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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Jim Gallas

Jim Gallas has been blessed with the joy of teaching yoga and qigong for over 30 years and has taught at Esalen since 1999. He also loves teaching Shiatsu massage, Reiki, and anatomy. Practicing massage therapy for 32 years has given Jim a hands-on perspective and approach to the healing arts.

Jim has had the good fortune to study with excellent teachers while traveling in India and China. 

For 20 years, Jim enjoyed performing for small tolerant audiences with his improv troupe, Loose Cannon Theater. In another life, he was the owner of a successful vegetarian restaurant in New Zealand.

Jim Gallas has been teaching yoga and qigong with a sense of deepening silence and the lightness of laughter for over 30 years. He has had the great joy of teaching at Esalen since 1999. 

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Jim Gallas

Jim Gallas has been blessed with the joy of teaching yoga and qigong for over 30 years and has taught at Esalen since 1999. He also loves teaching Shiatsu massage, Reiki, and anatomy. Practicing massage therapy for 32 years has given Jim a hands-on perspective and approach to the healing arts.

Jim has had the good fortune to study with excellent teachers while traveling in India and China. 

For 20 years, Jim enjoyed performing for small tolerant audiences with his improv troupe, Loose Cannon Theater. In another life, he was the owner of a successful vegetarian restaurant in New Zealand.

Jim Gallas has been teaching yoga and qigong with a sense of deepening silence and the lightness of laughter for over 30 years. He has had the great joy of teaching at Esalen since 1999. 

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