HAPPY, WHOLESOME (yeah right, right?) HALLOWEEN...

From the Can Do Clan beneath the Sacred Peak to our Most Treasured Sangha who make this Most High Temple Of Wholeness so utterly fun, unique, powerful, and mysterious to the masses!





Halloween used to be my biggest partying night of Nights, so have a ton of fun out there...
just keep the Spirit of our Tribal Drum calling to you -
Dance
Dance
Don't be stupid to the rhythm of your Sacred Sense
Dance
Dance
and let Grandmother Moon call to you...
For all the Ghost Spirits...
May all Beings in all Realms
Dance
Dance
and let our Family Tribe chant...
Happy Halloween and THANK YOU
for choosing to Sweat Here Now,

coach 'scarecrow' ilg



photo 1: by Dara's husband of steve, Dewa, and Ananda
Heritage Square, Flagstaff

photo 2: this is classic. having never tasted refined sugar in her two years of life,
Dewa just vibed with her black balloon, red football, and was puzzled at the candies
being placed in her Elmo trick-or-treat handbag. not once did She even bother
about wanting any treat. meanwhile, we saw parents filling tiny kids strollers
full of M&M's...illnesses surge after Halloween because of the steep decline in
natural immunity as response to candy eating.
WF pushes nothing away...
just Practice c(om)mon sense and moderation.

Kinlani's First Snow of 09/10!

click on pics to enlarge chi hit...
text from Steve Ilg's
personal journal entry, 10*28*09

"A lot of my Inner Work revolves around praying for more attention
than paying more attention. It's sad to admit i require Higher Help just to
dive deeper into everyday moments, yet it's true."

above photo this morning by steve; snow detail on Bala

"For me, the Miracle of Mindfulness (WF Lifestyle Principle #2) is as elusive
if not more so than for my Master Students of WF and many, many others, I reckon. And my Mindfulness Fitness is certainly fathoms lower than my live-in Rinpoche, Dewachen."

above photo by Ananda; Dewa looks forward into 20-degree weather,
and Her life.

"Still,
ilg does his Best to Pray For More Attention..."

photo of DokoOosliid this morning, right after a herd of 19 Wapiti Beings
traversed the field outside the Temple H(om)e. by ilg

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and...

Until we can meet and gather again,
may your Instinct For Enlightenment
pull your Heart and Soul
Uphill,
away from the common
and
toward the Highest,
the Most Pure
Summits Within...

Yah Teh Heh!!!!

keep trekking,

coach ilg
feeble chief of the mighty WF Clan

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Evolution, Abuse, or a Kick Ass Chi-ld?

Personally?

ilg is just sitting with this, sent to me by WF Devotee Andrew Ferguson:

Romanian 5 Year Old

i've created a forum in the WF SanghaLounge in the Direct Lines chamber for your input. i am collecting data for a book on Conscious Parenting and would love to know what your Heart feels while watching this four minute video, what type of terrain your Mind covers while watching this, and then, after reflecting on this video what are your TAF's (thoughts and feelings) about this video.

head bowed,
ec

Obstacles On The Path...

all text and photos by coach ilg...taken today...click to enlarge the chi hits...

When a mountain biker, or more appropriately for this time of the year; a cycle-cross racer encounters an obstacle on the path, we do not lose faith and begin to doubt. We have, through Practice, learned to recognize obstacles and difficulties such as long climbs, heat, cold, wind, etc., for what they are: just intensification of a Noble Effort, nothing more.

When an expert cyclist arrives at the point where difficulties and obstacles are recognized as such, they stop being 'obstacles' and actually become linked series of beautiful empowerment opportunities.

So, how do use this same type of non-dualistic grocking when obstacles crop up on the spiritual path to harness difficulties, whatever they may be, toward our quest for Higher Growth, Deeper Awakening?


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photos:
1) HP Yogi Ben "Patki Dass" during the run up in the Men's Pro race.

Yogi Squat (and story) Of The Week

my yogi squat (aka; 'the ilg wheelchair') at the 13,150' summit of this years Imogene Pass Race...i took this m(om)ent to do a quick Pranayam and relieve my lumbar compression from the preceding 2:36 hours of uphill running before taking flight down the 7 miles and 4,000' descent. photo by elevationimaging.com


send in your pic and story for Yogi Squat! there is movement being made by some WF Devotees to get Yogi Squat into Wikipedia due to my embrace of its simple and powerful healing capacity since breaking my spine.

the below story comes in from WF Warrior Roberto Crespo of Pasadena:

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Coach, just read this in the LA Times and I think the tribe may get a kick out of it:

'So how did Lawrence Peter Berra get the nickname Yogi?

Berra told TBS that Bobby Hoffman, an American Legion teammate in the early 1940's gave him the moniker.

"We didn't have benches to sit on, so we sat on the ground," Berra said...


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Yeah, Well...so is Enlightenment!

Guruji,

tee hee hee hee....
:)
Shakti

Begin forwarded message:

This will boggle your mind and you will keep trying over and over again to see if you can outsmart your foot, but, you can't. It's preprogrammed in your
brain!

1. While sitting where you are at your desk in front of your computer, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles.
2. Now, while doing this, draw the number '6' in the air with your right hand. Your foot will change direction.

COACH RESPONDS:

Most Precious Shakti,

RE:
"It's preprogrammed in your brain!"


yeah, well, fortunately so too is our Enlightenment Potential!


head bowed and Dharma Blessings upon thy Practice and May you realize your Practice everywhere,

coach

Don't Waste Time

in my Zendo, prying deeeep into my pectineus/quadratus femoris/piriformus
with MahaBanda engaged and spraying Ujjayi Pranayam directly into this
most potent spiritual workplace; this type of deep asanic-prying
while in a variation of swastikasana is vital for endurance athletes
to free the energetics of the power chain musculature
within the hips...


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Steve;

I will be ordering your new IRON TEMPLE DVD just before I head down to Sun Valley for skiing in December so I don't have to deal with Canada customs. It sounds like you are doing quite well and your family life sounds wonderful.

I turn 64 in 2 weeks and have to figure out what to do at 65 . At 60 I convinced a friend to climb the Grand Teton in Wyoming and who knows what is in store for me in a year ? Maybe you will play a role in that phase of my life . I still have great memories of the first time I met and worked out with you in Santa Fe and especially our few days in Durango.

I do want to get back into the fold and getting the new DVD should be inspiring . I'm still in the gym 3 -4 days / week.

Keep well;

J.

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coach responds:
Most Precious Warrior J!

always go(o)d to hear from you!

well, according to the science of Enlightenment,
you only have 11 more years to...


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