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Gokhale Method: Banish Pain by Relearning Proper Posture

August 25, 2013

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Story at-a-glance

• Proper posture and properly using your body to work against gravity is the foundation upon which everything else related to your health is built
• The Gokhale Method addresses the root cause of physical pain, which is typically caused by improper posture. The method teaches you to reclaim your primal posture, which is the way your body was designed to stand, sit, and move
• Conventional advice tells you to tuck in your pelvis to maintain an S-shaped spine, but a far more natural spine curvature is a J-spine—your back straight, your lumbar relatively flat, and your buttocks protruding slightly
• Techniques to elongate your spine, proper head and neck posture, and strengthen your midsection and back to elongate and slim your torso to help maintain primal posture are included