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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John Vosler

John Vosler is devoted to guiding others back to the truth of who they are, the unchanging, unshakable presence beneath all thoughts, emotions, and experiences.For over 25 years, John has supported thousands of students and clients through his work as an energetic bodyworker, meditation teacher, and facilitator of Yoga Nidra.

Blending ancient wisdom with modern science, his teaching reveals how sensations, emotions, and thought patterns are not obstacles but pathways to our innate wholeness and inner healer. Through meditation, movement, breath, and Conscious Coaching, John’s Los Angeles-based practice and his retreats around the world invite deep rest, release, and remembrance. His intuitive presence, grounded compassion, and good humor create safe and transformative spaces where participants rediscover what has always been true: nothing is broken, and nothing needs fixing.

A senior teacher at the Amrit Yoga Institute and a certified iRest® instructor, John leads Yoga Nidra certification programs, retreats, and trainings internationally, sharing this timeless practice as a doorway to peace, clarity, and love.

John Vosler is devoted to guiding others back to the truth of who they are, the unchanging, unshakable presence beneath all thoughts, emotions, and experiences.For over 25 years, John has supported thousands of students and clients through his work as an energetic bodyworker, meditation teacher, and facilitator of Yoga Nidra.