods yourself, see through them, and even laugh at them for the absurd dramas and ridiculous illusions that they are.Gradually you will find yourself able to free yourself more and more quickly from the […]
RE: STUDENT ASH’s BIRTHDAY…ARE GIRLS NATURALLY WORSE AT YOGI SQUAT THAN GUYS?Ananda gives some love to Charlie while giving some lumbar love to her lower spine, hips, knees, and ankles courtesy of her command of the yogi squat (malasana). this natural squatting position is often a clear status indicator of lower chakra work. my ongoing […]
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