Doreen Giles, Gokhale Method Teacher

31/05/2022

Secrets to Pain-Free Sitting with Esther Gokhale covers the Gokhale Method techniques of stretchsitting and stacksitting in a variety of contexts. These techniques change sitting from something bad for you into something good for you. They also teach how to turn bad chairs into good chairs. Sitting becomes not only comfortable but therapeutic. To further augment the benefits of skillful sitting, Secrets to Pain-Free Sitting teaches vibrant exercises and movements to break up your workday.
These productivity boosters will help mitigate the tightening of the psoas, rounding of the shoulders, and settling of the spine that frequently affects people who sit for long periods.
To learn more about the program and the TV air dates, please visit https://gokhalemethod.com/sitting_airdates

23/10/2021

It’s the little things that matter! Make sure you follow these posture tips while driving to prevent back pain. Build up the backrest area between the side bolsters with folded towels, so your torso is no longer sunk between them with your shoulders forced forward. Once you have your shoulders rolled back in place, you may discover you need to move your seat closer to the steering wheel to comfortably hold it. Be sure to keep a safe distance from the airbag.
Knees should be approximately at hip level, not above.
An unhealthy amount of built-in lumbar support is often found in car seats. What you really need is thoracic support that you can stretch your back against. You could also try the Gokhale StretchSit cushion available on www.gokhalemethod.com to help with your posture.
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19/02/2021

Sheila enjoying carrying her granddaughter.I am a small-boned, postmenopausal woman with osteoporosis. I first showed signs of osteopenia (the precursor to osteoporosis) 10 years ago and agreed with my physician to take a Western medicine called Boniva. After a year of nasty side effects, I disconti...

10/02/2021

Have you heard about the Gokhale Elements course? One-on-one online posture coaching in 18 mini-lessons - a great way to learn the method no matter where you live, and without leaving your house! I've been having fun teaching students from all over the country.

The Gokhale Elements Course is a bundle of 18 x 13-minute online lessons of personalized posture coaching. Each lesson is designed to teach an "Element"; towards restoring your Primal Posture™ - the pain-free posture you were born with and that your ancestors enjoyed. Each Element builds on th...

23/12/2020

08/12/2020

Have you heard about the Gokhale Elements course? One-on-one online posture coaching in 18 mini-lessons - a great way to learn the method no matter where you live, and without leaving your house!

Each lesson is designed to teach an "Element"; towards restoring your Primal Posture™ - the pain-free posture you were born with and that your ancestors enjoyed. Each Element builds on the ones put in place to make lasting, "life-changing" changes.

10/10/2019

This is a great article from the blog archives about stretching, yoga, tai chi. Read the comments for lots of tips from Esther Gokhale!

The Gokhale Method considers stretching to be one of many essential pieces in solving most people’s back problems. Even though stretching alone cannot give an equivalent result to that of a well-crafted Postural Modification approach, it is a good thing, and if slightly tweaked, could give better satisfaction and results in less time. If done poorly, on the other hand, stretching can harm, rather than help you. More here: https://bit.ly/2M2p1K7

03/10/2019

Pretty cool!

15/07/2019

Feeling happy after a lesson. If you ask Joan Baez what keeps her in good enough shape to do worldwide musical tours at age 78, she will hand you a little brown card that says “Esther Gokhale, Creator of the Gokhale Method.”My wooden business card.