Baby Boomer Golfers: 25 minutes to a Grooved Swing and Improved Mental Focus

  The “Golf Swing from your Mind” Method for Baby Boomer Golfers

 Improve your golf swing with this unique, wellness based warm-up program! Use the David Pal 36, light and sound therapy device- before you swing!

By Steve Taylor

The longest distance on the golf course is the 8 inches between our ears! Imagine stepping up to the tee-box on the first hole. It happens to be a 450-yard, tree-lined par 5 in a picturesque setting a lovely golf course, and think, “How am I going to manage this hole, much less hit this shot in the middle of the fairway?”

The tension mounts in your hands and shoulders. The tee-box jitters reverberate in your subconscious, and your sweet, yet ferocious swing yields a 100- yard dribble down the middle of the fairway. At least it went straight! Members of your foursome scratch their heads, wondering if the Golf Gods will provide them with same luck. They still have the grace to say, “You’ll get it next time, but no Mulligan’s.” The reality is that one of the greatest obstacles and the most challenging distance on the golf course is the 8 inches between our ears.

 The “Golf Swing From Your Mind” method is a wellness based approach, intended to improve your swing and confidence at any skill-level through better mental focus, concentration and flexibility. Each golfer uses a light and sound therapy-training device called the David Pal 36 as your warm-up exercise. You don’t even pick up the club for the first 24 minutes! You just put on the patented “Omniscreen” eyeglasses embedded with special white LED lights, put on the headphones, and select the setting designated for peak performance and visualization on the small control box. A coordinated pattern of flashing white lights from the glasses and soft-sounds emanate from the David Pal 36 specifically designed to help your mind gain better focus and reduce muscular stress. The 24-minute setting for golfers facilitates visualization for “how you feel” and ball placement. Gofers report that their neck and shoulder muscles are more relaxed. This added flexibility improves your swing and ball contact. The device is very easy to use and fits in your pocket or golf bag. This is a great way to warm up for Boomer golfers.

 The Science behind “Golf Swing From Your Mind”- It just takes 24 minutes- Audio-Visual Entrainment or AVE- If you have ever sat in front of a campfire or listened to the sound of a small waterfall, you have experienced sensory stimulation called audio- visual entrainment (AVE). Your sense of sight and hearing become more focused on the patterns of sound and light. Over time, you feel a relaxed state of calm alertness.

 AVE promotes Brain-wave entrainment which is very similar to Meditation- This relaxed feeling is called “Dissociation” and most people find that during an audio-visual entrainment session, the mind clears, and mental chatter diminishes in much the same way as when we meditate. Simply put, the light and sound calm our nervous system allowing more of the good neurotransmitters that affect mood and focus to be present in potentially high stress situations. Most users notice improved circulation with their fingertips feeling warmer and improved diaphragmatic breathing. Improved cerebral blood flow in the cerebral cortex stimulated by the AVE also plays a major role in improving outcomes for brainwave disorders such as, ADHD, PMS, and managing executive decisions like anger control, anxiety control, and depression. In many cases, at the end of a short AVE session, the user will probably admit that they haven’t felt this relaxed and free from anxiety in years.

 The new Golf Swing from your Mind method developed by educator, author and researcher Steve Taylor, is an adaptation of the research completed by researcher Tom Hawes more than a decade ago for Mind Alive, Inc., the manufacturer of the David Pal series of light and sound therapy devices. You can watch video testimonials from golfers who participated in Mr. Hawes research and the current project on You-Tube Channel of OurLifeDesigns- Golf Swing from your Mind method. www.youtube.com/ourlifedesigns

Mr. Taylor is a doctoral candidate in Organizational Leadership Psychology and has worked for 8-years as a consultant with the manufacturers of the Brain-Wave Entrainment devices, Mind Alive, Inc. company.

Getting in on the Secret: The Law of Attraction for Baby Boomer’s: Part 5

 

Making the Law of Attraction Work for You, the Column- Part 5

By Steve Taylor

Hello and happy winter to all of you. As I said in last weeks column, I am just looking for a little sunshine, warmth and the end of our snowy and dreary days of winter. I guess that I need to follow my own advice and think positively about my circumstances here. Say it with me snowbirds- I love the snow, winter is good, and I feel alive when it hits zero outside! I don’t think that anyone other than our brethren in Alaska really believe this mantra but it is good way to kick off this weeks article about the art or positive thinking and how it affects our belief systems.

The Art of Positive Thinking

A few weeks ago we talked about our the impact that our well intentioned “Eor Primes” have on our mood, motivation and attitude. If you are reading this series for the first time, we identified the “Eor Primes” as negative people in our lives that we just can’t seem to get away from. I hope that some of you are having some success minimizing their influence. Not to belabor the point. If these people are the primary social contacts and you are wondering why you always feel down after spending time with them, well they are a lot like second hand smoke. They tend to affect your health in a stealthy manner and before you know it, you are reeling from their affects. Limit their access to you and you will find an opportunity to start seeing the world in a different light.

I would like to tell you a story about an interesting conversation that I had last week with someone that I had met for the first time. I had the chance to attend an award breakfast for my 9-year grandson and his peers who had earned accolades for high academic achievement during the past marking period. At the breakfast, I got into a discussion with a mother of two of my grandson’s friends, who volunteers at the school. We talked about the affect of winter on our psyche and I proclaimed how nice it would be to spend this time in warmer climates. I told her about my travels to the southwest and west coast and how being in those locales made me feel like a totally different person when I traveled there during the winter months. She shared that she had never been out of our quaint little city in the 38 years that she had been on the planet. I asked her if there was a reason for her isolation. She confessed that she was afraid to travel because of her fear of crowds, heights and general insecurity around people that she did not know. Now, clearly, this engaging person appears to have deeper issues affecting her outlook, but the reason that I am sharing this story with you is that many people are held back by their fears and anxieties which are often grounded in nothing more than a lack of insight, exposure and accurate information. I advised my new friend to start looking at travel websites so that she could be inspired by the beauty that our country had to offer. I also suggested that she view travel in a different light-not as a threat to her personal security but as a means of gaining a new perspective on life and all of the inspirational options that new surroundings can provide.

Perhaps you can think of people in your immediate circle who think negatively about most things and as a result are always in a funk. Consequently, after they are done communicating with you, they leave you in one as well. It is the “Law of Attraction” at work, insuring that they get what they expect. In order to positively influence the Law of Attraction” we must change our way of thinking to a positive mode of reference, reflection and envisioning.

So, I would like to encourage you to think about the last few conversations that you have participated in with family and/or friends that ended up leaving you in a funk. Did you initiate the negativity with phrases like, “hate that”, “no way to get that done,” “I am really pissed off”, and my favorite, “I told you so.” If any of these  phrases frequent your vocabulary, you are blocking the power of positive thinking, and as a result, dramatically reducing the opportunity to engage the positive influence of the Law of Attraction in your life.

See the Good in People, Places and Things

Do not waiver in the face of criticism about your attempt to transform your life. I have a confession to make. One of my “Eor Prime” friends refers to me as “Barney”or as a Barney(The purple dinosaur) because I try to see the good in things first instead of immediately responding to a crisis with a pissed off attitude. I have done a good job over these past several months reducing my exposure to her, and as a result, I also appear to be making some headway in leading by example. As Gomer Pyle, the star of his 50′s sit-com, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., would say, “Surprise, Surprise.!” Let me explain. Out of habit, my friend almost always sees the underbelly of things, the bad in people or the flip side of a good idea. Her glass is always half-full. She has expressed her frustration with my unwillingness to use the same negative thinking to shape my perspective. But recently, my friend has started to temper her automatic negative responses with an outlook that implies a willingness to give the benefit of the doubt. A willingness to understand first, before condemning the players and the program. The lesson learned from this experience will hopefully transfer to yours. If you remain consistent, steadfast in your commitment and persistent in your effort to create positive change in your life, those who have been less than encouraging as “Eor Primes”can be turned by the power of positive thinking. The Law of Attraction will work for you in these situations as well because you are living your life on purpose and intentionally creating positive change. Not only are you invested in improving your life but you are helping others improve theirs, despite their subconscious objections. This is not easy to accomplish. But remember, this is a marathon, not a sprint. Savor the incremental successes of your effort to create positive change in your life and the lives of those around you.

I look forward to wrapping up the series next week. Feel free to write in, or send comments and questions for me to the AA Boomer magazine. Until then, peace.

 

 

Getting in on the Secret: The Law of Attraction for Baby Boomers part 4 of 6

 Making the Law of Attraction Work for You, the Column- Part 4

 By Steve Taylor

           Happy snow day-to all of you. As I write this column, my aching body is bemoaning the Herculean effort that was required to move 18 inches of snow in 50 mile per hour winds from one spot on the driveway to another in the street. I don’t know about you, but as a Boomer in my prime, I have had-it with the snow and cold. It is time to trade my shovel and snow blower for my favorite Taylor golf clubs and a 60’s convertible. I want to play golf during the winter months instead of shoveling the cold dandruff of angels. To make this dream a reality, I am in the process of completing a certification course to become a Project Manager or PMP which will allow me work anywhere in the world. If I had my druthers, I would like to relocate to Puerto Rico, Santa Fe, or Scottsdale to pursue all of my Boomer driven passions. A note to Old Man Winter- enough already! Use Head and Shoulders like Troy does.

This week, the topic is the Law of Intentionality. This law is an important one for us to incorporate into our foundation for improving the quality of our life. As we focus on building our foundation, you continue to include several concepts that you may have heard about but never intentionally added to our daily lives, up until now. By engaging all of what you have learned to date from reading these articles, you are engaging the Law of Intentionality. So, congratulations to all of you.

 A Sense of Purpose

I am engaging the Law of Intentionality by recognizing a need to change certain parts of my life in order to live the life that I truly want. I have done this on purpose and with a sense of purpose. This is one of the key points to the Law of Intentionality. Engaging activities with a sense of purpose activates the Law of Intentionality in your life.

So, by taking the certification course, I have challenged myself by pursuing the PMP certification, not only because it has exceptional value in the consulting marketplace, but also because it can improve the quality of my life through better pay and work conditions. Inspired by one of my favorite books, The Four-Hour Work Week.

Once again, my friends. My intentional pursuit of this quality-of-life changing strategy is a key factor in engaging the Law of Intentionality.

 Sick-and-Tired of Being, Sick-and-Tired

We all have dreams, aspirations, and desires, yet, our lack of commitment to ourselves prevent us from achieving them. We rationalize away our dreams with excuses that include relationships, money, health, and needing to stay close to our extended family. In essence, we intentionally sabotage our dreams through rationale thinking. Congratulations! Each of us does it because we have been conditioned to think that subjugating our needs, even at this stage of our lives as Boomers, is the right thing to do.

The operative question becomes this. Are you sick-and-tired of being sick and tired of everything? It is time to engage the Law of Intentionality!

 Visualize on Purpose

From this point forward, do the little things that you know will make you happy, but not compromise your health or values. I am not suggesting that you go on an ice cream and brownie diet but I am suggesting that you go to that art gallery that you have been planning to visit for the past year. Do something that you enjoy, with the express purpose of enjoying yourself. Take a few minutes to visualize what you want your life’s purpose to be. Create an inventory of all of the activities that you are engaged in. Do they contribute to the construct of who you want to be and the life that you want to live? If not, determine which activities have limited value and wean them from your daily routine. Remember, this is an intentional act to improve your quality of life. Keep weeding out the activities that have little value and replace them with those that help you move towards that intentionally designed vision of your best life. Visualize on purpose! Taking these actions will engage the Law of Intentionality and make a valuable contribution towards building the foundation for your great life.

Next week we talk about the importance of your belief systems, the power of positive thinking, and how they bring the Law of Attraction into focus.

Getting in on the secret- The Law of Attraction for Baby Boomers, part 3

 Making the Law of Attraction Work for You, the Column- Part 3

 By Steve Taylor

  I hope that you are seeing results from your effort to build the all-important foundation that allows us to engage the Law of Attraction. I know how challenging this task can be. Please keep in mind that this is a marathon, not a sprint. Patience, a willingness to recognize the smallest change as a win, and keeping an open mind to the unseen, are essential to realizing your true potential. Let us look at how negative energy affects us.

 Negative Relationships- The influence of “Eor Primes”

            I am willing to bet even money that virtually every one of us can think of one person in our immediate social sphere that can be described as negative. I affectionately refer to these folks as “Eor Primes”. The operative question is to determine how we minimize the influence of the “Eor Primes” in our lives. Many of them have carved out a niche in our life, especially if we have been struggling with everyday challenges- money, relationship, lifestyle, or health. One technique that has worked for me is to sit down with Eor and explain your choice to pursue a new path towards engaging the Law of Attraction. Remember what I said earlier about the benefit of helping others realize success and positive change. Perhaps your “Eor Prime” is also frustrated with their inability to harness the Law of Attraction and simply need validation for their challenges. However, we must be prepared to reduce our interactions with these people, if you find that after your heart-to-heart talk, they continue bringing you down emotionally and spiritually.  I found this to be true with a long-term relationship with my own “Eor Prime” that I have endured. She has been a great friend. However, once she became aware of my desire to engage the Law of Attraction and actually saw my life change for the better, she started nibbling at the edges of acceptance and became less negative than at any time in our relationship. I did reduce my interaction with my friend, and the reality of my conscious effort to minimize negative contact improved our relationship by reducing the opportunities for negative engagement. Frankly, I considered this a small victory that I am very grateful for given the challenge that negative people provide in our life.

 Staying Positive

            So, we find ourselves in a bit of a downward cycle. Take a minute to look around and determine what it is that is truly causing our lack of balance and overcast perspective. The cause could be as simple as the weather. Do you live in a northern climate as I do, and experience cloudy days 6 out of 7 days per week during the 6-months of winter? You may be experiencing the symptoms of SAD or Seasonal Affective Disorder. A simple solution is to visit your local tanning salon two days per week and engage the artificial sunlight from tanning that helps your skin manufacture Vitamin D3. Keep in mind that while the tanning booth does work to activate your body’s production of Vitamin D3, you may not benefit from it. Research has shown that in order to benefit from the Vitamin D3 production created by artificial sunlight, we must not shower for up to 72 hours after a tanning session to ensure that the Vitamin D3 is fully absorbed. Not sure that most of us have that flexibility in our schedule. But, regardless of the physiology of Vitamin d3 absorption, you feel great after a 10-20 minute tanning session.

You can also consider using a form of neurofeedback called audio-visual entrainment to help you overcome SAD, learn to meditate and stay in a better mood during the long winter months. You can learn more about these mind-training exercises at www.ourlifedesigns.com.

 Dismiss your Worry Habit

Stop worrying. It is the most unproductive emotion, other than resentment, that there is. While some people with OCD can actually benefit from the motivational energy that worry creates, for most of us, worry just facilitates our downward cycle. Try to get better sleep, learn to meditate and turn your back on the habit of worry. Not worrying does not mean that you do not care about things. It simply means that you recognize that there are more constructive ways to solve your problems. This is an essential component of engaging the Law of Attraction.

 Visioning and Being Socially Active

We talked about the importance of getting exercise, especially during the winter months. It chases away the blues and keeps your mind fresh. Join a book club or special interest group in your local community. Keeping socially active is another important key to staying positive. If you are financially challenged or are just unable to travel due to work or family commitments, join an online group and learn about the interests of other people. Visit online travel sites and visualize your next great trip. I have my sites set on visiting the island paradise of Santorini, in the Greek Riviera.

 Finally, recognize that all of these incremental improvements in your outlook on life are helping you move closer to being able to fully engage the Law of Attraction. Each positive step that you take, gets you closer to the life that will make you happiest. That is what the Law of Attraction is all-about.

Next week we will talk about the Law of Intentionality. Till then, enjoy the little things in your day.

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The Law of Attraction for Baby Boomers- Part 2

 

Making the Law of Attraction Work for You, the Column- Part 2

By Steve Taylor

            Hello friends! I hope that you are finding the pursuit of the Law of Attraction to be a fun and challenging experience. You and I both know that creating positive change is not the easiest task to accomplish, so it is normal to run into a few roadblocks along the way. Moving out of a comfortable psychological routine, also called a rut, is usually the challenge that we face. With perseverance and faith you can move forward with great results! Just keep in mind that this is a marathon, not a sprint. With that said, let’s get into our discussion about the second step in making the Law of Attraction work for you.

Your Personal Feng Shui

To review, we should have our visioning board created and posted in a place that we see it multiple times a day. We have also started to carve out a few minutes of quite, contemplative time in our daily schedule. Now, let’s move on to a bigger challenge. How do we harness the power of Feng Shui in our personal life so that it helps us gain a better connection with the power of the Law of Attraction?

Feng Shui Basics

            The essence of Feng Shui is to bring harmonious energy into one’s life by allowing a free flow of these energy forces in your environment. There are five Feng Shui elements affecting the energy flow. These are metal, fire, earth, water, and wood. For the purposes of this column, I will say that there is a clear benefit to incorporating articles from each of the elements into your living space. The tried and true method is to arrange your living space in such as way as to reduce clutter, improve sight lines, the flow of light and energy into your living space. Clearing out the clutter in your living space is the key to improving the level of Feng Shui energy in your living space. Adding a piece of furniture or accessory from each elemental group, amplifies the power of Feng Shui.

            The challenge with improving your personal Feng Shui is to make changes to improve your lifestyle. If we invest the time to improve four lifestyle categories, we will be on our way to improved personal Feng Shui and bringing the Law of Attraction into our life.

The 4 Critical Lifestyle Changes

            The four-lifestyle categories that need to be addressed are outlook, exercise, vitamin supplements, and diet.

Outlook- Successful engagement of the Law of Attraction requires that we make a commitment to help others achieve their dreams, goals, targets for the day, while we work to enhance our own. When we engage in the activity of serving others, our level of personal grace, gratitude for the opportunity to be of service, and a sense of fulfillment become abundant in our lives. Just make a conscious effort to be an active listener to friends and family to determine when and how you can offer assistance to them in some meaningful way. Engaging the Law of Attraction is not a “me-first” activity.

Exercise- Please turn-off the television and stop watching all of those reality shows. You are now engaged in changing your own reality! But, if you can’t turn the television off then start exercising with dumbbells while you watch your favorite show(s)-lifting daily for muscle tone in the upper body. Make this a fun time by lifting each night to your favorite shows and change the muscle group focus of your reps for each show. After television, walk to tone the legs and abdomen. By the way, walking is one of the world’s best exercises next to swimming. Can you walk the mile to the grocery store on a Saturday morning instead of driving? How about walking with a friend for a half-hour, right after work? The process of engaging a friend or relative in this friendly activity is an important social outreach activity as well and improves our sense of belonging and personal wellbeing. The reduction in stress, improved cardiovascular fitness and improved mood gained from this one lifestyle change, is amazing!

Diet- If I could help you that you could shave off 1,000 calories per day with a simple adjustment in food choices, would you listen to this advice? Come on, listen up! If you eliminate the whip-cream topped, flavored Latte in the morning (700 calories- the villain is the flavored syrup)- go sugar-free with the syrup if you can’t do without your latte. Having a salad for lunch? One extra dollop of salad dressing on the lunch salad (250 cals. per 2 tbsp serving), the problem is the fat calories derived from the regular dressing. Use fat-free dressings instead. Finally, eliminate the two regular sodas in the late afternoon (150 cals. per 12 oz. can). Boomer women have to be very careful to avoid the bleaching effect of calcium from your system that drinking large amounts of carbonated soda can cause. Instead, drink the new vitamin fortified-juice and water drinks like the “Fuze” brand of 10-calorie drinks. Replacing these dietary snack-traps with grapes, blueberries, raspberries and blackberries, or eating raisins or an apple at your desk, can quell that urge for something sweet during the workday, Voila, you have accomplished your 1,000 calorie daily reduction goal in just one-week! Can you say I have dropped two dress sizes or 2 belt sizes in a month, with a smile on your face?

The Super Six Dietary Vitamin Supplements- Keep in mind that the FDA does not allow us to make prevention claims for nutraceuticals or supplements. Therefore, consider the following list as advisory only. Since our commercial food supply no longer provides us with the requisite nutrients that they once did due to our consumption of packaged foods, irradiation for disease control and our snack craze, taking dietary supplements is a must for AA Boomers. The super six that every AA Boomer should have on their nightstand for daily consumption are: 1) Vitamin D3, the silver bullet for African American Baby Boomers with a family history of cancer, osteoporosis, and diabetes. A minimum of 5,000 I.U’s per day is a must for every African American Boomer, 2) Oat Bran to help lower cholesterol and normalize the colon, 3) Resveratrol is a cancer fighting, diabetes fighting, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, 4) Green Tea extract is a powerful mood modulator and anti-oxidant, 5) COQ10 is used to manage fibromyalgia, heart disease and improve energy, 6) Enteric coated Omega-3 fortified with EPA and DHA. The enteric coating prevents the fish-oil burps, thus improving compliance and improves absorption.

Now that you are truly engaged in creating a positive energy flow by improving your personal Fung Shui, great things are in store. You should feel the difference in your mood and energy levels quickly. Next week, we will talk about the power of positive relationships and the impact of negative ones as they relate to harnessing the power of the Law of Attraction.

The Law of Attraction works for Baby Boomers too!

This post is one in a series of 6 posts in a lifestyles column for African American Baby Boomers online magazine.

 Making the Law of Attraction Work for You, the Column

 By Steve Taylor

 Welcome to the first installment of my new column, “Making the Law of Attraction Work for You.” Over the next six-weeks, we will explore a real-world strategy to bring the Law of Attraction into our lives as Baby Boomers. This installment will help you understand the essential strategy for making the Law of Attraction work in your life. Let us get started.

 What is the Law of Attraction?

            By now, most of you have read or heard about the power of the Law of Attraction. Every new-age sage, spiritual book, or life-style magazine has presented a perspective about the Law of Attraction. I have come to understand the Law of Attraction in its simplest state. It is a state-of-mind to achieve greater good in one’s life. Three books helped me gain a solid understanding of this state of mind. They were the 2007 blockbuster best-seller, “The Secret”, the 2008 release of “Three Feet from Gold”, and Napoleon Hill’s 1937 blockbuster, “Think and Grow Rich”. Yes, I said 1937. This is not a new phenomenon-far from it. Hill talked in detail about how some of the most influential men in American history and the 20^th century pre-Depression era, used visualization, meditation, determination, intuition and intentionality, to develop massive wealth and influence, that has transcended time, natural disaster, political upheaval and many wars.

 How to Get Started

            The essential understanding for Baby Boomers to accept is that the Law of Attraction is simply a state-of-mind that allows us to see opportunity that may not have been apparent with our old way of looking at things. It is not, as some new age populists would have us believe, the equivalent of the “three clicks of the shoe and make a wish” popularized in the classic story, The Wizard of Oz, as Dorothy wished her way back to Kansas. Instead, it is a framework for applying positive thinking, a positive outlook about all things, no matter how dire the potential outcome, and a commitment to intentionality. . Keep in mind that this is a lifetime engagement, not a weeklong exercise. But, starting the process of engaging the Law of Attraction, a week at a time, will yield tremendous satisfaction, meaningful and noticeable incremental change, and a new healthier perspective about your life.

Let us start the process with one simple activity that you can implement right away.

 A Simple First Step

            You need to identify what you want to accomplish by engaging the Law of Attraction. I suspect that like me, some of you may have fallen into a bit of a life-style and relationship rut. Perhaps nothing appears to be satisfying anymore. Let us try to change this outlook by committing to daily quiet time of 10-minutes to visualize, meditate, and engage our senses. A deliberate effort to take quiet time at the beginning and end of each day to visualize the outcomes that you want, will help to build the foundation for a lifelong ability to engage the Law of Attraction. Once comfortable with taking quiet-time you should create a personal “Vision Chart” depicting the wonderful outcomes that you are creating through visualization. Make it big enough and colorful enough to hang on your wall. Include pictures, lists, stories, quotes, captions, and any other visual cue, that will help you gain a deeper appreciation for the outcomes your dreams. Ask your grandchildren or significant other to help you with it but do not solicit their opinion under any circumstances. My Vision Chart is 24 x 36 inches and has a picture of my fantasy house, my two favorite cars with me sitting behind the wheel, a family portrait, a commitment to be a social entrepreneur and a bank statement that shows $5M as the balance. I crossed out the actual $59.95 balance for that month, replacing it with my dream number! Yes, part of this activity is mental manipulation, but if you do not buy into the process, you will find it very difficult to engage the Law of Attraction.

Now, during your daily quite time at home, review your Vision Chart, engage it in your thoughts and dreams.

Next week, we will talk about the importance of maintaining positive energy through your relationships, and how to influence your personal Feng Shui.

Steve Taylor is the author of a 200 page E-Book titled: When Spirituality Meets Innovation, sold on Lulu.com. In addition, he is a certified Nutritional Supplement Counselor ( Dip.DSC.), certified entrainment trainer (C.E.T.) for Mind Alive, Inc, and is pursuing a Doctorate in Applied Psychology with an emphasis on health and wellness.

Golf Swing from your Mind- A brain based method to improving your golf swing

The “Golf Swing from your Mind” method
Improve your golf swing with this unique, brain-based warm-up program! Use the David Pal 36, light and sound therapy device- before you swing!

The longest distance on the golf course is the 8 inches between our ears!
Imagine stepping up to the tee-box on the first hole. It happens to be a 450-yard, tree-lined par 5 in a picturesque setting a lovely golf course, and think, “How am I going to manage this hole, much less hit this shot in the middle of the fairway?”
The tension mounts in your hands and shoulders. The tee-box jitters reverberate in your subconscious, and your sweet, yet ferocious swing yields a 100- yard dribble down the middle of the fairway. At least it went straight! Members of your foursome scratch their heads, wondering if the Golf Gods will provide them with same luck. They still have the grace to say, “You’ll get it next time, but no Mulligan’s.” The reality is that one of the greatest obstacles and the most challenging distance on the golf course is the 8 inches between our ears.

The “Golf Swing From Your Mind” method is designed as a brain-based wellness approach, intended to improve your swing and confidence at any skill-level through better mental focus, concentration and flexibility. As your warm-up exercise, a golfer uses a light and sound therapy-training device called the David Pal 36 to get loose and say good riddance to the tee-box jitters. You don’t even pick up the club for the first 24 minutes! You just put on the patented “Omniscreen” eyeglasses embedded with special white LED lights, put on the headphones, and select the setting designated for peak performance and visualization on the small control box. A coordinated pattern of flashing white lights from the glasses and soft-sounds emanate from the David Pal 36 specifically designed to help your mind gain better focus and reduce muscular stress. The 24-minute setting for golfers facilitates visualization for “how you feel” and ball placement. Gofers report that their neck and shoulder muscles are more relaxed. This added flexibility improves your swing and ball contact. The device is very easy to use and fits in your pocket or golf bag. Baby boomer golfers will love this warm up method for it’s convenience and results.

The Science behind “Golf Swing From Your Mind”- It just takes 24 minutes- Audio-Visual Entrainment or AVE
If you have ever sat in front of a campfire or listened to the sound of a small waterfall, you have experienced sensory stimulation called audio- visual entrainment (AVE). Your sense of sight and hearing become more focused on the patterns of sound and light. Over time, you feel a relaxed state of calm alertness. *However, people who have experienced epilepsy or seizures should not use the device. The same applies if you are using ANY prescription medication or have experienced a mental illness.

AVE is very similar to Meditation
This relaxed feeling is called “dissociation” and most people find that during an audio-visual entrainment session, the mind clears, and mental chatter diminishes in much the same way as when we meditate. Simply put, the light and sound calm our nervous system allowing more of the good neurotransmitters that affect mood and focus to be present in potentially high stress situations. Improved cerebral blood flow in the cerebral cortex stimulated by the AVE also plays a major role in improving outcomes for brainwave disorders such as, ADHD, PMS, and managing executive decisions like anger control, anxiety control, and depression. In many cases, at the end of a short AVE session, the user will probably admit that they haven’t felt this relaxed and free from anxiety in years.

The new Golf Swing from your Mind method developed by educator, author and researcher Steve Taylor, is an adaptation of the research completed by researcher Tom Hawes more than a decade ago for Mind Alive, Inc., the manufacturer of the David Pal series of light and sound therapy devices. You can watch video testimonials from golfers who participated in Mr. Hawes research and the current project on You-Tube Channel of OurLifeDesigns- Golf Swing from your Mind method.

To learn more about how other David Pal devices work visit The Mind Alive corporate website provides all of the answers. The devices can be purchased at a demonstration project discount from the website sponsoring the Golf Swing from your Mind method at: www.golfswingfromyourmind.com. -Or from www.ourlifedesigns.com.

The research project co-sponsor Our Life Designs, www.ourlifedesigns.com.is training and sales partner of Mind Alive, Inc. Please contact the Golf Swing from Your Mind method project manager Steve Taylor, with questions at 414-975-5376 or via email at: info@ourlifedesigns.com.