Improve Your Golf With Yoga Techniques (Missing Peace) [Spiral-bound]

Stefani Pappas (Author), Megan O'Malley (Author), Ashok Wahi (Author)

Book Description

Series: Missing Peace | Publication Date: June 15, 2001

Relates specific selected yoga techniques to golf from the perspectives of physical and mental focus. Using easy to read, non-technical descriptions, illustrations and photographs. Douglas Mochrie, a Class "A" teaching golf pro has endorsed the book: saying "Hit your...ball farther. Enjoy golf more!...Learn how yoga can improve your game. The pictures clearly illustrate examples of the body positions and motions that correlate well with swings, chips, and putts."

Editorial Reviews

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I stress balance, stretches ... control in every golf lesson. "Improve Your Golf With Yoga Techniques" brings enjoyment to your game. -- Douglas Mochrie, Host of "Let's Play Golf", television show.

About the Author

Ashok Wahi, creator and coauthor has studied and practiced yoga for over 15 years, benefiting in all aspects of his life. This book is the first of a series stressing practical uses for yoga in everyday life. With a Masters in Operations Research, he is currently the Principal in his consulting engineering firm, Princeton Design Group, Inc in Hillsborough, NJ.

Stefani Pappas, senior yoga teacher and co-author: B.A.,C.M.Th., R.Y.T-is a Nationally Registered Yoga Alliance Teacher. as well as ordained Interfaith Minister. She learned to play golf and now enjoys combining yoga techniques with her game.

Megan O'Malley, yoga instructor and co-author. Inspired by the physical and emotional benefits of yoga, she became a Certified Yoga Instructor. Megan has her B.S. in Biology and her Masters in Physics. She worked for 12 years as a physicist-researcher with Bell Laboratories.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 90 pages
• Publisher: Princeton Design Group Inc (June 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0970828411
• ISBN-13: 978-0970828415
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #808,212 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Stephanie (a.k.a. Stefani) Ann Pappas was born in New York City in 1960 and grew up in central New Jersey. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University, Douglass College. After graduating from college, she worked for 10 years as a trainer, technical writer, and technician in the telecommunications industry.

Stephanie began the study and practice of eastern philosophy at the age of 12 with the Taoist book of changes, the I Ching. She took her Buddhist refuge vows in 1982 with the Venerable Dawa Saambo from Tibet, and received various teachings from H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama and other renowned Tibetan Buddhist teachers.

From 1992-2002 she studied intensively with her teacher from Bangalore, India, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and was a teacher for the Art of Living Foundation and Prison SMART Foundation. During this time Stephanie was dedicated to the practice of Hatha Yoga, Sudarshan Kriya, and various yogic meditations which included long silent retreats.

Stephanie is the founder and director of the Devalila Yoga Teacher Training, a registered 200 hour level training with the Yoga Alliance. Stephanie has certified over 160 teachers in North America, Mexico, and Europe.

Stephanie has co-authored 9 other books on yoga. Her first solo book for yoga teachers, "Yoga Posture Adjustments and Assisting" has sold over 10,000 copies. Her new book "Yoga At Your Wall" is available on amaazon.com

Her current work in progress is called, "Reflections of a Codependent Yogi."

Stephanie is also a massage therapist, interfaith minister, belly dance teacher, and ESL teacher.

Stephanie spends her time in Tulum, Mexico and central NJ where she writes books and teaches. Stephanie leads workshops and trainings worldwide.

Stephanie dedicates time and money to the fair treatment and rescue of animals.

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not impressed, November 11, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Improve Your Golf With Yoga Techniques (Missing Peace) (Spiral-bound)

I was dissappointed in the book, I already know some basic Yoga and was looking for something geared specifically towards the golfer. Instead the book took regular yoga poses, which you learn in any basic yoga class, and applied them to golf.
Now there is nothing inherently wrong with that - its just that I expected something really focused on golfers - maybe my expectations were too high?
I would recommend this book to people who have no concept of Yoga and need some flexibility and general physical conditioning improvement.
However if you are an active person and have the possibility of attending Yoga classes then do that instead. You will learn everything this book has in the first class ...

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Skip the driving range, do the yoga, August 16, 2001

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Roger Long (Hamilton, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Improve Your Golf With Yoga Techniques (Missing Peace) (Spiral-bound)

If golf is the most mental of sports, and yoga the most mental of exercise, it makes a lot of sense to fuse the two. I have tried it and took 6 strokes off my game the first time after doing the exercises. And the beauty is, you can do the exercises at home, and some can be done in the car on the way to the course, such as the deep breathing, relaxation techniques. And on the course many yoga exercises can be snuck in while others just wouldn't be appropriate outside a gym. Before I hit the links tomorrow, I'm going to hit "The Missing Peace" and do those loosening warm-ups. The book is well-organized, well-illustrated, easy to use, but most of all it satisfies a need in many golfers that often has gone unmet--unless they've read the book or practice yoga.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Missing Peace, Improve Your Golf with Yoga Techniques, August 23, 2001

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Terry Tolbert (El Paso, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Improve Your Golf With Yoga Techniques (Missing Peace) (Spiral-bound)

The Missing Peace, Improve Your Golf with Yoga Techniques by Ashok Wahi Reviewed by Terry Tolbert, Fort Bliss, TX Let me start by saying that I am a golfer, not a writer or a reviewer. My handicap is "15"; I play in a lot of tournaments but am not a professional. So when I picked up this new, little book I thought,"Well, maybe I can learn a little more about the mental game of golf as well as get a few pointers on physical exercises." It has turned out to be a real revelation for me! I re-learned what I knew all along, that mental and physical discipline are inter-related and very important to improving my golf game. What I learned that was new was that the discipline of Yoga can be specifically applied to certain aspects of golf. There is a special breathing technique which helps you concentrate while developing breath control and lung capacity. There is also a series of posture control poses which helped me improve my swing and follow-through. This is a very practical little book that I highly recommend for the golfer at any level of play.