Gokhale Foundations

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.

Required text: 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back.



“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
Start Date
Monday, January 06, 2025
Start Time
03:00 pm
Language
English
Format
Six 90-min lessons
Cost
$540
Location
This event will be hosted at a private location. You will receive the address when you register.
Venue Info
Name of Facility:
Private Location
Parking Info:
Park on the street outside 135 Rinconada, and walk down the long driveway to the right of 135, to the third (last) cottage in the back.
Mon,
January 06, 2025
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03:00 pm
Tue,
January 07, 2025
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03:00 pm
Wed,
January 08, 2025
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03:00 pm
Thu,
January 09, 2025
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03:00 pm
Fri,
January 10, 2025
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03:00 pm
Sat,
January 11, 2025
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03:00 pm
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Esther Gokhale
Phone Number
+1 844 777 0440

Your Teacher

Esther Gokhale (GO-clay) studied biochemistry at Harvard and Princeton and 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.

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Gokhale Method Testimonials

  • Esther Gokhale is incredibly patient in helping people in pain unlearn decades of bad habits and move from bad posture to body awareness. She brings her students a wealth of knowledge from decades of close observation of walking, standing, sitting, and lifting patterns (in contemporary populations all over the globe, as well as in books and art that point to a more aligned past). She also offers graduates access to regular online training and a library of helpful resources. Gokhale training is not just for people in pain, but for anyone with questions and curiosity about human movement.

  • For the last two years I had severe sciatica pain down the backs of both of my legs to the point where I was in constant pain and could barely walk. I also had a sore neck and was using a mechanical neck traction device daily. My physicians recommended a back shot and medication, which I didn’t want to do since the back shot either doesn’t work or stops working after a few months. As a very active person — a non-professional ballet dancer and the owner of an extremely active dog (Australian Shepherd) — my life was miserable. After going to my acupuncturist for a couple of months, who got rid

  • After decades as an international athlete and a Silicon Valley CEO, I developed a debilitating, ice-pick pain in my butt which woke me up every few hours at night. I am 80 years old. I was in agony until finding Esther’s book 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back and carefully studying her posture method. I was able to eliminate this pain in just one month by working directly from Esther’s book. Since then, my wife Pam and I have both benefited greatly from attending a Pop-up Course and private lessons with Esther.

    The #1 rating of this program as an intervention for lower-back pain on the independent

  • The Gokhale Method, developed by Esther Gokhale, is deceptively simple. It’s physical and is straightforward and, for most, requires repetition and practice to replace old with new. I had the good fortune to meet Esther just after I began to experience nerve pain. Exercises learned in the Foundations Course were immediately beneficial, reducing nerve pain to the vanishing point and improving my balance and confidence. The Gokhale Method rewards its practitioners. I highly recommend it.

  • I think Esther is a true healer, in every sence of the word.
  • I've been impressed by her suberb knowledge of her field
  • The patients I have referred to Esther have, without exception, found her work to be life changing.
  • I am now pain-free even when sitting for long periods or flying long distances.
  • I wholeheartedly endorse Esther Gokhale’s program.
  • The training I received from Esther has greatly reduced the frequency of my headaches.

Private Foundations Consultations

Teacher
Esther Gokhale
Start Date
To be arranged
Format
Six 45-90-min lessons
Cost
$450 - $855
Details & Benefits Of a Private Course
Teacher
Esther Gokhale
  • Reduce or eliminate back, neck, muscle and joint pain
  • Prevent muscle and joint degeneration and injury
  • Increase your energy, stamina, and flexibility
  • Reduce stress and improve your appearance
  • Effects are often immediate and last a lifetime.