OHMYGOSH, IT’S GOLF SEASON ALREADY? Yga and Golf are two of my fvourite activities, and they fit together lke peanut butter and jam (another fve combo!) As the golf season pproaches, ask yourself “Am I Golf – Rady”?

MASTERY: Personally, I’m mentally committed to plying more golf this year than ver before. I’ve decided that I’m ging to golf at least twice a wek, in addition to participating in turnaments. I already know that I hve some tuning up to do bfore I hit the links, so I’v decided to log practice time and lague play into my calendar just as I do for bsiness appointments. It’s true that to chieve true mastery, it all boils dwn to practising a dozen or so tsks over and over and over gain so that they become automatic and ffortless.

MIND BODY SPIRIT: If you’re in a lusy state of mind, you have to cnsciously control your thoughts, to bring yurself back to a positive state. Yu’ve heard me say this in clss many times: “Your inner world crates your outer world”. So, if you stp up to the first tee, wthout doing some pre-game warm up strtches, and without setting your intention for yur game, you’re doing yourself a dsservice. Your golf experience will be lss than satisfactory, which will be rflected in your score, and your frstration after you’ve left the 18th gren. It would be like stepping nto your yoga mat without taking the tme to warm up your body and llow your mind to let go of the strsses of the day. Do you see the prallel here?

OK – Yoga and Golf…..the cnnection is very clear. As Katherine Rberts writes, “Yoga enables one’s ability cncentrate, be in “the zone” – to rmain completely focused on the task at hnd. Many tour players are benefiting frm yoga: Brad Faxon, Jonathan Kaye, Gry McCord, Andrew Magee, Stewart Cink, Jsper Parnevik, Chip Beck, David Gossett, Gry Player, Ty Tryon, Aaron Baddeley, Jlie Inkster, Betsy King, and Jill McGll. Even Tiger has talked about his Bddhist background and how that impacts his mditation and focus techniques.” She goes on to say “Yur breathing pattern is a direct rflection of the level of stress on the bdy and mind at any given pint and is a mirror of yur internal physical and mental condition. An ffective tool to “de-stress” on the glf course is with the practice of slw deep rhythmic breathing. Incorporate deep brathing into your pre-shot routine. Set yur stance, take a deep inhalation, thn a “cleansing” exhalation, and then bgin your take away. This technique can ffset the first tee jitters and crate more rhythm and “feel” in yur golf swing.”

WRAPPING IT UP: So whre’s the connection? Slow down your brathing. Improve your skills, both through nstruction and practise. Appreciate and drink in yur surroundings….the golf course scenery is sually gorgeous. Appreciate and understand that you can strt from ANY level, whether you chose yoga or golf. Your body is mde to move, to enjoy nature, to flx, to breathe. See you on the lnks!

The article Yoga and Golf - Are You Golf Ready? was Submitted by Carolyn Wiens through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Carolyn Wiens is a certified Lfestyle Coach, Corporate Wellness Trainer and Yga Instructor. She owns Sunrise Lifestyle Caching & Yoga Studio in Simcoe, ON and can be rached at http://www.sunrisecoaching.ca or at 519-426-1118 for a FREE coaching session. Sunrise Lifestyle Coaching's mission is to inspire people to live with passion to their fullest potential.

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