PEDAL HAIKU Namaste Noble Coach, A haiku: as the Sun wakes up, (5)i notice my brow is wet, (7)and pedal harder (5) This is from my bike ride this morning, on my thirdday in Jeweled Lotus, in honor of breaking the day’sfirst sweat (ever notice how you start to feel betterafter that first sweat breaks […]
WF TEACHER HAKU HELPS COACH BACK H(om)EA Report From The New Temple Land…by WF Teacher Joseph “Haku” SheaderTo greet fellow Brahman Warriors on their h(om)e coming – who are sister, brother, and teacher too – is to me a treat and a honor. Having arrived the night Coach’s and Ananda’s anticipated arrival, my son Kerry […]
“In three words I can sum up everythingI’ve learned about life.It goes on.”– Robert FrostDear Coach,Thank you for your words of encouragement. i have been following your move by reading the DL’s (as always), i did not want to swamp you with yet another email as i know you must have received numerous mails from […]
To Most Noble Online Student Jeavons of Haku Clanin Great Britain;thank you for the beautiful Gift.i bow to your metta. the mountain yogi
DEDICATED TO SPOONER SMITH: 1991-2005OF POPPIES AND ATTACHMENT: THE TEACHINGS OF SOGYAL RINPOCHEI dedicate my efforts to produce this morning’s DL to Most Noble WF Online Student Luke Smith of Haku Clan,who wrote to me this morning:“It is with the deepest sadness that I write today to let you know thatSpooner passed away this morning. […]
Dear Noble Warrior of the Plateau,Wow! You must be floating on a cloud. Congratulations on continuing yourjourney and transitioning to a new place. And such a wonderful place itis. I have missed you. You and Ananda feel like family. Thank you foryour love. Tomorrow kicks off the second annual Rio 24-Hours of Steamboat mountainbike race. […]
STUDENT IN-SIGHTS/WF Online Students GoTen and SassoSan Getting It Done!/Yesterday’s Aspen Run “Quietly sitting, body still, speech silent, mind at peace, let thoughts and emotions, whatever rises, come and go, without clinging to anything. What does this state feel like? Dudjom Rinpoche used to say: Imagine a man who comes home after a long, hard […]
ZEN SWEEPING/BUDDHA BOULDERING; Finding and Fertilizing The Yin/Yang Garden of Consciousness Upon His Enlightenment, the Buddha identified Eight Levels of Consciousness,intricately interwoven and endlessly dancing are these Eight Levels of Subtle Awareness.Their find-ment and eventual re-fine-ment requires a life dedicated to their discovery and development through progressive and guided meditations. In Wholistic Fitness, we use […]
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