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What is Lugal…

Move with the heart of a lion and the power of a king.

This cuneiform is pronounced ‘lugal’ (loo-gawl), from the time of the Sumerians. Our earliest known civilization from 7000 years ago. This was their word for king or master.

At Lugal we balance the intensely physical practice of CrossFit and the internally focused practice of meditation to achieve physical and mental health.  All action begins from our heart and expands out to the world and the power and speed of every functional movement begins at our core and moves out to our extremities.  Fitness is achieved through movement and nutrition, strengthening the heart, the body and the mind to live a healthy life.

Our goal at Lugal is creating a space that offers support and recognition of an individual’s efforts in becoming better through raising awareness of their strength and abilities.

Through the practice of CrossFit and Meditation we train ourselves to become not only stronger but also to overcome obstacles and even surprise ourselves with our achievements.

Becoming virtuosic in our movements and minds changes how easily we move through our lives.  Virtuosity is an attainable way of being allowing us to move through life with courage, confidence, perseverance, resilience and grace.  Virtuosity is the ability to do the common uncommonly well.

Moving well grants us a better quality of life in our community, at home, at work, and at Lugal.

Perry Maher

Founder

Born with a hole in his heart.  He spent his first weeks in an incubator and had heart surgery at the age of two.  By the age of ten, he was proclaimed healthy.  His heart condition did not slow him down.  On the contrary, it helped him understand the body's healing capabilities and master the power of the heart.

He believes that we are all capable of achieving our goals.  The world around us offers both opportunities and the prospect of possibilities; as opportunities to discover what we are capable of achieving and the possibilities to express our aspirations in the ways that reflect who we are.  Self-development is, in his view, the noble goal that helps us grow our potential through both physical and mental means.  The actualization of that potential, capable of boundless development, is the base of his philosophy and coaching.

He began studying movement and stillness, and the arts at the age of 4.  After practicing Judo and meditation with his father and studying Taekwondo, Hapkido (under Grandmaster Son Myung-soo), Taekkyon and Jeet Kune Do for 14 years, he felt the need to search for deeper meaning in the martial arts and meditation, and so pursued studies of the internal martial arts of Xingyiquan, Baguazhang (under Grandmaster Liang Shouyu), Yiquan and Okinawan Kobudo, as well as Qigong, Zen and Seon traditions for over 20 years.  While traveling extensively through Japan and Korea - and staying for a period in Baekdamsa monastery, he was seeking to understand the practicality of martial arts and meditation in our times.  His physical practice began to move away from its martial application and focused on functional movements and strength.  He eventually discovered CrossFit and its life changing benefits of functional fitness and development of power and skill useful in everyday life.  CrossFit brought back the intensity that he hadn't felt since studying Taekwondo.  He loved the concept of being able to scale down the workout according to one's abilities and thus creating the environment where everyone could work out together and toward a common goal while pursuing personal goals. His mental practice continued with studies in the Kabbalah, Psych-K, NLP, Neidan, TT and other healing modalities. Completing his Reiki training in the Komyo Reiki Do lineage (under Shihan Paul Lara), and began studies in the Yuthok Yonten Gonpo lineage of Tibetan Buddhism from Dr. Nida Chenagtsang.

Music, painting and writing occupy the other side of his heart.  He began studying piano and painting at an early age and pursued degrees in piano performance and composition.  The marriage between fine physical actions involved in music performance and painting, and the emotional and spiritual aspects of expression through colour and sound has led him to the realization of a deeper connection between one's physical capabilities and their heart.  Today he continues to compose music and paint, and has written a large collection of poetry and 2 books.

CrossFit L-2

Westside Special Strengths

Komyo Reiki Master

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