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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Warren Farrell

Warren Farrell, PhD, has coached couples and psychologists in couples’ communication for the past 30 years. His popular course is the foundation for his most recent book, Role Mate to Soul Mate (2024).

Dr. Farrell has been chosen by the Financial Times of London as one of the world’s top 100 thought leaders. His books are published in 19 languages, and include The New York Times bestseller Why Men Are the Way They Are, the international bestseller The Myth of Male Power, and his Amazon bestseller, The Boy Crisis. His previous book on couples’ communication, Women Can’t Hear What Men Don’t Say, was a selection of the Book of the Month Club.

Warren has been a pioneer in both the women’s movement (elected three times to the Board of the National Organization for Women in NYC) and the men’s movement (called by GQ “The Martin Luther King of the men’s movement”). His life journey is the subject of an award-winning documentary (2025).

Dr. Farrell has been interviewed repeatedly by Oprah, Barbara Walters, Tucker Carlson, and Jordan Peterson, and also by Peter Jennings, Sean Hannity, Katie Couric, Larry King, Regis Philbin, and Charlie Rose. He has frequently written for and been featured in The New York Times and publications worldwide. Warren has two daughters and lives with his wife in Mill Valley, California, and virtually at warrenfarrell.com. For videos of his workshop, see the couples’ communication tab.

Warren Farrell, PhD, has coached couples and psychologists in couples’ communication for the past 30 years. He was chosen by the Financial Times as one of the world's top 100 thought leaders. Dr. Farrell's popular course is the foundation for his most recent book, Role Mate to Soul Mate (2024).