From the bitter taste of not winning a competitive race,comes the the sweetness of personal health.” – Coach Ilg I offered the first of the season’s changing Aspen leaves to the WF Temple H(om)e’s Backyard Buddha, ‘Shacky’…short for ‘Shakyamuni’. truly, i’ve only had two major spiritual goals in my life; 1) to age as gracefully […]
The Real Trophy is LOVE:after a tough day in the saddle, i came home to a beautiful, though a slightly misspelled, sign from Ananda and the Temple Cat Beings congratulating me on my first racing season way up here beneath the Sacred Peak. Top Ten Reasons (Excuses) Why Coach Did Not Finish On The PodiumAt […]
by coach ilg, ryt/uscf/cpt If only the Western “scientists” that came up with the word, Aerobic Training or CardioVascular Training would have been yogis! Just think of the spiritual headway we ALL could have made by now, if “They” would have called “CardioVascular Activity” what is truly is; a form of Pranayama! I mean, really, […]
snow upon the Peak (5) though my moccasins are wet (7)they walk me with Chi! (5) *** photo by Ananda; The Sacred Peak smiled upon my KinHin Walking Meditation this morning with SNOW!!did you hear me?SNOW in AUGUST!oh man, where are my inline skates and poles?time to start NORDIC TRAINING, baby!
i devote this DL to Most Noble Online Students Cerame and Feather and NWSM. Why should it be so much more difficult to weed out baby Ponderosa trees from my garden,thanClover? it shouldn’t be. yet, to this feeble mountain yogi, it is. just another reason why i am not Enlightened. Attachment, even when it comes […]
Noble Coach Ilg and Temple Manager Ananda- Please send me 2 t shirts in XL! They look too cool! My cells are happily beginning to stew in Phase I SR herbs – i am ‘in process’. i just wish to add my humble voice to the many, many, many who are grateful for what you are […]
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Beloved Coach, Nice tracks in the snow in this morning’s DL! Nice zero pitch (one of the first lessons of a WF intensive!). Weight distributed more heavily on the outsides of foot, heavier on left foot than right. Head was looking down … Cool. Love, A
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