Category: Instinctive Golf Blog

What is ‘play?’ Play is movement. We learn when we move our body. Play is essential to creativity and innovation. Play is also the use of imagination. We open to new possibilities when we use our imagination. Imagination has been referred to as perhaps the most powerful human ability. Although as adults, we may be … Continue reading Play and Golf Practice

I have a golf tip for beginners and experienced golfers in the form of a question to be reflected on and physically explored . Is your hold of the golf club – your golf grip – of secondary importance to having correct golf swing mechanics, golf swing technique and a proper golf swing? Or is … Continue reading Your Golf Grip

Yes, a bit of “Zen”! Are you present, mindful, curious, and aware in your journey through life and in your expedition in learning how to play your best golf? If not, your ‘pace of play’ may be ‘holding up the Universe on every hole’. The Universe will always be waiting if you have a tendency … Continue reading Let the Universe Play Through

This article is intended to bridge the gap between golf swing mechanics and playing golf through your instincts by understanding the importance of both an effective golf grip that allows your wrists to hinge and unhinge in your swing and the concept of a “double pendulum”. Having a general concept of the double pendulum mechanics … Continue reading The Double Pendulum Concept of a Golf Swing

“Wu-wei” (pronounced ooo-way) is a concept developed by philosophers in early China of the Confucian and Daoist (or Taoist) schools of thought. Wu-wei literally  translates as “not trying, “non-doing’, or “non-action.” The practice of wu-wei is a fundamental tenet in Chinese thought and is a central concept in Chinese martial arts. Wu-wei cannot be actively … Continue reading Wu-Wei

Do you ‘dig deeply’ or ‘tread softly’? Of course, I’m referring to golf swing basics and your golf swing. Do you ‘dig a hole’ or ‘sweep the turf’? A traditional paradigm in establishing a proper golf swing is that you must take a large divot from the ground under and past the golf ball in … Continue reading Divot Digging

The proliferation of golf instruction that emphasizes golf mechanics and positions in the golf swing often stifles many golfers’ improvement and enjoyment of the game. The focus on conscious attempts at controlling parts of the golf swing and parts of the body may be at the cost of the body/mind feeling a sense of the … Continue reading Feeling the Whole Golf Swing

For your meditative experience You can walk out in nature…… You can sit on a cushion and try to empty your mind OR You can use the tool of a golf club as inquiry To see what you might find! Meditation is simply a method or modality that encourages a consciousness beyond our thinking analytical … Continue reading The Meditative Nature of Golf Exercises

I recently read a mentally stimulating golf book, The Practice Manual, The Ultimate Guide For Golfers by Adam Young, a world-class golf teaching professional from the UK. It’s a very detailed book about how to improve your golf game through understanding both the dynamics of a proper golf swing and how we learn a physical skill … Continue reading Golf Practice