My yoga class this week is designed to help the golfer in your life. I wore my James-Bond-In-Goldfinger-themed Terrycloth t-shirt, and everything. BECAUSE THEY PLAY GOLF IN THAT MOVIE.
“It was a bit random when you brought out the golf club,” said one of my live students this week. “But it was a great class.”
“Your combination of humor and chill is spot on,” said another student. “Really grateful for your classes, mate.”
Golf courses are like yoga: They school you. Just when you’re thinking your round is going well, you hit the ball in the water or into a bunker, or you badly mess up a shot, then your mind spirals out of control and before you know it, you’re losing heavily to your father-in-law. How do you ground yourself then, and avoid a “blow-up” round? How do you find your calm center?
These are all purely theoretical questions, in my case, of course. But…we all have things we can learn, I guess.
In yoga, we work with our bodies to get into a space of moderate discomfort so that we can explore where our mind goes when we’re under stress, and begin to manage that stress and control it more effectively. You’re in warrior 2, your mind starts running for the exits, and it’s time to take a deep breath.
What do you find there? Click here to take my free yoga class for golfers, and non-golfers alike.
Love from,
Matt
P.s. It’s This Week’s Vegetarian Recipe!
Yoga is based on nonviolence, or “ahimsa”, in Sanskrit, which means no killing animals. I didn’t love the idea at first but have been trying vegetarianism on, and enjoying the subtle effects on my mood and body. It’s beet season, and British cook Rosie Ramsden has a lovely recipe for a Beetroot panzanella—it’s a bread and beet salad, basically, but it is delicious—in her Recipe Wheel book, on page 30. You can get it for free at Google Books and if you like it, please consider supporting your local bookstore and Ms. Ramsden herself with a real-life purchase.
