Podcasts about Gokhale Method

Esther Gokhale, the creator of the Gokhale Method, joins Lyndsay Soprano to share her transformative approach to back pain and posture. Drawing from her own experience with debilitating pain during pregnancy, Esther sheds light on the root causes of spinal discomfort, focusing on how modern habits have distorted natural postures. Instead of labeling the human body as flawed, Esther explains how our misuse of it is the real issue. Her method emphasizes techniques like "stretch sitting" to naturally realign the spine and relieve pressure. Simple adjustments in daily routines can create lasting relief, showing that pain management is within reach for everyone.Listeners will find practical steps to regain control over their bodies and reclaim a pain-free life through these thoughtful, anthropological insights into posture and structural health.Find Esther Gokhale Online Here:Instagram: @gokhalemethodFacebook: Gokhale MethodYouTube: Gokhale MethodBook: 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back, by Esther GokhaleWebsite: www.gokhalemethod.comFind The Pain Game Podcast Online Here:Website: thepaingamepodcast.comInstagram: @thepaingamepodcastEpisode Highlights:(00:00) Introduction to Chronic Pain and Healing(02:33) Understanding Back Pain and Its Impact(04:53) Esther Gauklai's Journey with Back Pain(09:57) The Gokhale Method: A New Approach to Pain Relief(17:49) Posture, Movement, and Emotional Health(26:09) Hope and Healing: A Message for Chronic Pain Sufferers

Esther Gokhale  studied biochemistry at Harvard and Princeton and, later, acupuncture at the San Francisco School of Oriental Medicine. After experiencing crippling back pain during her first pregnancy and unsuccessful back surgery, Gokhale began her lifelong crusade to vanquish back pain. Her studies at the Aplomb® Institute in Paris and years of research in Brazil, India, Portugal and elsewhere led her to develop the Gokhale Method, a unique, systematic approach to help people find their bodies' way back to pain-free living. Gokhale's book, 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back, has sold over 300,000 copies and has been translated into ten languages. Find out more @ https://gokhalemethod.com/For our classes Somaticprimer.com & Vidyamethod.comSupport the show

As a former competitive weightlifter, strength coach, and now Chair of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine at Vanderbilt Medical School, Dr. D.J. Kennedy specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of back issues that nearly all of us experience- including chronic back pain. “The numbers are 80 to 90% of people have low back pain at some point in their life,” says Dr. Kennedy in the bonus episode, “which tells me 10 to 20% of people have a bad memory.” Why is back pain so prevalent and persistent? Dr. Kennedy points to the complexity of spinal anatomy as a primary factor. "For the spine, we have L4-L5, L5- S1, “ says Kennedy, himself a back pain sufferer. “We have discs, we have facets, we have all kinds of things that can cause problems.” Formerly a Stanford Medical School Professor, Dr. Kennedy emphasizes both the variety of back issues patients can experience, and the necessity of prescribing a wide array of treatments to address these issues. While at Stanford, Dr. Kennedy trained in the Gokhale Method featured in our previous episode. He then began recommending it to patients, many of whom saw positive results.    Are you a frequent back pain sufferer? Do you find yourself feeling back stiffness you thought might never happen to you? Tune in to learn from a spine expert who values posture-based therapies encompassing our complete movement chain- from foot angle to neck alignment. And please share this episode with others who may benefit.  My Body Odyssey is a Fluent Knowledge production. Original music by Ryan Adair Rooney.  Our Expert Guest: Dr. DJ Kennedy  Vanderbilt Faculty Page Resources: Cleveland Clinic: Back Pain Back, Lower Limb, and Upper Limb Pain Among U.S. Adults, 2019 WHO: Low Back Pain Is it Your Back, or Your Hips?  Building a Strong Core is Your Best Defense Against Back Pain A Systematic Review of the Effects of Exercise and Physical Activity on Non-Specific Chronic Low Back Pain What is the McKenzie Method for Back Pain and Neck Pain?  Kyphosis What to Expect From Physical Therapy for Lower Back Pain Publications: Functional rehabilitation of lumbar spine injuries in the athlete Return to play considerations for cervical spine injuries in athletes The Challenges of Research on Interventions for Low Back Pain The role of core stabilization in lumbosacral radiculopathy

Three decades ago, Esther Gokhale created the Gokhale Method to apply primal posture to modern pain. Gokhale emphasized small improvements in everyday movements to prevent and heal back pain and musculoskeletal damage. Now, more than 20,000 people have learned to walk, sit, bend and sleep more efficiently by adopting Gokhale's primal posture approach. Dr. D.J. Kennedy, professor and chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, told us how he sees the Gokhale method work for his patients in this episode. “I think she paints a picture that makes a lot of sense intuitively. And she's also going about trying to get the data to prove it,” said Kennedy. The Gokhale method is about to be tested in a randomized clinical trial at Stanford University. In this MBO episode, we learn how Esther Gokhale developed the method in part due to her own suffering.  Pregnant with her second child, Gokhale was experiencing severe back pain even after a corrective surgery. Gokhale tried physical therapy, chiropractic, acupuncture, massage, yoga, stretching, strengthening, and “checking her head.”  Nothing helped. Thanks to an upbringing in India studying classical dance and observing the posture of local laborers, Gokhale knew that “something was wrong with this picture.”  In the quest for relief, Gokhale built on those childhood observations and her own scientific background to create a new theory of movement based on traditional practices. Soon after, she published Eight Steps to Pain Free Back, which has sold over 300,000 copies.  Today, the Gokhale Method may be poised for even wider acceptance. In addition to online courses and a nationwide network of teachers, the Method now offers a Posture Tracker app to help students reinforce better posture. Meanwhile, Stanford University researchers are embarking on a long-term study of the system's efficacy in healing and preventing back pain and other musculoskeletal issues.  Listen and follow Gokhale's journey from patient to inventor, teacher and modern day entrepreneur of the primal posture method.    My Body Odyssey is a Fluent Knowledge production.  Original music by Ryan Adair Rooney. Show Notes: Our Expert Guests: Esther Gokhale Dr. DJ Kennedy Gokhale's primal posture methods: Gokhale's Substacking & “Just Right Chair”  Glidewalking Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Joint Hypermobility Syndrome Anteverted Pelvis Tucked Pelvis  Gokhale Method Teachers Gokhale Posture Tracker Gokhale Method Covered by Stanford STAP Funds “The Posture Guru of Silicon Valley”  8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back  Other approaches to pain: Alexander Technique Noëlle Perez-Christiaens Aplomb Association, USA Cat-Cow

You deeply love your sport and the community of those who play it. But your body, through pain and injury, is telling you it's time to move on.  At some point in our adult years, we all deal with this transition. And in this episode, our protagonist, Mark, still in his early thirties, talks about his own transition from high level Ultimate Frisbee player (aka Ultimate Mark) to lower risk recreational soccer goalie (aka post-Ultimate Mark) accelerated by the spinal fusion he had back in high school.   In our Season 1 episode, Ultimate Mark described the intensity he brought to the game of Ultimate disc. “I kind of just developed this persona as the person who will get hurt multiple times per game,” he told us. But, as Dr. Mohamad Bydon of the Mayo Clinic explains, the threat of adjacent segment disease made Ultimate an increasingly risky proposition for Mark.  Mark needed a change of sport but feared losing the friendship he'd made through Ultimate. “I dare you to find a better community of athletes anywhere in the world than the ultimate frisbee community,” Mark said.  Can Mark move beyond his Ultimate identity? How can he leave the community loves? Dr. Michele Kerulis of Northwestern University describes the deep emotional attachments we all form to the sports we play. While our other expert guest this episode, Esther Gokhale of the Gokhale Method, concurs that Mark's body will be at much less risk in the soccer goal than on the Ultimate Disc field.  Listen and learn about Post Ultimate Mark's transition back to soccer — his first sport, which he played as a teen before spinal fusion — and his evolving relationship to the ultimate community, his own body, his athletic identity, and one very “sick” tattoo he wears over that long spinal fusion scar.    My Body Odyssey is a Fluent Knowledge production. Original music by Ryan Adair Rooney. Show Notes: Our Expert Guests: Mohamad Bydon, MD Esther Gokhale Michele Kerulis, EdD Mark Stoutenberg, PhD Medicine, Sports, and Neon Bending: Exercise is Medicine  UCSF Health about spinal fusion surgery  Mayo Clinic on spinal fusion American Ultimate Disk League Boston Ultimate Disk Invite 2022 NYC Footy Soccer League Sidelined USA Neon Bending

Did you know that back pain is the number one cause of global disability and that posture can affect mood and hormone levels?Join us for today's episode of Push To Be More where our guest Esther Gokhale shares her story of suffering from crippling back pain after her first pregnancy and how she took that experience as a challenge to find a solution for back pain. After years of study and research, Esther developed "The Gokhale Method" to help hundreds of people eliminate back pain and enhance strength. You don't want to miss this inspiring episode - tune in now!Here's some of the great stuff that we cover in this show:Esther discusses the benefits of using dance as a reminder system to revisit posture and keep the body in a healthy position, while also forming a joyful community. She also notes that indigenous cultures have a kinesthetic wisdom that has been lost in the modern West, leading to high rates of back pain and other musculoskeletal problems.Esther disagrees with the modern belief that sitting is the root cause of back pain, but says its rather how we sit and the shape of our spine. She believes our spine is J shaped rather than S shaped. Indigenous people sit as much as we do but don't suffer from the same problems.The Gokhale Method recommends "stretch sitting" with a modified backrest for gentle, hours-long traction to ease back pain and allow for a natural, healthy back. This is a more effective and convenient alternative to inversion tables.Esther developed the Gokhale Method to relieve her own severe back pain, which resulted from her first pregnancy, and sought out strategies to improve her own physical structure. She worked on the method over the years and was successful in making the process more efficient, effective and sustainable, and now shares it with others.Esther shares how she built her business organically and has been able to focus on innovating and developing techniques that work to relieve back pain. Despite the success, Esther feels impatient as she believes the approach needs to be more mainstream and widespread to help the millions of people suffering from back pain.She says their biggest challenge is finding new customers and creating repeat business. However, there is a great need for their services as back pain is the number one cause of global disability. They have stayed afloat through various challenges and continue to improve their offering.Esther is expecting extensive coverage for the Gokhale Method with their upcoming trial at top universities. They are also exploring the benefits of posture for mental health, and have created a course to teach basic posture principles for empowerment and confidence.-----------------------ABOUT ESTHERMeet Esther Gokhale – a pioneer in posture education and pain relief. Esther transformed her own experience with crippling back pain into the Gokhale Method, a unique system that restores your body's primal posture to eliminate pain and enhance strength. Growing up in India, her journey started with helping her nurse mother care for abandoned babies, leading her to study biochemistry at prestigious institutions like Harvard and Princeton, and later, acupuncture in San Francisco.The turning point came when Esther suffered from severe back pain during her first pregnancy. After an unsuccessful surgery, she dedicated her life to finding a solution to back pain. Her pursuits took her across the globe, from the streets of Paris to the communities of Brazil and India, culminating in the creation of the Gokhale Method.Esther's bestselling book, "8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back," has reached over 300,000 readers worldwide, and she has shared her wisdom on stages like TEDx Stanford. Known as the "Posture Guru of Silicon Valley", she has worked with top corporations like Google and Facebook, consulted for various Stanford sports teams,...

Esther Gokhale, founder of the Gokhale Method, talks with J about alleviating pain through anthropologically informed postural work. They discuss the imprints of her childhood in India, how her studies in biochemistry led to acupuncture and the Aplomb Institute in Paris, the crippling back pain and unsuccessful back surgery that led to her lifelong crusade to vanquish back pain, indigenous cultures and J-shaped spines, the use of wearable technology, butt muscles and gait, and learning to turn posture knowledge into postural habits.   J. Brown Yoga Online Teacher Training - starts Jan 2023   To subscribe and support the show… GET PREMIUM.    

Esther Gokhale (GO-clay) has been involved in integrative therapies all her life. As a young girl growing up in India, she helped her mother, a nurse, treat abandoned babies waiting to be adopted. This early interest in healing led her to study biochemistry at Harvard and Princeton and, later, acupuncture at the San Francisco School of Oriental Medicine.After experiencing crippling back pain during her first pregnancy and unsuccessful back surgery, Gokhale began her lifelong crusade to vanquish back pain. Her studies at the Aplomb® Institute in Paris and years of research in Brazil, India, Portugal and elsewhere led her to develop the Gokhale Method, a unique, systematic approach to help people find their bodies' way back to pain-free living.Gokhale's book, 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back, has sold over 300,000 copies and has been translated into ten languages. In 2010, Gokhale hosted the nationally-televised program Back Pain: The Primal Posture™ Solution (available on DVD and streaming). The Gokhale Method continues to grow as dozens of qualified teachers, each personally trained by Gokhale, now teach the method worldwide.Gokhale has taught at corporations such as Google, IDEO, and Facebook, presented at conferences including TEDx(Stanford) and Ancestral Health Symposium, consulted for the trainers of the SF 49ers and several Stanford sports teams, and conducted workshops for physician groups at Stanford, Kaiser Permanente, Sutter Health, PAMF, and UCSF. The New York Times gave Esther the title “The Posture Guru of Silicon Valley” in 2013.

What if back-pain relief was just a few steps away? Esther Gokhale's work with posture and movement finds that just changing the way you sit, stand, lie down, and walk can eliminate your back pain.  Esther grew up in India helping her mom treat orphaned babies and she studied biochemistry at college. Later, she became a licensed acupuncturist. So, when her own pain and herniated disc issues emerged, it motivated Esther to study how people move.  “There were some seeds already sown in my brain that ‘there's something going on with people who live close to the ground that makes sense and that works.' And so, when this horrible thing happened to me, it resonated for me to study techniques that changed the way you use your body,” Esther says. Esther developed and trademarked the Gokhale Method, an eight-step plan to adjust your back's curvature and movement from an S or C-shaped curve to a J-shaped curve. Esther found this technique by studying the common thread between ancient cultures and today's primal cultures: “If you go to your museums and you look at the Greek statues, they're doing exactly what these Ubong guys are doing, they look the same. And so why would that be? Well, the simplest explanation is that it is natural. That's why they converge on the same form. And we in modern times have just lost our way.” Resources: gokhalemethod.com Getting Started with Gokhale Method on YouTube The Cox 8 Table by Haven Medical

What if back-pain relief was just a few steps away? Esther Gokhale's work with posture and movement finds that just changing the way you sit, stand, lie down, and walk can eliminate your back pain.  Esther grew up in India helping her mom treat orphaned babies and she studied biochemistry at college. Later, she became a licensed acupuncturist. So when her own pain and herniated disc issues emerged, it motivated Esther to study how people move.  “There were some seeds already sown in my brain that ‘there's something going on with people who live close to the ground that makes sense and that works.' And so when this horrible thing happened to me, it resonated for me to study techniques that changed the way you use your body,” Esther says. Esther developed and trademarked the Gokhale Method, an eight-step plan to adjust your back's curvature and movement from an S or C-shaped curve to a J-shaped curve. Esther found this technique by studying the common thread between ancient cultures and today's primal cultures: “If you go to your museums and you look at the Greek statues, they're doing exactly what these Ubong guys are doing, they look the same. And so why would that be? Well, the simplest explanation is that it is natural. That's why they converge on the same form. And we in modern times have just lost our way.” In this episode, Dr. Lakhia and Esther talk through modern and ancestral movements, and what you can do right now to start moving more primally and, ultimately, relieve your back pain. Read the Full Show Notes on our website https://www.backtalkdoc.com/podcast.html (BackTalkDoc.com).  

As a nationally award-winning Licensed Massage Therapist, Rachel Benbow's understanding of anatomy and physiology enable her to clearly instruct her Gokhale Method students with an understanding of how their muscles and bones work to realign​ their posture. As a CranioSacral Therapist, Rachel also recognizes that our minds and our bodies are not separate, but are actually a unified whole. She understands that by addressing the body with the Gokhale Method, we are likewise addressing our minds. After obtaining better posture, regaining range of motion, and reducing or eliminating pain, many people using the Gokhale Method find that they approach life with greater confidence and ease.

With fifteen years of experience as a spine physician, Dr. Sanjiv Lakhia is always on the lookout for ways to help his patients improve their back health, particularly with natural, less invasive methods that can be easily integrated into their day-to-day lives. Today, we’re going to be discussing a common cause of back and neck pain, prolonged periods of sitting. Joining us on this episode of Back Talk Doc is Dr. Turner Osler, a retired trauma surgeon, epidemiologist, entrepreneur, and founder of https://qor360.com/ (QOR360), a company designing chairs to improve posture and prevent back pain caused by conventional sitting. Dr. Osler explains “Sitting Disease” and explores the negative affects sitting prolonged periods of sitting have on the body. “We think all the chairs that we have are normal, and they are not. Humans are not designed to sit all day… We're simply not set up to sit slumped in front of a PC all day.” (6:37) Many issues like headaches, neck and back pain, weight gain, and even mood disorders can be traced back to incorrect posture while sitting. Dr. Osler discusses the natural human posture (10:05) and how we have been letting our chairs shape our bodies, instead of shaping our chairs to fit our bodies. (11:34)  Dr. Osler then discusses the benefits of “active sitting” (a sitting experience that allows and/or encourages movement while seated), including reducing back pain and improving posture. (21:23) Other topics discussed include negative effects of sitting in a slumped posture (14:03), contraindications for using an active sitting chair, (35:11) and a word of caution for those with lumbar disk herniations or acute back pain. (38:51)   Links and ResourcesTo learn more about Dr. Osler’s mission of educating the community about the benefits of active sitting, visit https://qor360.com/ (QOR360.com) and https://buttonchairs.org/ (ButtOnChairs.org), which promotes active sitting for children. View Dr. Osler’s https://www.ted.com/talks/turner_osler_active_sitting_could_we_give_our_kids_a_future_without_back_pain (TED Talk). https://gokhalemethod.com/ (The Gokhale Method): a system of healthy posture and movement to help restore your structural integrity, so you can live an active and pain-free life.   For more information on Dr. Sanjiv Lakhia and Back Talk Doc visit https://backtalkdoc.com/ (BackTalkDoc.com).   Back Talk Doc is brought to you by Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates, with offices in North and South Carolina. To learn more about Dr. Lakhia and treatment options for back and spine issues, go to backtalkdoc.com. To schedule an appointment with Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates, you can call us at 1-800-344-6716 or visit our website at http://carolinaneurosurgery.com/ (carolinaneurosurgery.com).

Esther Gokhale has been involved in integrative therapies all her life. As a young girl growing up in India, she helped her mother, a nurse, treat abandoned babies waiting to be adopted. This early interest in healing led her to study biochemistry at Harvard and Princeton and, later, acupuncture at the San Francisco School of Oriental Medicine. After experiencing crippling back pain during her first pregnancy and unsuccessful back surgery, Gokhale began her lifelong crusade to vanquish back pain. Her studies at the Aplomb® Institute in Paris and years of research in Brazil, India, Portugal and elsewhere led her to develop the Gokhale Method, a unique, systematic approach to help people find their bodies' way back to pain-free living. Gokhale's book, 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back, has sold over 200,000 copies and has been translated into ten languages. In 2010, Gokhale hosted the nationally-televised program Back Pain: The Primal Posture™ Solution (available on DVD and streaming). The Gokhale Method continues to grow as dozens of qualified teachers, each personally trained by Gokhale, now teach the method worldwide. Gokhale has taught at corporations such as Google, IDEO, and Facebook, presented at conferences including TEDx(Stanford) and Ancestral Health Symposium, consulted for the trainers of the SF 49ers and several Stanford sports teams, and conducted workshops for physician groups at Stanford, Kaiser Permanente, Sutter Health, PAMF, and UCSF. The New York Times gave Esther the title “The Posture Guru of Silicon Valley” in 2013. Esther Gokhale lives on Stanford University campus where she raised three children with her husband Brian White, a professor in the Math Department. Listen to the song I wrote after being inspired by my conversation with Esther and all the other Podsongs

On this episode, Kerry talks to Esther Gokhale, founder of the Gokhale Method or “Primal Posture,” a postural awareness technique which has a large following and was first popularized at the beginning of the 2010s with professionals in Silicon Valley, California. Esther is known as the “posture guru of Silicon Valley” and her method has been taught internationally. She published a book called 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back: Natural Posture Solutions for Pain in the Back, Neck, Shoulder, Hip, Knee, and Foot and she also created a DVD that explains her posture method. The Gokhale Method has been reported upon in the New York Times, by NPR, and many, many other publications. Esther also has a fantastic TED talk as well. Follow the Gokhale Method on Facebook, Twitter on Instagram: @GokhaleMethod Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1luKAS_Xcg (TedX talk) https://www.amazon.com/Steps-Pain-Free-Back-Solutions-Shoulder/dp/0979303605/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=gokhale&qid=1591209952&sr=8-1 (Amazon listing for Esther's book) https://www.amazon.com/Back-Pain-Primal-Posture-Solution/dp/B0072M7TMQ/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=gokhale+dvd&qid=1591209987&sr=8-1 (Amazon listing for Esther's DVD) https://gokhalemethod.com/

Esther Gokhale, L.Ac, is the founder of the Esther Gokhale Wellness Center, a licensed acupuncturist, and the creator of the Gokhale Method - a clear eight-step approach that helps people achieve better health through better structure.  Esther was in private Chinese medicine practice for over 20 years and now dedicates her time to teaching Primal Posture all over the world. In this episode, Esther retraces her origin story - from growing up in India to her own personal battle with back pain, and the clues that kept pointing to how we sit, stand and move.  She also graciously shares how Chinese medicine theory integrates into postural retraining.  This episode will have you moving in your seat. For more information on Esther's Gokhale Method, please visit: https://gokhalemethod.com/ The Strength of TCM Workbook, digital downloads, study charts and practice support are all available at kentonsefcik.com Track is Samurai Code by Levox: https://levox.bandcamp.com/

I’m really excited to be joined today by Esther Gokhale who is the creator of the Gokhale Method, a unique, systematic approach to help people find their bodies’ way back to pain-free living.Esther is the author of the book - 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back - which has sold over 100,000 copies and has been translated into eight languages. In 2010, she hosted the nationally televised program Back Pain: The Primal Posture Solution (available on DVD).She’s taught at corporations including google, facebook, and many others, and She’s also been a speaker at many conferences, including TEDx.Website: gokhalemethodYouTube: GokhaleMethod

Intro & Summary:In this episode you'll learn how our guest, Esther Gokhale “The Posture Guru”, has healed her own back pain and the pain that thousands of others were dealing with, at every age. Her remarkable method is foundational to good health, proper posture, and pain-free living.The video for this episode will be out in November or December 2019. Check out our social for those updates: Instagram @foundationofwellness_podcast, @marisa_moon_ , or Facebook: The Foundation of Wellness PodcastEsther Gokhale (Go-clay) has been involved in integrative therapies all her life. She studied biochemistry at Harvard and Princeton and, later, acupuncture at the San Francisco School of Oriental Medicine. After experiencing crippling back pain during her first pregnancy and unsuccessful back surgery, Gokhale began her lifelong crusade to vanquish back pain. She developed the Gokhale Method, a unique, systematic approach to help people find their bodies' way back to pain-free living. She is the author of the book “8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back”, and The New York Times featured Esther in an article giving her the title, “The Posture Guru of Silicon Valley”>> HABITS TO THRIVE SUMMIT - a Free online wellness summit where Marisa will be presenting along Mark Sisson and dozens of other primal health coaches to help you reach your health goals. Marisa's topic: How Anyone Can Achieve Long-Term Results with Intermittent Fasting. You must register in advance before October 28, 2019: bit.ly/habitstothriveGrab Marisa's free guide to intermittent fasting + 3 training videos at https://marisamoon.com/iffreedom For professional Inquiries contact - Marisa Moon, Certified Primal Health Coach: marisa@marisamoon.com;Disclaimer: Consult with your doctor or functional medicine practitioner before trying any of the remedies or dietary interventions mentioned in this episode. This information and recording is for informational and educational purposes only.Topics of Discussion:- Esther's struggle with herniated discs, debilitating back pain, and surgery- Techniques that inspired her: Aplomb (France), Alexander Technique, Weston Price- Her Book: 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back has gone global - the book has over 1,100 images, graphics, and photo guides- Esther's unique upbringing in India that piqued her interest in primitive posture - Weston A Price's Book: Nutrition & Physical Degeneration - Traditional people have a certain wisdom about posture and movement that's missing in modern culture- What's wrong with our idea of good posture today- Poor posture starts Day 1 as an infant returns from the hospital - Babies learn posture from car seats and umbrella strollers - tucked pelvis (sitting on their “tails”) - rounded, hunched back - this posture makes our back in a C-shape, squishing spinal discs- Herniated Discs and Bulging Discs- Esther's back pain MRI - L5 - S1 is the lowest joint in the spine, second most frequent herniated disc- The biofeedback “Spine-tracker wearable” device Esther's team invented. - See, in real time, how her spine can be an “S” shape (injury/pain), to a “J” shape (straight, tilting at the pelvis like a hockey stick)- We arch our backs in sports, yoga, gymnastics, for sex appeal- What is the Gokhale method? - a method that takes people from where they are to the architecture they were designed to have with their posture - it gets your there quickly and effectively - musculoskeletal aches and pains disappear - digestion can improve- Esther walks us through the first step of the method: Stretch Sitting - Try the “Stretch Sit Cushion” for traction and ease of implementation while sitting - Stretch Sitting is all some people need for pain reversal - See videos at gokhalemethod.com or on Youtube Gokhale Method “Gokhale Moment Wedge” video- Traditional or Primitive people have a natural rear tilt and stronger glutes which natural leaves the “behind” lifted and back- Today we tighten abs too much and tuck the pelvis under- Imagine you have a tail, you want it behind you not tucked between your legs- How should you carry your child? - pelvis well-positioned with “tail” back, and behind back - support the back straight with parent's forearm - legs externally rotated, not turned in (adult shoulders are not slouched)- Esther's 1-Day pop-up course is on tour now (with wearable spine-reader): https://gokhalemethod.com/upcoming_special_offerings_with_esther - Reach out to Marisa to do a Chicago session with Esther & Marisa: Facebook “Marisa Moon Wellness” or Instagram @Marisa_Moon_- What if you're Hypermobile or have Ligamentous Laxity?- Should we bend from the knees, hips, or waist? - “Hip Hinge” - the ancestral way, a nuanced and advanced technique that comes after elongating the spine - Step 1: Elongate spine first with stretch sitting and stretch lying- The print book is made high quality with Lay-flat binding - Great for the whole familyResources:- Esther's Tour Dates & Upcoming Specials: https://gokhalemethod.com/upcoming_special_offerings_with_esther - Esther's Website, Book, & Videos at gokhalemethod.com - Gokhale's book, 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back- Youtube Gokhale Method: https://www.youtube.com/user/GokhaleMethod- “Gokhale Moment Wedge” video: https://youtu.be/x-48PhLcLqU - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GokhaleMethod Marisa's site: https://www.marisamoon.comLearn about *Intermittent Fasting Freedom* at marisamoon.com/iffreedomFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/FoundationofWellnessPodcastInstagram: @foundationofwellness_podcast https://www.instagram.com/foundationofwellness_podcast@marisa_moon_ https://www.instagram.com/marisa_moon_Intro/Exit Music  - "Ukulele Whistle" by Scott Holmes

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 result? Back pain, digestive issues, shoulder and neck impingement, and more. Esther Gokhale knows this firsthand. She had excruciating back pain and resorted to several surgeries before she discovered the root of the problem: poor posture. Esther is the founder of the Gokhale Method: an approach that retrains the body to adopt its natural, primal posture. Today, she walks us through what’s wrong with our alignment and how to fix it. She offers simple tweaks for improving how we sit, stand, and even sleep. And she explains why it is critical to carry ourselves properly for a strong foundation for optimal wellbeing. For more on Esther and the Gokhale method, visit her website gokhale method.com. Check out our sponsors: Vintage Tradition, Heal Your Gut Guy and Ancestral Supplements. Donate to the Weston A. Price Foundation here. Take our listener survey here. For the full show notes from today's episode and additional resources, visit our website: westonaprice.org.

Esther Gokhale (Go-clay) has been involved in integrative therapies all her life. As a young girl growing up in India, she helped her mother, a nurse, treat abandoned babies waiting to be adopted. This early interest in healing led her to study biochemistry at Harvard and Princeton and, later, acupuncture at the San Francisco School of Oriental Medicine. After experiencing crippling back pain during her first pregnancy and unsuccessful back surgery, Gokhale began her lifelong crusade to vanquish back pain. Her studies at the Aplomb® Institute in Paris and years of research in Brazil, India, Portugal and elsewhere led her to develop the Gokhale Method, a unique, systematic approach to help people find their bodies’ way back to pain-free living. Gokhale practiced acupuncture and taught posture, dance, and yoga in her Palo Alto wellness center for over twenty years. The Gokhale Method continues to grow as qualified Gokhale Method teachers now teach the method worldwide. Gokhale's book, 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back, has sold over 100,000 copies and has been translated into eight languages. In 2010, Gokhale hosted the nationally televised program Back Pain: The Primal Posture Solution (available on DVD). Gokhale has taught at corporations such as Google, IDEO, Varian Medical Systems, and Facebook Inc. She has also presented at conferences including TEDx(Stanford), Ancestral Health Symposium, Weston Price Foundation Conference, and PrimalCon.  She continues to speak with physician groups including Stanford, PAMF, UCSF and has consulted for the trainers of the SF 49ers and several Stanford sports teams. In May 2013, The New York Times featured Esther in an article giving her the title, “The Posture Guru of Silicon Valley”. Esther Gokhale lives on Stanford University campus where she raised three children with her husband Brian White, chairman of the Math Department. Awards: 1978 Dean’s honor list at Harvard University 2008 Foreword Silver Award for best health book 2009 Nautilus Gold Award for best Pilates/Tai Qi/Yoga/bodywork book 2009 Ippy Bronze Award for best health book

Esther Gokhale has been involved in integrative therapies all her life. Her early interest in healing led her to study biochemistry at Harvard and Princeton and, later, acupuncture at the San Francisco School of Oriental Medicine.After experiencing crippling back pain after her first pregnancy and after an unsuccessful back surgery she later developed the Gokhale Method, a unique, systematic approach to help people find their bodies’ way back to pain-free living.Ester’s book, 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back, has sold over 100,000 copies and has been translated into eight languages.https://shop.gokhalemethod.com/collections/allWe talked about Esther’s journey with back pain and how this inspired her to create the Gokhale Method and how our genetic and cultural heritage relates to the postural guidelines we’ve inherited and live by today. Esther also touches upon the idea that it’s time we change the way we approach athletics and the consequences that athletes face with back and neck health down the road. How our social norms and poorly designed furniture have dictated our postural norms and how we can change that by revisiting our ancestral heritage and way of life. Esther also shares with us her simple steps to back pain relief and how you can incorporate it in your everyday life.Connect with Esther at:http://www.gokhalemethod.comSubscribe to our podcast & leave a great review:https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/integrate-yourself-with-allison-maja/id1203490106?mt=2Connect with Allison at:https://www.pureenergypdx.com/personal-training-servicesConnect with Maja:http://www.majagottlieb.com/Support our podcast and get integrated into our community:http://www.patreon.com/integrateyourself/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/integrateyourself)

Esther Gokhale is the creator and founder of The Gokhale Method, an ecosystem of posture education, products, and community to help people recover a pain-free life. After experiencing crippling back pain during her first pregnancy and unsuccessful back surgery, Esther began her lifelong crusade to vanquish back pain. Her studies at the Aplomb Institute in Paris and years of research in non-industrial cultures led her to develop the Gokhale Method®. Her method has been featured in many publications including The New York Times where she was given the title, “The Posture Guru of Silicon Valley” and more recently, NPR. We cover Esther's view on: Optimising walking form Heel striking: the potential detriment and how to fix How to correct sleep posture How to alleviate kyphosis in the upper back And much more! This episode is brought to you by Hituni.com, providers of the best online courses in high intensity training that come highly recommended by Dr. Doug McGuff and Discover Strength CEO, Luke Carlson. Course contributors include world-class exercise experts like Drew Baye, Ellington Darden and Skyler Tanner. There are courses for both trainers and trainees. So even if you’re not a trainer but someone who practices HIT, this course can help you figure out how to improve your progress and get best results. Check out Hituni.com, add the course you want to your shopping cart and enter the coupon code ‘CW10’ to get 10% off your purchase! Click here to get my FREE eBook with 6 podcast transcripts 

Esther Gokhale has been involved in integrative therapies all of her life. As a young girl growing up in India, she helped her mother, a registered nurse, treat abandoned babies waiting to be adopted. This early interest led her to study biochemistry at Harvard and Princeton while later, acupuncture at the San Francisco school of Oriental medicine. REVIEW THE PODCAST | ENTER TO WIN 1 of 5 PRIZE PACKS | Full Details After crippling back pain during her first pregnancy and unsuccessful back surgery, she began her lifelong crusade to find a solution to back pain. Her studies at the Aplomb Institute in Paris and years of research in Burkina Faso, India, Portugal, and elsewhere led her to develop the Gokhale method which she has been teaching at her Palo Alto wellness center for over 15 years, and gives lectures for the ancestral health symposium, TEDX, google, and many more large organizations interested in posture’s effect on health, wellness and work.  Primal Posture for Wellness When did we ever stop paying attention to our primal posture? Even if someone does remind us to "stand up straight" or "sit tall," we either become easily distracted or we fail to have good posture and end up over-exerting ourselves.  Other cultures have shared good posture techniques for generations. They know how to bend, sit, and stand with a strong body. But our modern culture has lost something along the way. We're not the same active hunter-gatherers that our ancestors once were long ago. We've lost our primal instinct today because we either work at a desk for hours on end or we're doing other sedentary activities all day. We're naturally born with excellent posture and mobility, but as we move on in life, we tend to lose our good posture habits. On this episode of Wellness Force, we'll discuss how our modern culture has affected our posture and what we can do to fix it. For those with constant back pain or have lost the ability to move comfortably, Esther Gokhale of the Gokhale Method is here to help. Combining her experiences and knowledge about the human body, Esther has dedicated her life to changing our modern culture. With each workshop, lecture, and class, she is teaching us how we can achieve primal posture for wellness. Esther Gokhale is the creator of The Gokhale Method as well as the author of the book, 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back: Natural Posture Solutions for Pain. Esther and her team have helped many people with back pain and decreased joint mobility all throughout the USA and the rest of the world. Not only does Esther teach us that it is possible to improve our posture and mobility, but she reminds us that without either, good health and wellness would be difficult to achieve. Just as nutrition and fitness are important for our bodies, so is excellent posture and mobility.  Listen to Episode 102 as Esther Uncovers Common misconceptions and myths about posture. Why we don't have to over-exaggerate our posture, but instead we should focus on core posture by standing and sitting naturally and comfortably. The reason why the "chin up and shoulders back" posture is unnatural and creates tension in our bodies. How to do a shoulder roll to improve your upper posture. How good posture translates into stretching and strengthening of the body. The negative effects of poor posture and how we can improve our health with good posture. The Gokhale Method 4 Levels of Learning: 1) Intellectual understanding of what movement you want to do. 2) The ability to do that movement when a teacher is helping you. 3) The ability to do that movement when you remember to do it. 4) When that movement becomes a habit. Why our environment affects our posture and movement habits. How sitting can actually be good for our bodies under the right circumstances. Standing vs. Sitting: How is each beneficial for the body and for how long should we be doing each activity? Why we're born with great posture and mobility, but our modern culture has worsened it. What we can do to change our posture and improve our back pain throughout our lives. Learn what the Gokhale Method is and how it can help you improve your posture. Why movement and dance breaks would be so beneficial for the human body during the work day. How to improve your fluxed position and swayed back. What you'll learn from Esther Gokhale's book, 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back: Natural Posture Solutions for Pain. How do we strengthen our spine and inner-core set? How you can use the plank exercise correctly to strengthen your inner girdle and core. What's the best way to stand? What's the best position for your pelvis? The 6 Lessons in the Gokhale Method Foundations Course. How our posture can affect our emotional health. Top 3 Takeaways From The Show We might have believed it to be true, but sitting is not the new smoking. As long as we do a combination of sitting, standing, and movement in moderation all the while maintaining good posture, we can have strong, healthy bodies. Posture is the key to healthy joints and avoiding pain. Whether we're sitting, standing, or moving; we have to have good posture. The key is to not over-extend ourselves. We shouldn't have to "sit up straight" or "point our chins up" because those movements create tension. There are better, more comfortable movements that we can teach ourselves over time. Good posture is not only good for our bodies, but for our minds and emotions as well. Focusing on our posture can help reduce cortisol levels and increase testosterone levels. Power Quotes From Esther Gokhale "When you have good posture, then your every day life and activities become both your exercise and therapy." - Esther Gokhale "When we focus on pointing our chins up, it usually leads us to tense up the muscles in the back of our neck. This tension in the back of the neck is not healthy. Our chins want to elongate and point down towards the ground." - Esther Gokhale on why we shouldn't focus on pointing our chins up to try to achieve good posture.  "When you have good posture, then your every day life and activities become both your exercise and therapy. Every bend and step becomes a rep or a stretch. You're also taking care of a lot of your exercise needs. With poor posture, not only are you missing out on those stretches and strengthening repetitions, but you're actually creating wear and tear on your joints." - Esther Gokhale on how good posture can benefit our bodies while poor posture hurts it. "On average, people have great posture design and structure. However, it's up to the culture to either nurture and support this primal architecture that we're born with or to destroy it. Good posture can be destroyed with poorly designed furniture, directions such as "stand up straight, chin up," and even those electronic notifications that remind us to fix our posture." - Esther Gokhale on how good posture can decline because of culture.  "Culture is critical to posture and my life mission is to change the culture. My long-term goal is to create a healthy posture culture for modern people. It's possible and we have such an advantage to change our posture." - Esther Gokhale on her mission to help modern culture improve its posture.  "We blame sitting for our health problems, but it's actually incredibly gentle for the body. Of course you shouldn't just sit like a lump or sit with unhealthy posture in badly made furniture. However, if you sit well for moderate periods of time in half-decent furniture, sitting is really gentle for the system. It's so easy on the joints and our architecture." - Esther Gokhale on how sitting can be beneficial for our bodies with the right circumstances.  "Corporate jobs tend to keep people at their desks and don't allow them to move. Dance or movement breaks would be beneficial for the employees." - Esther Gokhale on how corporations can include movement as a part of their employees' work day.  "A lot of people will only make an extreme change when they're going through extreme pain. But this is an opportunity for everyone to get involved and be proactive. Proactive health is so much easier than reactive health." - Josh Trent on how we can take advantage of the Gokhale Method to actively improve our health.   Resources Mentioned by Esther & Josh Check out the official Gokhale Method website Learn more about Esther Gokhale Connect with Esther Gokhale on Twitter Read Esther's book, 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back: Natural Posture Solutions for Pain Purchase your own Stretchsit Cushion - Gokhale Method Posture Solution Read Esther's blog post, Forward Pelvis: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Meet the Gokhale Method Teachers Find a Gokhale Method Class Location near you Join a free Gokhale Method Workshop Purchase other Gokhale Method products Watch more Gokhale Method videos Read the New York Times article, The Posture Guru of Silicon Valley Learn more about Kelly Starrett and MobilityWOD "Culture is critical to posture and my life mission is to change the culture." -Esther Gokhale Support This Podcast   Leave a 5 star review on iTunes Share this episode with someone you care about Contact Wellness Force Radio for podcast sponsorship and partnership opportunities Rate & Review Wellness Force Aloha! 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Join Us for a 10k Holiday Fun Run! Devon and I will be participating in a 10k run in Santa Monica, California on Sunday, December 4th. Get in touch with us about meeting up and click here for more details. A Short Break from Nutrition Month Hey everyone! Devon was not feeling too well to record the podcast this week with me so we will be taking a break from November Nutrition Month, but we hope to continue on with it next week! Talk about health and fitness with us! Join us in discussing, health, fitness, nutrition and motivation tactics on the Open Sky Fitness Podcast Facebook Group. It's a great group to talk with other people about health, share tips, and encourage each other to keep living a healthy lifestyle.   Good Posture 101 This week, the Posture Guru of Silicone Valley aka Esther Gokhale of the Gokhale Method, joined myself to talk about the importance of good posture.  Have you ever wondered how you can improve your back's posture at your desk or whether a standing desk would be better for you? Esther answered a ton of our questions and gave us some good, basic stretches to begin our way to healthier and stronger bodies.  Primal Posture vs. Posture Today Unlike today, our primal ancestors were living a certain lifestyle by hunting and gathering each day. Overtime, they developed specific movements and postures fit for that lifestyle. Now, times have changed and today we're doing different things with our bodies by sitting at a computer desk rather than squatting and bending over to do different activities like picking up sticks for firewood. We've lost a lot of kinesthetic wisdom in first world cultures. Yet there are many cultures out there, especially in Africa, that continue to teach younger generations how to hold their posture as far as how to hold babies, work in the fields to grow and gather crops, lying down to sleep, bending over to cook etc. All of this without fatiguing themselves and running out of breath when we're having difficulties simply bringing groceries from the car into the kitchen.  Keep in mind, learning how to have good posture is not that simple. As Esther put it, just like a language, good posture takes time and practice to learn. In order to see great improvement in your posture, hans-on assistance and coaching is usually necessary.     What's Better? A Sitting Chair or  a Standing Desk? Both are good because we need change throughout the day, but we also need plenty of rest. If you find yourself standing all day (like older generations did when they worked and stood in factories), you will have many back and muscle pains from your poor posture.  Compared to standing, sitting also helps a person have deeper thoughts and better motor skills.   Improve Shoulder Posture Esther's tips for good shoulder posture: One at a time, bring one shoulder forward a little bit.  Bring your shoulder up a little bit. Move your shoulder back and relax. Repeat with the other shoulder. You will experience better circulation, breathing, and feel more comfortable overall after doing this simple exercise.  How to do Stretchsitting Sit with your bum back in the seat. Hinge away from the back rest. Lengthen your back with a crunch by folding your rib cage forward. Maintain your forward fold while slowly using your hands to push your top half and lengthen more (push on arm rest if they're there). Hinge back towards the back rest (use a towel or the Gokhale Method chair) to help stick/hook yourself to the back of the chair. Relax and your weight will be attached to the towel and you will have traction against the chair. Feel free to do a shoulder roll afterwards. You're done! Stretch sitting can be done anywhere and at anytime. Mix things up by standing up, walking around, or do some other light stretching from time to time (every 20-30 minutes).       About Esther Gokhale Esther Gokhale (Go-clay) has been involved in integrative therapies all her life. As a young girl growing up in India, she helped her mother, a nurse, treat abandoned babies waiting to be adopted. This early interest in healing led her to study biochemistry at Harvard and Princeton and, later, acupuncture at the San Francisco School of Oriental Medicine. After experiencing crippling back pain during her first pregnancy and unsuccessful back surgery, Gokhale began her lifelong crusade to vanquish back pain. Her studies at the Aplomb® Institute in Paris and years of research in Brazil, India, Portugal and elsewhere led her to develop the Gokhale Method, a unique, systematic approach to help people find their bodies’ way back to pain-free living. Gokhale practiced acupuncture and taught posture, dance, and yoga in her Palo Alto wellness center for over twenty years. The Gokhale Method continues to grow as qualified Gokhale Method teachers now teach the method worldwide. Gokhale's book, 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back, has sold over 100,000 copies and has been translated into eight languages. In 2010, Gokhale hosted the nationally televised program Back Pain: The Primal Posture Solution (available on DVD). Gokhale has taught at corporations such as Google, IDEO, Varian Medical Systems, and Facebook Inc. She has also presented at conferences including TEDx(Stanford), Ancestral Health Symposium, Weston Price Foundation Conference, and PrimalCon.  She continues to speak with physician groups including Stanford, PAMF, UCSF and has consulted for the trainers of the SF 49ers and several Stanford sports teams. In May 2013, The New York Times featured Esther in an article giving her the title, “The Posture Guru of Silicon Valley”. Esther Gokhale lives on Stanford University campus where she raised three children with her husband Brian White, chairman of the Math Department.     Start Building Your Own Workouts and Meal Plan! Download Results Tracker here! Click To Download Home Workout Templates or text the word, "lifting," to 33444 to download the templates.  Download the OSF Food Journal Now! Check Out The Brand New Open Sky Fitness Podcast Facebook Page That's right! We've started an Open Sky Fitness Podcast group, where you and everyone will have the opportunity to talk about your health and fitness goals in a safe environment. We'll be posting workouts and starting discussions about how to be strategic around finding a healthier you. Check it out! Have a Question or Review for Rob or Devon? We love answering questions and getting feedback from you, our listener! If you have any questions to ask us, want to share a review of the show, or tell us any suggestions for guests/topics that you think would be great to have on the show, just email Rob at rob@openskyfitness.com or Devon at devon@openskyfitness.com or you can also leave us a review at www.openskyfitness.com/review and even text OSFreview to 33444 to get the link. What You'll Hear on This Episode 00:00 Open Sky Fitness Introduction 1:15  Opening comments with Rob 3:00 The OSF Podcast Group 6:00  Quick breakfast cups with muffin trays and tomatoes 8:30  Gut health and gas: Keep track of your nutrition with a food journal 13:45  Introduction to Esther Gokhale 15:00  How did you become the Silicone Valley Posture Guru? 16:40  What was your experience with back pain and how did you overcome it? 20:00  How do other cultures move and how did you translate that to your own posture movements? 25:23  Esther's tips for good shoulder posture 27:10  Is primal posture a trend or an awakening of our ancestor's posture? 32:30  Is it better to carry a baby on your back or on your front? 39:30  How did you carry your baby with you while cross country skiing? 43:40  How long does it take to learn how to have good posture? 48:10  Can some people learn good posture in a day? 51:40  How to do stretch sitting 57:00  What would you recommend: a sitting chair or a standing desk? 1:06:00 Closing comments with Rob 1:08:00 Open Sky Fitness Closing RESOURCES MENTIONED DURING THE SHOW: The Gokhale Method 8 Steps to a Pain Free Back by Esther Gokhale The New York Times article: The Posture Guru of Silicon Valley Sign up for a class with the Gokhale Method The 6 course Foundations Course with the Gokhale Method Free classes with the Gokhale Method The Gokhale Method Blog Sit to Stand Desks available at STAPLES To Download Rob’s FREE workout templates click below** Download Templates Ask Rob a Question or tell him what is working for you: Email Rob@OpenSkyFitness.com To leave a Review for Rob and the Open Sky Fitness Podcast CLICK NOW!  Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! 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Esther Gokhale is a world-renowned movement therapist and founder of the Gokhale Method. She wrote the best-selling book 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back and teaches her revolutionary work globally. We get into how to reform the shape of your spine, the steps necessary to making structural change and her travels around the globe observing various cultures movement patterns!

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Back pain is pandemic, and it's one of the top reasons people come to yoga class. In this week's Yoga Talk Show episode, Lucas Rockwood and Esther Gokhale discuss how primal posture can help with chronic back pain. Esther Gokhale (Go-clay) has been involved in integrative therapies all her life. She studied biochemistry at Harvard and Princeton and, later, acupuncture at the San Francisco School of Oriental Medicine. After experiencing crippling back pain during her first pregnancy and unsuccessful back surgery, Gokhale began her lifelong crusade to vanquish back pain.   She is the founder and creator of, The Gokhale Method®, a unique, systematic approach to help people find their bodies' way back to pain-free living.   Gokhale's book, 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back, has sold over 100,000 copies and has been translated into eight languages. In 2010, Gokhale hosted the nationally televised program Back Pain: The Primal Posture Solution (available on DVD).   In this Show, You'll learn: how primal posture can help with back pain the benefits of "tucking in your tailbone" and other exercises for the back Esther's thoughts on ergonomic chairs, body-forming mattresses and lumbar spine pillows   Links & References from the Show:   http://gokhalemethod.com   Got questions?   Write to us: podcast@yogabody.com   http://YogaBody.com   https://www.facebook.com/Yogabody.Naturals   http://instagram.com/yogabodyfitness

Esther Gokhale, the author of 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back, explains The Gokhale Method, an amazing contribution to non-surgical back pain treatment.