Student:Dear Coach,You mention using a prop for yoga… Coach:search in the SanghaLounge for the Temple Teaching on using props in asana.for 90% of the time, we only use the foam blocks for my HP Yoga Prop Workout video. Student: I admire your tenacity and will in the face of the challenges brought forth by your […]
“Racing is a privilege to the genuine yogi. It helps us train the mind in sustained concentration, acceptance of pain as purification, and prepares the subtle anatomy for deeper states of energetic transmission for Enlightenment. No true spiritual athlete can shortcut mastery of the body. Training the body wholistically is the First Base of all […]
Evening sunlight saturating what is. photo by coach a few days ago in the WF Temple H(om)e back garden. From my morning’s email bag…courtesy of WF Student GoTen in NYC.Thank you GoTen!And may ALL of us find more strength in our LifeStyle application of WF in our day today… om so ti,coach ilg ps; Don’t […]
i feel like a Mother Hen bloated with pride and awe at just how beautiful WF Teacher Joy (aka; my beautiful Beloved Ananda) can radiate so fast, so warmly,so perfectly Joyful… do NOT miss: The Joyful Breath
Race Report; Flagstaff Nordic CenterThis morning, our unsinkable Coach finished 5th in the 10 Kilometer Freestyle and 2nd in the 10 Kilometer Classic Race to earn the Silver Medal position in the Arizona State Nordic Championships. Only a (very fast) college student from the Pacific Northwest was able to hold off Coach by a handful […]
Skis all waxed with chant (5)herbs eaten, Rituals done (7)now, ilg, BRING THE CHI!!!! (6) i can’t recall the last time i did a Nordic Race. must be well over a decade ago.i recall winning the Taos Mountain Stampede and the Santa Fe Classic in the same weekend back then.who knows dates?who cares?those of us […]
Noble Coach Ilg,Holy Siddhartha! You could power a city off of the Chi you’re putting out in the HP Prop Yoga DVD and the new Flight Without Wings DVD. What priceless gifts they are. I bow to you and hope to one day make it all the way through the prop workout and truly honor […]
how do you create, maintain, and Serve endlessly to thousands a world class standard of multidisciplined body/mind/spirit fitness for a quarter of a century? well, you start at the Cellular Level; in other words;you better damn well watch what you eat,honor what you eat,andembrace all challenges as a form of nutrition designed to make you […]
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