David Haining, Gokhale Method Teacher

06/05/2026

Summer is here! Are you enjoying the warm weather to enjoy vacations, gardening, biking, walking, sports….or are your back, shoulders, neck, knees, or feet preventing you from participating due to pain or movement limitations? Now is the time to start your journey to healing your body through modifying the way you stand, sit, bend, walk, and sleep. Last summer, one of my students who didn't feel they had many posture issues sent me a letter after taking a class stating, "I've been applying what you taught and can spend time gardening without pain. I never thought that would be possible!"
Join me in my next free workshop to learn how carrying yourself different can make a huge difference in enjoying your life. My next workshop is Wednesday June 24 at 5:00pm. Sign up here: https://bit.ly/DavidGokhaleMethodTeacher
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We received this comment from one of our students on a recent post❤️
Thank you, Jason, for sharing your experience with our community, and thank you to Aurelia for guiding and supporting Jason’s journey. 🙏
Experiences like this remind us that small changes in how we sit, stand, move, and rest can add up to big transformations over time.

06/05/2026

Summer is here! Are you enjoying the warm weather to enjoy vacations, gardening, biking, walking, sports….or are your back, shoulders, neck, knees, or feet preventing you from participating due to pain or movement limitations? Now is the time to start your journey to healing your body through modifying the way you stand, sit, bend, walk, and sleep. Last summer, one of my students who didn't feel they had many posture issues sent me a letter after taking a class stating, "I've been applying what you taught and can spend time gardening without pain. I never thought that would be possible!"
Join me in my next free workshop to learn how carrying yourself different can make a huge difference in enjoying your life. My next workshop is Wednesday June 24 at 5:00pm. Sign up here: https://bit.ly/DavidGokhaleMethodTeacher

Forward head posture and a tucked pelvis go hand in hand.
When the pelvis parks forward, the lower back curves backward, and the head tends to drift forward to compensate.

The solution is to move the hips backward so your weight sits over your heels rather than the mid or fore foot. This creates a nice, strong, straight “tower” of legs, hips, spine, and shoulders that the head can balance on top of.

Do you find yourself standing like this guy in the photo? Tell us in the comments!

06/05/2026

Summer is here! Are you enjoying the warm weather to enjoy vacations, gardening, biking, walking, sports….or are your back, shoulders, neck, knees, or feet preventing you from participating due to pain or movement limitations? Now is the time to start your journey to healing your body through modifying the way you stand, sit, bend, walk, and sleep. Last summer, one of my students who didn't feel they had many posture issues sent me a letter after taking a class stating, "I've been applying what you taught and can spend time gardening without pain. I never thought that would be possible!"
Join me in my next free workshop to learn how carrying yourself different can make a huge difference in enjoying your life. My next workshop is Wednesday June 24 at 5:00pm. Sign up here: https://bit.ly/DavidGokhaleMethodTeacher

06/05/2026

Summer is here! Are you enjoying the warm weather to enjoy vacations, gardening, biking, walking, sports….or are your back, shoulders, neck, knees, or feet preventing you from participating due to pain or movement limitations? Now is the time to start your journey to healing your body through modifying the way you stand, sit, bend, walk, and sleep. Last summer, one of my students who didn't feel they had many posture issues sent me a letter after taking a class stating, "I've been applying what you taught and can spend time gardening without pain. I never thought that would be possible!"
Join me in my next free workshop to learn how carrying yourself different can make a huge difference in enjoying your life. My next workshop is Wednesday June 24 at 5:00pm. Sign up here: https://bit.ly/DavidGokhaleMethodTeacher

We received this comment from one of our students on a recent post❤️

Thank you, Jason, for sharing your experience with our community, and thank you to Aurelia for guiding and supporting Jason’s journey. 🙏

Experiences like this remind us that small changes in how we sit, stand, move, and rest can add up to big transformations over time.

06/05/2026

Summer is here! Are you enjoying the warm weather to enjoy vacations, gardening, biking, walking, sports….or are your back, shoulders, neck, knees, or feet preventing you from participating due to pain or movement limitations? Now is the time to start your journey to healing your body through modifying the way you stand, sit, bend, walk, and sleep. Last summer, one of my students who didn't feel they had many posture issues sent me a letter after taking a class stating, "I've been applying what you taught and can spend time gardening without pain. I never thought that would be possible!"
Join me in my next free workshop to learn how carrying yourself different can make a huge difference in enjoying your life. My next workshop is Wednesday June 24 at 5:00pm. Sign up here: https://bit.ly/DavidGokhaleMethodTeacher

Warmer days are here! The perfect time to move more and reconnect with your body. But exercise should not come at the expense of your posture.

The way you move matters just as much as the movement itself. Keeping your shoulders back, your neck tall, and your spine lengthened supports healthier, more comfortable movement patterns.

That’s exactly what we focus on in Gokhale Active, a program designed to help you exercise using the healthy posture principles taught in the Gokhale Method®. Build strength, mobility, and endurance in ways that work with your body, not against it.

For more information about Gokhale Active, contact our Customer Support team at [email protected].

06/05/2026

Summer is here! Are you enjoying the warm weather to enjoy vacations, gardening, biking, walking, sports….or are your back, shoulders, neck, knees, or feet preventing you from participating due to pain or movement limitations? Now is the time to start your journey to healing your body through modifying the way you stand, sit, bend, walk, and sleep. Last summer, one of my students who didn't feel they had many posture issues sent me a letter after taking a class stating, "I've been applying what you taught and can spend time gardening without pain. I never thought that would be possible!"
Join me in my next free workshop to learn how carrying yourself different can make a huge difference in enjoying your life. My next workshop is Wednesday June 24 at 5:00pm. Sign up here: https://bit.ly/DavidGokhaleMethodTeacher

Something we talk a lot about in the Gokhale Method is “checking your groove”..

Healthy backs have an even groove depth from top to bottom. This is a reflection of a straight, decompressed spine.

Run your fingertips up and down your groove. Do you feel a straight, uniform groove? Or does it feel deeper or shallower in a certain place? Let us know in the comments!

06/05/2026

Summer is here! Are you enjoying the warm weather to enjoy vacations, gardening, biking, walking, sports….or are your back, shoulders, neck, knees, or feet preventing you from participating due to pain or movement limitations? Now is the time to start your journey to healing your body through modifying the way you stand, sit, bend, walk, and sleep. Last summer, one of my students who didn't feel they had many posture issues sent me a letter after taking a class stating, "I've been applying what you taught and can spend time gardening without pain. I never thought that would be possible!"
Join me in my next free workshop to learn how carrying yourself different can make a huge difference in enjoying your life. My next workshop is Wednesday June 24 at 5:00pm. Sign up here: https://bit.ly/DavidGokhaleMethodTeacher

Meet Christine, nearly 78, still hiking, and moving better than ever.

After watching her hiking friends go through knee replacements, hip surgeries, and back procedures, Christine was determined to find a different path when arthritis began affecting her knee.

She discovered the Gokhale Method and it changed everything. From learning to engage her glutes on uphill trails, to aligning her hips, knees, and feet with natural external rotation, Christine has transformed the way she moves.

"I used to exist largely in my head — my body just followed. Now I'm so much more at home in my body."

Read Christine's success story here: https://gokhalemethod.com/blog/christine_hagelin_success_story

06/05/2026

Summer is here! Are you enjoying the warm weather to enjoy vacations, gardening, biking, walking, sports….or are your back, shoulders, neck, knees, or feet preventing you from participating due to pain or movement limitations? Now is the time to start your journey to healing your body through modifying the way you stand, sit, bend, walk, and sleep. Last summer, one of my students who didn't feel they had many posture issues sent me a letter after taking a class stating, "I've been applying what you taught and can spend time gardening without pain. I never thought that would be possible!"
Join me in my next free workshop to learn how carrying yourself different can make a huge difference in enjoying your life. My next workshop is Wednesday June 24 at 5:00pm. Sign up here: https://bit.ly/DavidGokhaleMethodTeacher

This is what learning to move correctly actually looks like. 👇

"I scan my body, check in, and respond, adjusting and improving my stance as necessary." - Christine. Gokhale Method Student

After injuring ligaments in her toes on a hiking trail and being told by her doctor, "it's nothing", Christine thought she sought real answers. A podiatrist confirmed she'd been walking on her toes too much, and she noticed her knees had a tendency to drift inward.

That's when the Gokhale Method changed everything.

By learning natural gait principles, aligning hips, knees, and feet in mild external rotation, strengthening foot muscles, and using her heels properly, Christine transformed the way she bends, walks, and moves through daily life.

The before-and-after photos speak for themselves:
❌ Before: rounded back, pelvis tucked, feet angled in
✅ After: straighter back, behind out, feet angled naturally outward

Read Christine's transformation here: https://gokhalemethod.com/blog/christine_hagelin_success_story

05/29/2026

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Want to learn more? Join me for a free workshop on Wednesday, June 24 at 5pm. Sign up here: https://bit.ly/DavidGokhaleMethodTeacher

In our last post, we shared a simple but powerful idea: good sitting starts with finding your sitz bones.

So how do you actually do that in a way that feels natural and relaxed?

Most people find that they need a little support at first. Something as simple as a prop under the back of the pelvis can gently tip the body forward so you can balance more easily on your sitz bones without gripping or stiffening.

Think of your pelvis like a bowl: you want it to rest in a slightly forward-tilted position, as if the “water” could spill softly out the front. Or imagine your tail naturally lengthening behind you instead of tucking underneath.

This is the essence of what Esther Gokhale teaches as stacksitting; using support so your structure can organize itself in a more upright, effortless way. A folded towel, a firm cushion, or a specialized support like the Gokhale Wedge can all help you explore this feeling of balanced, relaxed alignment.

The goal isn’t to “sit up straight” by effort, it’s to find a position where your back can let go while your bones do the work.

If you’d like to see what this looks like in practice, see the illustration below.

If you’re curious how this feels in your own body, start by experimenting with a small support under your sitting bones and notice what changes in your comfort and ease. Tell us in the comments below!