Take Golf Seriously ...yourself Lightly

We live in a fast-paced, impatient society where instant gratification is often the norm. When we want something we want it now. Taking this sense of urgency into our golf game can be disastrous. Developing a patient attitude full of acceptance is our key to improved golf and greater consistency. What does that look like? We can begin by asking ourselves a few questions.

* Is this just an affair or do I really care about the game?
* Am I involved only for what I can get out of it instantly or am I willing to put in time and effort to make it work?

* Do I love the feel of the club in my hand, the grass under my feet?
* Do I love the sights and smell of a golf course?
* Am I really in love with the game? All of it?

These questions can help you realize that the game is worth developing patience and you are worth it as well. If you think about being impatient, it's just a form of beating yourself up. No amount of resisting the moment is going to change it. It only produces tension and anxiety in your mind and that transfers over to your body, hence bad swing shots.

A helpful insight is to look at the game of golf as a powerful mirror to the game of life. As children we learn by playing, and we can apply this to ourselves as adults. Golf is a perfect game to learn about ourselves. It is the ultimate reflection of your inward thoughts, beliefs, and conditioning's. It so honestly reflects either the battleground within or the playground. Do you play golf or work at it?

Awareness is the key to changing our game and our lives. A very simple but not easy way to shift yourself and to play your best is to use affirmations. The phrase 'fake it till you make it' is very appropriate. Start by saying "I am a great golfer" over and over. Another one could be "I am a natural at this game". If you can add memories of instances on the golf course of great plays, this speeds up your improvement.

It is estimated that we have one positive thought out of 10 negative ones. Please believe me when I say changing your thoughts is self-direction, not self-deception. An affirmation is a firm statement that is true or has the potential to be true.

Once you start playing better the challenge is to keep up your affirmations. This is a life long habit to develop.

The exciting news is that learning the game of golf is a life long discovery. When we drop the need to conquer it in one or two seasons the patience and acceptance comes more naturally.

Create Great Golf!

Goddess Margarit

US Open, Father's Day, and Summer Solstice Gift for you

Today I would like to gift you with an MP3 on becoming a calm and composed golfer for summer/09. If you don't know anything about me, I briefly would like share that I have been in the personal development field for golf since 1997 when I began Yoga for Golf. I had worked at Golf Courese for three years prior, as a bartender and while going to school to become a certified Yoga Instructor. I immediatley saw an improvement in my game from the inside out. One of the biggest insights I had was to see the truth in these words from George Knudson -
“You don’t play golf to relax.
You have to be relaxed to play golf!”-

I also discovered -A Relaxed Golfer is a Healthy Golfer
I created a MP3 on relaxation for golfers that I hope you enjoy and share with your friends and family. Go to http://tinyurl.com/d9px8m

Benefits from relaxation techniques:
• Fewer physical symptoms, such as headaches/ back pain
• Fewer emotional responses, such as anger/ frustration
• More energy, Improved concentration
• Greater ability to handle adversity
• Relaxation is the initial stage for training the mind, which leads a golfer to the
‘flow (zone) states’ associated with the zone.

In this progressive relaxation Mp3 you will also discover ancient yoga tools of a mantra and a mudra, or in more modern terms an affirmation and an anchor technique to use on the golf course to bring you back to relaxed feelings.
In time and with practice, you will be rewarded with the ability to drop with ease into a place of deep contentment instantly. This is what yoga is all about, after all: stilling our fidgety bodies and calming our rambling minds so that we may rest quietly in the present moment and see clearly the peace that resides within.
This is when the fun of playing really begins!

Need more proof- It was hard for golfers in the early days of my business to see the value of taking time away from physical practice to reap the benefits of praticing the inner game of golf. If this mind set still holds true for you I am adding a A well-documented Soviet experiment using 4 matched groups of world class athletes.

The experiment was to put these groups prior to the 1980 Olympics. The experiment was for their training regimes. This is how it was devised:

Group 1 trained only physically,
Group 2 trained physically 75% of the time and mentally 25%
Group 3 divided physical and mental training equally
Group 4 put 25% into physical and 75% into mental.

The athletes were evaluated and Group 1 doing only physical training showed the least improvement in performance. The group that showed the most improvement was the group that did the most mental training.

To reiterate : Relaxation is the essential ingredient in training the mind. And as your body relaxes, so will your mind.
When practiced regularly, this MP3 will lead to a reduction in your everyday stress levels and a boost in your feelings of joy and serenity, it heightens problem-solving abilities, and boosts motivation and productivity. What’s more, it will also serve as a protective quality by teaching you how to stay calm and collected in the face of life’s curveballs. Best of all – with a little practice – anyone can reap these benefits.


Look for me at http://twitter.com/GolfGoddess

Helping Golfers become Golf Gods and Goddesses from the inside, out.
Margarit