Do you hold your breath when you address the ball? Do you clench your teeth and grip the club way too tightly? Your worst enemy is yourself!

The Effortless Swing approach is a series of four movement/awareness lessons designed to bring every golfer back to the natural, easy movements we knew before age, injury, and stress combined to slow us down. For the past ten years hundreds of golfers at workshops have benefited from this approach...and now, for only $34.95, you too, can gain the benefits.
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Bonnie Kissam, M.A. in Physical Education) reacquaints the golfer with her or his optimal mind/body coordination. She takes you step by step through a new way of understanding efficient action. You learn that by relaxing your breathing, minimizing your motions and 'seeing' yourself in the action of swinging, you can become a stronger, more consistent golfer.

The Effortless Swing approach takes four of the basic, revolutionary Awareness Through Movement® lessons created by bodymind pioneer -- Moshe Feldenkrais and adapts them specifically for the golfer.. You will learn to slow down and develop the self-perception necessary to fine-tune your swing. This in turn develops and maintains the flexibility necessary as we age.

Bonnie Kissam has a Master’s Degree in physical education and has been a Feldenkrais® Practitioner since 1983, studying with Dr. Feldenkrais himself in his last years of teaching. In the Effortless Swing® approach for optimal golf, Bonnie takes you OUT of the swing and helps you see/sense clearly HOW you perform your actions. Your ability to swing and meet the ball with more efficiency, consistency and power evolves.

The Feldenkrais Method can help anyone -- no matter what age or physical limitation -- to improve one’s ability to move. As a Feldenkrais Practitioner Bonnie guides people to experience a more optimal, natural coordination. This kinesthetic, internal process brings benefits that go well beyond improved movement, aiding overall physical and mental health.

Golf was part of Bonnie’s academic curriculum back in the late 60’s. She played golf with her Dad several times a year. Although her short game was OK –her game overall wasn’t enjoyable. After meeting Dr. Feldenkrais and participating in his program she realized that this was the most sophisticated of all movement/ massage programs she had experienced. Her golf game dramatically improved – without trying. After a few lessons from a golf pro, she began to play golf more often, have more fun and use the learning strategies of the Method to continue to improve.

As her first golf pro observed, "Golf as ‘a series of effortless swings, a game of consistency, a game of inches and a game of the mind’.

The Effortless Swing® approach is NOT a HOW TO Swing a golf club teaching lesson. IT is a process that requires participation -- although quiet and meditative. These movement/awareness lessons help focus attention on skeletal movements, patterns of action and, the creation of new possibilities. Golfers learn to establish a ‘feel’ for lightness and ease as they improve their timing, balance and alignment.

Bonnie Kissam, M.A., Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner® '83, Assistant Trainer, Massage Therapist '80 Fl. Lic.#36256, Bonnie has her Masters Degree in Physical Education and Dance. She attended the Swedish Institute in NYC for Massage in ’79 and began her training in the Feldenkrais Method ® at the same time. for several decades she practicied in Connecticut, working individually with children and adults with neurological difficulties or delays as well as musicians, athletes. and, in fact, anyone who wanted to know how ‘learning’ could improve their ability to be more comfortable in their everyday activities. Bonnie has taught Anatomy for Dancers and Movement Analysis as well as many workshops in The Feldenkrais Method for professionals. Bonnie is an assistant trainer and the program coordinator of The Feldenkrais ® Training in Florida.

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I’d like to thank the following people who have offered their time and services to the production of this CD:

Jason Stanwicks (recording)

Bill Kelly (graphic design and web design)

Michael Fox, Bonnie Rowe, Ann Corcoran, Jim Corcoran, Matt Pffefer, George Coppolo, Marilyn Decko, David Talone, Evan Williams, Richard Saiman, Louise Larchevque, Jim Brownold, Judy Finkelstein, Kathi Fitzgerald, Cheryl Stock, Meigs Glidewell, Lucia Almquist, Nina Insinna, Eric Scholtz, Paul Sciarra—and the many golfers who attended my workshops in Hartford, CT and offered feedback

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PRECAUTIONS: When lying on your back you MUST be comfortable. If you NEED support for your head, use the towel. It is most important, at the beginning, to have the towel to place under your head when you are on your side.

DISCLAIMER: These lessons are for personal use only. Being comfortable and learning to sense and feel your actions while performing them is essential in understanding and gaining the full benefits of The Effortless Swing® approach.

If confusion arises, please pause, stop “doing” and think or sense the action and/or refer to the instructions for guidance. Your comfort is essential to learning
The Effortless Swing® approach. If pain or discomfort occurs, please stop, return to
a neutral, comfortable position. The process of thinking a movement through in
another way, can often be more beneficial than performing it.

If you have any medical condition which causes dizziness or pain or discomfort, please consult with your physician before you use this program. Neither Bonnie Kissam, BKissam Productions nor The Effortless Swing® approach is responsible for any misguided use of this recording.

The Effortlesss Swing® is a service mark of Bonnie Kissam,1.866.EZSWING.

THE FELDENKRAIS METHOD®, FELDENKRAIS®, AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT and FELDENKRAIS PRACTITIONER® are service marks of the FELDENKRAIS GUILD OF NORTH AMERICA 1.800.775.2118k