From the massive Dharma flow that cascades across the giant DreamCatcher of WF in my day to day running of the world's original and still so humble, Path of Transpersonal Fitness...
May these exchanges of spiritual fitness purify, empower, and keep you Here Now...
om so ti,
from your lifestyle coach who was here long, long before there were certifications for such things as "Wellness Coaching" and "Lifestyle Coaching"
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QUESTION NUMBER ONE: ENLIGHTENMENT OR BUST?
STUDENT:
I have been involved in your work now for several months. It is super hard. Not just your workouts, but more importantly, the constant in-your-face confrontations when it comes to your Lifestyle Principles of Breath and Posture, Mindfulness, and the big one for me; Appropriate Action; acting out of conscious, cultivated space before just doing something. i mean, i can't even walk past a piece of litter or enjoy lingering my shower any more without hearing your voice; "Your Highest Workout Is Everywhere." AAARGH! i think i need help in realizing the spiritual progression of WF because everything is so bloody confrontational right now for me.
COACH:
Ain't it great to be AWAKE in Kali Yuga (the current epoch of spiritual decline)?
and hey, we are ALL feeble students until Enlightenment!
let me see if i can help you; first and foremost WF is a genuine Path of Yoga. Sure, i stylized it for the Western culture by putting the Fitness Stuff up front. However, as ANY student of WF knows by Direct Experience, the REAL MEAT of WF is in the fires of self-confrontation which are continuously, progressively brought forefront to the Student's awareness through the slow, steady science of self transformation through the WF Practices.
Enlightenment has never ever been conveyed through a religious context in Yoga. at least in traditional Yoga. any religion - you name it - attempts to put "God" into some sort of a box. that is why religions are called, "spiritual organizations."
however, it is pretty much kindergarten common sense to realize...
COACH's FULL ANSWER ON TODAY'S DL SUBSCRIPTION including his Teaching on TapasDharanaSvadhyaya Kriya Yoga
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QUESTION NUMBER TWO: TUMERIC TO COMBAT BRONCHITIS?
STUDENT:
Coach, amazing display of your "yoga" up at Telluride; congratulations on yet another inspiring victory against the 'specifically-trained' athletes! i understand that after competing at that altitude and then extreme skiing for two days afterward you contacted edema. how are you now and as a long-time sufferer of chronic respiratory challenges, i would love to know what you used to help you.
COACH:
i was stupid after winning that race. i was so HIGH (literally and figuratively) that my CHI up at Altitude ran over my Intuitive Wisdom like a boatload of bricks. i stayed up high for two days, skiing my heart (and lungs) out, did not drink enough and pretty much was an idiot. As a penalty for my lack of Wise Discrimination, Shiva rightly and enthusiastically reMinded me of my history with Altitude-induced edema which then morphed into bronchitis and an inflamed respiratory track.
i did not miss one workout; although i am extending my Recovery Phase before finally beginning to pedal my bike for cycling season.
my two-decade devotion to the SUNRIDER HERBS and along with BioBuilde, has made the following supplementation drastically effective:
READ COACH's Presciption for Respiratory Challenges on TODAYS DL SUBSCRIPTION
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QUESTION NUMBER THREE: OPRAH DRAWN TO COACH'S H(om)ELAND!
STUDENT:
okay, there i was watching OPRAH's special on her "road trip" across the country and low and behold right off the bat she visited five places where you lived! So Cal was her start, then to Flagstaff/Sedona, then to the Navajo Nation, then to Durango, Colorado, then to Pagosa Springs, Colorado!
she was STOKED ON THE PRAN of YOUR SOUTHWEST!
she said she LOVED, LOVED, LOVED DURANGO and Pagosa Springs and was amazed at "how fit" everybody from those places are!
so, what do you think Coach? is Oprah coming to you?!
COACH:
i watched the episode. i saw with dismay the utter idiocy of how the World's Most Powerful Woman did not know how to walk, let alone drive elegantly or safely, pump gas, find directions, and the other multiple dismal failures that she bravely put up on the screen for the world to see. i feel only Compassion; yes the Pranic Ocean of the Southwest cracked open her ChildHeart and stirred her chakral energetics. evident.
professionally, i see Oprah as reflection of her "teachers." her inability to Make The Connection between her talk and her walk lies more in her teacher's responsibility than in hers...
READ THE REST OF COACH's SURPRSING ANSWER IN TODAY's DL!
