Of gurus,sex, lies, and videotape? With the agony of love Not the ecstasy Then the Beloved Will fall in love with you.” -RUMI Namaste Noble Warriors! I�ve gotten a few letters from some of you remarking on the recent gossip regarding famous �Yoga Masters� like Amrit Desai, Bikram Choudhury, and the omnipotent Rodney Yee falling […]
CARDIO TRAINING….IT�S IN US by steve ilg, founder/WHOLISTIC FITNESS Personal Training I was naturally attracted to Cardio Training. So were you, whether you know it or not. Perhaps you�ve forgotten your initial love affair with Cardio, but it was there. As soon as you could crawl, what did you do? You tried to walk. Then, […]
Overtrained or Under-Recovered? 10 surefire fixer uppers to save you from the Under Recovery Dragon: By Steve ilg, USCF Coach Are you feeling over trained, or are you feeling Under-Recovered? It is probably the latter. Back a long time ago in the fabled athletic fantasyland of Boulder, Colorado, my first certified WF Teacher, Randy Owens, […]
NAMASTE NOBLE WARRIORS! WEST LA YOGA: First of all, thank you for my Valley yoga warriors who travelled over the hill to enjoy the Free Yoga weekend in West LA at Mark Blanchards Power Yoga! Mark and Elizabeth (the owners) remarked how many HIGH PERFORMANCE YOGA mats and and sweat towels and logos they saw…HP […]
OF HERBS AND QUESTIONS – Dear Coach – Exactly what “core nutrients”am I supposed to be getting from the Sunrider herb products? There is very little protein or calories and I’m sure less nutrients than a plate of broccoli or a handful of blueberries. – Tim Student Tim – your question comes from a conditioned […]
Namaste Noble Warriors! To honor the broad shoulders upon which ALL of us fitness warriors stand, I would like to offer my congratulations to Jack LaLanne…the father of modern fitness in America, as he receives a much deserved Star on Hollywood Avenue tomorrow morning at 11:00 am. If it were not for my book deadline, […]
“the science of WF has less to do with fitness than it does with being willing to be honest with yourself.” -coach ilg, 3/92 Namaste Noble Warriors! You guys are cracking me up and cracking open my heart with your quotes…here are some of your most recent ones. Let me tell you, there might not […]
Beautiful and Noble Warriors! I am back in LA…oooof. Tough transition from New Mexico, let me tell you! But I got some good quality book writing, yoga, and bike rides among my old haunts. Much needed for my chi replenishment! I�ll be back updating this forum more regularly now…and attending to the several hundred emails […]
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