Clare Chapman, Gokhale Method Teacher, Yoga Teacher

20/12/2023

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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.

01/11/2019

Beautiful open chest and shoulders...
A farmer gathers huge winter cabbages for his cattle in the hamlet of Morley, Cheshire, slinging them on to the back of his horse-drawn cart. This evocative Guardian Archive image – taken either by Walter Doughty, the paper’s first photographer, who joined in 1908, or Tom Stuttard, who joined in 1925 and worked alongside Doughty – was published in what was then the Manchester Guardian in November 1939.

Our weekly series of exclusive Guardian print sales is a photograph of a farmer bringing in cabbages from the Guardian archive

01/11/2019

There are some beautiful posture photos in the article... read on!

Most people from the past, as evidenced by ancient art and sculpture, had excellent posture. The pharaohs and upper crust of ancient Egypt, however, stand out as exceptions. Sitting on their thrones or standing in special ceremonies, they almost always have tucked pelvises and forward-protruding heads. Nefertiti is an example of an Egyptian royal who has her head “parked” extremely forward. Read more! https://bit.ly/2BVngsv

01/11/2019

Compare and contrast with what you see on the average cafe bench!

A perfect example of healthy sitting with a J shaped spine, well stacked.

11/10/2019

Power to the people!

Getting extra power in our stride by using the buttocks in walking - in the same way we would hiking uphill - is much easier when leaning slightly forward. The behind is behind and the upper body is inclined in the same angle as the back leg.

21/09/2019

I love this C19th watercolour showing Tibetan weavers sitting straight backed and legs forward - just as in Esther’s last blog post 🙂
https://gokhalemethod.com/blog/67968?utm_source=190919NL&utm_campaign=PositiveStance&utm_medium=email

12/09/2019

Next month I'm teaching the first Gokhale Method Foundation Course in N. Ireland! All welcome :)

09/08/2019

Join me for a Free Posture Workshop, online this Sunday at 11am.
The Gokhale Method is uniquely designed to support your musculoskeletal health and wellbeing with natural posture.

02/08/2019

Beautiful hiphinge. From today’s Guardian.

09/07/2019

In industrialized countries, we often misuse our bodies. This can cause pain and damage. We have much to learn from people in traditional cultures. In Esther Gokhale's own path out of back pain, leading to the creation of her unique method, field research has been an essential part.

30/06/2019

Students often ask me questions about sofas - now Esther has answered them! Marvelous!

Interior designers recommended 80 options; we narrowed it down to seven — and sat on them.

28/06/2019

Here is a highly informative interview with Esther Gokhale. Do share with anyone you know who is in need of help with their posture.

Sitting is not the new smoking, says Esther Gokhale, the author of 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back. An acupuncturist who now teaches people how to sit, stand, and move, Gokhale got curious about the root causes of back pain when she was dealing with it herself more than twenty years ago. And she eventua...

28/06/2019

Come and enjoy the next Free Workshop in Bristol...

19/06/2019

Join me with your friends or family for a free online workshop. I look forward to meeting you! Saturday 22nd June, 11am Western European Time.

17/06/2019

Van Gogh had an eye for a good hiphinge!

Hip-hinging at its best! Back is safe and happy.

27/05/2019

Great programme - this is why we do so much excellent foot work in our Foundations Course.

27/05/2019

Thank you, Amy, that’s an altogether beautiful photo.

Beautiful hip-hinging!

23/05/2019

Enjoy this inspirational podcast about how your natural posture benefits you...

From the time we are born, we are conditioned to sit, sleep, walk and stand in a certain way. We are directed to “sit up straight” and to stick our “chest out” when we slouch. These ideas are actually counterproductive and do not correspond with how our ancestors sat, stood, and moved. The r...

11/05/2019

That’s a tucked Underground pelvis for sure!

What do you see in this posture? We would love your comments!

07/05/2019

Well said, my friend!

Using apps and exercises, women and men can benefit from keeping their pelvic floor muscles healthy

21/04/2019

Start with a small head cushion though!
https://shop.gokhalemethod.com/products/gokhale-head-cushion?variant=30454445713

While on a recent mission trip to India I spotted this Indian woman balancing pots on her head and teaching her children to carry them also. Amazing

14/04/2019

Lovely photo, great example of how to sit at a task.

Excellent sitting posture: straight back, head not poking forwards. As demonstrated here, there is no need to slouch and slump while weaving nor...working on a computer or any other of the devices we tend to blame for our poor posture.
Good job Cynthia!

14/04/2019

Looks interesting, John! Any photos to share?

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