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Namaste Noble Winter Warriors!

my latest column for the United States SnowShoeing Association is
here for you to enjoy:


Running On Water

May all Beings Everywhere feel the Dance that is "Running On Water"!

My Langaluf; Entry One

photos by my Beloved Ananda;
beware, the next few days of DL will deliver upon thee a deep WF effect, for the next few DL's will take you with me
right back to the the birthplace of WF; Durango, Colorado!


i know many of you know this guy; my outdoor endurance sports hero and honored to say, long-time friend, Ned "The Lung" Overend. World Mountain Bike Champion, 6-National MTB Champion, Multi X-Terra Champion, and well, i don't need to go further on my "fifty-something" old bro of the San Juans!

My point is, i know i am truly back h(om)e when - after 15 years - i come back to my Beloved San Juans (Southern Rocky Mountain chain) and i sign up for one of the most challenging athletic events of my childhood, The Durango Langlauf (länglouf; it's Old German; means "long ski race") and suddenly i am surrounded by Blessed and Auspicious Signs and sooooo much Sacred Love all around me. I am engulfed in an Blessed Ocean of emotional memories as I see my old ski coach's, friends, and mountain athlete peers.

For anyone who loves WF and her indescrible, seemingly unmarketable (thank God CHI FORCE, then, sit tight to DL for the next days, cuz i am back home in Durango and i raced today the 30k Langlauf at 9,000' and, well, to be gut honest with you, My Beloved Warriors of WF, i lost the fight of holding back my tears of Sacred Emotions...and this was BEFORE the Race even started!

In the next few days of DL, i want to introduce you to some of the very Roots of the go(o)d folk from which my spirit was steeped and transformed into WF. Here is an offical DL Tease:


Okay, you many of you know how many cycling champions live and train in Durango,
however, can you identify at least three National MTB Championships (along with myself) in this shot of our 30k Start at the Langlauf?

Here is a tasty morsel for those of you whom have actually READ my books instead of
looking at the pictures! Can you guess who this Teacher of mine might be?

Oh yeah, and the Results? Did i finish this brutally difficult race after spending over a decade in the smog and smuck of LA while my Durango bro's were training up in this Pranic Punchbowl of the mighty and majestic San Juans?

Sit tight, Noble Warrior, cuz you are about to be treated to sharing with me one of my most profound experiences and you will meet some of the oldest Chi Roots of WF.

i gotta go now, let's just say that i am deeply tired and deeply, deeply happy in so many Levels.

i will leave you with a few entries from my travel diary.

until we meet in the Silent Realms of Chi Intensity Within Our Molecules,

i shower upon Thee
San Juan Dharma Blessings...

and it is go(o)d to be a Part of this Path,

om so it,

coach ilg
from my childhood h(om)e
Durango, Colorado


***


Friday; skied 2.25 hours, 80% at Zone ½.
Course perfect.
Environment Sacred in my most deepest of ways.


***

Race Morning;
Everything is peculiarly efficient and sattvic.
Something must be wrong; or very Blessed.
I feel Brave.

My confidence arises from my Intent: to ski this whole distance with Elegant Power.
Let the Result shift for itself.
To Embrace a pain of this magnitude, in this Sacred of an environment is deep privledge.
Honor the priviledge.

Embrace the Pain.
Embrace the Pain.
Embrace the Pain.

I am ready.

***

Ode to Langlauf; A Race Morning Soliqiuy From The San Juans To You
(to be sung to the tune of John Denver’s “Leaving On A Jet Plane”)


All my skis are waxed,
I’m ready to go.
The track is waiting,
Outside my door.
Already I’m so nervous I could cry…

All the hills are there,
Just like before.
All the Pain is there
Not just in lore,
Already I’m so nervous I could cry…

Every “k” I ski
I’ll ski for you.
Every hill I climb,
I’ll climb for you.
And when I cross the finish line
I’ll put on our “Om” ring…

Coach Leaves To Compete In The Langlauf 30k!

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Coach goes deep within while attempting to recover on a downhill section enroute to taking the Silver Medal at the Arizona State Nordic Championships last Saturday. you probably recognize this deep ski tuck - it's the nordic equivalent to Utkatasana or 'chair pose' - photo by; www.myracepics.com



appearing this weekend in DL Subscription:

Journey with Coach as he travels back to his childhood h(om)e in Durango, Colorado to compete in the
historic "Langlauf," a 30-kilometer, high altitude nordic freestyle ski race.

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Coach Scores First Victory of '07 at Flag Winter Tri

"Racing is a privilege to the genuine yogi. It helps us train the mind in sustained concentration, acceptance of pain as purification, and prepares the subtle anatomy for deeper states of energetic transmission for Enlightenment. No true spiritual athlete can shortcut mastery of the body. Training the body wholistically is the First Base of all spiritual work for the body is the vehicle of the spirit. Racing makes the body and mind fit for the stuff of Self Realization."
- coach ilg



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the ol' mountain goat is still at it in 2007!

However Small A Spark

Evening sunlight saturating what is. photo by coach a few days ago in the WF Temple H(om)e back garden.

From my morning's email bag...
courtesy of WF Student GoTen in NYC.
Thank you GoTen!
And may ALL of us find more strength in our LifeStyle application of WF in our day today...

om so ti,
coach ilg

***
Good morning, Esteemed Coache'-
Thought you might enjoy these words from Sogyal Rinpoche on karma. Particularly applicable to little efforts in our own lives....
Cheers,
Student GoTen



Tricycle's Daily Dharma: January 23, 2007

However Small a Spark

In simple terms, what does karma mean? It means that whatever we do, with our body, speech, or mind, will have a corresponding result. Each action, even the smallest, is pregnant with its consequences. It is said by the masters that...

READ THE ENTIRE TEACHING ON TODAY'S DL!

new JOYFUL BREATH cranks the Chaturanga's!

i feel like a Mother Hen bloated with pride and awe at just how beautiful WF Teacher Joy (aka; my beautiful Beloved Ananda) can radiate so fast,
so warmly,
so perfectly Joyful...

do NOT miss:



The Joyful Breath

RACE REPORT: Coach Starts '07 Where He Left '06; On The Podium!

You guys!!!!!


You will not BELIEVE what our unsinkable El Coache' pulled off today at the Flagstaff Nordic Center!

Read my Race Report, see my pictures, and just WAIT for tomorrow's final event as Coach concludes
the "Flagstaff Winter Triathlon" by competing in the USSSA Western Regional Snowshoe Race!

- WF Temple Manager and Teacher, Ananda

Off To The (ski) Races - coach returns to the nordic track!

DO NOT MISS COACH's FIRST RETURN TO NORDIC SKI RACING
since winning the Taos Mountain Stampede and Santa Fe Classic
well over a decade ago!

DO NOT MISS HIS GREAT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INTENSITY OF RACING
and THE INTENSITY OF BARDO ENTRY


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GREAT PHOTOS; PRICELESS INSPIRATION FROM

"The Coach That Still Does."

TBT Fan Mail; Supplements or Not? Plus; Student L'Gate Sneak Peak Private Intensive...

how do you create, maintain, and Serve endlessly to thousands a world class standard of multidisciplined body/mind/spirit fitness for a quarter of a century?

well, you start at the Cellular Level; in other words;
you better damn well watch what you eat,
honor what you eat,
and
embrace all challenges as a form of nutrition designed to make you stronger!

in this Path; we certainly have the most Accurate Nutritional Path available for you, a Path that has been proven to transform ANYONE because i have been coaching the same Nutritional Path for a quarter century. A Path that enables my faithful Students like Student L'Gate...


to come here to the Sacred Peak from NYC and absolutely step up to a FULL SERVING of Wholistic Fitness for two 12-hour days! more on that tomorrow in DL!

for now, i want to answer this basic "fan mail" letter for you because it is allWays important to revisit the Basics of the clean, Warrior Sharp and effective Path of WF Nutrition.

***
Hi coach Ilg. I have been reading your book Total Body Transformation, and I love it. I was wondering what your thought of Nutrilite all natural supplements like Double X? They are multi-vitamins. Do you think they would be a good thing to take or not. What is your advice? Thanks a lot!

Sincerely,

Fred C Jr.


Most Noble Fred,
thank you for your kind words!

in this Warrior Path, we don't really use any "supplements." We rely only upon two critical "nutritional weapons":

1) the "Secret Herbs" of SUNRIDER (for pranic field saturation, cell cleansing, cell empowerment, immunology, and overall regeneration)
and
2) BioBuilde® Amino Acids (for maintaining a Positive Nitrogen Balance to ensure lightening fast recovery and optimal training effect insurance).

i have been personally and professionally using SUNRIDER Herbs for 22 years and the BioBuilde® has been making a positive impact on myself and selected WF Students for nearly one year (it is a new product).

to gain access to still complimentary Guidance from me using either the SUNRIDER Herbs or the BioBuilde, you must use my
special links*.



head bowed to your Devoted Practice and THANKS FOR BEING A WF WARRIOR!!!

om so ti,

coach ilg


*interested Warriors need to email me directly to gain my ongoing complimentary Guidance (normally $150/hour consulting fee is lifted for anyone who is an active SUNRIDER or BIOBUILDE warrior under me).

photo 1) Cable Cross-Over Flyes; one of my go-to movements for etching out the pec's and creating powerful torso response for sport performance. taken two days ago during Day One of Student L'Gate's Private Intensive which included this fantastic Strength Training clinic and workout in the "Iron Temple." photo by Ananda who was also working in with us.

photo 2) Student L'Gate, during evening Brahmamahurti in "SABI Meadow" aka; Ilg's SnowShoe Interval Loop. this shot was taken before we climbed "Coyote Hill" and before we did Starlight Intervals in this meadow beneath an absolutely DIAMOND STARLIT night...the stars seemed to explode right over our head. photo by ilg

For less than some people pay for a bottle of wine; you can spend 1-2 Days with Coach and Ananda, exploring the world of Wholistic Fitness and our Love for your Highest Self and Transformation. Average rating of our Private Intensives; 5 out of 5 Stars. But who is counting stars when there are millions of them dancing before your eyes in one of the worlds most beautiful, pranically powerful and unpolluted areas of Mother Earth?

Why have not you booked your 2007 Private WF Intensive?

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

***

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
_________________
"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

***
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

***
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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Student BG Gets "Preciously Stoned" by WF Synchronicity

This shot of myself was extracted from some of Bill Galen's film footage from my recently released DVD; FLIGHT WITHOUT WINGS; Sport Snowshoeing Basics with Coach Ilg. order yours today at the Tribal Catalog; you will LOVE IT!

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...

***
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...


READ THE REST OF COACH's POETIC, POWERFUL TEACHING IN TODAY's DL SUBSCRIPTION which includes the following pics:


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

***
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.."

READ COACH's SURPRISING RESPONSE IN TODAY's DL SUBSCRIPTION FORMAT; Great Teaching!

Confused About God?; Recall Tribal Maturity

"Be still and know you're God."
- Yogi Jesus Christ, a long time ago recorded in the Bible

"Be still and know your God."
- yogi steve ilg, right now recorded in DL

Life Is Go(o)d

***

Confused about God?

Consider Silence as your starting point toward knowing God.

God is strong.

It takes strength to sit still.

Law of Mutual Attraction will eventually...

BECOME THE AUTHORITY OF YOUR OWN GO(O)D: READ THE POWERFUL ENTRY FROM COACH TODAY ON DL SUBSCRIPTION!

...AND MAY ALL YOUR FITNESS TRAINING SESSIONS BE GO(O)D ONES!

As Promised; "THE JOYFUL BREATH" BLOG Launches Today!!!

It is with such deeeeeeeeeeeep...
dat's right;
it is with the "SCUBA DEEP!" Mother Hen Happiness
that i give to you the Launch of WF Teacher Joy "Ananda" Kilpatrick's new and approved WF Blog:

THE JOYFUL BREATH

Let us ALL show our WF ChiFull Support of this complimentary Blog, yet another High Vibrating, Beautiful Refuge
on the Internet dedicated to the Female Spirit of Wholistic Fitness!

My Beloved Joy;

thank you for choosing to be so brave, so bold, and so beautiful in so many Karmic Yogi Ways. You Honor my humble Path
with a degree of Warrior Exquisiteness that both soothes and ignites my Soul.

i bow to Thee.

WF Sangha; ENJOY!!! let Joy know your support! Personally, i can barely WAIT until each new Mo(o)nday now!


our Path glitters like the Inner Gold that it is...

om so ti,

coach ilg
creater/Wholistic Fitness

Can You Doubt Your Doubt?

"If you are strong enough to doubt your strength and willingness to do something,
are you not as equally strong to doubt your doubt?"
- coach ilg
photo; eventually, all WF Students practice Pranayams each day in the ongoing effort to stabilize our mind, develop equanimity of body and mind, and attempt to gain control of vayu (inner currents of prana or chi). Professional Western Skeptics like the one in my story below, do not believe in such 'new agey' notions as pranic or chi development since the chi cannot be seen. if we don't believe in something we don't understand, why is it so hard for us understand our disbelief?



i know a very famous professional skeptic. you may have seen him on the tv. he makes a living going around the world and 'disproving' phenomena, miracles, and the such. he is quite proud that he does not believe in anything that cannot be scientifically proven.

honestly? i did not enjoy spending time around his energy. i came to know him through the ultra racing world. predictably, he was a ultra athlete. i say that because it is often the case that ultra athletes tend toward the narrow minded, hard, and, well, obsessive side of the Dance.

i was a keen and easy target for his sterility. "New agey, mumbo jumbo without discernible principle," is i think what he once called Wholistic Fitness.

he never commented however, on my race results in physiologically diverse sport performances using WF principles. Rather he enjoyed broadcasting his doubt at my Teachings and WF.

only once did i take Time to engage him. it went something like this...

DO NOT MISS THIS HILARIOUS DHARMA DEBATE AND TEACHING PLUS THIS HISTORIC PHOTOS:

photo 2; setting a Course Record at the Furnace Creek 508 Ultra
photo 3; working toward a PR in Back Squats in the same month of a podium in a 50-mile mountain running race. circa; 1986

Moccasin Wisdom

Moccasin Wisdom

by coach steve ilg, cpt/ryt/uscf

"Do not judge another man until you have walked a mile in his moccasins."
- Native American saying





Do you deserve your Pain? You might be surprised at the answer.

How long has it been since you performed an UnAssisted Shoe Placement and Removal? The WF Master Student never uses chairs, beds, or walls to put on or take off their shoes. Leave it to Wholistic Fitness to climb into every compartment of our life that we have chosen to ignore (thus accumulating avidya). photo; coach ilg, one of Turtle Islands most prolific and enthusiastic promoters of the Yogi Squat, still relies each day upon this ancient, tribal movement as a form of an interactive 'wheelchair' to vent his chronic lower back and pelvic Pain from a mountaineering 'accident.'


You can tell a lot about someone by the manner in which he (or she) puts on their moccasins.

When was the last time you performed an Unassisted Shoe Putting On, or for that matter, an Unassisted Shoe Taking Off? Below, I am going to ask you to explore the harmful repercussions of living in a Shoe Addicted Society.

Most of us have lower back and pelvic imbalances which are the Root Cause of most, if not all, our afflictions.

What we might not be as quick to Realize the Real-Lie of our Pain.

Okay, I will give it to you straight up. Hold on, cuz it is a jagged little pill along the Path of Awakening...

DO NOT MISS THIS POTENT TEACHING FROM COACH ON TODAY'S DL SUBSCRIPTION: like so many DL's reading it can instantly change your life into a Higher Dimension of Healthy Awareness!

The 2006 WF Online Student Of The Year Award goes to...

it is Appropriate Action that on this Day After Wolf Moon,
this feeble Messenger, who grew up with a Wolf,
bestows upon the following Online Student a Recognition due to her
impeccable, elegant, and as focused as fire devotion to this Tremendously Steep Path of the Ancients
which spits out all but the most Sincere and Sattvic...

due to her incontrovertible allegiance to the SUNRIDER Herbs (she was our most Valuable SUNRIDER Leader of the year),
due to her devotion to take pilgrimage to the Sacred Peak and undertake a WF Private Intensive,
due to her seamless sincerity and transition to continue her Online Studies with Teacher Ananda when her original WF Teacher resigned,
due to her heart warming smile and utterly beautiful Goddess Spirit which shines throughout her Practice and Presence,

i give to the Worldwide WF Sangha our 2006 WF Online Student Of The Year...

GIVE IT UP FOR INDIANA's OWN...

DO YOU RECOGNIZE THIS WOMAN ON THE FAR RIGHT?

THAT IS OUR WF STUDENT OF THE YEAR, BABY!!!

Learn Who She Is on Today's DL SUBSCRIPTION FORMAT and BE INSPIRED from this amazing being!

* Photos:
1) Last night's Wolf Moon came roaring over the eastern peaks flanking the WF Temple. photo by coach.
2) Coach and Student Shawna, elbow to elbow during Bike Skill section of her Private Intensive. stunning photo by Ananda.
3) Coach spotting Shawna during Sport Climbing section of her Private Intensive. photo, Ananda.
4) MB Crunches during the Strength Training section of her Private Intensive. photo, Ananda.
5) Learning the WF StarDrive Technique (tm) in the Iron Temple from Coach. photo, Ananda.
6&7) This was a Bardo Training Moment for Shawna and, for me, is what Sealed The Deal for her Master Student Inka; that woman from the Flatlands came up to the Sacred Peak, instilled the WF Sacred Mantra at 9,500' and with One Pointed Mind and Arrow Like Spirit, this amazing Being did not stop until my Direction to stop at the "Logjam" Sign over a 1,000' higher! Not only did she carry out her Coach's instructions without one ounce of whining or doubt in her Capacity, she chanted her way into a final, all out, Zone 5 SPRINT for the Logjam Sign! This Beautiful Being will soar through the Bardo Realms if, by some chance which looks pretty small, she does not reach all out Enlightenment in this lifetime! photo, coach.

My December Practice Stats; of Pranic Reliance and conquering the need of Motivation

Oh, i know, the excuses for losing Abhyasa (steadfast Practice) during the holidays are old, predictable, and so easily justified.

There are the family get togethers,

pressing work projects that need finishing (like the post production work on my new DVD!),

and preparation of All Things (particularly SKIING!).

However, the WF Warrior's Practice remains unfluttered by such paltry excuses for even if we lose a few physical fitness disciplines by the wayside, we remain focused and utterly devoted to what matters most in a WF life; the LifeStyle Principles. We are trained to cultivate our Workout Everywhere via Conscious Breath & Posture, Mindfulness, Appropriate Action, and Practice. And, in doing so, we discover great Practice opportunities within the outer chaos of the holiday season.

Now, the conventionally minded Fitness Sheep might think that if one was to defend a Course Record at a Winter Quadrathlon in a few more weeks as am i, one should ramp up their CardioVascular Volume and Intensity in order to be ready to Defend their title.

Not me. My Cardio volumes in Dec. went down (see chart below).

What did i elevate? Yoga and Meditation.

As a Podium Topper for over a quarter century using WF Training, i know well by now that it matters little how frail my Cardio Hours are compared to the Sport Specific Sheep. why am i so confident of WF Training? because i know that my WF Training is bringing to me the most potent weaponry that any athlete can bring to the Start Line; A Conscious and Controllable Mind.

Most athletes spend the bulk of their training time unconscious of the Divine, unaware of how to regulate the Pranic Flows in their bodies.

The conventional minded athlete still relies on that old fashioned Muscle and Oxygen system. They are like Blind Men feeling an...

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