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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Scott Engler

Scott Engler, a longtime student of presence and healing, supports adults, children and infants through Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy and workshops in trauma resolution for the family. He holds a third-degree black belt in aikido.

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Past Workshops

March 21-23, 2025
Moving Like the Ocean, Sitting Like a Mountain: Soul Motion® and Embodied Gestalt
December 20–27, 2024
Soul Motion®: Tenderness at the Heart of the Dance
December 18–24, 2023
Soul Motion®: Tenderness at the Heart of the Dance
All Past Workshops
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December 19–25, 2022
Soul Motion®: Tenderness at the Heart of the Dance
December 20–26, 2021
Soul Motion®: Tenderness at the Heart of the Dance
August 27–29, 2021
The Luminescent Body: Moving Like the Ocean, Sitting Like a Mountain

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