New Online Student Ash Facilitation; Word Awareness Guruwhen i begin Work with a new Online Student, i see a mind/body palace of opportunity which must, like a newly created garden, be tended gently,mindfully, and in respect for the tremendous growth which lie ahead.please, if you enjoy these sneak glimpses of actual Online Facilitations,enter here and […]
DRUGS AND THE TRUE DOPE “The true Dope is God’s Dope. The true High is the Natural High which comes from living your life holding hands with the Divine Dance. Drugs dwindle our natural relationship with the Divine, Wholistic Fitness deepens it.” – coach ilg. This acclaimed photo of coach ilg in 1998 by famed […]
Nutritional Literacy�: My Guidelines For Moving Into Phase II; Cell Empowermentby coach ilg Question From Student:�Are there rules of thumb (“rules of Ilg”) I might use to help evaluate a person’s readiness to move from Phase One to Phase Two?� My Three Phase Approach to the SUNRIDER Herbs (Cleansing, Empowering, Maintenance) helps everyone achieve what […]
COACH ILG ATTEMPTS TO STEAL “JADE BOOK” FROM SUNRIDER!captured mere moments before ilg began his fateful attempt to “borrow” the fabled ‘Jade Book’ from Dr. Chen’s World Headquarters of SUNRIDER by startled onlooker, ww. story below. TORRANCE, CA – Earlier today, authorities apprehended a mountain yogi, Steve Ilg, at the posh World Headquarters of SUNRIDER […]
MEDITATION ON COMPASSION “‘You” means to be aware of the universe in the form of you, and ‘I’ means to be aware of it in the form of I. �You and I are just swinging doors.” – �Shunryu Suzuki.*** As you continue to meditate on compassion, when you see someone suffer, your first response becomes […]
“There is only one temple in the world and that is the human body. Nothing is more sacred than that noble form.”– Novalis, 1798 ***one of our most requested photographs by DL readers. this is a Wayne Williams detail of coach ilg’s physique shot when he was 42 years old. ilg’s physique was created solely […]
“My paintings are created from moments: forms found in glimpses of self-realization. Images are fluid in experience and created in a process from within.” (Artist’s Statement) “Steve most compassionate and devoted,�I would like to dedicate this blessed day of practice to you…(heavenly re~minder of breath, posture, honesty, awareness, and of course, open-heart connectedness!)…�so ALIVE! as […]
Coach’s new HP PROP DVD kickin’ Warrior Ass across the globe! Real devotion is an unbroken receptivity to the truth.– Sogyal Rinpoche *** Coach IlgI have tried to follow your teachings since the mid 80’s when you appeared in Outside Magazine. Glad tosee you lose the Farrah Fawcett hair. I just got your HP yoga […]
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These teachings are the "Rasas" or "sap" of Wholistic Fitness. You’ll find insights to ponder, student chi to keep your own chi topped off, and plenty of proven training techniques to test on your own body, mind, and spirit! Also, you’ll find my very popular Race Reports, and news of our Sangha’s (community’s) latest transpersonal fitness adventures!
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