Every now and then, after what may seem to us to be an endless barrage of tests, difficulties, challenging people, and Outer Worldly concerns…if we stay with our Practice steadfastly enough, a moment comes along that restores such a deep degree of Divine Grace and UniVersal Exquisiteness to the very act of living…that it makes […]
How many of us are swept away by what I have come to call an �active laziness�? Naturally there are different species of laziness: Eastern and Western. The Eastern style consists of hanging out all day in the sun, doing nothing, avoiding any kind of work or useful activity, drinking cups of tea and gossiping […]
in my intermediate and advanced work with Online Students we begin a long journey of Yoga Sutra Study. In fact, in over two decades of Teaching Yoga, i have never had a single Student finish my Sutra Studies. Come to think of it,i have not even finished it. Would not want to…they are far too […]
“No better place for creating poetry, both physical and spiritual, then in the Iron Temple!” – Coach Ilg***Dear Coach,My new {home gym equipment called the} Power Tower is on the way! Can’t wait to get crankin’. Thanks again for your sage counsel! I TAF some major breakthroughs are ahead. I’ve been inspired to write a […]
Dear Coach Ilg,In a moment of Ilg inspired madness last week I entered a 114-mile bike ride in May, with more climbing than I care to think about (not much by your standards but MORE than enough for me); reading these DL’s is obviously starting to affect me HumblyStudent Simon Ash
“You want me to write my version of a bible? Okay, here it is. It has only one chapter and one verse. It goes like this; “Just Listen.”1:1 – The Bible – Coach Ilg Version Coach and Ananda at a TBT Booksigning in California. *** “….in your life, unless you make specific time for something […]
Most Noble Flagstaff HP Yogins! “No science that explains life in the universe is so satisfying, grand, and complete as the science of breath. It is said in the yoga texts that the breath (prana) is the inseparable power (shakti) of the universal life force, the supreme of all created things, and the life principle […]
{Coach, who once competed in the World Extreme Ski Championships, has been a propopent of a hotly contested legal battle to get snowmaking approved at Flagstaff’s local ski area; Arizona Snowbowl. Photo by Ananda of Coach carving a tele turn at the Snowbowl last year.} This was a big one…i bow to the Tribal Elders […]
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