Christine Chen is the co-founder of Spellbound Yoga and best-selling author of Happy-Go-Yoga. Christine’s 20-year study of infusing yoga and Ayurveda into her life and teachings helped her emerge from painful traumas to embrace empowered, natural well-being. (E-RYT500 + E-RYT300 Lotus Flow/Ayurveda; YACEP)

Christine McDowell Tucker’s interest in spirituality began when she was a child, leading her to a doctorate in clinical psychology. She worked at the University of Virginia and in private practice seeing clients for Mindfulness training and cognitive behavioral therapy.

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Chungliang "Al" Huang teaches Tai Ji philosophy, East/West synthesis, and the art of movement meditation. He is the founder and president of the Living Tao Foundation and director of Lan Ting Institute in the Sacred Mountains of China. His best-selling books include Embrace Tiger, Return to Mountain, and Tao: The Watercourse Way, co-authored with Alan Watts.

Claudia Cuentas is a Peruvian psychotherapist (LMFT), artist, researcher, educator, and ceremonialist, passionate about the art of healing and the decolonization of health. She is the co-founder of Cora Center, a licensed Psilocybin Service Center (www.coracenter.org) and a certified Psilocybin facilitator living in Portland Oregon. She comes from an Aymara heritage and a strong lineage of artists, social activists, and healers in her family. 

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Clifford Saron, PhD, is a neuroscientist at the Center for Mind and Brain and MIND Institute at the University of California at Davis. Dr. Saron has had a long-standing interest in the effects of contemplative practice on physiology and behavior.

Cristi Christensen, a former elite gymnast and diver, overcame a severe injury and advanced-stage cancer, inspiring her teachings on resilience and healing. Author of Chakra Rituals, she leads global programs emphasizing body-rooted practices and women's empowerment.

Drez transforms the vibe of any scene his sound is set upon. Rooted in underground L.A. hiphop, his cutting edge vision for truly universal music intelligently integrates elements of hiphop, world music, soul, funk, jazz, and reggae into his trademark sound and production.

Dacher Keltner is a professor of Psychology at UC Berkeley and faculty director of the Greater Good Science Center. His research focuses on the biological and evolutionary origins of compassion, awe, love, beauty, and humility, as well as power, social class, and inequality.

Dale Borglum, with Ram Dass and Stephen Levine, founded the conscious dying movement in the West. He created the Hanuman Foundation Dying Center in Santa Fe, and is the Executive Director of the Living/DyingProject. He has taught meditation since 1974.

Dan Zigmond is a Zen priest, writer, and data scientist. He is a Guiding Teacher at Jikoji Zen Center, and has led teams at Apple, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Google. His most recent book is Buddha's Office: The Ancient Art of Waking Up While Working Well.

Dana Albany is an artist who has exhibited for the San Francisco Arts Commission, SOMAR Gallery, the de Young Museum of Art, San Francisco Airport, Exploratorium, and California Academy of Sciences. She has been awarded many grants and produced several large-scale sculptures for the Burning Man event.

Daniel Gloyd is a designer and research expert specializing in the fields of human-computer interaction and user experience design. He has helped organizations such as Toyota, Samsung, Ford, Bosch, TIAA, and McDonald's embrace human-centered design for over 25 years.

Daniel Siegel is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine, where he was on the faculty of the Center for Culture, Brain and Development and the founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center. His psychotherapy practice includes children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families.

Daniela Urbassek brings her massage expertise to her global students and her acupuncture patients. “I am passionate about the powerful impact of somatic and holistic practices.” Her transformational approach balancing body, mind, and spirit is rooted in Esalen studies, Traditional Chinese medicine, Craniosacral therapy, Aromatherapy, Yoga, and Qi Gong.

Danny Fluker is a meditation and yoga instructor, and the founder and Executive Director of Black Boys OM–an organization that provides education and support of wellness modality teachers and students within the black community. Danny teaches meditation and yoga at his nonprofit, in corporations, and at yoga studios across the United States and Caribbean.

Daphne Tse is an international recording artist and yoga teacher. She has toured globally merging her Bhakti yoga teachings with her signature SoulSongs music. She has released five albums and has been featured on music compilations in the US, Japan and China. 

Daria Halprin, dancer, poet, teacher, and author, is among the leading pioneers in the field of movement/dance centered expressive arts education and therapy. With Anna Halprin she co-founded Tamalpa Institute and was instrumental in the development of the Life/Art Process, an innovative approach to dance as a healing approach. Her book, the Expressive Body in Life, Art & Therapy, describes the approach and practice.

Darnell writes because writing somehow keeps the world from collapsing in on itself. As an author, poet, playwright, and screenwriter, Darnell approaches the page with an enormous amount of tenderness and audacity, teaching others to do the same.

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David Presti, PhD, is a teaching professor of neurobiology and psychology at the University of California in Berkeley.

Day Schildkret is an award-winning queer author, artist, ritualist, teacher and is internationally known for Morning Altars, which BuzzFeed calls, “a celebration of nature and life.” For nearly two decades, he has worked with individuals, communities, and organizations to help heal the culture through a meaningful and creative response to personal and collective change.

Dean Marson is a Senior Esalen® Massage instructor whose approach to bodywork embraces elements of movement, awareness practices and conscious connection. He is an experienced yoga teacher and meditator who inspires the rediscovery of the pleasure and potential of healing touch.

Deborah Anne Medow, long-time Esalen workshop leader, yoga instructor, and bodywork practitioner, has spent more than fifty years studying, learning, practicing, and teaching various forms of massage, bodywork, yoga, meditation, movement, and awareness practices, drawing from Eastern and Western traditions.

Deborah Eden Tull, founder of Mindful Living Revolution, is a Zen meditation and mindfulness teacher, author, activist and sustainability educator. She bridges personal awakening with collective transformation. Her latest book is Luminous Darkness: An Engaged Buddhist Approach to Embracing the Unknown.

Deborah Rose Longo has been an instructor of the Gurdjieff Movements for over 40 years, working with groups around the world. Her approach emphasizes the importance of balancing the Three Lines of Work (Work on oneself, Work in the group and Work for the Greater Good), not only in the movements class but also in life.

Dee Dettmann Ahern, PT, BI-D, CST-D, received her Bachelor of Science degree in physical therapy from the University of Iowa. As a manual physical therapist since 1978, she became interested in CranioSacral Therapy and has studied with Upledger Institute International since 1984. A practitioner of Visceral Manipulation since 1987, Dee became an instructor of that work in 1994, and teaches and speaks internationally for The Barral Institute.

Deva Munay, founder of Sacred Sound & Wonder, has over 25 years of experience in the field of health and wellness. Her passion for the power of sound has been inspired by pilgrimages to India, Central America, Peru, Egypt, Bali, Argentina, and love.

Devarshi Steven Hartman, ERYT, is the founder of the Pranotthan Yoga School and the former dean of the Kripalu School of Yoga. He is the author of two best-selling audio series, The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita and Satori – Simple Secrets to Inner Peace, produced by Nightingale-Conant.

Diane Domondon is a Reiki Master with a private practice in NYC, where she teaches classes and treats clients in Usui Shiki Ryoho, the Usui Method of Natural Healing.

Didier Sylvain is an executive coach, artist, and facilitator of life alignment. With a background in philanthropy, consulting at Deloitte, and teaching university-level leadership courses, he applies his training in adaptive leadership, psychosomatics, and the healing arts to inspire transformative change.

Don Jose Ruiz is the international bestselling author of The Fifth Agreement. As a Toltec Master of Transformation and modern day shaman, he has dedicated his life to sharing the wisdom of the ancient Toltec through his books, lectures, and journeys to sacred sites around the world.

Don Miguel Ruiz Jr. is a Nagual, a Toltec Master of Transformation. He is a direct descendant of the Toltecs of the Eagle Knight lineage and is the son of Don Miguel Ruiz. By combining the wisdom of his family’s traditions with the knowledge gained from his own personal journey, he now helps others realize their own path to personal freedom.

Founder of Amplified Yoga Donovan McGrath's motivation is to encourage you to Amplify the greatest parts of yourself, using ancient yogic technology, presented in a modern and accessible way. He utilizes Jivamukti, Ashtanga, Anusara, and Kundalini in the Amplified Method, which is fun, cathartic, and swift in its ability to transform a person.

Dorothy Charles has been a student and teacher at Esalen since 1982. A student of Esalen co-founder Richard Price, she combines Esalen body-centered Gestalt with relational Gestalt theory, and leads workshops in Asia, Europe, and the U.S.

Douglas has been a conscious movement facilitator for over 12 years. He is a certified 5Rhythms® teacher. Douglas currently serves as the founder & CEO of the Weaving Waters Collective; an organization dedicated to creating healing and reconciliation centers for living beings.

Deborah Threadgill Egerton, Ph.D. is an Internationally Respected Psychotherapist, Best-selling Author, and Unity & Belonging Advocate for the Healing of Humanity. In her multifaceted roles of Consultant, Coach, Mentor, and Spiritual Teacher she focuses on guiding humanity toward a more compassionate approach engaging inner work by harnessing the insights of the Enneagram. 

Dream Mullick is a teacher, writer, and producer of film and other socially conscious endeavors. Her latest envisioned jewel is entheowheel. Entheowheel weaves ceremony and science bridging ancient and contemporary spiritual teachings inviting in practices for deeper preparation, ceremony, and integration of future psychedelic experiences.

Dulce Murphy has been on the cutting edge of nongovernmental Russian-American relations for over thirty years and has worked for or with Esalen for more than forty years. She is a founder and was a director of the Esalen Institute Soviet American Exchange Program, and became president and executive director of The Russian-American Center in San Francisco, now called TRACK TWO: An Institute for Citizen Diplomacy.

Dustin DiPerna is a Harvard-trained scholar of world religions and adjunct professor at Stanford University. He is a senior teacher of Tibetan meditation. His books include Streams of Wisdom and Evolution's Ally, among others.

East Forest is an internationally known teacher and composer with millions of listeners. His works and collaborations include Ram Dass, Google, Johns Hopkins, TED, UCSF, and the Yale Psychedelic Science Group, among others.

Edward Maupin, a psychologist who was an Esalen scholar-in-residence from 1966 to 1970, has practiced Rolfing since 1968, when he was trained by Dr. Ida Rolf. His early research in Zen Buddhism strongly influenced his approach to the Rolf Method.

Eileen Barker is a forgiveness teacher and author of The Forgiveness Workbook and Forgiveness Meditaton CD. In addition to leading retreats and workshops, she is a forgiveness coach and lawyer/mediator with a private practice in San Rafael, California.

Eileen McKusick is a researcher, author and educator who has been studying the effects of sound on the human body since 1996. She is the author of the best-selling books Tuning the Human Biofield and Electric Body, Electric Health, and the founder of the ground breaking sound therapy practice Biofield Tuning. Eileen’s work and approach helps people connect to and express their full electric potential.

Elana Meta is a dancer, teacher, and creative who explores self-expression and human connection through movement technique and META Method. Elana is the founder and CEO of Wild Vessel, which builds experiences and spaces for the expanding Feminine movement.

Eleanor Criswell Hanna, director of the Novato Institute for Somatic Research and Training and an emeritus professor of psychology at Sonoma State University, is editor of Somatics, and author of How Yoga Works and Biofeedback and Somatics.

Elena Brower teaches yoga and meditation, and is the author of Art of Attention, a yoga workbook. She created the audio meditation coursework, Cultivating Spiritual Intelligence, and founded Teach.yoga, a global website for teachers. Her second book, Practice You, was published in 2018.

Elissa Epel, PhD, is a professor at UCSF, author of  New York Times bestseller, The Telomere Effect, and past president of the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research. She is an expert on stress and contemplative practices, including mindful eating for optimal metabolic balance.

Eliza Reynolds has co-led workshops with her mother, Sil Reynolds, since she was 15. A graduate of Brown University, she co-authored Mothering & Daughtering and is a certified teen mediator and SOS-trained counselor with Planned Parenthood.

Elizabeth Esalen, PhD, is a psychologist who has a passion for healing, empowerment, bliss and dance. She is the founder and CEO of The Lotus Collaborative, eating disorder treatment centers that celebrate the feminine and offer mind-body-soul transformation in Santa Cruz and San Francisco, Calif.

Elizabeth Philipose has a lifelong passion for evolution and the expansion of consciousness. As an academic, she studies causes and consequences of violence and pathways to peace. As a spiritual therapist, she offers individual counseling and group programs in decolonial wellness.

Ellen Bass is a poet whose work frequently appears in the New Yorker and The Sun. Among her many books are Indigo and the best-selling work The Courage to Heal. A Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, she teaches in Pacific University’s MFA program.

Ellen Emmet is a practicing psychotherapist and facilitator of authentic movement. Her dance-movement therapy and transpersonal psychology background has been deeply influenced by a non-dual understanding. Ellen also offers meetings in the Essence of Yoga, an exploration of the body sourced in the tradition of Kashmir Shivaism.

Ellen Kindl began Harriet Goslins' Cortical Field Reeducation® as an attempt to control chronic pain after a 21-hour surgery to fuse 14 vertebra. It worked, she was certified as a teacher in 2000, and has taught at Esalen and other locations nationally since then.

Ellen Watson fell in love with breath when she first arrived at Esalen in the 1980s. During the ensuing years, studying breath became a focus in all her pursuits. In addition to enhancing self-awareness, breath informs all the practices Ellen teaches at Esalen today. Among these practices are Esalen Massage & Bodywork, 5Rhythms®, Touching Essence, and the Vibrance Collective Practices.

Emile Hassan Dyer is a choir director, vocalist, improvisational performer, percussionist and storyteller. He brings a multicultural perspective to music while using vocal and body percussion, drums, and vocal styles of many cultures. He uses extensive chanting and vocalese in his musical creations.

Emily Cohen is the COO of Bregman Partners, Inc. where she co-runs the coaching business and manages the Bregman Leadership Coaching and Consulting team. Emily received her BA from Brown University and her master’s degree from the University of Georgia.

For the past decade, Emily has spent nearly every summer in the California wilderness as a trail worker and backcountry cook in Yosemite and a monk at the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. She brings ten years of formal meditation practice, wilderness-based youth development work, hospice work, and Buddhist chaplaincy to her work as a nature-based psychotherapist.

Emily McDowell is a writer, illustrator, speaker, teacher, creative strategist, and recovering entrepreneur. She’s best-known as founder of the stationery brand Em & Friends, and its signature Empathy Cards for illness and grief. She is currently navigating her own liminal space.