ENERGETIC INTENT OF ASANA VS. PRANAYAMA. PART TWO; Pranayama

"By means of pranayama (breath control) the wise yogi is then able to destroy positively all his karma acquired in previous lives as well as those that have now accrued (in this life)."

- Shivasamhita, sutra 56
translated by Ghosh

photo: WF Online Student Steve Mackel of Pasadena staying true to his WF Early Morning Ritual which includes "At-Sink Pranayama" even when backcountry camping in the southwest. for the first time in the history of WF, non-formal WF Students can now reap the benefits of a specific Nadi Shodhana (Channel Purification) via Pay Per PDF:

Nadi One Pay Per PDF...scroll down to bottom of page


PRANAYAMA

When we perform Pranayama, we oxygenate our entire system in profound ways that not even decades of cranking out 20+hours per week of Cardio Training can achieve. in fact, such addiction to high Cardio Training without Pranayama weakens the vital energy channels and fluids.

Pranayama or how i like to call it; "Inner Oxygen Therapy" produces all the myriad benefits known to Western Science regarding how tissues and cells regenerate and function efficiently within the presence of ongoing copious amounts of oxygen. Without daily a Pranayam Routine, the unwise warrior slowly suffocates their tissues and physiology. really, really dumb. then they wonder why dis-ease, impacted fat, depression, and apathy toward spiritual living hangs over their lives. nothing lives without fresh oxygen. in my view, if it came down to it, the choice between brushing my teeth each day or doing my "Nadi One" Pranayam Routine ? easy call! PRANAYAM!

Daily O2 Therapy is actually the lesser of the main benefits of doing "Nadi One" each day. by steadily practicing the few minutes required of doing Nadi One each day imparts quickly a change in the wavelength of the chakral fields, the subtle centers of samskaric recordings that we all tote around lifetime to lifetime within our subtle spine (Sushumna). i have Taught you often about these fields in this forum.

In Japan...

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* Engagement of all three primary seals or 'bandhas': Mula, Uddiyana, and Jalandhara as being demonstrated by myself for you in the second picture (for DL Subscribers only).

Time Out

"In the body of the world, they say, there is a soul. And you are that."
- Jalal al-Din Rumi

before my next Teaching on Part Two of ENERGETIC INTENT OF ASANA VS. PRANAYAMA, i have to let you know what Brother Raven told me to tell you yesterday.

i was driving home from a nordic skate ski workout. my muscles and limbs still warm with the recent effort among the white flanked ponderosa mountains. since my Mt. Taylor Pilgrimage, i've found myself ruminating upon the mysteries of Time and Space...why it's so hard to get people to slow down, take the time for exercise and more importantly, for meditation. people are so terribly burdened by the crush of time upon their watch-tethered existences.

what more can i do to Help, i wondered. throughout the years, i've created scores of ways to help busy people find a Conscious Breath, yet little seems to penetrate.

it was then that Brother Raven dropped into sight. flying east, toward Mt. Elden. Brother flew like a pinpoint right in front of Bala (my Honda Element) and i, in the way porpoises sometimes accompany ships at sea.

Here is what Brother Raven told me to tell you...


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photo of Raven by WF Master Student Shawna Schaub

Energetic Intent of Asana vs. Pranayama. Part One; Asana.

last spring (can you tell by the mountain yogi lack of a tan?) using Asana to re-soften my feet after another season of winter endurance sports. photo by Ananda.

ASANA:

when we perform asana (yogic postures) we are doing more than mere physical exercise; each of Shiva's 10,000 asanas directly influence our psychic system. remember when you first start taking yoga classes and perhaps were astonished to find yourself in or near tears? this is due to the prana (life force) stimulating the psychic system. for example, in the intuitive asana above, not only am i keeping my feet/ankles/achilles tendon strong and supple, i am also stimulating my liver meridian. instead of spending money and giving my own Inner Healing Power over to an external 'doctor' whose own Vibrational Purity is usually damaging to my own cellular/spiritual fitness, yogis use the asanas to become our own doctor. see how compressed my 'guts' are as well in the photo? this sends additional prana toward my...

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coming up next: Part Two; Pranayama.

Of Aliens and Absences: How An Online Student Rationalizes Tardiness

Okay,
soooo let's say you are one of the VERY FEW that choose to apply for and get accepted to be a WF Online Student under my Mother Hennish tendencies.

the ONLY MANDATORY RULE that all of my Online Students are required to do is to send me a very quick (or very long, doesn't matter) Practice Update each Sunday and Wednesday.

that's it.

no matter if they hear from me or not;

each Sunday and Wednesday; UPDATE COACH!!!

there is NEVER any judgment on your Practice. your pace toward Awakening is YOUR pace, not mine.

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you may be surprised to know this...however many of my Online Students "get" the WF Transmission of being an Online Student so strongly that shockingly little actual changes take place in the way they train. instead, it's the flip of consciousness that matters and their realization of how much time i spend with my Online Students in meditation and, when they need it, private counsel. also; just a few very important WF Rituals make all the difference in the world.

one of my Most Treasured Online Students (whose name will mercifully remain unknown in this forum) recently missed well, more than a few Sunday and Wednesday Updates.

here is how he explained in my Coach's Office:

Noble Coach,

As you may have suspected, I've been abducted by aliens. The good news is that they saw my WF T-shirt and made a deal with me: they'll give me a ride home if I can power their spaceship with my pranayama practice. No problem!

Back soon...
Student (name withheld)

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Most Noble WF Website Manager, Hakado Ru, had his perseverance tested while attempting to install the latest Audio Download technology to our humble Online Pro Shop...

it is with great and deep respect and honor that i announce an upcoming slew of new Teachings available to you through this vehicle.

available right now, by popular request, is my SUNRIDER TeleConference Call as well as the pivotal Practice for all yogis; my Mula Bandha Meditation.

check it out right now:

New WF Products

and drop by the AUDIO DOWNLOAD section of the Pro Shop often, because i will be beefing up with section fast. in fact, my next offering will be an audio story of the Mt. Taylor Soloist Chronicles; perfect for getting your chi up for whatever great event YOU have planned!

Awareness Week on DL!

click pics to enlarge...

IT'S ALWAYS EASIER TO WANT WHAT YOU GET THAN TO GET WHAT YOUR (EGO) WANTS

coming up this week in DL Subscription Format;

Awareness of the Higher Perspective during Daily Life...

also; my Norwegian Nordic Poling training program as i prepare for the Arizona State Nordic Championship this Sunday...

plus, as always, much, much more...cuz' the Dharmic Download that pours through our humble, powerful Temple is just the Way we've been rollin' since 1982...so, if you are NOT a DL Subscriber and you missed my Mt. Taylor Chronicles, no worries, just subscribe today and you'll have access to all 2,000+ Teachings and stories in the Archives plus 24 hour access to the incredible chillout hang; the WF SanghaLounge!

oh, and...IT'S STILL SNOWING!!!!
the tele-skiing and boardin' have been absolute NIRVANA! nearly 20' of snow up on the ski hill, baby!!!

i'm thinking that my little Tibetan Princess from the Land Of The Snows, decided to bring the Sacred Snows with Her! Thank you, Dewa!!!note; do NOT click on photo unless you are prepared for a really, really cute chi hit courtesy of Brahman Through Dewachen!


illustration; hand drawn by me from a Zen Buddhist Practice Meditation book from Mountain View, CA.

photo; Dewachen the day before yesterday...that's Jerry-The-Giraffe-Being with Her

COMING UP NEXT: the conclusion of "Go Sell It On The Mountain"...the Mt. Taylor Soloist Chronicles

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"Just as surely as there is mental power in the body, likewise there is this cosmic power which yogis know as "kundalini." In athletes living only in the sweat plane, and in yogis living only in the studio plane, it remains covered by tamoguna...the layered thickness of addictive, lazy patterns accumulated over lifetimes. In the Wholistic Fitness warrior, however, he who is unafraid to sacrifice specific strength for wholeness, the kundalini begins to tremble, spiritual ignorance dwindles, and suddenly a divine zeal, patience, and wisdom starts to awaken the Higher Self within."

- steve ilg in an excerpt from my upcoming final chapter of "Go Sell It On The Mountain," only available in the electronic scripture known as, Direct Lines.


photo by www.Naggan.com
Kilometer 31 = top of "HeartBreak Hill" sees the ilg payback time, as i leave behind me a trail of human debris like so many ants as i pass all the athletes who passed me like a bad case of meat-eater farts on the Run Up. elevation; approaching 10,300' with another 1,000 vertical feet to go. you have GOT to do this race! i've been telling you that for 20 years now! test yourself, see your true self in the reflection of the summit snows...


examples of some fan mail so far on my Mt. Taylor Chronicles;

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Noble Coach Ilg,

What a beautiful journey it must have been. Congratulations on attaining a Higher step on the podium than was possible the last time you soloed the Quad. Very inspirational on so many levels. I am ever more grateful for this steep and direct path of ours.

Head Bowed,

hsbg
LA, CA

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Dear Mr. Ilg,

Damn bro your Go Sell it Part 1 rocked my world first and then also part 2 and 3. You know what I am talking about…it’s deep bro very deep.

You are the schnizzle and still my inspiration. Really.

Congrats on your journey upon and with TisDool…head bowed.

I am hanging outside the cave and someday I hope to enter again, catch up and embrace.

Thank You for every teaching I have ever received from you.

Your forever student,

Stephen Jones
WA


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Dear Steve, Congratulations on Mt. Taylor. What an inspiration. In your honor i completed my own BIG SKY QUADRATHON this morning(bike, treadmill, stairclimber, then bike). i gave it everything as you did. Why don't you go out and play some golf tomorrow to relax.
Love, Kendo
CT

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Dear Coach Ilg,

you know, you don't have to go risking your life to inspire us. and yet you do. and it does. whoah. your saturday DL just rocked my world. spoke to all of the reasons that i was drawn to WF and just love this Path so much. Thank you!

speedy recovery to you, Coach!

love
student coop
IN

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Steve,
Out of curiosity, were you able to do the yogi squat for 30 seconds every five minutes on the run? I would TAF that having competitors hot on your tail would make it difficult to make that stop.

love,
hak
NV

(answer coming up in the next final chapter!)


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dear coach ilg,

i am excited to hear that you are going to be racing the mt. taylor quad this weekend and especially excited to hear that you will be doing so as a soloist. pin pe obe, beloved teacher, pin pe obe. hopefully i have spelled this correctly, i went into my archives to check the spelling from your race report of a few years back and alas, my copy is missing. i will be running the tribal mantra for you on saturday.
thank you! konryu
PA

GO SELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN; MT. TAYLOR SOLOIST CHRONICLES - PART THREE, The De and Re-Evolution of High Performance

now appearing in today's Direct Lines;
my attempt to relate a mystical empowerment from Saturday's ultra-race

Go Sell It On The Mountain; Mt. Taylor Soloist Chronicles - Part One

now appearing through Sunday...

coach ilg takes on the Mt. Taylor Winter Quadrathlon
as a Soloist...




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Mt. Taylor trail bits...

For those of you with that insatiable Mt. Taylor Quadrathlon curiosity, WF Devotee Hakado Ru just did a great interview with my Taylor Teammate of the past two years, the extra-ordinary Lisa Goldsmith...

enjoy the chi...




Lisa Goldsmith Interview

Don't ever give up...

click on illustration to enlarge...

contributed by long-time WF Devotee Ken "KenDo" Doyle, who uses the WF Teachings and SUNRIDER herbs out on the links each day as one of the nation's top PGA Golf Professional in Connecticut.

Thanks, KenDo, i'm bringing this with me to this Saturday's running of the Mt. Taylor Winter Quadrathlon...i'll need it! Several inches more snow is anticipated the night before the 75-kilometer, 4-Discipline race. High winds are likely to howling around the 11,311'summit on Race Day...it's gonna be a looong solo effort; my first as a soloist in...in...15 years or so?! ooooooh boy...Mantra Work? here i come again! Thanks again, Kendo, for your spiritual and physical support of our humble, powerful Temple...

Only DL Subscribers will read Coach's account of this "GrandDaddy" of all winter mulitsport ultra-endurance events; don't miss the multi-time Champion of Mt. Taylor toss the dice as a new daddy, broken-back thriver as he toes the Start Line as a soloist; this SATURDAY!! From the Coach who still does...

WF; The Science of 5 Yogas and 4 Yamas...strikes again!

{note; DL Subscribers usually receive 3-5 completely new Teachings to every one of these "IDL" complimentary tibits...get inside the Real Warrior Cave where you belong; subscribe today and get CRANKING HIGHER through your workouts!)

Unlike any other Path abiding upon this plane(t),
WF is a science of not just one, but rather 5 Yogas (pathway of union):
Strength, Cardio, Hatha Yoga, Nutrition, and Meditation.

In this Path of Yoga, we do not consider a Bench Press or a 5-mile interval run as ANY LESS SACRED than say, an Upward Facing Dog posture or Padmasana. We work on our weaknesses, not our strengths in order to gain wholeness and balance instead of discipline-specific addiction and arrogance. To study WF means embarking on a very long, slow Path. It means touching Mastery perhaps in one area, then, leaving it to focus on another area of ourselves thus we remain Endless Beginners.

In respectful accordance with Ancient Scriptural instructions; These 5 Yogas are not taught without 4 Yamas (lifestyle observances): Breath and Posture, Mindfulness, Appropriate Action, and Practice.

The WF Warrior is more than a Yogin.

He or She is also a Yamin (follower of lifestyle observances).

There has not been anything quite like WF before; her approach has been
ahead of the fashion of modern seekers for over 25 years and is still not
well understood or accepted except by a few very, very highly vibrating
multi-disciplined seekers who simply just "get it."

Below are few examples of the several hundred WF Warriors which populate
the world and understand that our Highest Workout is truly; Everywhere.

That which takes away your breath (prana/God) the fastest IS your Highest
Yoga. Enter WF there. Begin working immediately upon your scariest weaknesses and fears, and know that you are working your own unique way h(om)e. The Way of WF is a way of devotion to your difficulties and weaknesses in order to be freed from them until Enlightenment.

May your Daily Sweat and Stillness purify
and may your Practices today be of Great Benefit to all Beings in All Realms...

Om So Ti.


- coach ilg
Direct Lines, 2*12*08

photo by; www.waynewilliamsstudio.com


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Noble Coach Ilg,
I have new respect for your accomplishments on snowshoes!!! This race was one of the hardest things I can recall doing. The combination of cardio, strength and mental focus was truly unique. Though my race was only 5k, nobody finished under 1:10, including some top adventure racers. It was steep baby! My finish was 1:29. Good enough for 6th place. Not bad considering I hadn't taken a step in the Kahtoola Flight System before the gun went off and had driven up from sea level to 7,000' just that morning. I absolutely flew down a twisty singletrack "skiing" on the tails of the snowshoes. A technique I learned watching your Sport SnowShoeing Basics DVD!!! Thanks for everything Coach. Next year the podium.:)


head bowed,

hsbg





Coach,

WHOLISTIC FITNESS grabs two more podium spots and with the help of WF our athletes took 7 podium spots out of 20 who made the trip, two of those who finished dead last yet were the truest warriors.

Gary (above left) got 1st in AG and 12th OA while, I took 2nd AG and 30th OA. I lost 6 places in the final 3 miles of down hill because of a couple of fear issues.

I know you have some tough high altitude races yet mile for mile you would
be hard pressed to find a harder race and this is at sea level.

Recently, I have stepped up my harder workouts and know what
I have to do.

Love and Namaste,

NWSM

(you can read New Warrior Student Mackel's blog by scrolling the left margin of DL)




"...when emotions arise, i am learning to breath into them- this helps to lessen the drama and quicken the release. when i am in good posture, i notice other people adjusting theirs. that always brings a smile."
New Online Shishya Karen
(above left in Santa Fe with her sister, J.D.)

Exercise Profile; The Diagonal or "Classic" Stride

This is Vegaard..my ski training partner here at Two Tree Manor. as you can plainly see, Vegaard is also sponsored by PowerBar and is a nordic ski racer. "V" - as i call him - told me that it was about time to do an Exercise Profile on Nordic ski technique. "You're absolutely right, V," i replied.

Enjoy...


(yes, it took a few Herculean efforts to hoist Vegaard's tremendously powerful midsection into place!)

"...arms and legs dancing in symbiotic harmony with breath upon a pair of nordic skis is truly to me, the most magnificent of all yoga and when rightly used, gives Man purposed influence upon his Soul."



teaching and photos by coach ilg, ryt/uscf/cpt
former member/U.S. Jr. National Nordic Combined Team

- click photos to enlarge for better biomechanics comprehension -



Let's go skiing, shall we?

i mean REAL skiing...
i mean like no chairlifts, no damned ski passes that cost you an arm and a leg, no obnoxious crowds...
i mean, like let's go REAL SKIING...let's go return to where ALL OF SKIING (and snowboarding) began yet is (at least in this country) nearly extinct as a sport; the Nordic Diagonal Stride, also known as, "Kick-and-Glide," or "Classic."



this is Ananda with Doko Oosliid, the Sacred Peak protecting Her. Ananda (aka;Joy to you new DL'rs) is the amazing Mother of Dewa. She is also the Beloved Partner of mine. less than five months ago, she had a baby. today, she is cranking out in Brahman's beautiful snow, taking a Classic Ski lesson from me during a nordic jaunt about a serene ponderosa mesa about 10 minutes from our home. yep, that's right, we finally got a babysitter and the first thing we did? GO SKIING BABY!!!! we ain't no dummies.


i taught Ananda the basic mechanics of the Classic Stride in less than 8 minutes.

i'll teach you too, just like the many, many others i've taught this elegant movement to throughout the decades. you won't need much. just an ol' pair of cross-country skis and some open space with a little snow on top of it.


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The basic mechanics of the Classic Stride on a beginner can look a lot like walking with a glide, aided by poles for balance. This allows pretty much anyone to enter into the nordic skiing world regardless of coordination, age, or fitness level. In fact, when i lived in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, i taught my then 60+ year-young mother how to Classic Ski and those memories remain among our most precious. Though easy to learn, the technique is easy to do poorly. the new generation of Skate Skiers who do not grow up doing the Classic Technique are missing not only helluva workout, they are also missing out on gracefulness and balance that would only help their Skate Skiing.





The components of the Classic Stride are the Push, the Weight shift, the Glide
and the Leg Recovery.

DO NOT MISS THIS TEACHING ON THE MOST IMPORTANT, ENJOYABLE EXERCISE MOVEMENTS OF HUMAN HISTORY...The Civilization of the Northern Hemisphere would not have survived if not for this movement! Don't you think you owe it to your Ancient Ones to at least learn it?!?!

coach just won the Flagstaff Classic 10k last weekend and is also the overall Champion of the Santa Fe Classic 10k and Taos Mountain Stampede.

TEMPLE GONG 3x: Happy, Healthy, WHOLISTIC Losar!!!!! A DL SUBSCRIBER SPECIAL OFFER

On a day when the wind is perfect,
the sail just needs to open
and the love starts.

Today is such
a day.
- Rumi

contributed by DL Celebrity;
WF Master Student Michael "ceRAMa" Cerame of NYC


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above photo by myself;Ananda stands in Namaskar before the Tibetan Stupa in Santa Fe, New Mexico where i studied Chenreezig Meditations and other Practices.





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Dear Friends Along The Noble Path of Awakening,

Happy Losar! The Tibetan New Year starts today in Kathmandu and Tibet. Being a lunar holiday it starts at different times everywhere. The celebration in Tibetan communities lasts deep into the night...i recall my years in Boulder while taking studies at Naropa University (a Tibetan school)...ooooh my!!!!

Losar is the time that new prayer flags are hung at home, on the high mountain passes, and in many stupas in Tibetan communities. It is also a very auspicious time to receive Mala's...especially from one's Teacher. It is also the time to Gift your Blessed Mala to a Statue on your Puja (Worship) Table, or to a Friend, or ? and receive a new one for your own Practice.

And in honor of Losar, all DL Subscribers and my local band of HP Yogis in Flagstaff, receive $10.00 off a

Blessed Rudraksha Mala

or a

Blessed Training Mala

NOTE: Blessed Malas from myself require an Empowerment Ritual from me specifically co-designed with you which lasts between 3-7 days.

Every other Warrior? You all get $5.00! Offer good through Feb. 14th.

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Thanks so much for your support!

your coach in your Sacred Workout Corner
WholisticFitness.com

The Yin and Yang of Schultzy; a DharmaTeaching Cloaked in White

This is Schultz Creek Trail, right across the street from the WF Temple H(om)e. "Schultzy" is one of Arizona's...nay, the entire southwest's most popular mountain biking trails. Why, on any given summer day? Dozens and dozens of mountain bikers careen up and down this trail. Yesterday? i saw but one other skier on Schultzy, and she turned promptly around once i passed her...i was left alone in the white wildness...Schultzy seductively flirting with me beneath my skis...a faint, serpentine wrinkle winking at me here and there beneath a heaving mass of snow. cyclists would do well, i reckon, to trade their cycles for a pair of skis during such a season to pay winter homage to their cherished slice of singletrack heaven.






Indeed! so, where be all the fancy mountain biking and motorcycling "Speed Demons" now, eh?

Where art Thou with Thy's ignoble Dual Suspension and iPod-driven adrenalin, now?!

more than likely, at home. warm. entertaining themselves with video games? so predictable...like sheep.

How predictable, how 'conditional' is the love and the fitness of the sport-specific!
come with me as i escort you into the always embracing world of Wholistic Fitness whereuopn we cherish and sweat within and listen to sacred silences of our Beloved Outdoor Temple in ALL of Her Graceful Seasons!

DO NOT MISS THIS INCREDIBLY POTENT DHARMA TEACHING FROM COACH with GORGEOUS PICTURES juxtaposing summer and winter along this beautiful trail!

ONLY IN TODAY's DL!!!

Five Few Words, Five "Backyard" Pictures...

click on photos to enlarge...live the WF CHI!

"You will always exist in the universe in one form or another."
– Shunryu Suzuki

DO NOT MISS ALL FIVE DHARMA TEACHINGS WITH BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS OF THE WF "BACKYARD" WORLD
OF THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST...including Tsidool in winter, Doko Oosliid way high, Navajo Nation near the Little Colorado River, and a special photo by WF Master Student Shawna Schaub

ON TODAY's DL Subscription Format; world class inspiration for your training fresh each day from a world-class mountain yogi...

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quotes submitted to coach by 2007 HP Yogini of the Year, Leslie Hutchinson. Her interview coming up next!


photos;
#1 - coach and Horse Beings. Schultz Tank, about 800' above the WF Temple Home. by Ananda

Temple Gong Rings 3x; Warrior Felipe...Rest In Prana

Felipe McCluskey and wife Cigbem Dincgor
The William Morris Agency and Budweiser GRAMMY Party
2/8/2004



Om Mani Padme Hung...

Felipe's Warrior Spirit, which used to regularly uplift all of us at my San Fernando Valley's HIGH PERFORMANCE YOGA Studio in LA, shall endlessly vibrate within the cells of all of us fortunate enough to share the Sacred Sweat with him...

10,000 Warrior Dharma Blessings to Felipe's Atman during his Bardo Navigation, which i know without a doubt that he will attack like a short second serve.

To Felipe's family; our plane(t) will miss your Beloved One's beautiful, powerful chi.

After nearly every HP Yoga class, Felipe would corner me, hungry for spiritual teachings. He was ravenous for spiritual-based sport performance insights and always wanted to know new ways of motivating his tennis clients, particularly his junior players. I loved him instantly and we would talk of the Pro Tennis world and how WF and HP Yoga and herbs could help so many of the younger players.

When Felipe told me of his disease, we struck like Warriors holding hands into the first line of attack; we used the SUNRIDER Herbs to strengthen his immune system as the barrage of both disease and the Western medicines began to weaken his chi. We did what we could and we held on for a long time. After i returned to the Sacred Mountain, Felipe and i kept our warriorship strong through the internet. A devoted "DL"reader, Felipe said that these DL's helped him keep the Chi. Felipe took his disease into a fifth set tiebreaker. He fought the Noble Fight.

Now, as the summits shimmer over my left shoulder, so far away from LA and Felipe, easy comes reflection upon His gorgeous, welcoming smile...his chiseled body so kinesthetically capable of carrying the force of his chi...his glowing child like presence and enthusiasm for moving and breathing and being in his body in world-class ways...

Oh Noble Ones...
i would want you today to celebrate Felipe's life by waking up again and again from the sleep of life...
by smashing, like an overhead volley close to the net, our latent desires and negative patterns.

Anger, stress, jealously...such qualities are nothing of which to be proud.

Rid yourself of them and know what Felipe knew;

How Life is so utterly precious...
and
how fleeting a Bardo is this precious life...


For more on Felipe, click here:



Tennis Week Tribute to HP Yogi and WF Devotee; Felipe




Crank the chi today, Noble Warrior Sangha...crank it in a world class way like Felipe did...
is doing...
somewhere, on some Realm...


Please perform 3, 7, or 21 rounds of the Sacred Mantra today; devoting them
to our Brother Warrior Felipe...

OM MANI PADME HUNG



coach ilg

WF NEWSFLASH...

Flagstaff, AZ -
my triceps and lats are completely wasted. stop. won the Flagstaff 10k Classic Ski Race this morning. stop. perfect 'ilg' conditions...blizzard, snowdrifts, and no real track. stop. all the HP PROP YOGA, SUNRIDER Herbs, MAP Aminos, WF Training, and inline ski skating since September paid off handsomely today. stop. basically kick-double poled and double-poled the entire way. stop. This WF Path is Great! stop. so are you. stop. more later. stop. must shovel snow with non-dominant side now. stop. go Pats! stop.

Monthly Practice Stats; January 08! "A Winter Of High Content!!!"

before the "intimidating Practice Stats" of your coach,
by popular request...my softer side...
courtesy of
more Dewa!...


OTHER PHOTOS ONLY FOR DL SUBSCRIBERS ACCORDING TO MY TEACHER's WISHES...
these two photos approved for EVERYONE HOWEVER!!!



...the Lotus-Eyed One born within multiple Auspicious Signs... photo by Ananda; Dewa about 2 months ago. Some are "recognizing" Dewa in a Tibetan sense of the word...





..."And truly, it's Dewa's mommy that is being the Champion around this house full of Champions! To truly love your baby? Love and care for her mother..." i took this photo this morning.

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Oh, sure January was another great month for the ol' WF Creator to walk his talk; qualifying for Nationals, cranking Nordic Ski Marathons, busting through technique plateaus in tele skiing, creating more Champions in my coaching...however, without a doubt the Highest High of January was the ever-growing Radiance of my Lotus-Eyed BuddhaFull Girl; Dewa! And truly, it's Dewa's mommy that is being the Champion around this house full of Champions! To truly love your baby? Love and care for her mother...


I know i load DL with a lot of spirit for all of us to have our Atman's munch upon...however, the thing i love MOST about our Tribe? our Monthly Practice Stats reveal the Sweat that drives the Spirit Higher!...

check these out and let's keep it cranking toward Enlightenment THROUGH the intelligently trained, versatile, and deeply functional body!

head bowed,
the mountain yoga


TOMORROW: RACE DAY!!! The Flagstaff 10k Classic Ski Race and the first event of the Arizona Cup and the second event of the Flagstaff Winter Triathlon! i go off at 9:00 am...time to TEST THE SPIRIT AGAIN and AGAIN and ENDLESSLY AGAIN!!!!


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PRACTICE STATS (as compared to December)

FOR SAFETY's SAKE, MY PRACTICE STATS ARE RESERVED FOR DL SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

and HIGHLIGHTS:
• 15 ski days = 28 skier days so far this season
• Strength Training UP by 6x and up by 2.75 hours; i FEEL the STRENGTH!
• Cardio Down by 8.25 hours due to Racing tapering/recovering
• Yoga; UP by 1.25 hours; Mr. Consistency with BABY!
• Meditation; UP by 3.25! Mostly MantraWork
• Nutrition: UP by 118 ckals/day = LEAN and STRONG! strong through "Flu Season"...thanks, SUNRIDER Herbs and MAP Aminos!!! YEAH BABY!!!

*2nd place in AG; 40kilometer, high altitude Nordic Ski marathon
*Qualified for USSSA Nationals one week later at 10k Snowshoe Race!!!
* Teleskiing/Snowboarding is GREAT! GREAT WINTER!!! BIG SNOW!!!
* The biggest Highlight of my month; DEWA IS SO FUN AND HEALTHY!!!

Of S'Shoe Chi and Awakened Perserverance...

Namaste Noble Sangha!
This is a really nice article about my recent National Qualifier race from the fine,hard working folks at SnowShoeMag.com!


Check it out:

Western Regional National Qualifier



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speaking of Snowshoe Racing...my most recent column at the USSSA site is up:

USSSA; Ilg's Training Feature


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And of course, to balance your inspiration to sweat today...here comes the Dharma Hit of the Day, straight from Sogyal Rinpoche:

More than twenty-five hundred years ago, a man who had been searching for the truth for many, many lifetimes came to a quiet place in northern India and sat down under a tree. He continued to sit under the tree, with immense resolve, and vowed not to get up until he had found the truth.

At dusk, it is said, he....

READ THE ENTIRE TEACHING ON TODAY's DL! DON'T KEEP YOUR TRAINING IN THE DARK OF CONVENTIONAL FITNESS!




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coming up soon in DL; my Exclusive interview with 2007 HP Yogini of the Year; Leslie Hutchinson! also; new daddio ilgo's Practice Stats for January; struggling yet keepin' the Game On!


backyard WF Temple photo's by coach