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The more present we are in ourselves, the more present we can be with someone else.

In the centuries-old tradition of ensemble theatre, individual charisma and creativity are vitally bound up with the greater energy of the group.

This is a special opportunity for people to experience Esalen without taking a workshop.

Activate your imagination, creativity, and spontaneity. Just as muscles can tighten with stress and age, so can notions about ourselves.

Ann Bradney writes, “There is a state in which you are fully alive, authentic, and spontaneous.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a powerful therapeutic method for healing trauma-based problems.

One's whole being, starting from the physical body, can be refined and strengthened so it acts as a medium for the higher cosmic force.

This workshop is a wonderful opportunity for you to enjoy the beauty of Big Sur and the healing waters of the Esalen hot springs, while gaining a s

Esalen is the trailhead to one of the most spectacular mountainous coastlines in the world.

Organic gardening is fundamental work that permeates your entire life.

In Esalen Gestalt Coaching, we combine Gestalt awareness skills with the tools of Relational Coaching, to support taking a fresh look at the basic

Join Master Mingtong Gu for a week dedicated to healing and balancing body, mind, heart, and spirit through the powerful movement, sound, and visua

People in leadership positions who strive to be inspiring, influential, and highly effective must be exquisitely present, fully alive, and unafraid

“SpiritDance, created at Esalen during the 1980s, is a moving meditation practice, a bowing, a praying, a weeping, a prancing and dancing, rollicki

Byron Katie has one job: to teach people how to end their own suffering.

In this massage intensive workshop, we will focus on the abdominal and pelvic regions of the body, addressing both energetic and structural dynamic

Each of us finds our true selves through our emotions.

Have you ever asked yourself, How can I add more meaning to my life? What can I do to make a lasting difference in the world? Why am I here?

This is a “reset point” for couples who want to dramatically improve the quality of sex and intimacy in their love lives and open up to more ecstat

Standing before a blank canvas, we need the intention to create, an inspirational subject, and the skills to bring our vision to life.

Through meditation, contemplation, asana (physical postures), and sound, we invite you to deeply experience the teachings offered in the Shiva Sutr

The arising of creativity and defining our access to it have always been mysterious processes.

We must answer anew the old questions. "What are the limits of human ability, the boundaries of the human experience?

Liberate your voice, your heart, and your mind in a joyful and uplifting exploration of breathing, chanting, mantra and sonic meditations, sacred c

Research has proven that positive emotions can help you skillfully undo the impact of negative emotions on mood, health, and coping behaviors.

SpiritDance is a moving meditation practice created at Esalen.

Western science is one lens for viewing reality. Spirituality and theology provide other valid approaches, both theoretical and experimental.

This is a special opportunity for people to experience Esalen without taking a workshop.

This powerful practice workshop for men and women unfolds an approach to meditation that harnesses the subtle inner energy called Kundalini Shakti.

Total Body Balancing (TBB) is a body evaluation and treatment approach based on classical osteopathic theory.

The most profound medicine for body, mind, and spirit is produced in the human system for free.

This experiential workshop is saturated with brain-savvy resources for recovering resilience—our body-brain’s innate capacity to cope with the dile

This weekend provides practitioners with the opportunity to inspire their current massage practice.

How do innovative entrepreneurs deal with overwhelming challenges? How can we learn and grow during the most difficult times of our lives?

"Love is the experience of emotional and spiritual awakening to the bliss that is the true condition of the soul," says Daphne Rose Kingma.

Loss is a universal human experience. Whether it is a loss of a dear one, a relationship, a home, or health — grief is the response.

The impact of stress on health is well recognized.

The mystical union between the conscious mind and super-conscious mind is real and accessible to all.

In honorable memory of the youthful ninety-four-year-old Master Share K.

The 5Rhythms is a moving meditation practice. It is a map of how energy moves that shows us the patterns, rhythms, and cycles of life.

This is a special opportunity for people to experience Esalen without taking a workshop.

In every moment of our lives we are supported by natural systems, both seen and unseen.

Are you drawn to making a difference in your life and in the world?

This five-day workshop will be based on the teaching of Master Share K.

There is a natural desire in all of us to fully be ourselves, to live and love from our deepest essential nature.

Our inability to handle personal criticism from loved ones is a common Achilles’ heel. The more deeply we are in love, the harder it is to handle.

During this weekend, we will join together to experience a comprehensive integration of our embodied humanity and our divine spiritual nature that

“Improvising asks us not to be clever but rather to be awake,” says Patricia Ryan Madson.

Did you know that no mechanical engineer has ever been able to replicate the efficiency of the heart, which puts out more energy than it takes in?

Is “green” always more expensive? Does a financially healthy company have to exploit the environment?

Stretch your body. Rewrite your life. John Robbins is the author of Diet For a New America, The New Good Life, and numerous other bestsellers.

Do you sense another life calling you? Do you crave meaningful work, or ache to express your creativity or contribution — and pay your bills?

This is a special opportunity for people to experience Esalen without taking a workshop.

Do chronic tension, stress, or aches and pains plague you? Are you fit, but injured? Do you feel tight all the time?

Join us for this empowering and soul-stirring week as we journey into the holistic and shamanic roots of yoga through sacred wisdom teachings, dyna

For more than forty years, the Esalen Farm and Garden has provided a holistic model of food security and sustainability — producing food that susta

The fall season is a time to reflect, renew, and invite our deepest intentions.

This is a workshop for people who need a break—from working too hard, from concentrating too much, from being stuck under pressure too long—or who

Mastering the art of moving deeply into the body’s soft tissue layers adds a powerful dimension to the massage practitioner’s skill set.

Jim Gallas leads this program of Eastern bodywork and movement, including Reiki 1 Certification, a thorough overview of Shiatsu Massage, an introdu