Top Ten Reasons Why Roller Skiing Does Not Suck!

Photo; Multi-time State Nordic Champion coach ilg, ramping up for snow season on East Animas Road yesterday. Pic by Vishnu.

#10) Cuz it cuts up your thighs, calves, abs, intercostals, butt, lats, and delts like NOTHING else can while burning twice as many calories as lower body specific endurance activities!

#9) Union-carbide road ski pole tips gives you the upper hand against omnipotent chasing dogs, paparazzi, bears, serial murderers, etc.

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being Present from being Absent

It's all-ways made me chuckle at how "absent-minded" the Great Gurus, Teachers, Rinpoche's are.

Should be pretty obvious why the Great Ones are 'absent minded' even to us unAwakened ones in the trench of the spiritual dogfight to grow Higher.

the opposite of being 'absent'
is...
yup...
being 'present'
right?

thus, the Great Ones are being absent-minded because They are endlessly immersed in being Present.

duh.

and yes, ilg does in-Joy you stopping by my FaceBook page...i admit it.
what can ilg say?

• ilg benefits from his Sangha
• ilg is inspired by his Sangha
• ilg loves OUR Sangha!

Headstand Humor

Headstands improve more than just endocrine and exocrine health, skeletal alignment, and discharge of kaphic tendencies...they also improve the MOST IMPORTANT ARROW in a spiritual athlete's quiver: HUMOR!!!! above photo: Abba and Dewa in Practice. by
www.jamesqmartin.com

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Why should you always invite two Baptists to go fishing?
If you invite only one, he'll drink all your beer.
Invite two and they won't drink any.


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Did you hear about the ship that ran aground carrying a cargo of
red and black paint?
It was marooned.


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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!

HeadStand Humor #5

go to the WF landing page, hit your REFRESH BUTTON and drink in the beautiful new graphic artistry of WF Student Brad Gantt of Sherman Oaks, CA. i am so happy to have such a hard working Peaceful Warrior in our Tribe. how he comes up with such art that dials directly into the rasas (essence/sap)of my LifeWork, i have no idea. all of his wonderful art is contributed free of charge to our humble, powerful Temple. thank you, Devotee BG...your talent drenched metta (lovingkindness) is deeply appreciated. May countless Dharma Blessings pour toward you.

very well then...
now, for something completely different (to be said in a MONTY PYTHONS FLYING CIRCUS voice)...
it's time again for HEADSTAND HUMOR

draining the lactic acid out of my legs via sirsana padmasana (full lotus headstand) at the bottom of the Grand Canyon; photo by Craig ilg.

According to the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, regular practice of sirsasana (head stand) incites and liberates the otherwise dormant 80% of man's brain. sadly for you, much of my liberated brain activity produces jokes in the hours after Practice. fortunately, i forget 90% of these jokes. unfortunately for you, i remembered a few from yesterday:

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