tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221128832011-07-28T14:05:59.718-07:00A Complimentary Visitors' Cave Beneath the Sacred Peakcoach ilghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08512466073796116113noreply@blogger.comBlogger13271100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112883.post-7345966161848399802010-10-19T16:01:00.000-07:002010-10-19T16:13:47.766-07:00

hanging out with ilg near Flagstaff, AZ. pic by Bill Galen.OOOPS!Sorry, ilg no longer hangs out here...we're all over at our shiny new Head Temple of Fitness Monks the world over atwww.WholisticFitness.comCoach Ilg is still offering Teachings fresh each day in a multi-media format...just scroll down on the homepage to Coach's Latest TeachingsEnjoy and may all your sweat be (w)holy... coach ilg

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What is it that I am bringing to this circumstancethat is making this a 'problem'?(in WF, we have no problems...only spiritual challenges we have co-designed with the Divine in order to make us Stronger, more Whole, more Fit for Enlightenment potential.)and...what is my resistance to allowing this moment to be as perfect as it is?excerpted from my PASSIONATE BALANCE notes for tomorrow'sMember's

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Let’s forget about all the cycling equipment and expensive tweaks you’ve purchased over the past, say 3 years. Let’s trade ALL of it for something that is endlessly more vital to your enjoyment, performance, and spiritual transformation through cycling: a flat spine while riding. Oh, like you have something MORE important to work on over the winter than getting a flatter back, more open, powerful

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This Friday evening I’ll be holding a special conference call for ALLcurrent Online Students and Membersto celebrate the new web site, and a new beginning!Join me on the phone for “Passionate Balance,”a DharmaTalk about Wholistic Fitness,followed by some Q&A with you.Call DetailsDate: Friday, October 15, 2010Time: 7 PM Mountain time (that’s 6 PM Pacific, and 9 PM Eastern)Length: About an hour

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photo by LA Times; ilg racing into the Bardo Night pull during the Furnace Creek 508 race, Death Valley, CA.I was informed the night before the Road Race by the Race Organizer that my division "C" would not be eligible for an Overall Championship/Jersey. i'd be moved into the "B" division for the rest of the Championships (RR and Crit).must admit; it was a buzzkill fer sure since i was in first

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Read This Teaching just scroll down to Coach's Latest Teachings for my new integrated blog refreshed daily...sometimes several new Teachings per day! this inDirect Lines blog will soon disappear like a Tibetan Sand Painting...

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"The Ilg before the storm..."special thanks to HP Yogi RT for the helmet and Miguel for the Cervelo! photo by Ken.What can i say?i felt my Tribe with me this evening...the Nordic Weather Gods were out in full display...lightning, downpours, scintillating pockets of sunset,and the end of a rainbow arching toward the Finish Line...Time Trialing is known as the "Race of Truth" for go(o)d reason;

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photo of ilg, the day after a 10-mile, high altitude mountain run; getting male (gym) after being so female (running).Hi there,my name is christian, from Germany. A friend of mine showed me your “Total Body Transformation” program, and i want to start to do it soon. I am into strength training and cardio a long time, and meditation since a year or so. I find the whole programmappealing...Read and

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Durango, Colorado - your “Endless Beginner” of a Tribal Chief made yet another noble – yet unspectacular – effort tonight beneath Sister Rain Clouds and Hanuman Wind Clouds closing in as fast as an October sunset should be over the La Plata Mountains. finished 2nd in the C race among the Durango Sage and the “extremely rough, wet, and rutted” singletrack in this backyard training sufferfest of

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First, the Posturing:i’ve been virtually off the bike(s) since placing in the top 20 AG of the Imogene Pass Runand i’ve been fighting off an insanely powerful virus that has laid my two girls flat for five days;Then, the Practice:yet, when a four-event bicycle racing Championships occurs in my beloved hOMetown of Durango which has more World and Olympic and National class athlete per capita than

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coach in Meditation, the 4th of the 5 Noble Fitness Disciplines of Wholistic Fitness™/photo courtesy Wholistic Fitness Archives. It’s the casual questions I get after teaching another Samadhically infused HP Yoga™ class in the Sacred Cave that are always difficult to answer questions about Meditation…I take this as a compliment; any yoga class that ends with students moved enough to ask about

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Photo; Multi-time State Nordic Champion coach ilg, ramping up for snow season on East Animas Road yesterday. Pic by Vishnu. #10) Cuz it cuts up your thighs, calves, abs, intercostals, butt, lats, and delts like NOTHING else can while burning twice as many calories as lower body specific endurance activities! #9) Union-carbide road ski pole tips gives you the upper hand against omnipotent

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all photos and text by steve ilg...please do not republish without asking, thank you! above;aspens shimmer before a Missionary Ridge drainage. What makes the bliss of a Durango September so potent is the fact that you’re standing right in the middle of a gold mine; the aspens turning, the amber rays of fleeting afternoons while ripping some shale singletrack along Raider Ridge…slow

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El Coache!And I do mean LAUNCH!!!I have taken a few minutes last night and today to poke around in our new home and it just ROCKS!in comparison, well there really is no comparison between the two.I know that there is more to come, the site feels so rich and the content pops in a whole new light.Searchable archives by topic is brilliant. When we taf that we need juice in a specific area,,,,, it's

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i wish to dedicate the opening of my NEW WF WEBSITE to my Beloved Partner, Most Conscious M(OM) ever, Lover, Teacher, and Pranic Angel, Joy (Ananda) Kilpatrick. Lord Buddha only knows what she has put up with over the past YEAR it has taken me and Master WF Student Mike "Maha" Singer to produce what you can now see in its formative vision...sooooo much more to come! To you, Ananda, for your

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one of my brightest young Lights for WF; Online Student "IC" from NYC...i'll be interviewing this astonishingly talented Brahmin Yogi who relies on WF Online Training for his world-class musical endeavors. this kid is gonna blow you away! Below is his response to my latest MP3 release; the classic WF Teaching of all time: Stream Entry.Dear Coach (Appreciator of That Which Is),...like a

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"Perceptions create our problems,m(om)ents themselves never do."- Coach Steve Ilgphoto by Ananda of Dewachen yesterday up in the High Country. My 3 year-old Rinpoche is teaching me my highest yoga of my life...each day and in everyWay. click to enlarge Her Transmission into your Practice today! the quote arrived to me yesterday as i rode up to Andrews Lake (10,748') to meet my girls,

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enjoy....4 minutes of WF Chi...World's SLOWEST MTB Ride?get out and do,dwell within and be...your high mountain yogi

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on this night of Autumnal Equinox,feeble ilg collects his small,yet fierce Tribe of WF Warriorsandcollectivelysends a bow toourBeloved Grandmother during this Auspiciously Empowering night...i just finished a two hour Meditation that felt like 10 minutes;such is the Pranic Potency of tonight! the Wisest and most Devoted of my Studentswill be cranking a few more extra rounds on their Blessed

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HP Yogi Squat of the Weekgoes to Venerable HP Yoga® student and fellow Durangatang, Brad Tafoya. Shown above during a recent backpack trip into the Weminuche, Yogi BT is not only in an active yogi squat, he is also sawing with his Non-Dominant hand in a wonderful display of two of my basic WF Lifestyle Teachings! Note: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME! Yogi BT trains with me every week in our

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note: ilg has received no product or monetary compensation from ZOOT® for this entry:GET COMPRESSED TO ATTAIN YOUR NEXT ENDURANCE PR......i did! click to enlarge and you'll see i'm wearing compression garments from heel to shoulder from Zoot®; socks, knickers, and arm warmers. my product review of these high-tech garments below. photo at the finish of September 11's Imogene Pass Run; the

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"When man interferes with the Tao, the sky becomes filthy, the earth becomes depleted, the equilibrium crumbles, creatures become extinct." — Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."— Martin Luther King Jr.***yah tah hey coach!congrats on the IPR sweat! a 17-mile/sweat-lodge ceremony is an awesome experience, just wish i was there to

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click pics to deepen the chi hits..."Toeing The Start Line," has long been a catch phrase of mine.Here is why.Doing what is required to simply Toe The Start Line of a race (or of a performance) is tantamount to cultivating the Warrior qualities which the Ancient Enlightened Ones advised as key for success on the spiritual journey; steadfast practice (Abhyasa), Faith (Shraddha), determination (

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El Coache,My heart has felt so cold of late. So unfeeling. And the only seeming flicker of Light shown itself as I read about yet another student who's life has been changed by your commitment. ~exhaling~Run well tomorrow at Imogene, my ole teacher,run with my love and respect in your heart.Run for us all who give into our fears.Who fail time and time again,who know only that they know so

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note: this is first in a series of chi hits centering upon my performance at the grand-daddy of North American Mountain Running Races and one of WF's Most Sacred Pilgrimages: the Imogene Pass Run where ilg was once a top-20 Overall finisher who now just tries to summit near the same time that i once did the whole race in!click photos to enlarge your aspiration chi hit! in one of those stunning

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OFF TO IMOGENE!!!WHAT A BLESSING TO STILL BE RACING THIS INCREDIBLE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAIN SPIRITUAL PILGRIMAGE!THANKS FOR ALL YOUR WELL WISHES...Note to: WF Online Students; i'll be updating your programs/facilitations on Monday! Saying 'bye bye' to any recent gains in opening my hips, cuz tomorrow at this time? after hammering the 17 stratospherically high altitude miles of IMOGENE PASS RUN ??

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Dear Steve,I'm a very beginning yogin, Cancer survivor, living with HIV(27 yrs) . Out of shape. But i'm telling you. I picked up your book a few years ago. And when i was at my lowest of my lows. Your book really intimadated me. But inspired me so much to LIVE. And to work at something. Thank you for that. You have no idea what it's done for me.Keep doing what your doing.Much Love to you

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HP Yogi JVS; he's on the MAP Aminos, he's been flawless in consistently taking my HP Yoga classes at The Hub...he's lost bucketloads of weight, and this Saturday, he toes the Start Line of one of America's most intensely sacred mountain yogic pilgrimages available to any yogi worthy of the name; the Imogene Pass Run. He writes me tonight...***Mother Hen Ilg,Resting comfortably in my recovery

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"...And forgive us our trespasses,as we forgive those who trespass against us......And lead us not into Attachment,but deliver us from laziness...Om-en."- Yogi Jesus Christtranslation by ilgPersonally, ilg TAF's that most religions have morphed too much into specificity...kinda like sports. Therefore, feeble ilg suggests a retro-religion, one which all the Enlightened Masters spoke highly of

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us Wholistic Fitness® yogis are easy to spot in September; we can't resist crankin' a Crane Posture on a sun-baked rock while out running...photo of ilg by Ananda during yesterday's Wholistic Strollercise® with my girls.It’s early September...a blissful 30 day crush of utter perfectionwhen the sattvic wave of summer begins to shrivel like forlorn leather. Leaves turn. Bow hunters creep the

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oh, ilg can get you high alright...how about taking a hit from this (peace)pipe...Clear Lake runclick on the above link and take 2 minutes to come along on my run up to the ridge overlooking Clear Lake near Silverton, Colorado this morning...enjoy...head bowed,your feeble mountain yogi

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Adults believe...Children wonder.photo; Dewachen Ilg, downtown Durango last week by abba ilg

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A personal 5-hour Media Fast and Silent Retreat paid off handsomely during teaching a HP Yoga® Restorative Yoga class to 12 Warriors in the Cave of Champions. As a new daddy, it required a tremendous effort to carve out this mini-retreat; yet, ilg realizes just how important it is to my capacities as a teacher, parent, partner and athlete.May virtue arise in the minds of all living Beings.

coach ilghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08512466073796116113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112883.post-848254372814515972010-08-30T20:33:00.001-07:002010-08-30T20:36:50.205-07:00

"Bootin' up a Sawtooth coolie." - WF Devotee Ralph Shelton Namaste!Hi Coach,Big fan of your teachings. I still have the original "Outdoor Athlete". I am getting ready for Ski Mountaineering/Touring season and starting Green Tara after a lay-off from injury. I just recently subscribed to your Newsletter and you suggested to stay informed via Facebook. So I am humbly here.Regards and Respect,Ralph

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Enjoy...ilg running Ice Lake; 8*29*10head bowed,your ol' mountain yogi

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"What stories,what 'mental tapes'are you attached tothat destroys your serenity?"- coach steve ilg - camping ruminationclick on pics to enlarge the chi hityesterday, way up high on the Colorado Trail near Molas Pass; i'm trying to teach Dewa how to look like Clint Eastwood in this pic by Ananda because, "It's a good way to scare off bears," i tell her. Yes, Dewa is eating a SUNRIDER Herb; SUNBAR

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i'm taking my girls camping (and myself running) up here in these San Juan high peaks tomorrow. it's already getting close to freezing overnight up here...up here in the birthplace of WF so high, so beautiful, so pranic...so far above the rest.i need my 3 year-old daughter to immerse her precious cells within that rarefied air common only to hawks, larkspur, and the passing bear or lynx.

coach ilghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08512466073796116113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112883.post-89492828316335643222010-08-24T19:30:00.000-07:002010-08-24T20:27:18.183-07:00

Grandmother, last night, rising over the Animas River...Each day arising seems to me to be an utter, unspeakable act of miraculous awe...i'm not implying 'easy'...i'm just saying; Awe... At It All. i mean, now that i am a New Daddy, i read the newspaper (only after Meditation, of course, and never on my WF Media Fast days). i see what's going on in the Outer World (or at least what gets

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Coach Ilg,I wanted to share some things with you.I have been training steadfastly for the last 3 years. Strength training, bike riding, trail running and yoga are weekly things. Meditation has become a nearly daily ritual. My copies of "The Winter Athlete" and TBT are dog eared.I am not sure there are coincidences. This summer I have had two encounters during long bike rides where a hawk flew

coach ilghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08512466073796116113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112883.post-26728179954639686402010-08-20T21:28:00.001-07:002010-08-23T08:23:45.727-07:00

They Ain't Laughing Now...i first wrote publicly about the physiologic, physical, and spiritual dangers of listening to headphones while exercising when "Walkmans" first became popular in the early eighties. Back then i was a columnist for Rocky Mountain Sports & Fitness. I wrote that listening extensively to blaring music piped directly into ears was a physiologic train wreck waiting to happen

coach ilghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08512466073796116113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112883.post-28148710387876146662010-08-20T20:30:00.000-07:002010-08-20T20:32:37.369-07:00

...and other Wholistically-wise Elders speak of our nation's TRUE cross-training origins; WF!...Hey Coach!I remember talking with you about this stuff when you were training me at Farentinos Gym (in Boulder, CO).Suffice to say that was ages before anyone bothered trademarking "Crossfit." Kind of sad how that new religion has screwed things up for a lot of people.Author Clyde SolesBoulder,

coach ilghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08512466073796116113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112883.post-7021001972515692222010-08-19T20:43:00.000-07:002010-08-19T20:58:52.235-07:00

The nation's only remaining wood-burning engine that is still operational. please; click to appreciate...you can see the stack of wood behind the Engineer!Yup, Durango's RAILROAD DAYS are here! i was totally jonesing to get a shot of this most precious antique for y'all. This morning i was alerted to this guy chugging up the tracks for a secret test run before this weekend's big tah-doo...

coach ilghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08512466073796116113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112883.post-2831393231826432612010-08-19T06:57:00.000-07:002010-08-19T08:42:48.051-07:00

My Precious Live-in Rinpoche...Dewachen. Totally stoked for her first day of pre-school this morning (8:30 - 12:00) at my alma mater, St. Columba. click to enlarge the 'Dewa Chi'.*It's a heccuva thing; this Conscious Parenting gig... What you see in the photo above is the one thing that all Conscious Parents pray and toil toward; seeing a Confident Smile - a manifestation of Self-Esteem - on

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Hey Coach Ilg!You gave a great talk to us at the Mountain Shop in Ft. Collins years ago, back when no one really thought much about training and doing any type of crosstraining or supplementary work. It was great stuff!Thank you,Steve SeckingerFt. Collins, CO

coach ilghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08512466073796116113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112883.post-81966196805944363802010-08-17T17:18:00.000-07:002010-08-17T17:33:56.483-07:00

More than a few WF Yogis have been here...some of you with your anal sphincters beginning to contract; the beginning of the knife-edge arete of my lifelong Sacred High Peak Pilgrimage; Engineer Mountain this morning...YouTube link of me running this 12,613' granite puja table this morning in my 'moccasins' is found below...***Most Noble WF Sangha,this morning,this Lovenote from long-time WF

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"The tightness will not resolve by itself.The pains, the aches, the lack of equanimity...those are all beacons streaming from our Inner Lighthouse.Feeble ilg says, Just Do The Practice and Begin Again and Again, and Endlessly Again tobreathe into and release that which is restricting us.Don't ignore the Inner Lighthouse! Honor your Inner Light!"- coach ilg'the broken back yogi'Dear Coach,Thank

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Namaste Noble Warriors of Wholeness!yesterday i took a jog up the Goulding Trail...locally it's infamous for it's super steep gradient with over 22 switchbacks in the first mile. personally, i lost count after the first six. starting elevation: 7,900'finish elevation: 10,000'length: 2.7 miles through spirit-rousing pine and aspen forests beneath the enormous Hermosa Cliff faces...access:

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WF Devotee, Single Dad, Native Runner Warrior "Leaf" (Tribal Nickname; Diné) enjoys somebouldering at Priest Draw near Flagstaff. He didn't tell me that later fact, i can just tell... ;-)his email to me today below: Yah' tah' hey' from the sacred peak of the west!i received the first arrow of the dreamspeak quiver and greatly thank you. Combined with the TBT i've managed to create a

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do your Chi a favor; click on each to enlarge...Yogi Squat of the Week goes to...Dewachen Ilg, who turns 3 this September 11th.oh, like you're even gonna TRY to throw down a Yogi Squat comp with Dewa? i think not...your patella's would just shoot straight out through your skin if you tried sinking into this one, i know mine would...yes, Dewa does eat directly from our backyard garden, and yes,

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"The beauty of training our weaknesseslies in the indescribably personaland penetrating transcendence of them.Our reward?Nothing less than Wholeness." - Coach Steve Ilg "America's Fittest Yogi" - LA Timesphoto by Wayne Williams...click to enlarge my muscles cuz, i only wish it was that easy!

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" Dear Coach,I want to be able to continue to do all my activitiesas i get older and therefore want to make sure my body is in balance, like yours. That is why i trust in your Path."- Wholistic Fitness Devotee and HP Mountain Yogi; Bryan Bishopenjoying what he calls his,"Advanced Summit Pose on Castle Peak at 14,265 feet above sea level." ***for a 'peak' at how HP Yogi BB 'exited' from this

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Steve Ilg is the...same as all-ways;stunned by how difficult it is for me to keep opening my hips while cranking consistent cardio volumes and intensities, especially peak running...how cOMe so few seem enraptured with this High Endeavor?i mean; we now have a WHOLE LOT of "yoga stars" preaching about the Kundalini, Sushumna, Mula Bandha...yet...ilg wonders, how cOMe all these fabulous "Yoga

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click pic to enlarge; can you find the Hawk?taken this morning during my MTB ride in "Hidden Valley" where, seriously, i had not ridden in over 15 years. Hawk Medicine is powerful. if you are as interested as you well should be, you'll read the below. head bowed to your Devoted Practice Toward Wholeness...you REALLY shoulda been in my HP PROP class tonight! Thunder and lightning timed in

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"Let us be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us be thankful."- Buddhaartwork; Alapadma by Paige Bradleysource; www.inspirationz.com

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click to enlarge the Chi Hit. taken from my cell phone camera during a recent training ride on my road bike over Molas Pass (10,910'). when i say "Blue Sky"... what do you Perceive? what do you Conceive of as a "Blue Sky"? Qualities of mind are rarely explored among the popular, convetional fitness paths. Here in Wholistic Fitness? Such explorations of mind are our bread and butter along

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When you meditate, it is essential to create the right inner environment of the mind. All effort and struggle come from not being spacious, and so creating that right environment is vital for your meditation truly to happen.When humor and spaciousness are present, meditation arises effortlessly.- Sogyal RinpocheEven the non-Practitioner could look at this stunning picture by WF fan and traveling

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ilg sports the Durango Sombrero yesterday after a 60k, 3,7000' of climbing road bike ride and needed to cool off in the Sacred Animas before laying down the Dharmic Sweat at HP PROP. photo by Ananda.***Most Precious and Noble WF Sangha,thank you to all of you who took the effort to answer my Temple Gong and clicked on our MAP video for the contest. mathematically, it looks like we lost by a

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Namaste Noble WF Warriors!if you'd be so cool as to CLICK HEREand view our MAP Video before midnight tonight...we kinda got shafted in the MAP contest and need at least 100 more view to top the Podium for WF in the contest!THANK YOU!the ilg clan

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COMPRESSION MAN LIVES! dat's right...ilg has found a new religion when it comes to my endurance work: Compression. dat's right...ilg has, after all these decades has become(quick:...wake up the kids...get the Elders near the computer...)yup; ilg has become a Compressionite. let me gather my gonads here...i'm about to do sOMething rare...ilg is going to scream:i LIVE FOR COMPRESSION! there,i

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"There are only ever two questions ineach moment;am i grasping or am i concentrating? "- steve ilg, 1/18/05founder/High Performance Yoga® photo; ilg in 2005 in his home 2 blocks from his Ventura Boulevard HP YOGA STUDIO in Tarzana, California.***TIME TO CRANK TO YOUR OWN HIGHEST WHOLENESS with HP Yoga® atTHE HUB!remember:for those of you who are unable to crank thelive HP CHI with us in Durango?

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No one needs to tell Ananda and Dewachen (photo far right) or the many other Fitness M(om)s and their chi-ldren who begin their day with what matters most: getting out and breathing with Mother Earth and Father Sky. photo by ilg along the Animas River Walk. click to enlarge***I designed the WF Techniques and Teachings to infiltrate our everyday actions like sunlight entering water; everywhere

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i reckon' most of you already knew about this Secret Weapon of mine...however,i reckon' most of you have NOT seen this...ilg's MAP Endorsement Videoafter viewing, please hit LIKE and help my Clan win 12 free bottles of MAP!and remember, join MAP under me and receive 24/7 complementary counsel for your MAP Journey!

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the WF PowerLunch; an "Ilg Supreme" shake and a SunBar...still vibrating the WF Devotee's higher and higher for over 25 years. If by some deep error, you and your family are still not on the "Secret Herbs Of Wholistic Fitness"... join today and receive my free guidance as you begin the most exciting Journey of your fitness life; continual balance of organs, vibrational harmony, and cell

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Monsoons rise here each afternoon totally unlike great blue thoughts. The red penstemon in the aspen is not like some singular lightning strike. The river in flood is not your life in turmoil. And in the fir and spruce a bear wanders through bracken and duff, snuffling up a mushroom and refuses to be anything but what it is.- BantuCoach's

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"He who limpsis still walking."- Nietzsche"He who limps from weekend warriorism,must still must crank HP Yoga on Monday!"- Ilgyour feeble teacher abovestill walking (errr...limping) his talk in Silverton, Coloradoafter Saturday's Kendall Mountain Half Marathon.The 13,066' Kendall altar of Sacred Sweat is seen in background.The race climbs 3,748' in six miles, including a class 3 hardrock scramble

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Hum SAH, baby!...The Start Line of tomorrow's 1/2 marathon...Silverton, Colorado...Mt. Kendall is just out of view, right.running Kendall Mountain Race tomorrow in Silverton;from 9,318 feet to (gulp) 13,066 feet atop KendallMountain...may Vishnu bless my effort (and my crashed hip!). i'll kiss the summit winds for you all!Get out and do...from the Coach who still doesfor you...head bowed,your

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"Nursing my 4th career high-impact injury on my right hip sustained in a road race in New Mexico several weeks earlier, I had no expectations to defend my title from last year, yet having Andrew, who is one of my High Performance Yoga® students, inherit the title was just as rewarding for me than winning it myself."-steve ilgilg rips along the Pagosa Duathlon singletrack enroute to a 7th

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"I feel lighter and stronger than ever on the bike!Thank you HP Yoga, Master Ilg and the Hub!"Brad A TafoyaDurango, COAbba and Dewa offering Vrkasana (Tree Pose) to Grandfather Sun while rooted in the sacred, wild water of the Animas River during yesterday's family raft trip. photo by Amma. click to enlarge

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Less than two months after sustaining the 4th career high-impact crash on my right hip, i managed to squeak onto the AG Podium at last weekend's Pagosa Duathlon, an event that i won last year. click to enlarge. coming up; i'll tell you precisely how i recovered so fast in order to sustain the running volumes on my injured hip to finish 7th Overall in this 30k, two-sport mountain event...an

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"HP Yogis are not your typical 'studio yogis'...we consider Lactic Acida Sacred and Vital Source of Deep Prana!"- steve ilgfounder/High Performance Yoga®click to enlarge the Chi Hit(L-R): HP Yoginis Linda, Lisa, and Amy.not only did these Princesses of the Pranacrank up to "High Point" on the Colorado Trail above Durango,but they also cranked out some pretty dang good Garaduasanas or 'Eagle

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Answer is: American Black Bear. With over 16 Black Bear sightings in my neighborhood this summer and a very tempting Black Walnut Tree blooming outside our bedroom window, each evening invites the sounds of bear mixed with running river. Kinda reminds me of my summers spent living in the old "Camp 4" (Climbers Camp) in Yosemite Valley where the Bears were nothing more than overgrown raccoons

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Any "ilg" devotee will surely known my infatuation with poop. When it comes to fecal matter? It matters A LOT as an expression of personal fitness. Hec, ilg can tell more about a new student from a few questions regarding their poop than any current medical questionnaire!Be the first Warrior (all true Warriors are natural scatologists...gotta be!) to identify the Being that produced this

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Profound and tranquil, free from complexity, Uncompounded luminous clarity, Beyond the mind of conceptual ideas; This is the depth of the mind of the Victorious Ones. In this there is not a thing to be removed, Nor anything that needs to be added. It is merely the immaculate Looking naturally at itself.- NYOSHUL KHEN RINPOCHE***Such is the benefit, the beauty of being born into a Warrior Caste...

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"The Body Follows The Mind...so, train your mind for your highest podiumand your body will follow."- coach steve ilgAmerica's Most Versatile Athlete/YogiAnnouncing the release of my latest astral weaponry for whatever is your podium; be it a trophy,overcoming injury or dis-ease, or even to nudge ahead in the Race Toward Enlightenment...ONLY $5no shipping/handling charges!immediate download!

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click to enlarge: Box Canyon Falls, Ouray, CO... one of the most powerful Shakti vortex's of Turtle Island's southwest. this is ultimate Yin...you can see the waterfall gushing behind the vagina-like, sculpted granite crevice. photo by Ananda.***Hello Coach,Hope all is well with you and your family. i know you are very busy but i value your opinion towards health and fitness related issues.

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a word to the wise seekers of wholeness; use my monthly Practice Stats as inspiration, NOT as guidelines...i'll even spot you my age and being a new daddy...my Message is wholeness; not competition. don't try to compete with my Practice Stats just enjoy your own version of Wholistic Fitness® as she unfolds before your regular attempts at sweat and stillness...self photo this morning of Dewa and

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"Never let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."- John WoodenHP Yogin, Brad Tafoya, of Durango honors Father Sky while rooted in honoring our beautiful Mother Earth beside Vallecito Creek above Durango last week. Yogi BT knows the value of doing some HP Sacred Sweat to help mitigate the compression inherent to several day backpack trips. This week in "The Cave of Champions" is

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this is Ouray, Colorado (aka; the Start Line for Imogene Pass Run). click to enlarge. This "Switzerland of America" is 75 miles, 3 mountain passes over 11,000' away. i'm riding there this morning and taking Joy, Dewa, and Joy's dad; Jerry, camping here for 2 nights. i reckon i'll be feeling the GNARLY FUN HP PROP Workout that was cranked out last night in the Cave of Champions as i pedal over

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"There is no substitute for Noble Effort. Always apply your full capacity in every Appropriate Action towards your Highest Self. The worst waste of all is the waste of our inherent Enlightenment potential."- Coach Steve Ilg200+ podiums in 23 different sports7 World Championship appearances in 5 different sportsfounder:Wholistic FitnessandHigh Performance Yogaphoto: ilg crankin' "Medicine Ball

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"There is no higher God than Intervals."- Coach Steve Ilg1989 Journal of Wholistic Fitness®west wall, bookcase, of my Durango H(om)e office. click to enlarge Original print by HP Yogini Susan Deterling - Granite Camp, Grand Canyon. the three books which are always ready for me to grab while enroute to either the toilet during my Slim Cap moments and my reading chair facing the Mother Animas

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"Wholistic Fitness® reduces stress in our lifebecause we learn inner skills to adjust to 'problems' in a positive way.What we used to see as 'problems'become transformed into blessings; opportunities to Rise Higher!"- steve ilgHP Yogini Melissa Van Sant, owner of Rose Pedals in Durango, crankin' toward the summit of Jones Creek singletrack this morning; 2,375' in 4.8 miles of drop-dead beautiful

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click pic and see extensive footnotes for killer details...what's "on my mind*"?asks the FaceBook Wizard each time ilg logs on. ain't it obvious for ALL of us?layers and layers of avidya...if my Mind was Clear/Enlightened,NOTHING would be "on it"! oh, and is it just feeble ilg or aren't the most 'basic' yoga postures extremely challenging after each hard mountain run orstrength training workout

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***"A Way (not The Way)...to worship workouts, that vehicle of all glorious and truth quality,is to sweat freely at least once every other dayandthen Sit Stillin Noble Silence,far removed from all care and worryat least once every day.doing so cultivates adoration in every aspect of fitness and keeps the ego humbled regardless of time spent using the body vehicle.finally, and listen closely:

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click to enlarge...don't live in the Practice Nirvana of Durango?bummer, dudedat's ok...click here for all the WF Training Weaponry you'll need to Rise Higher Than Ever:WF Pro Shop

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Noble WF Sangha,On behalf of Coach Ilg, I'd like to point out to existing Direct Lines subscribers that during this transition of WholisticFitness.com into a membership website, the existing WF Sangha Lounge forums are still open, and access is one of the benefits of your DL subscription (including access to all the inner kiva teachings; astonishing, inspiring, and informative posts which make

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seriously, here is what's funny:how thosewho lovehigh intensity contractionfearhigh intensity elongationand howthose who love high intensity elongationfearhigh intensity contraction"My Way is the Middle Way."...-Buddharemember Yogis of Wholeness:not too loose...not too tight...justright!i wish i could teach a HP Yoga® class for all of youthen hit up the Iron Templeinto a 3+ hour Cardio

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self photo taken m(om)ents ago just to grab your attention to the Real Intent behind the Scientific Artistry of Wholistic Fitness; please, read further...***so...all you New Daddy's that are 45+...let's say you go into the bathroom to shower.i know you do.eventually.you take a picture of your Manipura Chakra area; the gut.what is The Situation which stares back at you?is there Symmetry?is there

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click on pics to deepen the Heart Hit...i wish to take this Father's Day m(om)ent to send a Wholistic Message of Gratitude for all Daddies Everywhere who do what it takes to Stay Fitand Stay PUTto Be Therefor their Chi-ldren...and,SPECIAL THANKS to Thomas The Train, who huffed and puffed his way to Durango from the Island of Sodor in order to give such insurmountable glee and rock-star like awe

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an alpine bouquet for you...photo by ilg two days ago.Whatever you do, don’t shut off your pain; accept your pain and remain vulnerable. However desperate you become, accept your pain as it is, because it is in fact trying to hand you a priceless gift: the chance of discovering, through spiritual practice, what lies behind sorrow.“Grief,” Rumi wrote, “can be the garden of compassion. If you keep

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Instant Sartori...tossing a wildflower-holding Dewachen while doing Unweighted Squats at nearly 11,000' yesterday at Andrew's Lake. the WF Warrior knows that "Our Workout Is Everywhere!" click on the stunning photo by Ananda and tell me if you ain't getting the Chi Transmission! ***Ilg,Thank you for the effort that has been put into preparing the Blessed Mala, I will be honored to wear it.Thou

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well, although it wasn't as moving to me as Lance's performance in the Tour of Switzerland today...ilg must say, "YEAH LAKERS!!!!!!!!!!"

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click on pics to enlarge the Chi HitNorthern New Mexico past weekend:ilg family re-union (re-yoga)location: Heron Lake, New Mexicoall photos and text by ilgthis offering is devoted to the Fish Beings...looking north over El Vado Reservoir in northern New Mexico...a scant 1.50 hours from Durango, Colorado. Should one sincerely undertake (take-under) the Teachings of all the great spiritual paths

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dear noble coach this humble student is the one who is thankful..for your valuable sharings... i downloaded your audio teachings..today i even got dvds and again that beautiful scent, your personal notes from your heart and sweat..and beautiful stickers...all that work in such a short time! you are full of magic...a big heart feel like a kid with big ice cream on very hot day...or a feel like a

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Mike "MahaManas" Singer...the MasterMind and former Microsoft® wizard who is behind the soon to be released (uh, yeah, i know you've heard me say that tag line for like a year...) WF Membership Only Website. Let ilg just say this much; i am watching very closely who has steadfastly subscribed to DL, MAP Aminos, SUNRIDER Herbs, and has shown consistent support of the Noble Effort of the WF

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"There is no will.There is only God's Favor."- an unknown Christ-intoxicated fisherman who auspiciously appeared to me at the remote Rio Chama Trailhead yesterday... click pic to enlargedo not republish without askingsunrise; Heron Lake, New Mexico as seen from the 20' pontoon...no wonder why Yogi Jesus was a fisherman...oh, and His Grace saw to it that my dad, my brother, and feeble ilg set the

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slacking in your Meditation Discipline? Sit with my most recent book, The Pranic Junkie,available now in PDFand you willfind yourself eager to Sit Still...my most intimate offering yet...straight from my Zendo handwritten notes from Meditation. This e-book shows whyWholistic Fitness® andHigh Performance Yoga® (above website recently updated with teaching schedule)vibrates far Higher than any

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"All I can say is "wholy sweat!"-recovering from an amazing Steve Ilg Yoga class last night-amazing!"- Marisa Asplund2010 National Duathlon ChampionWinner 2010 Iron Horse Bicycle Classicphoto; local Durangatang Marisa and her Canine Companion Cora*That is seriously the BEST yoga class ever! Thanks for being here and sharing!- Melissa Mayerpro MTB coach at The HubDurango*"The best mental &

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click on my phone pics below for enlarged Chi Hits...enjoy and may your next Sweat be empowering...another go(o)d thing of Self Healing from spinal paralysis: an injured and way hematoma'd right hip ain't gonna slow down this mountain yogi too long; top of Coal Bank Pass (10,640')...the first of three within a 2-hour, 50k ride yesterday...listen to this to take your in-juries to the Other Side*

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Dear Steve:Just listened to "The Pain Guru"It is totally awesome.Ai Imawa...Fit KitVernon, CanadaORDER YOURS TODAY!CHECK OUT MY LATEST RELEASES!click on pics below for enhanced chi hits...First, CONGRATULATIONS to Ananda (Joy), my Beloved Partner and absolutely the most amazing m(om) for Dewachen...Joy is now teaching HP Yoga Slow Flow at the Durango Recreation Center each Tuesday morning from 7

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My Precious Online Shishya PY has just returned from the h(om)eland. Below is an actual excerpt from our Online Training exchanges tonight. The photo above was taken by ilg during one of our shared workouts on the Sacred Peak of Doko Oosliid when i lived in Kinlani (Flagstaff, AZ). i have trained those those who seek to take Pilgrimage to Tibet, Nepal, Northern India for three decades.

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