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Ronald Katz’s Gokhale (Gō-clay) Method® Success Story

January, 2023
Before I settle in to recount my back pain story, let me fetch my Gokhale Pain-Free™Chair. This is the chair I now use for all my writing, and that’s important, as I am an author of mystery short stories, and spend many hours composing at my desk. Pain-free, I’m now glad to say. Read more

Sheila Bond’s Back Pain Journey

November, 2022
My name is Sheila Bond, and I am an artist, knit and jewelry designer, and an art teacher. I am also the mother of four sweet kids. In this blog post I would like to share with you my Gokhale Method® journey out of pain and despair. On May 6 2022 I severely herniated the spinal disc between my L4/L5 vertebrae. In addition I had developed bursitis in my left hip during the previous three months, I believe from sitting improperly teaching online classes. It happened on the Friday before Mother’s Day. By Saturday morning I could barely move and thought I might die or at the very least never recover. I ordered a TENS unit (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, a mild electrical current to give pain relief) from Walgreens, bought Salonpas patches too, and a walking cane. I took three Advil or two extra strength Tylenol alternating every six-hours hours. I had previously herniated my L4/L5 in 2015, and had a laminectomy (a surgical operation to remove part of the back of vertebrae, usually to relieve pressure on nerves.) That surgery had left me still in terrible pain. When I told the surgeon I was still in pain in my tailbone/sacrum area, he told me he could operate on my tailbone. I declined. Following surgery I also went to physical therapy for a year and a half. It gave me more pain than it took away. Read more

Join Lang’s New Gokhale Yoga Class

October, 2022

If we haven’t yet met, my name is Lang, I am a Gokhale Method® teacher, and I also teach Gokhale Yoga. I offer two Gokhale Yoga classes every week as part of our Gokhale Exercise program for subscribers on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7 a.m. (Pacific Time).

In this blog post I am excited to tell you about four Yoga classes you can try from Tuesday, November 1 until Thursday, November 10, as part of our upcoming 10-day Gokhale Exercise Free Trial which includes 1-2-3 Move, Gokhale Fitness, Moving Meditation, with teachers Esther Gokhale, Eric Fernandez, Kathleen O'Donohue, Roberta Cooks and Sabina Blumauer. Read more

Running: Part 5: Anteverted Pelvis

August, 2022
Welcome to the fifth blog post in our series on running. My name is Michelle Ball, and I am a Gokhale Method® teacher living in Tasmania. I am also a lifelong runner and am passionate about sharing the benefits of healthy posture with the running community, be that beginners, seasoned runners, or anyone in between. Even if you don’t run, but do want an active and pain-free body well into old age, this blog post is for you! What is an anteverted pelvis? Pelvis refers to the bony pelvis, and means basin, or bowl, in Latin. Anteverted means tipped, turned, or inclined forward, from the Latin ante to go before or in front, and vertere to turn. So we are referring to a pelvis that tips forward. Read more

Old Family Portraits Are a Great Posture Tool: Part 3: Hip-hinging in Small Bends

November, 2021
The healthy posture and positive change that antique images can bring to modern people are potentially transformational. In Part 1 of this series we looked at how learning from old photographs can benefit our upper body posture and in Part 2 the lower body. Here we are going to focus on what antique portraits can teach us about small bends. The historical paintings for this post come from collections associated with Leland and Jane Stanford, famous for their business acumen, political influence, railroad building, and later, philanthropy as founders of Stanford University in California.  Read more

Upcoming Workshops

Introduction to The Gokhale Method and Living Pain-Free
Date and time: Tuesday, October 03, 2023
10:00am

Asia/Jerusalem

Open spots: Open
Language: Hebrew
Teacher: Michal Tal

Wake up Your Glutes: They Snooze, You Lose

Date and time: Tuesday, October 03, 2023
11:00am

Pacific Time

Open spots: Open
Language: English
Teacher: Esther Gokhale
Introduction to The Gokhale Method and Living Pain-Free
Date and time: Wednesday, October 11, 2023
11:00am

Pacific Time

Open spots: Open
Language: English
Teacher: Esther Gokhale
Introduction to The Gokhale Method and Living Pain-Free
Date and time: Friday, October 13, 2023
10:30am

Pacific Time

Open spots: Open
Language: English
Teacher: Julie Johnson
Introduction to The Gokhale Method and Living Pain-Free
Date and time: Monday, October 16, 2023
10:00am

Pacific Time

Open spots: Open
Language: English
Teacher: Julie Johnson
Introduction to The Gokhale Method and Living Pain-Free
Date and time: Wednesday, October 18, 2023
8:00pm

Europe/Berlin

Open spots: Open
Language: English
Teacher: Julie Johnson

Lower Back Pain Relief with the Gokhale Method

Date and time: Tuesday, October 24, 2023
11:00am

Pacific Time

Open spots: Open
Language: English
Teacher: Esther Gokhale

Sturdy, Upright, and Tall: Posture for Aging

Date and time: Friday, October 27, 2023
11:00am

Pacific Time

Open spots: Open
Language: English
Teacher: Esther Gokhale

Posture Remedies for Text Neck

Date and time: Monday, October 30, 2023
4:00pm

Pacific Time

Open spots: Open
Language: English
Teacher: Esther Gokhale
Introduction to The Gokhale Method and Living Pain-Free
Date and time: Sunday, November 05, 2023
11:00am

Europe/London

Open spots: Open
Language: English
Teacher: Clare Chapman
Introduction to The Gokhale Method and Living Pain-Free
Date and time: Sunday, November 05, 2023
5:00pm

Europe/Paris

Open spots: Open
Language: French
Teacher: Michal Tal
Introduction to The Gokhale Method and Living Pain-Free
Date and time: Tuesday, November 07, 2023
12:00pm

Pacific Time

Open spots: Open
Language: English
Teacher: Esther Gokhale

Wake up Your Glutes: They Snooze, You Lose

Date and time: Thursday, November 09, 2023
12:00pm

Pacific Time

Open spots: Open
Language: English
Teacher: Esther Gokhale
Introduction to The Gokhale Method and Living Pain-Free
Date and time: Friday, November 10, 2023
12:00pm

Asia/Jerusalem

Open spots: Open
Language: Hebrew
Teacher: Michal Tal
Introduction to The Gokhale Method and Living Pain-Free
Date and time: Wednesday, November 15, 2023
5:00pm

Europe/Ljubljana

Open spots: Open
Language: Slovenian
Teacher: Sabina Blumauer

Revolutionize Your Wellness through Posture

Date and time: Thursday, November 16, 2023
11:00am

Pacific Time

Open spots: Open
Language: English
Teacher: Esther Gokhale

End the back pain and get back to music-making with the Gokhale Method

Date and time: Monday, November 20, 2023
8:00pm

Europe/Berlin

Open spots: Open
Language: English
Teacher: Julie Johnson

Sturdy, Upright, and Tall: Posture for Aging

Date and time: Tuesday, November 21, 2023
4:00pm

Pacific Time

Open spots: Open
Language: English
Teacher: Esther Gokhale
Introduction to The Gokhale Method and Living Pain-Free
Date and time: Tuesday, November 21, 2023
8:00pm

Europe/Paris

Open spots: Open
Language: French
Teacher: Michal Tal
Introduction to The Gokhale Method and Living Pain-Free
Date and time: Wednesday, November 22, 2023
8:00pm

Europe/Berlin

Open spots: Open
Language: German
Teacher: Julie Johnson
Introduction to The Gokhale Method and Living Pain-Free
Date and time: Thursday, November 23, 2023
8:00pm

Asia/Jerusalem

Open spots: Open
Language: Hebrew
Teacher: Michal Tal

Fix your feet with the Gokhale Method

Date and time: Tuesday, November 28, 2023
11:00am

Pacific Time

Open spots: Open
Language: English
Teacher: Esther Gokhale

Scoliosis and the Gokhale Method

Date and time: Thursday, November 30, 2023
11:00am

Pacific Time

Open spots: Open
Language: English
Teacher: Esther Gokhale
Introduction to The Gokhale Method and Living Pain-Free
Date and time: Friday, December 08, 2023
6:30pm

Europe/Berlin

Open spots: Open
Language: German
Teacher: Julie Johnson
Introduction to The Gokhale Method and Living Pain-Free
Date and time: Saturday, December 09, 2023
5:00pm

Europe/Paris

Open spots: Open
Language: French
Teacher: Michal Tal
Introduction to The Gokhale Method and Living Pain-Free
Date and time: Tuesday, December 19, 2023
1:00pm

Asia/Jerusalem

Open spots: Open
Language: Hebrew
Teacher: Michal Tal