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Foundations Course - Six Lessons on The Gokhale Method

  • Foundation Courses

    Foundations Course - Six Lessons on The Gokhale Method

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  • Seats available: Open
  • USD $ 450.00  (Six 90-minute lessons)
  • Lesson 1:
    Saturday
    July 9, 2022
    starting at 11:30 AM
  • Lesson 2:
    Saturday
    July 16, 2022
    starting at 11:30 AM
  • Lesson 3:
    Saturday
    July 23, 2022
    starting at 11:30 AM
  • Lesson 4:
    Saturday
    July 30, 2022
    starting at 11:30 AM
  • Lesson 5:
    Saturday
    August 6, 2022
    starting at 11:30 AM
  • Lesson 6:
    Saturday
    August 13, 2022
    starting at 11:30 AM

Venue

Name of Facility: Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto
505 E Charleston Rd
Palo Alto, CA 94306
United States

Facility Details: Masks are required on campus.

Parking Info: Ample parking at the back of the building.

About this workshop

The Foundations Course is a core offering of the Gokhale Method. In six 90-minute lessons, you can change your habits efficiently and profoundly through a combination of verbal explanation, visual materials, and gentle hands-on guidance from a qualified Gokhale Method teacher. All qualified Gokhale Method teachers are personally trained by Esther Gokhale.

  • Reduce or eliminate many kinds of musculoskeletal pain
  • Prevent joint degeneration
  • Increase energy, stamina, and flexibility
  • Improve your circulation and breathing
  • Reduce stress
  • Look and feel more confident


Effects are often immediate and last a lifetime.

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“In six sessions I felt transformed. The approach is stunningly simple and confers immediate results. I wholeheartedly endorse this program.”

        - Deirdre Stegman, M.D. Internal Medicine, Palo Alto Medical Foundation


“Every year tens of thousands of patients undergo major back surgery without any benefit. By using the novel techniques of the Gokhale Method, many of these patients can avoid such needless and expensive medical procedures and quickly return to a pain-free life.”

        - John R. Adler, Neurosurgeon, Stanford University Medical Clinic, Stanford, CA


"Although stunningly simple, the Gokhale Method™ turns much of conventional wisdom about pain and posture on its head. Each session of the course gave immediate results and I now look forward to many years of a healthy neck and back."

        - Joan Baez, folk singer and activist, Woodside, CA

Please note that all participants must be vaccinated. If you have not been vaccinated for medical reasons, please contact our CS team at 844 777 0440.

Your Teacher

Eric Fernandez
[email protected]
2676057213

Eric Fernandez was drawn to the Gokhale Method by the principles he learned from the Russian martial art of systema, of which he is a certified instructor, and has practiced for more than a decade. Both focus on utilizing natural posture to facilitate breathing, eliminate unnecessary tension, and enhance movement.

Eric believes we are all supposed to feel good, be healthy, and move with ease. His passion is for self-improvement, and he loves to teach...Read more


If the posted dates don't work for your schedule, or if you would prefer private instruction, please click below to initiate a request for private instruction with them. Your teacher can help with follow up appointments as well, get in touch with them.

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What others are saying

Benefits of learning the Gokhale Method:

  • Reduce/eliminate many kinds of musculoskeletal pain
  • Prevention of joint/disc degeneration
  • Reduce stress levels
  • Improve circulation and breathing
  • Look and feel more confident
  • Weight loss and reduce appearance of belly fat
  • Increase energy, stamina, and flexibility
  • Increase height (up to 1" or 2.54cm)
  • Increase productivity

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