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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Odeya Nini

Odeya Nini is an interdisciplinary vocalist, composer, sound healing practitioner, and transformative facilitator whose work bridges the worlds of somatic practice, experimental sound, and vocal liberation. With a background in jazz vocals, classical composition, yoga training and a deep commitment to embodied inquiry, she guides participants into an intimate relationship with their voice — as a portal to presence, power, and possibility. Through her acclaimed Free the Voice method, Odeya has worked with people across continents, helping them shed inhibition, dissolve blocks, and access the raw, authentic sound that lives within. Her approach transcends technique; it is a path of reclamation, where voice becomes vibration, memory, medicine, and movement. A sought-after teacher and performer, Odeya creates immersive sonic landscapes and containers of deep listening, where resonance becomes a language for what words cannot touch.

Learn more: freethevoice.com odeyanini.com

Odeya Nini is a vocalist, composer, and transformative facilitator whose work bridges somatic practice, experimental sound, and vocal liberation. With her commitment to embodied inquiry, she guides participants into deep relationship with their voices — as a portal to presence, power, and possibility. 

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