Clare Chapman, Gokhale Method Teacher, Yoga Teacher

19/03/2025

Good job, John!

In our culture a loss of up to 50% of the height of the discs as we age from our twenties to our fifties is considered normal. It follows that the herniations, nerve pain, and arthritic change that accompanies this chronic degeneration of our discs is also not seen as unusual. Pain and reduced abili...

05/12/2024

We can be thankful for the great bending form of previous generations...

Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃 🍁

This Thanksgiving, we’re grateful for the gift of healthy movement and natural alignment. Functional, pain-free bodies are a result of understanding and restoring key postural elements, like the J-spine.

As we prepare delicious meals in our kitchens, let’s remember to practice mindful posture: keep your back elongated, your neck tall and aligned, and your inner corset gently engaged. Every little movement counts!

Take a moment to enjoy this beautiful scene by Doris Lee shared by Gokhale Method Teacher Aurelia, captured at the Art Institute of Chicago. What do you notice about the bending, alignment, and posture in this joyful Thanksgiving dinner preparation?

Title "Thanksgiving"; Oil on canvas by Doris Lee c. 1935

05/12/2024

Unfortunately, our body’s natural intelligence can be overwritten by damaging posture inputs. In contemporary industrial and hi-tech societies, we have poor role models, and succumb easily to passing fashions in clothes and furniture, and trends about what exercises are healthy. We also get well-intentioned but misguided advice about standing, sitting, and bending from health professionals. All of which creates the perfect posture storm. Most of us get blown off course and remodeled into distorted shapes.

Maintaining healthy standing posture came more naturally to earlier generations (1920s, left) who had better role models than we have today (2020s, right). Well-designed furniture, and more cause to use their inner corset muscles in daily labor, also helped. Photos taken by Troy for Delineator magazine

20/12/2023

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1099455434400044
Fortunately you don't have to be a multi-millionaire to do what Ramit did with the Gokhale Method!

22/07/2021

As well as being an inspirational singer Joan Baez has spent her life campaigning against oppression and suffering. She also wants people to be released from unnecessary back and musculoskeletal pain…

08/05/2020

I really enjoyed this interview with Mike Dilke from UK Health Radio. I’ve been invited back again to give some practical tips to listeners and share the latest on our new on-line offerings 🙂

28/02/2020

Oh dear, possibly the best trenchcoats but ouch, look at the forward pelvis and leaning back into the lumbar spine posture! (centre)

14/11/2019

Superb whole-body movement :)

Les Lavandières (the Washerwomen) Jean-François Millet 1855
Impressive hip-hinging!

14/11/2019

Thanks for sharing, Amy!

This is Asher. He plays goalie for a club team. Look at his beautiful head/neck placement. Also he is tall standing with his shoulders rolled back. Stunning posture for an 8 year old. His mama knows the Gokhale Method! Loving my grandson.