Beginning March 9, 2026 we will begin maintenance work at the baths on Mondays. Learn More.
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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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Tanya Luhrmann

Tanya Marie Luhrmann is a professor of anthropology at Stanford University, with a courtesy appointment in psychology. She is an expert on spiritual and supernatural experience and the ways in which spirit becomes real and meaningful for people.

Tanya Marie Luhrmann is a professor of anthropology at Stanford University, with a courtesy appointment in psychology. She is an expert on spiritual and supernatural experience and the ways in which spirit becomes real and meaningful for people.

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