JOIN THE PARTY in the WF SanghaLounge!

Okay Noble Ones,
i 've got the skis waxed, the snowshoes tested, and i ready to head into a 2-Day Private Intensive with Student Ludgate from NYC. those of you who, like Student Ludgate, have actually DONE a WF Private Intensive, you know damn well how intimately Joy and i work with you; like all day, each day. so,
i don't TAF i will be able to channel another DL until Friday. good thing we now have the WF SanghaLounge to enjoy, eh?
i am SOOOOO happy with how much Love and inspiration occurs in that beautiful forum each day! THANK YOU! i REALLY love surfing around in there and getting to know all of you 'mo betta!'

below is a great example of the type of Warrior you will meet each day in the S'Lounge and get to know. so, until the next DL Chi Hit...

I Bless Your Practices and Love Your Light...oh, and wish Student Ludgate go(o)d luck! i've got some pretty 'ilgonian workouts' lined up for him!

we are so Blessed to have this Path and a body, mind, and spirit willing to dance it!

om so ti,
coach ilg

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Hey Hey fellow WF persons,
i was not to sure of this Lounge when i started reading awhile back because the posts about the bike gears went way over my head. Thought maybe everybody was a top line athlete like Coach Ilg. Then as time went by and more people from around this world started to jump in i started to feel more like part of the family.
Started doing workouts from Coach Ilg after i found his WF book at about the time i was calling it quits on all physical activity and the diagnosis from the back doctor's tests confirmed that i was so close to the knife. i remember doing my first yoga poses a little over a year ago and the pain while doing the Warrior pose was right up there with the Gitmo techniques i thought.
The long and short of this is after completing the workout phases i am close to being a kid again. i am 56 years young. Two days ago while doing Joy's basic yoga DVD i was able to jump from the Downward Dog Pose up to my hands. Thought that ol body spring was long gone.
Now i am so close to starting my online classes with Coach Ilg as my personal trainer.
i am reading the Science Of Breath, which is really getting me psyched since Coach Ilg talks so much about the breath and meditation.
Life is good in Tacoma Wash.
Peace out



Brad Replies:

Joined: 15 Nov 2006
Posts: 29
Location: Sherman Oaks, CA

Hey Rich,
Welcome to the party. As one of those spewing bicycle "tech talk" in the bicycle thread let me reassure you that while I am a confirmed bike geek, I am by no means an elite athlete. Just a Father Warrior making my feeble way up the Steep and Direct WF Path. You are among friends.
Namaste,

student brad g
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"Ring the bells that still can ring.
Forget your perfect offering.
There is a crack in everything.
That's how the light gets in."
- Leonard Cohen



hakado ru replies:

Sunrider
Joined: 23 Oct 2006
Posts: 33
Location: Las Vegas



Rich,
Welcome to the Tribe!

You'll find that Steve and Joy's students do cover a wide range of athletic abilities and goals. What we all share in common is a thirst for self-discovery through fitness...the Wholistic Fitness way.

John

Student On Pilgrimage; Had a funny "Intensive anxiety" dream...

Coach-
Namaste! Finished the last workout of my pre-intensive cycle today. Don't know what you plan to throw at my this week, but I am as physically and mentally prepared as I can possibly be. Equanimity be damned - I am excited as hell for the next few days. Had a funny "Intensive anxiety" dream last night - you were holding up your little white board with "-6" written on it. When I asked what it was for, you said those were "negative karma points for not getting all of my update e-mails in on time"! I'll do my best to earn those points back this week.

See you Tuesday night at class. Love to Ananda.

-Student L

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Dearest Warrior Taking Pilgrimage To The Sacred, Snowy Peak,

no, no silly goose...

that wasn't about negative karma,
that was the TEMPERATURE!!!!!

see you Tuesday night!

can't wait! you are the BEST!

inJoy the travel and let us know if there is anything we can do from this end!

love,
coach and joy

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My cherished, long time Online Warrior, Allan arrives in Flag tonight in time to take my HP Yoga Class to kickstart his
two-day Private Intensive...we can't WAIT to drop in with this Most Noble Father Warrior! His steadfast, determined WF Practice is pure, beautiful testimony to the strength of this Path among those who are willing to simply STUDY and ENJOY the myriad, multilayered transformations inherent to this Path.

Ever wonder why our 5-Star Private Intensives have been in international media and even books?

Sign up for your own WF Private Intensive for 2007; there is no better investment for your long term Practice!

Reservations for 2007 being accepted on the Tribal Catalog today!

Divine Will? The World is Illusion? ...i don't get it!

"To discover an Outer World, we must first recognize and establish some sort of a relationship with our Inner World. The key is development of sustained concentration." - coach ilg

above; WF Teacher Ananda sustains her concentration during vinyasa in 28-degree weather. the yogi must work hard to keep chipping away at overcoming Duality. a wise starting place is to develop even-mindedness during intense heat and cold. look for Ananda's new Teaching this week on the HP Yoga approach to 'Chaturanga' in her new Blog; The Joyful Breath:



Dear Coach,
you puzzle me. you jump from kickass hard core training like in your PROP DVD and all your racing to talking about God and all sorts of spiritual stuff that i just don't get. i have been trying to read the "Yoga Sutras' because of your TBT book, but i don't understand ANYTHING those cats are talking about and i am not sure that i even want to! all this stuff about Divine Will and that the "Outer World is only an illusion,' etc. I don't even understand what you mean when you talk about the "Outer World." and this bit about using fitness to "Strengthen our filaments of Consciousness for the Bardo" HUH?!?! Excuse me?

anyway, you got me thinking but i can't share ANY of your stuff with my training partners, they would think i am NUTS!

not really your "Student" greg


Namaste Noble Seeker G!

thank you for writing and sorry i took so long to get back to you. i have to prioritize, to be fair, my Active Online Students and Sunrider Herbal Warriors before answering "fan" mail, however, i always do my best answer ANY Knock upon my humble Temple...so, thank you for your Patience.

first; don't live your life for the opinions of others. promise yourself that much, okay?

to discover an Outer World, we must first recognize and establish some sort of a relationship with our Inner World. the Outer World is the world of changing forms (thus, it is termed by yogis as 'illusory'...now it's there, now it's not!).

this Spring, the snows which fell upon the Sacred Peak this week will melt. in time, Shiva (the Destructive guna of the universe) will even wither away or erupt the Sacred Peak into something else. not even Mountains live forever. such are the Ways of the Outer World.


the Inner World is beyond the reach of all this coming and going and is termed Atma or the "Self" by yogis. the challenge in understanding this is...

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below, Bill writes in with an inSight arising from his Practice and my mention of "Sacred Stones" as it related to my "Rock Vinyasa" Teaching...

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Greetings Coach,
Your inbox is probably full of students' spewing insights at you, but I can't resist recounting my experience last night. Driving, I listened to a 2-hour interview with the late Aldous Huxley covering one of my favorite topics - opening the doorway to mystical experience of the divine through various means. He opened the lecture with a profound question - why do cultures around the world and throughout history value 'precious stones?' They have absolutely no intrinsic value.

One possiblilty he offered might be that these stones, cut, polished and mounted, achieve a state of permanent beauty unattainable by the human body. What could last longer that a precious stone?

The only thing I could think of that lasts longer than a stone is . . . a mountain. Immediately I envisioned coach climbing that mountain - a temporal act interaction with the eternal.

The next possiblilty offered is that precious stones, gems, stained glass, etc. all mirror the visuals associated with the experience of at-one-ment with the divine. Again, across cultures and time, mystical experiences share the vision of light, color, and precious jewels. And again, I envisioned the divine awakening aroused by yoga, exercise, WF . . .

Then, I put in another cd . . . Stream Entry . . . and listened to coach saying the same thing, and more. I really, really was moved by the way he frames exercise, fitness, discipline and the other lifestyle prinicipals as a metaphor for the spiritual path. Really great stuff.

Thanks so much to both of you for reminding me where the doorway is and that all I have to do is open it. WF might just be the key for me.

Blessings from the High Desert,

bg

To Fall In Love With Yoga...

To Fall In Love With Yoga

"The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced."
- zen saying

To Fall In Love With Yoga
means learning to enjoy the intimate mystery of overcoming our weaknesses by doggedly forcing ourselves to concentrate on the peeling away of our superficiality and imbalances.

To Fall In Love With Yoga
means learning to fall in love with the globules of gunk - all Fear Based - which we have been carrying around within us for longer than all of us may wish to admit.

To Fall In Love With Yoga
means learning to court the Gunk, seduce the...


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photos -
1) elders cranking off Virabhadrasana thanks to WF Tribal Brother Ron Jones's leadership (shown above).

2)WF Teacher Ananda in Bakasana in a volcanic canyon near the WF Temple Home.

3) me and my Sacred Stone used for another Secret Teaching of WF; The Esteemed 'Rock Vinyasa" - another Early Morning Ritual for advanced Online Students of WF.

4) i 'Honor the Sage Vasistha' near Anasazi dwellings above the Jemez Zen Center, New Mexico

What Looks Promising To A Mountain Yogi?

Dear Coach,
I've been perusing your astonishing archives of DL. That one man, busy as you, has compiled such a
majestic, magnificent treasure chest for us Seekers is to me a modern miracle (so is what you have done with your body!). The fresh outpouring of daily DL wisdom, the unique twists and perspectives that you bring. DL is like all these other outdoor, sport, fitness, spiritual, and yoga magazines pulled into one, well, Wholistic format of High Vision.

And, you can't beat the price! Plus, access to the new incredible WF SanghaLounge?!?! c'mon?!

Anyway, thank you for living and sharing your Blissful Wisdom. You ROCK!

Question;
from such a High Command of Optimism that you bring to all of us, I have to wonder from your end; what looks promising to you in the future?

awed and into WF,
yogini laura

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Most Noble Yogini Who Has Found Herself Along The Upwardly Inclined Route,

i bow to your Metta. Your words are my paycheck. Your infused sweat is my Inner Reward. Your willingness toward awe is my solar panel that keeps my tapas fiery and fierce.

As to your Question, you are probably testing me for you know that yogis are trained.."

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