Happy, WHOLISTIC Mothers Day!

"We've all been mothers countless lifetimes."
- Buddha

From the "Can Do Clan" of Dewa who turns 8-Months Old today, and my Beloved Joy - AMAZING new 'amma' of Dewa, and myself we wish to send Laughter, Love, Light, and invincible Shiva-like strength and endurance and patience to ALL Mothers on ALL Realms!

like i've always said, "There's a whole lot of OM in 'MOM'!"

oh, and check out WF Warrior BJ's Clan below who timed the Re-Entry of their beautiful new Isabel to the Mothers Day "T"!



Rock On, Moms!


head bowed in awe of all ammas everywhere,

coach ilg

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coach steve,

Thank you again for the Coach's Blessed WF Training Mala - cathy and i had them with us throughout beautiful Isabel's birth. It was an amazing experience, and as you said in one of your earlier emails, she was truly "stoked on re-entry". We hope the three of you are doing well - Dewa looks so happy! I've attached a couple photos of our 'jewel in the lotus'. I'm glad to see that you are involved with Red Rock Racing. I'm still rocking the old team kit on every ride I can!


Namaste
BJ, Cathy, and Isabel Araceli


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photo of the Can Do Clan by:

IWT/IWCT = seeing spots...Divine Spots!

Master WF Student L'Gate displays Master Student form during Barbell Curls under my eye last year; look at the posture! look at the rooted feet! look at the steady skull! the Eye of the Tiger! the BREATH! there is NOTHING more beautiful to me on this planet than a focused Human Being cultivating their Higher Self through appreciation and development of their body! WF Rocks! L'Gate ROCKS! he wrote to me today, as i am late on his next program:

Coach,

Namaste! I went deep into The Winter Athlete yesterday and did your IWT / ICWT workout. Only the second time I've done that baby, and...holy high intensity! I actually saw yellow spots dancing before my eyes at one point, but pushed through.
Love,
Student L'Gate

this is truly a hallmark of a WF Master Student like L'Gate...even though he has studied Online with me for several years, if i am late in designing his next program, he simply returns to the "sacred scriptures"; the many books, cds, dvds, and DL Archives which make the non-formal study of this Path so cost-effective. That particular workout that L'Gate mentions above? KILLER! FUNCTIONAL! FUN! excuses, excuses from so many people about having 'no time' to train! the legion of programs like IWT/ICWT in the WF System require less than 25 minutes to crank out! check it out through your own sweat and spirit and tell me what you TAF!

MORE GREAT NEWS for you non-formal WF Students!
this very workout that L'Gate sees "spots" on will soon be available as a
Pay Per PDF!


enjoy the crankin' Ever Higher!

at least THIS PATH OF YOGA does NOT sidestep the "Metal Element" of the gym!

YEAH BABY LONG LIVE WF...the Choice of those sincerely focused on the GO(o)D Source!

Temple Gong; email change

by now, those of you on my email lists have been notified.



effective immediately:

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The Way of Intensity...Q&A

Coach Ilg,
Go(o)d things take time; I am a work in progress day by day, moment by
moment. My nostrils are unbelievably improved since I began neti four years
ago and now on your EMR DVD. I bow to you and the simple things you have introduced me to that have
improved life immeasurably.

Your humble devotee, Alan B.

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Dear Coach,
i want to take your yoga class but i'm scared, quite frankly. i was trained in the Iyengar System and only have a third of the way to go before becoming a Teacher...

Denise

Dear Denise,
of what are you afraid?
Intensity?
truth be told, my solo practices are 95% Iyengarish; i just superimpose the subtle anatomical work over it.

if you are going to make any friend in this short life,
make friends with The Buddha of Intensity
for you will need it in the Bardo.

just come to class.

Sat Nam,
coach

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Dear Coach,
i've never admitted this to ANYONE before...
i have a substance abuse problem and don't know exactly what to do about it.

- S.M.



Most Precious One,

whippdy doo...
we are all addicts to one degree or another until Enlightenment so get over it.

before laying the label of being a Substance Abuser
upon someone else,
i'd suggest the utterer of such a phrase
to examine if they themselves are not guilty of an even worse 'problem';
Pranic Neglect.

better to be passionate about Pranic Development than worry about Substance Abuse,
for it's like..

READ THE ENTIRE TEACHINGS FROM TWO MORE STUDENTS...

SUBSCRIBE TODAY TO DL AND GET WITH THE CRAZY WISDOM FROM COACH THAT HAS BEEN DRAMATICALLY INFLUENCING THE WARRIORS OF THE WORLD SINCE 1982!

On Listening To Our Life Vinyasa

"Just Listen."

- The WF Bible by coach ilg - above; note the complete absence of Ignorance Pods (aka; iPods). Who can concentrate on one's Mantra, on one's Highest Self Within when addicted to external enterTainment instead of innerAttainment?

We should know at this point in our Practice, i mean, if you are still traveling with me in whatever degree up this Steep and Direct Path of WF, that the warrior who is affected by all matters in our present day 'vinyasa' or 'flow of life' - regardless if the matters be big or small to our perception - is moved by them eventually becomes miserable, disappointed, afflicted, and hypocritical.

Why?

Because

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WF SanghaLounge; Big Medicine For Warriors On The Path Of Awakening

"I believe it was Hemingway who said, 'There are only three sports: Stanley Cup Playoff hockey, Tour de France cycling, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.'"
- from WF Master Student "Abu" one of the many Hockey Maniacs now gathered in the WF SanghaLounge in the CURRENT EVENTS cave...stop by if you dare, cuz, we are well...Hockey Fans! Hockey is the only major sport whereupon mastery of one art (skating) is assumed while the actual game is superimposed over the the art...i mean, basketball players are athletic, yet, put some skates on their feet on ice, and THEN make them do their thing...ha! same thing with all the other major sports. point is; there ain't no sport like Hockey*! come on in, and join the fun...oh, and i do allow YouTube references in the SanghaLounge, in fact, you should see the conversation going on in the CARDIOVASCULAR CAVE right now; stunning footage of pull-up mastery courtesy of Hakado Ru!

There are hundreds and hundreds of incredible conversations going on each day in the worldwide 'chill out' lounge of WF Warriors; the WF SanghaLounge! Make it a nightly stop with your Calli Night...or beer! We welcome all types of Warriors into the Lounge! the talk is easy, non-judgmental, and a ton of fun...not to mention it's where i've been archiving all the Top Secrets of the different Fitness Disciplines and Practice Principles for the generations of WF Warriors to come!

Stop by today, the SanghaLounge is open 24/7, 7 Days per week and is complimentary to ALL DL SUBSCRIBERS!...the easiest way is enjoy the Hang Out is to sign in, then click the "VIEW POSTS SINCE LAST VISIT" and that will bring you right into the flow of the most current conversations.

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here is some input from around the world appearing recently about the importance of DL and the SanghaLounge to people's Practice:

"Most Noble Coach,
Gracias, gracias, mucho gracias! Your efforts are keeping the lifeline
over here in Shanghai strong.

That said my Sahaj Marg meditation group here are doing some powerful
energetic work for this land and its people and so it still feels right
to Be Here Now amidst the choking smog and intense vibrations.

I'll be in India for the summer and then back in the fall (unless they
let me into Tibet after the Olympics) to Turtle Island to do some Nordic
Skiing with dad. 73 and the old man has the classic form that blows the
doors off me.

Much love to you and your family,
may your words and works continue to ring through the ages,
ct"

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Steve,
Week 4 of the Frugal Realm Routine - which also means that I have experienced a wonderful journey through: Green Tara; Cosmic Yang; my feeble attempts at daily meditation (though I must tell you, I often times catch myself in one active meditation or another throughout each day -- this I attribute to the work we did together 20 years ago), and my best attempts at Yoga (still not HP yoga yet -- but do not worry it will come*. Today I am in a place beyond where I was 20 years ago. There is a deeper effort & consequently a deeper strength present in all aspects of my practice & life which with each day grow more into one. Today I am more open, and teachable which not only allows me to more fully appreciate WF, but also allows me more time focused meaningfully and less time distracted by those things which appear to be desirable but in the end hold little or no relevance to our improvement..... Steve all I can say is Thank You! Oh, and DL? - It places me correctly many days!

Rando
Colorado"

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* Hockey was my first competitive sport. i was 7 years old and the year was 1969. i was so small, my coach literally had to lift me into and out from the rink during line shifts! i may have been small, yet i was fierce and fast and won the Most Improved Player Trophy my first year and eventually my team got 2nd place in the Midwest Regional Championships when i was 9 before moving to Colorado.

Behold...A Cold!! My 10-Steps To Enjoying The Empowerment of an 'Uncommon' Cold!

i would like to go official on the Temple Scrolls to report gleefully that i am beholding a 'cold'!!!

now, some of you may think that i made myself sick over my poor Avalanche hockey team losing to Detroit in an unmentionable 'sweep' in the Stanley Cup Playoffs...aaaargh.

perhaps, however, as you'll read in a moment, a more feasible reason exists...
my point is that i am totally stoked i have a 'cold'!!!

yeah!!!!

why so happy am i that i finally have a 'cold'?...well, the reasons for celebration are MANY!


a 'cold' is a fantastic thing...in fact, in this Temple H(om)e i do not refer to it as a 'cold' as much as i use the term, 'immune development enhancement opportunity' or an "IDEO".

now there are several great things about having an IDEO for me (note; ME...steve ilg, not you, the following is my own Direct Experience and should be considered and consumed as such...)

1) finally, after several years of not hosting any illness whatsoever*, ilg can now obviously be seen to the common masses that i am just an average schmoe...my blood is red and i am not a 'mutant' like OUTSIDE MAGAZINE calls me. it's just the highly extra-ordinary immune system empowerment of the WF Path of Yoga that causes the cellular body to vibrate so high that illnesses of the common man never reach the WF Yogi save for once in every great while. and, when these rare afflictions do visit us, we honor them become they leave us so quickly!

2) hosting an IDEO gives me an uncommon chance to...

THIS ENTRY IS ONE OF THOSE IMPERATIVE "DL KEEPERS"!!! join today and read how a world-class yogi/athlete absolutely devours the physical and metaphysical teachings of a 'cold'! do you even realize why it's called a 'cold'?

* save for my Cold-Triggered Exercise Induced Asthma of 2007 which doesn't count since that was due to a world-championship effort done at 12,000' in alititude.