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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shiloh burton is a somatic practitioner, educator, and meditation teacher who weaves justice, art, and embodiment into spaces for healing, pleasure, and liberation — inviting truth-telling, repair, and the sacred practice of being fully human in community.