Esalen is open!

Starting Friday May 17 at 6:30 a.m., Highway 1 north of Esalen will reopen with the use of a 24/7 signalized traffic control, providing unrestricted public access with one-way alternating traffic in both the north and southbound directions. Please plan travel accordingly to accommodate a brief delay of up to 10-15 minutes at the traffic control site.

Highway 1 south of Esalen remains closed. Guests traveling from points south of us, please take the alternate route through Monterey.

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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 alternate route directions.

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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With an MD and background in neuroscience and behavior change, Siva Mohan presents a unique East-West Mind-Body version of Ayurveda. She guides her audience to individualized wellness lifestyles with tools and approaches from Ayurveda, emotional wellness, and functional medicine.

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Siva Mohan

Siva is a big-picture person. An integrationist. A pattern seer.

As a UN social affairs officer and by working globally with private clients for over 13 years, Dr. Siva realized that even educated, active people are missing the basics of wellness. Across cultures and continents, we are leading lives set up for chronic disease and discontentment.

Siva's mission is to teach people to feel again — to be able to hear what their bodies and hearts are guiding them to shift. And then give them tools and approaches to accomplish those healthy shifts. 

With an MD and background in behavior change and education, Siva presents an empowering East-West Mind-Body version of Ayurveda. She guides her audience to individualized wellness lifestyles with tools and approaches from Ayurveda, emotional wellness, and modern science.

Her book, courses, and content can be found at ayurvedabysiva.com.

With an MD and background in neuroscience and behavior change, Siva Mohan presents a unique East-West Mind-Body version of Ayurveda. She guides her audience to individualized wellness lifestyles with tools and approaches from Ayurveda, emotional wellness, and functional medicine.

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