September 09, 2003
Namaste Steve and Kathi -
My deepest gratitude for your skillful and inspiring offerings at Red
Mountain. I was especially delighted to be able to introduce Christine and
Daniel to you and to the inspiring skill and wisdom you bring to your
teaching and interactions. Lunch was wonderfully edifying interpersonally
as well as physically. Thanks again!
While this is an "endorsement" in itself, what follows is a more formal
endorsement for delightfully informal folk! Please feel free to use any
parts of this e-mail to support the promotion of your noble work (i.e., edit
as you desire). You can't help but realize the blessings of the Universe in
your work as you clearly seek to let It's will flow through you (this is
also evident on your website and "Direct Lines" communications). I'm
excited for you and our Southern Cal brothers and sisters to enjoy your new
studio. Congratulations on the upcoming opening. I honor you in your
visionary pursuits.
Steve Ilg brings much more to his work than his unique remarkable background
in fitness training and world-class achievement, he brings an "inner
fitness" born of his deep commitment to an authentic Yogic path. The
integration of body, mind and "spirit" in the field of fitness is a Western
Yoga whose time has come and is skillfully taught by this master of both.
Steve is an amazing teacher of fitness through yoga and of yoga through
fitness. He inspires his students through the integrity of his own body and
mind as he clearly expresses the depth, breadth, and essence of the
practices taught. He is the most skillful, articulate and inspiring yoga
teacher I have had the pleasure to learn from. His presence is matched by
that of his lovely teaching partner and companion, Kathi. Together they are
a "dynamic duo," or better said, powerful compassionate warriors.
- David Tate, psychologist, Ph.D.
founder/Center for Stress Reduction in St. George, Utah,
former program director and lead mindfulness
instructor at Miraval, Life in Balance, Tucson, Arizona,
and most
important, a happy husband, father of five, and human being.