Yoga Golf Tips

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• Instructor: Colton Little
• Category: Lessons
• Topic: Fitness

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Hi everyone, we're here at the Pechanga Spa with our good friend Mimi. She's a yoga instructor here at the spa. Mimi, how you doing? Great, happy to be here. Good, good. So golfers are gonna come to the spa, they're gonna get a quick session of stretching, get some yoga in, and then they're gonna go out to their round, or they get done with their round, come back and get some post-round stretching. Is that correct? Yes, so I actually have 3 yoga poses today to show you that actually specifically address the biomechanics of golf. You ready? Let's give it a shot. Alright, so as you know, golfers spend a lot of time hunched over their golf clubs. So over time, it is not uncommon for golfers to develop a golfer's hunch and then for them to be affected in their posture actually in their daily life. Just, just doing this all day long. Exactly, exactly. So the first one addresses that by opening up the front side of the body and then strengthening and lengthening the back side of the body. Okay. And it is called dancer's pose. So follow with me. Let's try to be a dancer. You can plant your golf club right in front of you. Okay. And slowly shift your weight over to one side. Then you will grab your back foot with one hand and slowly begin to lean your chest forward as you kick your leg back. So again, this strengthens the backside of the body and stretches the front side of the body to counteract the golfer's hunch that we often face when we are spending a lot of time hunched over the golf club. I'm feeling that it's very important to keep your chest up. Yes, and to…