April 12, 2005
"I'm going to plant a heart in the earth..." A BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE FROM ANANDA's 38th BIRTHDAY 
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DL readers whom have been with me throughout these wonderful years, know well my yogic take on chronologic birthdays. They are absolutely meaningless save for one thing; they can be useful as yearly spiritual cairns to make sure we are appropriately challenging our fitness and our utter desire to savor our lives by living them fully and with the gratitude expressed through sweat and stillness. 
This DL is a birthday tribute to a most beautiful Being, an angel of WF whom i know as "Ananda"... Joy Kilpatrick. These days, since beginning her WF Journey, she has chosen conscious Movement over doing movies. Instead of being on stage and TV as an actress, she is contributing to the ongoing legacy of WF through managing, administration, and her amazing gift for Teaching, both online and privately.
Noble DL Reader, please enjoy this collection of captured images of the last couple of days, as i treated Ananda to just a tiny segment of the IMMENSE BEAUTY that dances within our local Santa Monica mountains, just a breath away from LA's monstrosity of outer directed chaos.
i chose the words of one of Native American poet Rosario Murillo to set the spirit of each pic. i bow to Rosario.
Happy Birthday WF Manager Ananda...your Devotion and stalwart Practice along this Path keeps my humble Temple doors open for all those still willing to pursue a Higher Consciousness to Health and Fitness through spiritual training. I bow with love to you, Oh Noble Warrioress of the WF Way! Ain't it FUN to be WHOLISTICALLY FIT!!!!!!!?!?!??! You ain't getttin' older, you just growing HIGHER, baby!!!
namaste,
coach ilg
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"I'm going to plant a heart in the earth
water it with love from a vein
I'm going to praise it with the push of muscle
and care for it in the sound of all dimensions.
I'm going to love a heart in the earth
so it may grow and flower
a heart that throbs with longing
that adores everything green
that will be strength and nourishment for birds
that will be the sap of plants and mountains."
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Oh Mighty Limbed, Gentle Warriors;
May you get out TODAY
for if you wait until next year to do what you love,
you will be one year older...
breathe 
and move today, oh Noble Ones,
just
breathe and move!
May today you give birth to a New Part of Who You Truly Are...
Love everyone today, just be-cause.
Love
is
Love
and All Paths,
and All Suffering,
and All Fitness
leads
to
Love.
Workout today not from fear of getting fat, or older, or slower, or whatever trip is going through your head...
Workout today from a God Simple
LOVE
of
BEING WHO YOU ARE!
that
is
all.
coach ilg