Embrace a new self this spring, life's favorite season, a time to trade the negative, the useless, and the limiting for creativity, understanding, and catharsis. If you're longing to tell your story, unlock your potential, sing, dance, or heal this May, Esalen can be the container that holds and nourishes you.
Full Story ➝Looking ahead to April 2023, spring births opportunities for renewal — a shift away from the cold stillness of winter into the inspiration of new beginnings. As the chill recedes, and the layers peel away, slough off the extra and create space for what you’re ready to focus on as some of our most popular teachers and courses return. Esalen's April workshops offer the tools and teachings to help you flourish and bloom.
Full Story ➝Reflecting on 2022, we have so much to be grateful for — thanks to you. As we chart our next 60 years, we count on your continued partnership and engagement in order to expand our offerings and realize our shared aims.
Full Story ➝The cultivation of spiritual growth and awareness is a process that, in time, can yield joy and bring fulfillment beyond measure. Looking ahead to spring of 2023, new workshops in March give access to the tools that can help you live your most authentic life, find the answers within, and align with your truest self.
Full Story ➝We can evolve in a multitude of ways. Endless avenues for internal exploration, toward transformation. Be it meditation, massage, art, psychedelics, or so much more, Esalen has the opportunities and challenges to guide you into your new self this fall and in the new year. The very first step of that journey (or journeys!) starts right here — just choose your path.
Full Story ➝How can we keep our spirits, minds, or bodies open to joy and possibility without renewal? Investing in that future version of yourself — the one that is rested and whole and able to be a source of strength for others — is the wisest and most generous choice you can make.
Full Story ➝As the days get shorter and fall creeps into the quiet season, those longer nights set the stage for reflection and renewal. Our autumnal/hibernal workshops will help you finish 2022 with strength and healing — culminating with a New Year for new beginnings!
Full Story ➝Facing multiple doorways for growth, all you must do is decide. Do you wish to cultivate gratitude and love? Or unlock creativity through art? There are even two chances to learn from one of Esalen’s most revered teachers. There are no wrong answers now. Just follow your heart and step into your new future! It’s waiting for you.
Full Story ➝Our ethos (“Nobody captures the flag”) reminds us that we triumph in community — at play in a constantly evolving “non-zero-sum game” of learning and healing. Our newest workshop offerings, stretching into the upcoming holiday season, embrace transformation through togetherness.
Full Story ➝Has your creativity, voice, or vision somehow been disconnected, silenced, or dimmed? Even if they feel lost forever, your truest, most powerful aspects are eager and ready to shine, and they are longing to live again. With so many different ways to reconnect — be it art, meditation, mindfulness, ritual, or community — Big Sur is where you’ll rediscover those precious, cherished selves. Choose your paths! They’re waiting here for you.
Full Story ➝Drop into Big Sur to embody Wild Tao, immerse in Tibetan wisdom, and harness manifestational power through traditional West African ritual. Fall is our season to write, dance, cultivate awe, and find our true selves. Using ancient practices from around the world (enhanced by modern techniques and exercises), the invitation is open to discover — and rejoice!
Full Story ➝We often don’t recognize a lack of balance — until something really hurts. But some guidance and a touch of transformation can reveal just how good living harmoniously feels. Opportunity abounds here at Esalen for you to level up your joy, purpose, vitality, and all that comes with a deep connection to Mother Nature.
Full Story ➝Our August and September offerings get physical via dance and movement, auditory with alchemic singing bowl journeys and yogic chanting. We go beyond the body by deep diving into the Other Side, and get emotional with connectivity through Gestalt techniques.
Full Story ➝Whether it’s through the lens of compassion, bodywork, breathwork, Buddhism, tantra, communion with nature, or communication with your partner, these new August and September workshops arm you with the tools to bring your very best, most powerful self into sharper, more aligned, and self-aware focus.
Full Story ➝How we feel on the inside informs and affects how we present to the outside world. From heart-opened leadership and Enneagram exploration, to deep-dive mindfulness and discovering new pathways of happiness, our newest workshops support the seachange from gloom to bloom.
Full Story ➝Life can overwork our character muscles with adversities. Tis’ the season for overcoming through a compendium of traditional and natural world practices. From Toltec paths to happiness, and healing via biofield science, to humbly communing on Esselen Tribal land, and busting through blockages to clear our chakras — the tools are aligned, ready for activation.
Full Story ➝Our new workshops for July and August offer ways to live in right relation with the Earth, unlock renewed feminine energy and creativity, develop new strategies for thriving, and experience greater connection and inter-relatedness. Plus, a reminder about exciting options for a meaningful month away at Esalen between June and September with LEEP.
Full Story ➝Even as we celebrate the March equinox and welcome spring in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s not too early to make plans for summer. New workshops for July and August offer opportunities for yoga, creative expression, mindfulness, hiking, and more; plus, two new LEEP programs are open for applications.
Full Story ➝The longer days and warmer temperatures of spring are just around the corner here in California, and our newest batch of workshops offer a variety of enticing ways to shake off the shackles of winter and reconnect to yourself, others, creativity, and the grandeur of Nature.
Full Story ➝We've got brand new collections for kids and babies, newly-designed hoodies and tees that honor our sacred place on earth, gifts for rituals, energy, candle gazing, or cozying up at home. We have digital gift certificates too! Each purchase from our online store supports our programs and the land.
Full Story ➝The return of an iconic Esalen Massage workshop, celebrating LGBTQ+ love in a safe space, human potential with Paul Selig, and Enneagram for expansion are all available in this round of January and February workshop experiences.
Full Story ➝Dance, flow, and meditate with Zuza and Scott Engler, Raphael Cushnir, and Chandra Easton. Unlock your creative potential with Esalen Artist in Residence alum Darnell Walker and explore the truth about Tantra with Sravana Borkataky-Varma and Keith Cantú.
Full Story ➝Are you curious about your own capacity to heal? Do you wonder how you can create a different relationship with the land around you that is not rooted in dominance? Check out new workshops from Erika Gagnon and Vivien Sansour to find out how you can heal yourself and reconnect to the land around you.
Full Story ➝Dan Zigmond returns to help clear the obstacles of a daily meditation practice, Steven Harper explores the richness of Gestalt for radical aliveness in his return visit, and Miranda Macpherson helps us to rise to meet change with spiritual maturity.
Full Story ➝Navigate your soul path with a spirit dive, guided by East Forest and Radha Weppner, transform grief into beauty with artist Day Schildkret, or flow into gratitude with Janet Stone. New workshops are open for discovery right now.
Full Story ➝As we approach the days of late summer, two, brand new fall workshops are coming your way for September! Get liberated… and get busy crafting your future, because some of your favorites are back for an encore.
Full Story ➝Three new workshops just opened up for August. Whether you unlock your right brain, dive into a numerical map for social change, or learn how to move like the ocean and sit like a mountain… transformation awaits.
Full Story ➝We’re pleased to announce a new slate of upcoming workshops heading to Esalen this summer and fall! Choose from seven new workshops designed to help you meditate, engage, move, feel, and sing your way toward your highest spiritual self.
Full Story ➝The sun is shining, the whales are out along the coast, and it’s a great time to spend a few days at Esalen, soaking in the natural wonders while you explore the wonders within. A range of spring and summer workshops are open for enrollment, including an 8-week online course through Modern Elder Academy.
Full Story ➝The only constant in life is change. Whether you’re working through a difficult time — the stress and pain of the past year, or an acute loss — or are preparing for the joyful chaos that comes with welcoming a child into your life, these just-added workshops will support you through the challenges of transformation.
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