Book Project Excerpt; S.P.A.

{NOTE: the following is NOT to be republished in any way, shape, or manner without my permission. all Karma is God. thank you and may your Practice Benefit...coach ilg)





Remember your first orgasm?
How about your Top Three?
Top Five?
Top Ten?

probably not.
why?
because you've come to abuse the privilege, haven't you?

Do you tend to masturbate more often than what your Intuitive Wisdom dictates?

Do you eat more calories than your physiology really requires?

Do you listen to and engage in too much gossip through TV, news, music than what your Intuitive Wisdom dictates?

Do you tend to rely too often on sex, alcohol, coffee, drugs/pills more than what your Intuitive Wisdom dictates?

Do you tend to spend inordinate amounts of your life overthinking and under-meditating?
why?

because
we are all addicted to what our Ancient Teachers termed,
"Sense Pleasure."

it bears repeating:
Sense Pleasure Addiction or what i call; "S.P.A."

remember your first Junk Food High?
how about your Top Three?
your Top Five?

probably not.

why?
because you've come to abuse the privilege, haven't you?

why?
because we all suffer from S.P.A.
to one degree or another we addicts have one common denominator;
we've lost our natural sense of Sacred Connection.

whenever we overdo anything
- be it using one arm more than the other or spending too much time grasping for money -
we lose something vital to our

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INWARD WARRIORS! INWARD!!!!!

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NOTES:

( recorded on 5/1/06 in my Practice Journal, written with my Non-Dominant Hand)

WF Pro Shop Website Certificate?

On Dec 29, 2007 -

Steve,
Trying to order you HP Yoga DVD - get the message that the security certificate presented by this website has expired or is not yet valid. A little hesitant to send my debit card information under these conditions. Can you let me know what you know?

Respectfully,

Kurt Bocim
Warrior Student


COACH RESPONDS:

Most Noble Warrior Student Kurt B,

head bowed to your diligence in writing! thank you!

i'll see what is up, thanks to you!

your cc info should be just fine...or you can simply call our private home office at:
928*774*9205 and place your order by phone.

thanks again...i'll make a mention of it on DL and iDL...

in sweat and spirit,
coach ilg

MERRY CHRISTMAS, Oh Noble Sangha!!

For as long as space exists
And sentient beings endure,
May I too remain,
To dispel the misery of the world.
- SHANTIDEVA

From ours, to yours, and most importantly to the Sacred Space that keeps us One...

Thank you, my faithful and beautiful Sangha of Strength and Suppleness,
of Sweat and Stillness...

Your support of our humble, powerful Temple allows us to do what we do...

May All Beings In All Realms Be Happy On This Day Of Days...


Namaste from steve, joy, dewa, and the Temple Cat Beings from Two Tree Manor!

News Flash! - it's a Christ-Mass Miracle!

we interrupt this beautiful 3-part story of Dewachen's Native Baptism to bring you some VERY IMPORTANT NEWS:


Sacred Peak, Elevation 11,500 - reporter; coach ilg

tonight, just now...i have returned from a starlit ski up and down Agassiz Peak...in what only could be explained as an OBVIOUS CHRISTMAS MIRACLE i have the following to share with all of you on this most special nights of nights:

1) i set a new personal ski-up record tonight, covering the ski runs from 9,500' to 11,500' in 50 minutes! average heart rate; 173

2) at the summit, in the utter starlit silence at the very top of Arizona, after performing puja and a quick Pranayama Appetizer before my rocket ball descent in pure darkness (i went so fast up the Peak, that Grandmother Moon did not peek over the ridgetop!) i heard the distinct click-clankering of what only could be an airborne sleigh moving through the rarefied air just to the north of me...i could make out a small, bobbing red light sizzling through the thin air making a bee line for western New Mexico...i ain't gonna say nuthin' else...

3) a couple of other Christmas Miracles occurred on my starlit ski; the ski run groomers paved a perfect ribbon of groomed snow up my ascent line which NEVER happens and thus 'paved' the way for my Personal Record! also, on the dark descent (remember, Grandmother Moon had yet to appear over the summit ridge to light my way) i had to 'feel' where the 18' swatch of groomed snow was beneath my skis and it was like, "USE THE FORCE, LUKE!" everything was etheral and perfect and oh soooo fun!!!until...oooops! right at the bottom, i did not realize that i had skied onto the snowboard park and very nearly skied right into a rail!

IT'S A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE AND WHAT A BLESSING IT IS TO BE FIT and SPIRITUALLY AWAKE!

THANK YOU SANGHA for your support this year! THANK YOU SUNRIDER Herbs! THANK YOU BIOBUILDE AMINO ACIDS! THANK YOU POWERBAR AND MY SPONSORS!

...and...THANK YOU SANTA!!!! Godspeed tonight!!!

My Daughter's Baptism; By Mother Earth/Father Sky

Read about how i chose to "baptize" my baby daughter within the Father Sky/Mother Earth ionic/pranic fields of the Yavapai-Apache's "Garden of Eden" near Sedona, Arizona...

a three part series now running on DIRECT LINES SUBSCRIPTION FORMAT!

WF Warrior Sammy Morse takes 5th at CycleCross Nationals!

yet another National Podium for a WF Warrior! Sammy Morse, far left in Kansas City at the United States CycleCross National Championships! A big WF Tribal HOWWWWL for Warrior Morse!!! Yeah, baby!

El Coache,

Thought I’d pass along to you a couple pictures from my experience at Cyclocross Nationals in Kansas City. The conditions were an absolute mud and ice fest! I managed a 5th place and the last place on the podium. By the way this was predicted by student Featherman*! I made a major mistake by only taking one bike to the race, with one to go I lost two places as my poor mud and ice covered bike only had two gears left! That said I’m thrilled with the result. I must tell you WF has been an amazing part of all my preparation for my cycling, especially yoga and morning practice.

However the best part of the weekend was watching my 12 year old son take 6th in a very deep field!

Happy Holidays to you Joy and Dewa,

Sammy

* here, Sammy is referring to WF Student Mark Featherman who placed 2nd in the PA State CycleCross Championships!

HP YOGI OF THE YEAR ANNOUNCED! plus: yesterday's DL tying organized religion and modern consumption by way of the unique path of WF

"The practice of mindfulness, of bringing the scattered mind home, and so of bringing the different aspects of our being into focus, is called Calm Abiding.

All the fragmented aspects of ourselves, which had been at war, settle and dissolve and become friends. In that settling we begin to understand ourselves more, and sometimes even have glimpses of the radiance of our fundamental nature."
- Sogyal Rinpoche

The above quote epitomizes the Noble Effort of the person i chose at last night's HP Yoga Class at:
Northern Arizona Yoga Center

Fittingly, before the Holiday Break, i chose to teach the venerable "GREEN TARA HP Yoga Routine" the very same program that is in your TOTAL BODY TRANSFORMATION book. Love that routine; so healing in its simplicity. In fact, i am about to release the Green Tara HP Yoga Routine as an audio file and CD so you and i can enjoy it together in the ether!

As the Goddess Protector of Human Beings entering the Bardo Realm, Green Tara - one of two daughters born from the tears of compassion from Avalokiteshvara - protects and guides our spiritual journey. She is the ideal Best Friend for us when entering the Astral Planes in meditation and, of course, in our Bardo Entry. Please get to know Her well; if you train on the GREEN TARA PROGRAM in TBT, i promise you; you will Feel Her Presence dancing Lightly within your cells.

before the MAJOR MEDIA and AGENTS attempt to get my newly named; 2007 HP YOGI OF THE YEAR signed up to sponsorships, tv shows, etc., i am trying to get an exclusive interview with this Maha Yogi of our Tribe.
stay tuned!


from this snow-splintered sunrise i bow to you and leave you with the following Student input for more inspiration to your day, this day, this precious day of all days!!!

breathe lovingly today,
keep an elegant spine,
and may your workout find you within as many moments as possible today...

me? well, my tele boards are calling me as some snow clouds have camped out above the Sacred Peak...i'm gone, off, cloud hidden, whereabouts unknown...
just where i prefer to be!

Om So Ti,
your mountain yogi

Coach-

In 1297 there was published a document known as the Magna Carta which planted the seed for the rule of laws, the right of habeas corpus, the proper function of society. From what I have read it was an incredible piece of thought and promise. Today, when reading your DL (12*18*07-available only to DL Subscribers), it occurred to me that you have tied together the human need for spirituality in a comprehensive manner ..and it makes sense and you have made a difference in countless lives. Comparable to the Magna Carta? Absofuckinglutely. Warrior Up in honor of the Coach!.

Tom H.

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Dear Coach,
I plan on being there this Thursday again for another phenomenal journey of your HP PROP WORKOUT. This is only my 3rd class with you, however, it inspires me and pushes me like no other. Thank you for your energy...

Robin Lyon

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Welcome to Online Training:
two most cherished long-time WF Warriors are going to take the LEAP into WF Online Training this January:
Karen C, one of our Tribal Artists and former Front Desk Assistant at my HIGH PERFORMANCE YOGA STUDIO in Los Angeles...
and
Tom H...
another artist of a different type; a stone mason!

my hands are wringing with eagerness to start GOING DEEP with these two Noble Warriors of the Inner Workouts! i Trust you will hear more from them as their Journey unfolds!

Welcome Them and wish them GodSpeed in their Studies!

Have YOU applied for Online Training in 2008? you better get in line! Applications are found in the
The WF Pro Shop


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WF Book Club debuts on the WF SanghaLounge

Ever wonder what type of books i assign my Online Students?

well,
for the first time in the history of WF, subscribers to DL can now visit the NUTRITION Cave in the WF SanghaLounge and see how i consider Assigned Reading as a form of "spiritual nutrition." dis ain't Oprah; dis is WF! and any book assigned to my Students is done so for its capacity to transform accordingly the pranic constitution of a WF Student; formal or informal.

head bowed,
coach ilg

"Unbroken Wholeness In Flowing Movement,"...sounds like outdoor sports to me!

photo by WF Master Student, Shawna Schaub

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HeadStand Humor; Of Ducks and Brains

Though known to yogis thousands of years ago, regular performance of Sirsasana or HeadStand opens subtle anatomical channels servicing the "humor chamber" of brain functioning. photo of WF Online Student veteran, Kristi Lees cultivating the humor of humor chi while in ekapada sirsasana.

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what do you call a Mallard that refuses to take Sunrider Slim Caps?

answer: a plugged 'duct'
(hey, i just made that up this morning...it's probably funnier to lactating mommies...)


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Okay, some of you 'skiing purists' have let me know what you think about ilg snowboarding...hey, as long as it can glide upon snow, ilg embraces it...however, as long as the snowboarding can of worms has been opened...

Doctor: Well, i've got some bad news for you....
Patient: Oh oh...what is it?
Doctor: Your brain is dis-eased and we need to replace it with a new one.
Patient: A new one?
Doctor: I mean, 'another' one...we have a few in inventory...it's either that or die.
Patient: Geezo, this sucks. Okay, well, what do you have?
Doctor: Well i have this brain (shows him the brain in a jar), it belonged to another doctor! a great deal at $10,000!
Patient:Ooooh, man! 10k, eh? Anything else?
Doctor: This one just arrived, a real beauty; it belonged to a Lawyer! $30,000.
Patient: $30,000?!? Oh geezo! This is horrible...I don't know what to do! Don't you have any other brains for less money?
Doctor: (looks around furtively) Well, shhhhh, I just happen to have a hook up for you that will only cost you about $8,000 under the table...and the best part? it's never been used before!
Patient: A brain that never been used before? How is that possible?
Doctor: Oh, it belonged to a snowboarder.

contributed by HP Yogi, Jesse Waitz.

DO YOU HAVE A FUNNY BONE IN YOUR FITNESS PERSPECTIVE? Send me your contributions along with a picture of you in your best Sirsasana! I reward original jokes more than retold ones, however, if accepted, your joke will be listed in the WF SanghaLounge!

Feeling Is Believing; the unmitigated Chi Force of the "Secret Herbs of WF"

here i am slamming down my exclusive recipe of SUNRIDER Herbs known as "the ilg supreme" enroute to a championship victory in the Furnace Creek 508 ultra cycling race through Death Valley..."The Secret Herbs of WF saved me and kept my chi full throttle through the entire race!"

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Coach ilg,

I just wanted to say hi and introduce myself real quick...I am Vincent Spalding and I just joined in under Vito...it was my pleasure to be his instructor and seeing what incredible shape he keeps himself in I was completed to ask what he used...expecting the usual gnc/pro hormone stuff I was pleasantly surprised when he talked of an all natural supplement that worked by helping the body to work the way its suppose to...which leads to a healthy looking and feeling body...so, I took the SUNRIDER Herbal Foods known as Slim Caps and Action Caps for 6 months...and was amazed that I could work all day doing 6 or so massages a day or lay down to meditate, either or at any time...I have recently quit smoking again and have increased the Action/Slim Caps amount that I take and have only gained 2 pounds over the last 2 weeks - while I was on vacation and eating everything that is not usually in my diet! - I had lost 90 lbs. in a year and a half some years ago with the aid of ephedra...but this stuff is incredible...I joined SUNRIDER under your Downline not to try to make money (which is the reason for joining Herba##@ years ago)but because I love the products!...my 3 month plan is to change my appearance in such a way that every who knows me asks what I did and introduce them to SUNRIDER Herbs (and most importantly join in the Coach Ilg Downline to receive his emails and complimentary individual guidance! What other book author and world champion athlete DOES THAT?!!? THANK YOU!!!)

the typical 'ilg stash' of the "Secret Herbs of Wholistic Fitness; SUNRIDER! since 1983!"

your email's are much appreciated and that's the real reason for the email...I feel as if I will have the knowledge I need to do the business end of it if I should choose...but being a therapist, I'm more interested in giving my family,friends, and clients a direction to go in for all of their health needs...I would love to learn more about the different products...I'm curious if you might have a book that I can purchase as to your findings in regards to the different supplements and their affect?...I'm going to start purchasing different products and experimenting with them (high cholesterol,which doesn't worry me, but heart problems that do, run in my family and I picture a healthy heart all the time, I'm curious which supplements and at what doses would you recommend in regard to this as it is a problem on both sides and the side effects of the meds my family is taking, is more then apparent to me...personally I refuse to take prescription meds).any help you can give me in regar
d to the supplements and their power would be greatly appreciated...thank you again...I look forward to your future emails

a believer,

Vincent Spalding

Student Dorman Comes Back H(o)me..."There is no other Transformational Personal Fitness program out there..."

Beautiful coach Ilg,

Congratulations! She, your daughter is beautiful....Please give Teacher Ananda my love...

I recently returned home after spending a year in a New Mexico county jail for my past life as a teenage drug dealer. Getting my personal training business back on track but this time I would like to become a WF teacher....WF is all I know coach, for me every aspect of who I am falls back to WF. You have planted a powerful seed within me and I feel that it is time for me to do my part as member of the WF family by allowing that seed to grow....There is no other Transformational Personal Fitness program out there....

It has been some time now since I last saw, spoke with or emailed you. As we continue our journey doing the work within we realize our reality that breath by breath we are unattached to these passing moments, submerged in the stillness of a higher sweat.

In our oneness with universal truth, we learn to embrace and appreciate the essence of who we are and all those beautiful, loving beings, radiating God's healing light of love in the lives we live.

For me, you were and continue to be my Angel. From the moment you rode up next to me on that beautiful LA Sunday morning club bike ride up Sepulveda Pass, looked at me and asked, "student d., what do you know about love?".



The knowledge of that Love beautiful sir, continues to grow within as our God nurtures with patience the stilling of my restive mind. At this moment, I am grateful to you, the essence of who you choose to be in this life, for introducing me to the transformational as well as the healing powers of Wholistic Fitness, and HP yoga.

I bow to the love of God that flows ever freely through you to all beings everywhere.

This is my moment of gratitude to you. I appreciate you, I love you, thank you for being you and most of all thank you for reminding me that it is not about who you love but it's all about do you love.....

Be well,
Student Dorman, C.P.T, N.E.S.T.A.

(Coach's Note; as you can TAF from Student D's missive, they don't make 'em like Dorman too often. Dorman was a bike racing teammate of mine on Encino Cyclery when i lived in LA and we would often trail run, boulder, and trade spontaneous poetry lines while chillin' poolside in that sweet So Cal sun...ilg loves his Student D.)

visit Dorman at:
DormanBaltazar.com
...and tell him, "Love From The WF Tribe!"

The Sweaty Filled Art of Awakening; plus, Too Much "SurvivorMan"

InSights from yesterday's SnowShoe Workout on "Secret Mesa" (it's really not called "Secret Mesa"...i just like calling stuff "Secret"...always have:

In order to increase the potentiality for spiritual awakening, the wise aspirant regularly seeks austere and ego-humbling exercise, preferably in remote mountain arenas and without the distractions of others or the comforts of too much technology. Sweat and solitude are necessary agents for the surrender of ego, the disciplining of the senses, the heightening of gratitude for a Human incarnation, and the exhaustion of the karmas. It is not that Awakening is easy; far from it. One must...

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The Absolutely Best Inner Spark For Your Transpersonal Fitness Efforts!

#2) Grandfather Jack Rabbit (center in photo). i have GOT to stop watching "SURVIVORMAN"...still intact after all these years away from my extreme mountaineering days, as i was shoeing up this technical, entangled slope i keep seeing Big Cat tracks in the snow. my feeble Mind started playing games with me; feeling mountain lion perched in all the big snags and ponderosas above and near me. more tracks = more mind games. i was alone; i was vulnerable. my ego wanted to turn around. my Heart wanted the summit. better to die in the fangs of a Mountain Cat than turn around like a sheep and run home. my Sixth Sense, however, was reaching a crescendo; my skin flushed and my sushumna became icy as if in the First Entry of the Bardo...i KNEW a puma, a mountain lion, a mountain cat was staring me down...but WHERE? Just then, to my left as i stepped my snowshoe over another fallen tree...

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Snow Shoveling As A Spiritual Practice...WF Lifestyle Principles expounded...

There are only a few things more delightful to a Mountain Yogi than taking that first step outside after Brahmamuhurti Meditation and getting to shovel fresh, dry-as-a-sock-outta-the-dryer southwest snow...can you name a few?...at this point in your Practice, you should know at least three of the following WF Lifestyle Principles that transform a "chore" into a "yogic Practice that keeps you aimed at Enlightenment"...

DO NOT MISS WHAT THESE PRACTICAL, FITNESS-BASED SPIRITUAL TEACHINGS ARE ON TODAY's DIRECT LINES: WHY?

well; here is why:

My point, of course, in re-iterating these long-standing WF Lifestyle Principles to you on this Day of Days...is that spiritual practice cannot be divorced from our daily life. the moment we flip that switch in our heads that once saw doing 'mundane chores' into "Daily Practice Rituals" then, Oh Mighty Minded and Limbed Warrior, THEN we Rise Higher quickly and skillfully and deliver Peace to others for we ourselves have cultivated inner peace from inner annoyance. This is a huge and pivotal step along not only our own Spiritual Journey, but also for HumanKind(ness).

Treat yourself well today; sweat some, sit some and BE Wherever You Are...

i'm going skiing...

head bowed,
your mountain yogi

photos by coach and ananda at the WF Temple H(om)e

inspired me "me to take my practice to the next step ..."

Dear Coach Ilg,

Your WF Master Student CeRama introduced me to Wholistic Fitness. Michael & I shared a practice together doing theHigh Performance Yoga; Basic Strength DVD and I found it challenging . A challenge which I would like to continue to perfect in my personal practice.

Most yoga practices seem a bit "boring" but your style inspires me to take my practice to the next step ...

I am enjoying the InDirect Lines Complimentary Blog....really makes me think and often smile...

you have a
natural way of combining your message of inspiration with wit and sincerity for your students..

Namaste,

Cathy
NY

photo of coach in 'floating full lotus' by www.melissagrimesphotography.com

Proving his mettle with pedals

On Today's DIRECT LINES: the epitome of a WF Warrior; as WF Online Student "Feather" prepares for Cross Nationals, he is also speaking his Satya (Truth) about the importance of the WF Principle of "Cardo Commuting"...don't keep missing these Real Life Warriors Living The Path of MultiDisciplined Yoga known as; WHOLISTIC FITNESS!

come on in! we are your Fitness Warrior Tribe and we have been waiting for you!

STUDENT INPUT; Of Temple Cat Food to Young Gun Sweat; The WF Vibe is CRANKED WAAAAY HIGH!

The WF Temple Cat Beings; Jasper and Charlie chillin' in da Temple Crib...during the winter, i use these self-generating 'space blanket' like inserts in these cushy kittie beds; as the Cat Being curls down upon it, it heats up to the temperature of their own body. we Human Beings from the mountaineering side of things use the same technology. Wanna know what our Temple Cats eat? keep reading, baby!

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Okay, before all the fantastic input from across the world and across the Fitness Disciplines, it is in my Tradition of course, to always stay grounded, humble, and FOCUSED on what is truly vital when it comes to the notion of "Fitness Training"...here, read this with your spine straight:

{TEACHING FOR DL SUBSCRIBERS ONLY}

You see, it's weird. It's so easy to muckle through life, caught up in the Thick of Thin Things until 'crisis' comes; death or illness visits our Lodge, or we find ourselves mangled beneath a wrecked car blood oozing and suddenly, wow, the paycheck wasn't that important after all...our lives roll through our memory banks like a movie on high speed; "Wait a second," you scream inside, "I'm not ready to die!...i have yet to really LIVE! i wanted to spend more time with my child...wait...wait..." The white luminous Light beckons like neon;

WELCOME TO THE BARDO; How Well Did You Train For This Journey? How adept at...

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Gee, maybe you should prioritize the

Rock Vinyasa DVD

and the

Mula Bandha CD

before your other Holiday Shopping?

From a beautiful snowy day, i bow to your Devoted Practice
from the tall ponderosa trees of my h(om)e...May your Sweat be inspired today...


coach ilg
the mountain yogi

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Dearest Coach,
some Dharma tidbits;

"Each of you is perfect as you are. And all of you could use a little bit of improvement."
- Shunryu Suzuki Roshi

(I have a delightful little picture of Suzuki Roshi on my desk and this brought a chuckle this morning)

Old gnarled trees
Darken the trail:
Where is the temple bell?
Li Po

Thank you, Steve, for the kind and generous words – may I have the strength of body speech and mind to fully embody them.

Looking forward with gigantic anticipation to practicing with you and our yoga sangha sooooooon.

Love les

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Coach,
My WF spiritual lineage conduit of choice is Noble Ilg: archetypal warrior of Wholistic Fitness, whose words and deeds have drawn me to--and kept me on--this steep twisting path.

With gratitude,
Student Singer

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That was THE MOST FUN I have EVER had in just about any class, ever!
You can expect my attendance regularly.
And that’s all I have to say bout dat.
Peace, LOVE and Flagstaffari.
-Wyatt Brown, Flagstaff, AZ

after experiencing his first ever Infamous HP Prop Workout taught fresh here in Flag every Thursday night and we ROCKIN' THE PROP! The word is out at the Vertical Relief Climbing Gym which owns the Northern Arizona Yoga Center where i now teach and it is GREAT having those young, super climbers just sweatin' up an inner storm and LOVING IT! Climbers, opposed to cyclists and runners most of whom i have to hold a gun to their head to try to take yoga, are ALL OVER Yoga; they "get it" and their natural tendencies toward kinesthesia are ignited by the yogic wisdom of balanced self nurturing through challenging the body/mind to focus. LOVE IT! There is nothing more beautiful to me than a consciously focused Human Being! i am just sad that i cannot see all of YOU in my weekly classes!

"Oh Man! THAT WAS RAD! I WANT TO COME EVERY DAY! DUDE! I WAS SOOO HURTIN'! THIS IS GREAT!"
- 19-year old rock climber Clay after his first exposure to yoga in last night's HP PROP Class!

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Amazing Coach,
okay, those pictures of Dewachen are puja-bound! WOW!!!!! She definitely has the look of your Tibetan spiritual lineage! AMAZING! and i LOVED the picture of Temple Cat Being (i love the Way you allWays honor all the Beings in the various Realms; that Perspective alone has made my DL Subscription priceless; thank you!) Jasper in Dewa's baby stroller! Precious!

I was wondering, since you have us on world-class nutrition on the SUNRIDER Herbs and BioBuilde, what do you feed your Cat Beings?

in love of your Light,
Student Jayleen, NC

COACH RESPONDS:
Oh,
they kill their own food.
kidding.
okay, don't laugh, however, the answer is:

Evangers Super Premium Holistic Pheasant Dinner For Cats

i'm not making that up.
and it's GO(o)D! i've tried it!
very sattvic food for fowl, i must say.
and both Jasper and Charlie go absolutely BONKERS over it.
it's very go(o)d for older Cat Beings like Jasper who tend to have diluted agni as they near their Transition and their organic chi starts diminishing.

check out:

Evangers Dog Food


Head bowed to all Six Realms,
your loving coach



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Dear Coach,
Thanks for the Chi hit this weekend. It came in handy!
Finished the marathon yesterday in good time and great spirits!
My goal was 4:30 and I broke 4:00. This is a tough course (over 3000ft of elevation gain/loss) and it was my first marathon distance. All the training was done, I felt great that morning, my nutrition was fairly solid, and it was a beautiful day to suffer amongst the golden leaved trees of the Cumberland Plateau.
The last mile was hard, and I really wanted to walk…I did not and was able to break 4:00 on my first marathon!

Plenty of great food, and friends after the race made it all the more worth while!
I thought of you at mile 16. “Don’t bring more drama, just bring more pranayama.” I needed that mantra more than I needed water, or gels, or ibuprofen. It is indeed effective!

Thanks coach,
WF Online Student Parker


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Most Honorable Coach,

Although I will try, words cannot express my appreciation for your advice and council. You are truly one in a million, million, million. I will humbly follow you to the ends of the earth and back.

Namaste,
Rookie Online Student Neal, Denver, CO

COACH RESPONDS:

Most Noble Warrior Of The Within,
that may be more necessary than you may think...

two-gether toward Enlightenment, okay?

oh, and you misspelled, 'counsel'.

love and post-holing up the Steep and Direct,
ec


note; check out Neal and other WF Students across the world at WF Online Gallery. still need to send in your Template and pic to be on the WF Gallery? send me an email with the subject line: GALLERY TEMPLATE to; ilgtrain@npgcable.com


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Mula Bandha MPEG compatibility

Most Noble Ones,

i sent out all Mula Bandha MPEGS order on the day you ordered them...about 50% of your email programs were not able to process the 15.5MB file.

if you ordered a Mula Banda MPEG and were not able to download it or even know that it was delivered to your InBox;

let me know:
ilgtrain@npgcable.com

It's a squirrelly whirlly m(om)ent

All Hell is breaking open in DL!!!
Because of Squirrel Medicine?
do you know what Squirrel Medicine is and how pivotal it can be to your
own Journey between your first Inhale and your final Exhale?

hmmmmmm...better dish out those few pennies per month and JOIN DL,
the most creative Source of Transpersonal Fitness Training the world has ever known!

Hammering Into A White Heaven!!!

42 minutes into it and feeling the CHI!!!!!!

FIRST TRACKS!
ahhhh, finally! The First Snow of the season graces my Temple Training Grounds on the Sacred Peak! You know what that means? Yeah baby; your ol' coach-who-still-does high tailed it ASAP to the Arizona SnowBowl the very minute the road was open in order to practice Zazen Mind Merged Into A HeartRate of 181+!

Ahhhh! THIS IS MY STYLE OF YOGA!!! MOUNTAIN YOGA! UNION OF BODY, BREATH, AND SPIRIT!!!!! Thank you Father Sky for this Blessed Snow Event!

After two months of pretending to be a runner*, now, finally, my upper body strength can actually help, instead of hinder, me! Running up high, steep peaks requires a surprising amount of upper body strength to keep the biomechanics of an upright torso from sinking into the pelvic girdle and thus dwindling drastically needed hip flexion and extension. Where there is no inner upliftment, the diaphragms of the body collapse. When this happens, instead of the mountain runner churning like a locomotive upwards with pneumatic force from efficient, consistent oxygenation and pranic infusion, there is an organic collapse of all physiologic systems**. Once that happens? Mental vulnerability becomes a dread cairn for spiritual flaccidity. This notion of balanced upper and lower body strength for all endurance racers is what I coach in the The Infamous HP Prop Workout, and in my Sport SnowShoeing Basics DVD as well as writing about in my
Coach Ilg's Column at USSSA. Throughout the past quarter century, I've stuffed an awful lot of world class Tools in your Shed; it's just up to you to learn how to use these Proven Tools.


nearing timberline, my Heart Rate still hammered and my legs are feeling like fried pork rinds; gotta LOVE IT! Oh, one sketchy thing about cranking this type of yoga? Gotta play dodgeball with these meteorites as you break the 11,000' barrier!
For any athlete who is still questioning the efficacy of Sport Snowshoeing as an 'off season' pursuit? Uh, time to listen up to us Winter Athletes and get a clue! My Heart Rate data from yesterday:

Ascent: 1'03" Peak Heart Rate: 181

Descent 43"- Peak Heart Rate: 173 (yup; dat's Sport SnowShoeing baby! Ain't no cushy 'glide' or pansy-ass 'coasting' in this sport!)

Roundtrip Average Heart Rate; 158

Total Calories: 1751

Focus Factor: 10 out of 10

Mantra Repetitions: countless (Merit Earned!)

Fun and Beauty Factor: 10 out of 10

Cost: FREE!

What's not to LOVE!??!

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May this Chi Hit play judo with any lethargy in your cells today and inspire you
to get out and DO THE DO!

head bowed,
the mountain yogi

* thanks to WF Training, my 'pretend running' got me a Third Place Overall in the Flagstaff Mountain 10k and a 4th place AG in the Soulstice Trail Race! thank you WF!

** In fact, the most 'sore' my biceps ever have been was after my top twenty finish in the 18-mile 1996 World Snowshoe Championships in Twin Lakes, Colorado which required us to basically run up Mt. Elbert and back through fresh powder (see DANCE OF THE SNOW SERPENT in my book, The Winter Athlete

all photos taken by my Verizon cell phone courtesy of my frozen, shaking hand!

If You Are Worried, You Are Too High In Your Mind

"If you are worried about your cholesterol, then that tells me you are probably not worried enough about your next workout or race.
If you are worried about having a heart attack, then that tells me you are probably not worried enough about getting better at your backbends and pranayama to open the chains of your Loving heart.
If you are worried, you are too high in your mind.
So sweat.
And sweat again, and again, and endlessly again!

If you are grasping instead of practicing The Witness,
then you are losing precisely what our Children Teachers are teaching us;
be in Awe of It All,
and quit worrying.

How long has it been since you've just repeated the heart-based mantra of "Wow..."

Practice abiding in The Witness; watch everything with the awe of your child and be vulnerable to just repeat, "Wow..." throughout your precious day.

Do this, Noble Yogin on the Path Toward Union, and a sincere motivation for Enlightenment and Intuitive Wisdom will grace your life with as much beautiful and effortless effort as does Grandfather Sun and Grandmother Moon still court each other through Their miraculous heavenly dance.
Such are the Teachings of our Children.
Just Listen."

head bowed,
the mounntain yogi

photo by Ananda of our baby daughter Dewachen during yesterday's stroller walk in the cold bite of an early winter day.

"That's when I made the commitment to follow the Ilg's ways-of-life."

Dear tribes(men/women) WF Warriors

Today I decided to introduce myself: I'm a French Canadian located up north in Canada in the wonderful Ottawa area. We are blessed to have one the most extensive cycling network in North America. No excuses allowed here for not cycling!

Close by is the Gatineau Park, an inspiring protected environment for enjoying any outdoor fitness disciplines. Again, not excuses for staying glued to any glowing screen.

I cannot pretend to be an extremely disciplined student but I have adopted the WF principles and disciplines few years ago after, totally drained by several injuries, I purchased the Total Body Transformation book. Since then, the evolutionary journey had been rewarding. Consider this:

I had to quit practicing my favorite sports, volleyball and tennis, because of several knee's arthroscopes and shoulders problems. Running and cycling were very painful. Soon after, I had a severe L5-S1 sciatica which took me more than a year to fully recover. I could barely move and my left calf was paralyzed. That's when I made the commitment to follow the Ilg's ways-of-life.

The results:

I fully recovered and can now jump, run and dance baby...I also lost 15lb while gaining muscular strength and flexibility. Gone "les poignées d'amours" (you know, the fat tire around the waist).

Instrumental to this recovery, in addition to what's taught in the book, was the weekly practice of yoga using both Ilg's videos: HP Prop Workout and High Performance Yoga. Try them, they will challenge every muscular fibers in your body temple and more important, calm your ego!


Merci Coach for sharing your wisdom and I sincerely hope others will share their experiences, follow your teaching and join our SanghaLounge.

Namaste

Marc
Canada

Monthly Practice Stats; Let's See How Being A New Daddy Affected Coach's Training Stats...

For safety's sake,
my Monthly Practice Stats
which are giving in all Disciplines of WF
(Strength Training, Cardio, Yoga, Meditation, and Calories Per Day)
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IN SNOW WE TRUST! Flag's first snow of 07/08 has me PUMPED!!!

dat's right baby! after an 'off season' of racing bikes and running up peaks and doing HP Yoga and HP Prop Workouts, and WF Strength Training, and absolutely consistent meditation volumes including my ROCK VINYASA® Early Morning Ritual (soon to be RELEASED ON DVD!), i'm ready to DANCE THE WINTER WILDNESS!

i'm ready to pour on another heapin' helping of NORDIC PODIUMS!!!

i've got several sport performance goals for my first winter as a New Daddy, however,
last year, after winning the World's Highest Nordic Ski Race and another Overall Title at Mt. Taylor Winter Quadrathlon, i'm gonna take whatever i can get, and basically to me, that simply means; ENJOYING THE MIRACLE OF WINTER!!!

i LOVE WINTER!!! THANK YOU FATHER SKY FOR THIS GIFT OF SNOW!!! I LOVE YOU!!!

SIGNING UP WITH SUNRIDER Herbs; "The Secret Herbs of Wholistic Fitness since 1983"

Dearest Coach,
To "sign" someone up for SUNRIDER do I just give them my SR #?

Will you help them with your 3 step approach?

Love,
cerama

Coach Responds


Most Noble Master Student CeRama!
basically, you send them to the SR Corporate Website (see click below) and make sure they know your SR ID#, your name as SUNRIDER knows your name, and a Debit Card. have them hit JOIN on the SR Corporate Website and follow the prompts to Join as a DISTRIBUTOR (not Member or Retail). yes, as soon as i get a confirmation email from SUNRIDER that someone has signed up under you, i will Welcome Them to the ILG DOWNLINE and send them Instructions for my "3 Phase Approach". all SUNRIDERS in my downline receive my and Trish's (our Business Manager for SUNRIDER) complimentary guidance; a combined expertise of over 40 years with SUNRIDER!

***

now,
first things first;
get to know "YOUR" Herbal Shop where all of us WF Warriors buy direct from the most POTENT HERBAL GARDEN ON THE PLANET! do this:

#1)go to the SUNRIDER CORPORATE WEBSITE:

SUNRIDER Corporate Website

#2)take your time and visit at least the following clicks;

a) go under COMPANY, pull down menu; THE SUNRIDER JOURNEY. this is a fantastic History Lesson that reveals the authenticity and unmatched devotion of Dr. Chen's understanding of Chinese Herbs from the Ancient Herbal Manuscripts. Hint; place your cursor on the right edge of the slide presentation to enjoy a slow scroll through History!

b) go under PRODUCTS, pull down menu; STATE OF THE ART MANUFACTURING. okay, NOW have someone tell you that SUNRIDER HERBS are NOT the most concentrated, ingenious, pure, sterile, and potent whole foods in the WORLD! trust me, regardless of how impressive this Tour is online, i have been to this immense Herbal Manufacturing Temple. in person, it is MIND BLOWING the degree of expense, mindfulness, and incredible cleanliness of how Dr. Chen has produced what is truly, the State of the Art in worldwide Herbal Monopoly!

c) stay under PRODUCTS and enjoy all the clicks; especially interesting is the extremely hard to attain KOSHER CERTIFICATION. the PRODUCT PROFILE is an absolute gem to send to interested people and learn more about SUNRIDER's "SuperFoods", "SuperJuices" etc. check out also; ANTI-DOPING CERTIFICATION (SUNRIDER is sponsoring the Bejing Olympics!)

d)go under OPPORTUNITY, pull down menu; STARTING YOUR BUSINESS. basically, to 'work SUNRIDER full time' only requires about 5-10 hours per week. if you do that, you'll earn several thousand dollars per month within half a year. not bad for a $140 Join Up Fee! all you gotta do is; LISTEN to people's needs (everybody wants to lose bodyfat or have better sleep quality or be free of pain and have more energy), then TEACH people how to swap out products that they are already using with SUNRIDER PRODUCTS; Calli Tea instead of coffee, FORTUNE DELIGHT instead of soda, BEAUTY BAR instead of soap, VITASHAKE instead of vitamin pills, QUINARY instead of prescription and non-prescription drugs.

it is VERY EASY to SIGN UP people using the SUNRIDER Website. what follows is my standard HOW TO JOIN SUNRIDER email. for those of you who are already DISTRIBUTORS, just swap out your SR ID info for mine below. for those of you who are NOT yet joined up with SUNRIDER: use the below information and GET ON THE HERBS!

the very SECOND that i get a confirmation from SUNRIDER that YOU or someone YOU signed up has become a Distributor, then i pass onto them my "3-Phase Approach To SUNRIDER HERBS."

i will place this entire DL into the SUNRIDER CAVE in the WF SANGHALOUNGE for your future reference.

look for SUNRIDER CONFERENCE CALL from me soon!

here then is my standard email to interested people:


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DEAR (NAME GOES HERE)


excellent call!
glad to hear you're ready to get cranking on the "secret herbs" of WF; SUNRIDER!

it'll cost about $200 to get Joined up and get your first month on the herbs; after that we can dial in your
own needs and budget using my 3-Phase Approach. to navigate you most effectively through SUNRIDER's 400+ products!

here is how to Join...as soon as i get a Confirmation email from SUNRIDER that you are joined up under me,
then i'll be right with you...any questions? let me know. all my facilitations with your SR Journey is complimentary as long as you are signed up me...

again,
GREAT CALL! i can't WAIT until you FEEL the CHI of the herbs within you!

i bow to you from beneath the Sacred Peak,

coach ilg, ryt/uscf/cpt
author/Total Body Transformation

http://www.wholisticfitness.com/


****************************

Noble Warrior Ready to Enter the
Temple Garden of Wholistic Fitness; SUNRIDER!


Getting started is very easy…the easiest way to join is to go to


and hit the “JOIN” button...

You will then be given a choice to join as a Distributor, Preferred Customer or as a Retail Customer. The best choice is as a “Distributor”, because overall it will be the least expensive membership for you.

There are 6 simple steps & detailed instructions listed for filling out the applications online.

Things to have ready beforehand: your personal information and that of a co-applicant, if you have one (birthday, social security numbers, email addresses, address for product delivery & bonus check delivery, phone number, Etc).

You will also need to know your "Sponsor" information. I am your Sponsor, so here is my information:

Sponsor Name: Steve Ilg
Sponsor ID#: 000081735
Sponsor Email: ilgtrain@npgcable.com

Another step in joining is the selection of a Starter Pack from Sunrider. The Starter Pack that best fits into the Wholistic Fitness System at this time is Starter Pack II*.

This pack will get you started on some basic nutritional balancing, as you get started on my 3 - Phase Approach to using these herbs (Phase I; Cell Cleansing/Fat Loss, Phase II; Cell Empowerment, Phase III; Lifestyle Maintenance).

All you need to add to your order of a Starter Pack II for WF Phase One is:

Action Caps (195501), Slim Caps (197501) & SunBars (152013, Fruit or 152023, Chocolate).

It’s that simple!

let me know how it goes...questions? lemme have 'em!

i will forward you an Official WELCOME TO SUNRIDER email upon receipt from SUNRIDER that you have successfully signed up under me...

proud of you...you are doing a very, very wise thing for your cells.

namaste,

coach ilg
Lead Director/SUNRIDER Int'l






* Sunrider Starter Pack II: Basic Nutritional Starter Pack’/NBC-Nourish, Balance, Cleanse

Calli Regular 10 pack: Cleanses tissues & helps build the antioxidant levels.

Fortune Delight Lemon 10 pack: Performs much like Calli.

NuPlus, Mixed Berry 10 pack: Correct complex carb’s to feed the cells.

Quinary 100 caps: Begins to help balance the basic five systems in the body.

SunnyDew 1 oz: Balancing & cleansing the blood

Sunbreeze Oil .17 oz: A topical ointment for bruises, insect bites & general pain.

Shaker Bottle 16 oz

Preferred Customer or Distributor Kit, includes Sunrider Product Catalog, Sunrider Price List & Form & the Sunrider Business Guide.

Dewa Dharma; A 2 1/2 Month Old's Translation of "Humpty Dumpty"

i took this picture of my 90 day-old baby-daughter-Teacher, Dewa, yesterday after She absolutely schooled my lame ass on the metaphysical and yogic translation of one of our most common Nursery Rhymes.

At first, when Ananda and i started to read the popular Nursery Rhymes to Dewa, we both thought, "Jesus, these stories are grim!"

i mean, c'mon...after all these generations THESE are the stories we first read to our kids;

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.

All the King's horses and all the
King's men couldn't put
Humpty together again.

However, Dewa was enraptured and looked easily at the pictures, seemingly Recognizing the characters in a Tibetan-reincarnation manner. So, i asked Dewa what She was seeing and feeling in these Nursery Rhymes that i was missing.

Here is what my 2 1/2 month old Teacher told me;

Line:

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,

Dewa's Commentary:
obviously the Word Choice of "sat" is a play on words; "sat" means that Humpty was "sitting in meditation" and also, "sat" is the yogic term for "Beingness" as in sat-chid-ananda or the blissful state of consciousness that arises when...

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photo 1) My live-in DharmaTeacher, Dewachen ilg
photo 2) by Bob Staack
photo 3) n/a for InDirect Lines

"Lose Yourself In Love" - - plus, my most important PostScript yet...

one of my most important entries to date...
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A WF ThanksGiving M(om)ent

Namaste Coach & Teacher Ananda,
a day of Thanks brings much awareness of things to be thankful for. WF being at the top of the list. Steve and i piled on the layers and rode in 37 degree weather with wind and slight sprinkling rain, that later turned to our first snow of the season, it was a pleasant re-minder of how fortunate i am to be traveling the path of WF.

Before dinner everyone starred at their plates with anticipation for everyone to sit down with their plates to begin. i asked my nephews to all share what they were thankful for that day, a lot of them began talking about all of their ‘stuff’ and then we each took a turn to be thankful for something that wasn’t ‘stuff’. By the time they all took their turn, the food had cooled and everyone ate just a bit slower. it warmed my heart to tell those lil guys that i was thankful to be sharing such a wonderful day with those that were special in my life and to see they all got little grins on their faces. i also said that i was thankful for the bird that gave it’s life…they all stopped and looked at me….’what?’ and i repeated what i had said….one of my nephews said…”uh, Aunt Shawna, i don’t think this bird gave it’s life, i think someone took it.” (kids are so darn smart)… i smiled and said, “you’re right, all the more reason to be even more grateful for the nourishment it is providing all of us.” After we finished we all gazed out the window at the bird feeder and there were a few woodpecker’s that arrived. Now, Coach you told me to find out what the real names of those woodpeckers are and after searching there are 100’s of names for those picidae…we were visited by a Pileated woodpecker and i think what was a Hairy Woodpecker….i TAF you are requesting me to tell you a different name for ‘woodpecker’ and i am not certain where to search.

between your DL entry on “The Go(o)d Foundation” with inspiration from - Sogyal Rinpoche and Student L’Gate’s entry, it inspired me to get The Tibetan Book on Living and Dying. upon ordering a copy on Amazon, their ‘based on the books that you order’ it was recommended that i read Steve Ilg – The Winter Athlete…

Teacher Ananda, it was great seeing you back on your blog and that little Dewa….oh what a beautiful sight!

Namaste,
ms.s

coach responds;
Master Student Shawna,

beautiful. you've got the Goddess Chi flowing for sure, and your ThanksGiving MealTime prayer
will be certain leave indelible ripples in your family (especially the young ones) spirit.

any birder worth the designation spends countless hours pouring over the SIBLEY GUIDE.

and, for feeble ilg to be even mentioned on the same page as Rinpoche is honor beyond belief...

head bowed,
heart open,
spirit giving...

love,
your coach in your corner


ps; you can visit MS.Shawna on the GALLERY page of WholisticFitness.com

Always Room In A Day For Rumi!

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photo of Ronnie Jones sent in by her World Champ Dad; Ron Jones. RonJones.org

Student Mackel Keeps My "Earn The Bird" Tradition Alive in So Cal!

can i please just say how much i LOVE my SoCal Sangha?! you guys all just CRANK!
great job bringin' the mountaineering chi! much love to NWSM!


So Cal Running

Online Student Sauve get's FIRST TRACKS!

On today's DIRECT LINES; The Tribal Newspaper Rock of the Worldwide Wholistic Fitness Warrior Clan! We are waiting for you!

Tearing Off My Mask; Expand or Remain a Zombie Floating In Between Realms...

i don't know why They give these 'fitness guru' jobs to us chumps.

i really don't.

for 25 years i've somehow masqueraded around this Outer World as some form or another as a type of fitness, or worse, a spiritual expert. of course, to some degree, i've perpetuated this guise; you know, the unmatched sport performance resume, the physique which houses a physiology and form that i can change on a dime, and my spiritual training and expression of Dharma protection and service. so yeah, i know full well what antics ilg is up to. fortunately, through it all i've never taught anything that i do not know by Direct Experience.

however, here is the Truth beyond the form and function and expression of ilg;
i know nothing.

so cavalierly,
so frequently
born are 'blogs' of so many 'personal trainers' and 'yoga teachers' and 'life coaches'.

by comparison?

their "Flash" software illusions on their websites,
their seeming Know-It-All 'knowledge' seems so,
so,
so impressive to my comparative lack of...
well,
Flash.

how many of these blogs would survive if "Subscription Only" was mandatory?
no ads.
no affiliates.
no nothing
save for the author's own Chi?

ilg wonders at the bravado of nearly everyone
and
why are so many
so more confident in the Outer World than i?

by Tibetan vow
ilg is only allowed to Teach...
...to Share
by these pre-requisites fashioned from my young exuberance so long ago;

1) Teach only what you know by Direct Experience
and
2) Teach only that which is kind,true, and helpful.

feeble ilg wonders;
what if every blog author did that?

here is what feeble ilg knows;

my cat at night,svelte as starlight seeping into my cells.
the chronic sting of multiDisciplined pain, constant yet immune to my rationale.
fan letters trickling into my humble Temple...a high mountain stream of chi throughout the decades
seeping like limestone moisture
into the crevices of my Soul
how am i to refuse Serving?
Flash or not?


PLEASE READ SLOWLY,
CLOSELY
LISTENING TO THE SILENCE BETWEEN YOUR LOGICAL COMPREHENSION BETWEEN THE WORDS;


Read the entire Teaching on today's DL Subscription format

photo; coach in siddhasana, temple zendo.

The Most Yogic Of "Mainstream" Holy-days...HAPPY, WHOLISTIC THANKSGIVING!

A heart to you on this ThanksGiving Day...without your support of my humble, powerful Temple? Transpersonal Fitness would be as extinct as is the Dinosaur Being that left his HeartShaped footprint upon HopiLand...

This is an easy one. Some of our Western economically driven "Holy-Days-turned-Holidays" can really dredge some deep confusion about what these HolyDays have turned into for the Awakened Fitness Warrior.

Fortunately, today, ThanksGiving Day, holds very little philosophical snafu for the yogically inclined. For, in our humble, powerful Tribe, we are trained to sit in meditation; stabilizing our Mind Waves which inevitably shakes off layers of egoic pretense and strips us, nakedly, toward the shining quality of Gratitude.

Even if you are not a formal WF Student, perhaps today is a wise day to revisit my notion of a Gratitude Journal as described in my most recent book, TOTAL BODY TRANSFORMATION. At least, today, before absorbing the 10,000 efforts and lives associated with our HolyDay Meal, pray at the table. Be the Leader of a Gratitude Meditation for your meal...one of the Traditional WF Mealtime Blessings, which i learned in Japanese during my formative Zen years and is now passed onto my Online WF Students goes like this:

"The first morsel is to destroy all evil.
The second morsel is to practice good deeds.
The third morsel is to save all sentient beings...
May we attain Dewachen."

May you practice well other important WF Teachings such as; Earned Sustenance, Rasas Eating Assignment, Eating Elegantly Assignment, et.al.. The artful self science in WF offers an immense banquet for Self Cultivation in the hours before your gathering. Be it a solo, small, or enormous family gathering does not matter. Here is what matters; How well can you Love today? How deeply can you cultivate Gratitude today? How willing are you to let go of silly things that do not lead you Higher?

In the Spirit of All Yoga Teachers who dedicate their lives to reflect the integrity of the Ancient Enlightened Masters,
this feeble messenger sends only my deepest Gratitude for you...

oh,
and Ananda finally made it to her beautiful Blog yesterday in order to send you some Love...

The Joyful Breath




May All Beings Be Happy And Know The Causations Of Happiness,

OM SO TI,
coach ilg

Sweeping Air...and...i release my Mula Bandha Audio Meditation!

so there i was the other week, fully immersed in my mantra while doing one of my Morning Rituals; Zen Sweeping along the Buddha Garden Path. Suddenly, this lady comes walking hard upon Mother Earth, turning toward me right around the corner in my own backyard. Startled like a deer from my inner reverie, i regained my lost mantra composure and peaceful countenance nearly within the same instant. Recovery is everything in life. You know, in sports performance, usually it is he or she who recovers fastest - heart rate wise, neurally wise, physiologically wise - who wins. Well, in the Spiritual Journey, the same notion is even more vital to winning the Human Race (attainment of Enlightenment/end of Cyclic Existence). In the same way recovering from hard efforts while bike racing or running can get you onto the podium, recovering your mantra during daily life is really, really everything.

i mean everything!

why?

ilg will tell you why.

it's all about our Bardo Entry; that is, that ultra critical mOMent while, anticipated or unexpectedly we take our Last Gasp; our final breath, our exit wind. the Mind Quality at that mOMent is our 'hole shot' into the Bardo; the nearly 50 Consciousness Realms of high intensity that we all must navigate before taking another body in any one of the Six Realms.

so the other day i was

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ps; yesterday, i released my MULA BANDHA AUDIO MEDITATION. i attempted to email many of you. i am watching closely who is hungry for this Precious Teaching. little response dictates what type of DVD and AUDIO products i release in the future. you are pacing me to Coach you as High as you wish...you show me your Hunger for the Real Inner Workouts, and i will Serve you at that level. if you want to keep my work with you in the lower chakra realms like just focusing on bodyfat loss, sport performance, and physical fitness stuff; fine. we'll play that game. just remember, i only got about five more years of public Teaching in this manner...you better be sure you 'train' me to Serve you in the Highest Way you want! you can order the Mula Bandha Audio Meditation on the WholisticFitness.com Pro Shop under Pay Per MPEG category. and no, i ain't gonna provide a hyperlink to take you directly to my Mula Bandha Meditation you lazy mofo! ilg is not here to train lazyness into you, regardless of what may be 'more effective business techniques' on my end. if you ain't got the gumption to take a few more seconds to work your way over to my Online Pro Shop and order the Mula Bandha Audio Meditation? i promise you this much, you ain't ready to climb up the Steep and Direct Path of where i would really, really like to climb with you!

Top Ten Outward Signs of a Changed Warrior; Master Student L'gate offers a Precious Checklist!

Coach,
Namaste! Your "Top 10" DL the other day got me musing on "Top 10 Signs WF has changed my life". There are a bunch of obvious physical changes - tighter abs, increased aerobic capacity, etc.. Some less obvious, and potentially more interesting, things on the list:

The Liranzo / Ludgate family - barefeet, bared souls. Our whole clan drops shoes and socks at the door these days. Back in 2003, when I suggested this practice, my wife said "it's not lady like to go barefoot". I passed that feedback onto you, and your response was "is it ladylike to hobble around on brittle feet?" She said "point taken", and has been on board ever since.

Yoga toes, yoga toes, yoga toes: The missus and I are never far from these magical devices, and I have probably put 10 or more friends / family into them over the past few years (if only I could get that many people in my Sunrider downline!)

If I'm workin', I'm rollin': Gave away the home office chair some time ago, replaced with a big, beautiful, blue physio ball. Older son Lucas just got his first desk, and he asked for a ball to sit on as well.

Bugs are people too: In my youth, I prided myself on my fly swatter technique, engaged in one-up contests with my Dad to see who could take out the most six legged critters (extra credit for getting them in mid-flight). Flying or crawling, we now guide these friends to outdoor freedom. Especially treasure the spiders who have taken up residence on our deck - what amazing beings they are to study. We had two noble spider friends this summer, named by my boyz "Charlotte" (obvious) and "Rock and Roll All Night" (3 year old Isaac's idea).

Training To Die...

DO NOT MISS THE INCREDIBLE INSIGHTS FROM THIS FANTASTIC EPITOME OF A FITNESS WARRIOR: READ THIS TOP TEN LIST, CHECK OUT THE PICTURES OF THIS VERSATILE WARRIOR AND YOU TELL ME THAT THERE IS NOTHING LIKE THE TRANSFORMATIVE PERSONAL GROWTH POWER OF WF, BABY!

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coach's note:
i granted a non-dramatic WF Master Student Inka to L'gate a while ago. non-plussed by this highest recognition available in my System, L'gate still signs off as simply, "Student L'gate", testimony to his understanding of the humble nature of a WF Master Student. This guy 'gets It' with a capital "I". Regardless of any tardy communication from me, he never complains, keeps his account up to date, always does at least one Private Intensive per year, and showers the Temple with so much humor and generosity. my lifework and my life has been deeply Blessed by the presence of my Beloved Warrior, Master Student L'gate!

Photo 1) L'gate displaying hallmark WF Running Form at the Pfalz Point Challenge, a 10 mile journey of what L'gate describes as" trail running Nirvana." He goes on to describe his Master Student approach to his Race Day; "Slowly and calmly engage Mula Bandha and Uddiyana and breathe my way through WF toilet yoga, pranayama, and a couple of inversions. Today's race is open meadows, carriage paths, single track, killer views of the Shawagunk Ridge (the "Gunks" to you rock climbing types), vegan chili and cornbread waiting at the finish line - it all adds up to one positive vibration. This is my second year running Pfalz POint, and my modest goals are to improve on my time (1:27:17) and place (114th out of 300) from the prior year. I also looked to this as a test of Coach's "Weekend Warrior" program (available for purchase by Pay Per PDF on the Tribal Pro Shop!). I intentionally limited myself to the moderate intensity and duration of those workouts, figuring this race would be a great validator of that program's ability to crank me for an "epic" weekend adventure. This race was blue collar effort all the way - definitely didn't have much jump in the old legs this day. So how did I do? Improved my time by over two minutes (1:25:11) and got 20 spots closer to the podium (94th out of 300). Also worth mentioning the inspirational showing by the crew of cadets from West Point, which is just down the road. These warriors in training (some 20 strong) showed up with strong character, strong spirit, and strong upper bodies (no wispy running physiques in this crowd). Through force of will and power, they swept the under 20 and 20-29 age groups for both men and women. Their future may be daunting, but they were fully present and alive this fine fall day.

Running Warrior

Coach Ilg,
You are an inspiration. Thank you for providing wind to my sails.
I have a friend here in Calgary on the Canadian National Mountain Running Team
Interestingly, not unlike you, she calls it "Warrior Running" because of how it is done and most importantly how it makes you feel at one with the land.

I am honored to be called a noble warrior of the snow. I will be true to the quest.

Namaste,
Martin Lambert
Calgary, CA

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NYC in da HOUSE...Cerame Gets MASTER STUDENT INKA after 10 Years and Films ROCK VINYASA

Yesterday, after ten years of super dedicated Study, i granted Michael Cerame of Commack, NY his WF Master Student Inka during his second Private Intensive of 2007 here in Flag...

here is his inspirational story to attain that most difficult to attain Podium in all of Personal Training...plus, i open to the WF Deities and have my new Master Student record me performing my most Secret and Cherished and POWERFUL WF PRACTICE of all time; my 20 year evolution of my Morning Ritual known as "Rock Vinyasa".

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