Esalen Institute is open! However, Highway 1 to the south is closed — please review the current travel advisory.
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Due to road closures along Highway 1 to our north and south, Esalen is closed through April 11.
Esalen Institute is open! However, Highway 1 to the south is closed — please review the current travel advisory.

Esalen opens May 3, 2024

Visitors are now able to access Esalen as well as other businesses and trails in northern Big Sur via twice-daily convoys on Highway 1 operated by Caltrans.

Convoys run only at 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. each day. These are the only opportunities to travel into and out of Big Sur, so visitors must plan accordingly.

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Ash Witham

Ash Ryzen Witham (they/she) is a queer, nonbinary, trauma-informed somatic coach and connection & embodiment facilitator devoted to creating soul-centered spaces for personal and collective transformation. After living nomadically abroad for five years, Ash is now based in LA and facilitates programs both across the U.S. and internationally — and is committed to creating diverse, inclusive spaces with meaningful impact. Rooted in over a decade of study and facilitation, Ash is both a lifelong learner and dedicated guide. They are a course leader at Authentic Relating Training International, trained through the Strozzi Institute’s rigorous coaching program with advanced study in trauma and resilience, and certified in Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy (Embody Lab) and Relational Coaching (Relateful Co).

At the heart of Ash’s work is alchemy: transforming ache, tension, and longing into portals for intimacy and wholeness. Their offerings weave somatic wisdom, relational intelligence, and expressive movement to guide people toward greater authenticity, resilience, and aliveness. Ash crafts experiences that are both structured and intuitive, alive with experimentation, with impact that reverberates long after. Their guiding belief: Our bodies and relationships hold the raw material for transformation — when met with care, they become the crucible where personal and collective possibility begins.

Ash Ryzen Witham (they/she) is a queer, nonbinary, trauma-informed somatic coach and connection & embodiment facilitator creating inclusive, soul-centered spaces for transformation. At the heart of Ash’s work is alchemy: turning ache and longing into portals of potential and wholeness.

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