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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Sadia Bruce

Sadia Bruce brings an integrative approach to her dual roles at Esalen as both a creative strategist and an embodied teacher. As Director of Product, she designs transformative experiences that bridge Esalen’s rich legacy with contemporary relevance, curating programming that is both innovative and responsive to the evolving pulse of the world. Her leadership weaves strategic foresight with creative intuition, shaping offerings that honor Esalen’s experimental roots while cultivating resonance with today’s seekers.

A master teacher and lifelong student of yoga, Sadia has studied intensively with some of the foremost contributors to modern spiritual and physical culture. Formerly on faculty at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, she brings decades of experience across yoga, breathwork, and somatic practices, guiding participants into deeper relationship with themselves and the world. Her teaching integrates classical yogic principles with contemporary somatic inquiry and ancestral wisdom, inviting aliveness, curiosity, and connection while welcoming experimentation and evolution.

Whether crafting institutional experiences or leading intimate workshops, Sadia holds a steady commitment to innovation, integrity, and care. Her work is animated by a belief in the power of presence, the necessity of play, and the beauty of becoming.

Sadia Bruce is a creative force and educator at Esalen, shaping transformative experiences at the intersection of yoga, breath, somatics, and ancestral wisdom. Her work invites embodied inquiry, playful experimentation, and deeper connection with self, others, and the unseen.

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