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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Rod Stryker

Rod Stryker is a world-renowned teacher, author, and visionary guide with more than four decades of dedicated practice and teaching in meditation, yoga, and yoga nidra. He is the founder of Tantra Yoga Alchemy®, one of the West’s leading yoga schools, and the creator of the revolutionary Luminous Coherence™ Method, a groundbreaking meditation protocol that unites ancient wisdom and modern science to dissolve limiting patterns and awaken lasting freedom. 

Rod’s work is rooted in the wisdom traditions of Tantra, Yoga, Vedanta, and Sri Vidya, and is distinguished by his rare ability to translate ancient teachings into practices that awaken freedom, clarity, and joy in modern life. He has guided tens of thousands of students worldwide, offering them access to both timeless spiritual insight and the most relevant applications of contemporary science.

The author of The Four Desires and The Tantra of Yoga, Rod has been a pioneer in bringing yoga and meditation to the West, shaping the field for more than 40 years. His teaching bridges myth and neuroscience, tradition and innovation, offering seekers both depth and accessibility.

Rod Stryker is a world-renowned meditation, yoga, and yoga nidra teacher with more than 40 years of experience. Founder of Tantra Yoga Alchemy®, he has guided tens of thousands worldwide in practices of freedom, resilience, and spiritual awakening.

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