Coach in MuktaHastaSirsasana (Free Handed Headstand). Widely pointed toward as one of the most vital postures to set up the inner energetics toward Enlightenment, Sirsasana is highly medicinal from a physiologic perspective as well. Improved blood pressure, enhanced respiration, increased peripheral development of the venous and arterial systems, cranial oxygenation (which is why standing on […]
THANKS TO THE AMAZING WARRIOR FIREFIGHTERS, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, and THE COHESION OF COMMMUNITY OF FLAGSTAFF… the WOODY MOUNTAIN FIRE has been declared 100% CONTAINED, baby! {you may recall this DL shot from this past March…i was cross country ski training right near Woody Mountain which is just a few kilometers from the WF Temple […]
The first thing Ananda said to me after we were told to prepare to evacuate our WF Temple H(om)e was,“Shit, we are not going to be able to teach (HP Yoga) class tonight…i have to call the sangha…” *** Noble WF Warriors… Don’t send us well wishes, Don’t email us asking if we are okay…and […]
Good evening all. I received a phone call a few minutes ago from Coach Ilg asking me to let the Sangha know that he will be off the Net for a bit. The Woody Wildfire started this afternoon and is quickly spreading due to high winds. Two Tree Manor is in the path of the […]
Taos Pueblo, New Mexicoi wrote a poem about this place in my book, “Pagosa Speaks”photo by coach *** Since i basically “rolled the boulder over the WF Cave” by moving DL to a subscription formati must say,i am impressed by the Special Warriors that have Sensed i am throwing down and that NOW is the […]
THE QUOTE OF THE DAY: “During the intervals, nothing focuses the mind better than potential loss of consciousness. The 15 hard/15 easy splits were a bitch. Much more so to me than the 45 sec on/1 min off sets. I am not sure what I was seeing at the end of the last set because […]
Beautiful, Sacred Sandia Peak towering above Albuquerque, New Mexico. This photo, by Coach, was taken from his “Ai Imawa Platform” near Jemez Dam, a few miles from where his parents still live and where he lived when he wrote the book, THE WINTER ATHLETE, before moving to Los Angeles at the request of his Teachers […]
Coach Ilg racing for his new team; Red Rock Racers, manufactured a scintillating victory in hellishly hot conditions at the 26-mile, 5,800′ Bill McLain Memorial Sandia Crest HillClimb last weekend in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Coach, captured here by Heidi Snell/Visual Escapes Photography, exchanged his usually kind and giving nature for the look and performance of […]
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