September 03, 2005
"WF IS MORE THAN I COULD MASTER IN 2 LIFETIMES," STUDENT BOB MAXELL
"I will pursue the WF path with noble effort. I am so grateful for your book.
It is humbling...There is more in it than I feel I could master in 2 lifetimes."
- WF Student Bob Maxwell shown, "being coaxed out of meditation time by my dogs."
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Coach Ilg-
I was raised by a very proper English mother, heavy emphasis on appearances.
Thus, I have struggled my entire life with trying to fit a mold I believed would satisfy others. This particular mind-set always extended to my fitness routine. Chalking up races and awards, a cut abdomen and muscles for the bragging rights. I was so ego-involved, my body consciousness was inspired by what I thought others would find attractive.
Yes, it drove me. It gave me a kind of crazy motivation but I could not escape
a certain haunting emptiness.
I was living from the outside in. Trying to make my inside match what I thought everyone else wanted.
Your Wholistic Fitness approach has been revolutionary for me and I can't thank you enough. It was like a light going off in my head. The answer (which I discovered
sometime during Green Tara) was to live from the INSIDE OUT!
Calm my ego through mindfulness, meditation and pain (oh how I have come to be grateful for the pain and all its lessons...I think you describe it as an acid eating away at the ego attachments) and radiate my essence outward. I have mysteriously attracted
more friends and have lost the feeling of having to always try to impress and replaced
it with gratitude, service and humility. Again it has been revolutionary and awesome. So much so that I have 'converted' two of my closest friends to the WF path.
Thank you for helping to transform my life, my outlook and my body.
My wife is happy too. She's a medical doctor and was a bit sceptical when I
began, now she is reading the book and set to begin Green Tara herself!!
Maybe one day I'll have a chance to meet you and thank you in person.
Until then I continue to send you good vibes.
Peace
Bob Maxfield
PS although your workouts are the most challenging I have ever experienced, all motivation issues have disappeared and I find myself waking early with little effort.
I actually look forward to getting on my bike, hitting the pool the gym or the track.