Workshop
Healthy Golf – Golf for health
Escape for a couple of hours and gain new insights into the game of golf and your health
Improve your golf and your life!
March 2023 (date tbc) – Wicklow Golf Club – 1 Full Day
“Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots – but you have to play the ball where it lies.” –
Bobby Jones
Front Nine: Nutrition & Lifestyle tips for a better golf game.
These tips will help you gain more focus and keep up your energy throughout your game. Find out the best foods to give you a real and sustainable energy boost for the coming four hours and brain foods to keep your mood and concentration levels up. Learn what snacks won’t cause a drop in energy and keep you going. And see what foods help you recover after your round, so you will have enough energy to go for a second round if you wanted to. Also, discover what anti-inflammatory foods to eat to avoid joint or other pain while playing. You’ll receive a 9-hole scorecard to check your progress.
Back Nine : Mindful Golf
We can often be really frustrated with our game, and similarly, we can often get very frustrated with our healthy eating and lifestyle, esp. when we fall back into old habits, just when we thought we had it all sorted.
This part of the workshop is facilitated by Caitriona Fogarty, a life-coach and passionate golfer who looks at the Wheel of Life, the Wheel of Golf, concentration exercises, stretches for golf, bodyscans, balancing exercises, pre- and post round routines and lots of mindset tips for great golf – but also for your life in general.
Who is this workshop for?
- All golfers
- Especially golfers who want to improve their game
- Golfers who want to look after their health and be able to enjoy the game until a high age
- Golfers who often need to take painkillers to even be able to play
- Golfers who often feel exhausted after playing 18-holes
- Golfers who feel they could do better physically but losing concentration often
- Anybody who has an interest in health and wants to find out how to keep energy levels and focus up – when outdoors for a few hours (for example hikers)
What’s included?
– Workshops on various aspects of healthy living, apprx. 4 – 5 hours in total
– Tea/Coffee breaks with healthy treats
– Demo on how to make healthy treats
– Practical tips and recommendations that you can implement straight away
– Recipes
– Scorecard to keep track
– Personal 1-2-1 session with Nutritional therapist Ilona or Lifecoach Caitriona
€ 95 per person
20 Minutes Can Change Your Life!
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Escape to an relaxing and transformative 3-day golf wellness retreat.
Re-discover your love for the game!
Take a weekend out for yourself - Improve your golf & your well-being
for life!
Venue: Tulfarris Hotel, Blessington
Date: 5th and 6th April 2024
“Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots – but you have to play the ball where it lies.” –
Bobby Jones
This weekend will be perfect for the start of the golfing season.
We will cover
- how you can keep your energy and concentration up during your game - with the right nutrition
- how you will stay mindful and fully present - and in the zone - for the full 18 holes
- the perfect stretches and movements to keep your body in the flow, flexible and strong for the game
- what golf can teach us about resilience and life
- how you can set realistic and achievable goals to get your handicap down - but also for all other aspects of your life!
We will do this by using various tried and tested methods that demonstrate life-changing and transformational results for your golf and overall wellbeing & health.
Golf can teach us a lot about life. It can be frustrating at times and exhilarating at others. Often, we approach a healthy lifestyle in the same way - we start full of enthusiasm, have one blip and give up because we feel we just can't do it. Bringing together years of experience in health & lifestyle coaching, Nutritional Therapy, elements of life-coaching, mindfulness practices, golf specific exercises, mindset training, business training, Ilona Madden and Caitriona Fogarty will be your main facilitators of this weekend.
Gift yourself the space and time to look at golf in a holistic way!
Who is this retreat for?
- All golfers
- Anyone who wants to be able to play golf up into a high age
- Anyone who is willing to embrace a healthy lifestyle and nutrition
- Anyone who is open to self-improvement
- Anyone who wants some time out with like-minded golfers and health enthusiasts
What's included?
Day Retreat (Saturday only)
1 x Overnights at the amazing Tulfarris Hotel & Golfclub, which is close enough to the city centre, but far away enough to get a real country feel and a sense of being away from the huzzle & buzzle of life.
Dinner, 2 Lunches, lots of snacks, tea / coffees and other treats
Yoga, Meditation, Grounding, mindfulness practises, golf warm-up and stretching exercises, golf drills
1 Workshop on What golf can teach us about healthy lifestyle
1 cooking demo on how to make healthy snacks
1 Workshop on Best Nutrition to keep your energy and focus up during the game
1 x 60-mins Golf group lesson
Walks, Relaxation, Time out with like-minded, time out for just yourself
How will your days look like?
As soon as you drive up through the grounds of Orlagh House, you feel instantly relaxed.
After a warm welcome by your hosts, we will all meet at 10 am on Saturday morning for tea/coffee and a healthy treat to set us up for the day.
After the introduction, we get centered and focused with a meditation and intention setting for the weekend.
10.30-12.00 First workshop: Gain resilience in golf and in life. What golf can teach us about life? How to achieve a great golf mindset.
12.00 – 12.30 Discussion round and Q&A
12.30 – 13.00 Your host will bring you to your rooms, time to settle in, take out your journal and take write down your thoughts about this morning’s workshop.
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch in the dining rooms
14.00 – 15.00 Guided mindful walk on the grounds. Being fully present and mindful is a key element of golf, but because there’s often too much time in between to chat, sometimes, it can be hard to re-focus. We will practice this during the walk.
15.00 – 16.30 Second workshop on best nutrition to keep up energy and concentration during your 18-holes competition
16.30 – 17.30 Cooking demo and tasting of healthy treats for the golf course
We put into practice what we just learned about healthy eating and will taste some of the delicious snacks.
17.30 – 18.30 Re-energise with some yoga stretches designed to help you with your golf swing
19.00 Dinner and Relaxation
You will also have time during dinner to ask your hosts any questions on the topics you heard during the day and are encouraged to discuss these amongst the group
Sunday morning:
8.00 – 9.00 am We will start with an energising grounding and yoga practice that is geared at all levels of experience and fitness, weather permitting we might even do the class outdoors. Of course, you can also opt to have a lie-in!
9.00 – 10.00 am Nourishing Breakfast
10.00 – 11.00 Workshop on Commitment and goal setting mindset to improve your golf – Draw for the teams
11.00 – 12.30 Group Golf tuition to learn small changes that make big differences
12.30 – 13.00 Packing and check-out
14.00 Meet at (tbc) Golf Club for a Team tournament
18.30 Award ceremony for the winners and closure
Terms & Conditions
In order to confirm your booking a deposit of €100 per room is required. To get full terms & conditions and cancellation policies, please contact the organizer.
Min. 16 persons - max 27
€ 399 per person