I am so grateful to Kathleen, Esther and the entire Gokhale team. Before I started this method, I could barely walk for 15-20 minutes and had to stop 3-4 times because of back pain. And it was so painful to bend that I had “grabbers” in every room in the house. I slept with a cervical neck pillow and sat on all my seats with a lumbar cushion. I thought I was doing the right thing for myself. I have bulging discs in L1-S1, stenosis, scoliosis, etc. I couldn’t stand long in the kitchen either. After I did any little thing, I had to sit in my reclining chair and relax my back. I did my physical
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."