{"product_id":"the-wind-teaches-golf-jim-berg-9798271247712","title":"The Wind Teaches Golf: The Secret Teachings of the Tengu","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wind Teaches Golf: Secret Teachings of the Tengu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eby Jim Berg, MD follows a struggling pro golfer who meets a tengu-an enigmatic mountain spirit-with extraordinary teachings. Their lessons begin with paradoxes (\"see without looking,\" \"win before playing\") that pry the player away from anxiety and mechanics toward awareness, rhythm, and sincerity. Practice becomes a dialogue with elements-breath, balance, wind-until shots feel less like force and more like conversation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcross six chapters, the tengu turns the course into a living classroom: bunkers for humility, greens for listening, wind for adaptability, rain for collaboration. Drills are koans in motion-three breaths to choose, settle, act; \"task before prize\"; \"approval is a leash.\" Success shifts from score to stewardship: repairing divots, sharing silence, and making it \"easy to watch you.\" The player learns to compete by including noise, deadlines, and interruption without losing calm. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the final movement, the teacher dissolves into the weather. Mastery is revealed as generosity: teaching others without sermon, correcting without injury, and training students to surpass the master. Golf becomes a way to move kindly through the world-every swing a bow, every breath a handshake-and the wind carries the lesson forward.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jim Berg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798271247712\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/23\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d","brand":"Jim Berg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47474637766911,"sku":"9798271247712","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5a5264a4-b8e2-4974-8e31-b74fea15a04a.jpg?v=1762317969","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-wind-teaches-golf-jim-berg-9798271247712","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}