February 01, 2004
Namaste Noble Warriors!
a note waiting for me at the HP Yoga Studio:
�Teacher -
Mrs. (name withheld) just bought a 5-Block on Tuesday. After class she was way too sore. Doesn�t want to take classes anymore. Please call.�
How classic is THAT?
She was not just �too sore� to continue classes, she was WAY too sore! I guess I�ll have to refund her and tell her to enjoy going somewhere else where what? Where she can get less for her money, eh? I�ve told you from the start, twenty years ago, WF and HP Yoga and SUNRIDER herbs are for Finders, not Seekers. Show most people success and they run straight away from it (and even have the audacity to ask for their money back!). The true Way is steep and narrow and difficult.
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Alert DL reader Janis called me on my promise to share with you my training totals from 2003. So, for those of you keeping track at home, here you go! Better luck this year! Oh, I ain�t gonna tell you my Lifetime Totals...don�t want to totally depress you. Competitive athletes: I don�t care what your age is, I dare you...match my last year statistics and see how fit you become:
Coach Ilg�s Personal Wholistic Fitness Training Totals: 2003
hours spent in asana (doing yoga poses): 568.50 (lifetime high)
hours spent strength training: 50.75 (lifetime low)
hours spent in cardio: 405.50
hours spent in meditation: 217
(hours spent watching TV: not a helluva lot)
�All know the Way,
few actually walk it.�
- Buddha
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Dear Coach -
Is watching the Super Bowl okay as WF student?
- Tom
Noble Warrior Tom -
yes, but never forget: the most
important �bowl game� is the
game of opening
your pelvic bowl.
let�s compare the two and see which one YOU feel is
most appropriate to �watch�:
Award If You Win:
Super Bowl: The Vince Lombardi Trophy
Pelvic Bowl: Enlightenment/Self Realization in this lifetime.
Arena:
Super Bowl: Reliant Stadium
Pelvic Bowl: Muladhara Chakra
Teams:
Super Bowl: New England vs. uh...Carolina?
Pelvic Bowl: Kundalini vs. ego
Player Salary:
Super Bowl: . NFL Players Association documents examined by USA TODAY showed an average salary of just more than $1.1 million, down about $15,000 from the 2000 average.
Pelvic Bowl: $ 0.00
Sponsor Fees:
Super Bowl: $2.25 million for a 30-second commercial.
Pelvic Bowl: God charges nothing for those who wish to Awaken.
What You Support By Watching:
Super Bowl: Animal cruelty, global destruction, male penile erectile (not even a word) dysfunction consciousness.
Pelvic Bowl: Personal growth, compassion, value of mental concentration, spiritual consciousness.
Who Wins In The Long Run:
Super Bowl: Not you.
Pelvic Bowl: You.
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So today I make one of my occasional appearances at the gym. Most of you know that, by seeing my statistics above, i no longer spend a whole lot of time in the gym. i did all that in my younger years. now i rely upon my unique HP Yoga style to refine the musculature built from the gym.
I�m doing a triset between Seated DB Shoulder Presses (Shivaya Technique) into Lateral DB Raises (12) into Front Lateral Raises (Swan Medicine Technique).
I�m totally merging into Mula Bandha and feeling the chi and getting pumped when this babe comes up to me:
�Excuse me, but i just have to tell you...you have a gorgeous body.�
�Why, uh, thank you, that�s (huff huff, puff puff) very kind of you to say!�
�The guy up there at the front desk offered to pay me a dollar if i actually told you that.�
�Uh, that�s nice. I�m sorry, but I can�t interrupt my set here to talk.�
�Oh, I�m sorry...anyway...I think your body is amazing.�
�You better tell him to give you two bucks.�
�Really? Why?�
�I�m forty one and am an endurance athlete, not a bodybuilder.�
�Holy SHIT! YOU are 41 years old!?! Holy SHIT! I thought you were like twenty five!�
�You sweet thing, after i finish this (huff huff, puff puff) set, i am going to give YOU two dollars!�
Later, i heard that the bet behind the bet was among the Staff Personal Trainers. They had dared the babe to speak her thoughts directly to me. Then they bet that i would stop my set if she said that to me while I was in the middle of my set.
Guess again, little Staff Personal Trainer Boyz That Make Fun Of My Focus In The Gym. Nothing disturbs a Master WF Student during a set. Not even an earthquake baby, let alone a babe! We Master Students of WF got our priorities set;
Excellence In Every Set Performed!
As my friend and spiritual teacher Ananda says,
�It must come from a balanced place.�
That is all.
Namaste,
Coach Ilg