"I want to connect the different strands of fitness and spirituality that have been running through my life for many years into one "wholistic fitness." - Kai Hammerstein, of Columbus, Ohio.
Kai will be our newest WF Online Rookie Student. His studies begin November 1st. Already demonstrating his sincerity, Kai has ordered his Blessed Mala and other spiritual weaponry from the WF Pro Shop, including the HP Yoga Basic Strength DVD. Kai might well be one of the most 'ripe' new students i've seen enter our humble, powerful Temple in some time. He has been a competitive runner for 15 years with about 6 marathons under his belt. He also strength trains and is an avid Hatha Yogi. He has formal Zen training, is a Certified Personal Trainer (AFAA), and, to top it all off, Kai is a professor of philosophy at Ohio State University. How much Fun and Focus do you think i am gonna have with this Noble Warrior of the Inner Directed Workout? He wrote me this morning and you can just feel his excitement for formal Online Studies. i'll be first to warn all Rookies however; "Pace yourself!...this is a STEEP and LONG Path!" We wish New Student Kai Godspeed in his travels with us and may he reach Enlightenment In This Lifetime to help all of us Higher!
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"Hi Steve,
Even before your emails the Blessed Mala had arrived yesterday. On the wings of a dove...Thank you for the fall leaves and needles from your garden that protected the beads so gently. I placed all of them in a large red Japanese lacquer bowl which is sitting on a low table in the living room now. Inside and outside merge. I will go ahead with the traditional Buddhist mala ritual in which the mantra is chanted for an entire 108 loop for 40 days so that it can become truly my own. Your blessings are at work...
I'm really psyched about the training. What's the next step? Should I mail you a check? Where to?
Messy workout-day today. I was scheduled for legs at the gym but will skip that for the climbing clinic this afternoon. I'll throw in some extra leg work on Saturday to make up for it. Or I'll do the workout later today in case the clinic turns out to be mellow.
Pouring rain. The earth takes it all back in. Be well on this fall day.
Kai
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WF Blessed Malas, HP Yoga DVDs, and YOUR Application To Study WF Online are all available plus so much more at the WF Pro Shop!
