Esalen News April 2022
Whether online or in-person, Esalen is testing the waters in engaging ways remotely and on campus. Explore from home by way of an easy-to-drop-into webinar, take a weekend deep dive with our first digital hybrid workshop, or spend a whole month with us in person — away from your every day, immersed in nature for some self healing.
Technology and the digital space have produced a bridge that connects the natural world of Big Sur’s Esalen to the sanctuary of your home.
As harbingers of human potential, we collaborated with a world-class production company to bring you workshops designed for engaging online participation.
Find out about our first digital hybrid workshop with Sianna Sherman June 10–12, 2022.
In advance of the June workshop, we invite you to enjoy a taste of Sianna's teaching style in a free webinar, Tap Into Your Unshakeable Trust with Alchemic Yoga Practices on May 10, at 10:00 am PDT.
Please kindly REGISTER NOW as virtual mats are limited!
Enjoy the magic of the land while lending a helping hand. Be a part of our community through the robust volunteer program that paves the way for a unique and transformative experience.
What would happen if you pressed pause on your everyday life and dedicated four weeks to explore yourself and life at Esalen in one of our Live Extended Education Programs? If you’re ready to take the LEEP, we’re accepting applications for these five exciting programs.
Streams of Energy: Eastern Bodywork and Movement, May 7 – June 3, 2022 with Jim Gallas
Designed to open you to your innate healing potentials, experience one month of safe, life-altering therapeutic touch, and be more fully present in your unfolding as a unique expression of Source. Connect and laugh with a supportive healing community while you learn Shiatsu, Qi Gong, and Reiki.
Becoming Kin: Tending Relationship with the Natural World, June 4 – July 1, 2022 with Noël Vietor and Fletcher Tucker
Explore your ancient and essential relationship with the natural world through numerous, outdoor, hands-on, physical practices, including two long-form hikes. Mindfulness practices merge with biology and botany to better understand any place, discover perspectives on humanity’s place within nature through poetry and prose, and learn about pan-ancestral traditions of foraging and crafting for food, medicine, utility, and beauty.
CranioSacral Therapy: Exploring Presence and Intentioned Touch, July 2 – 29, 2022 with Karen Axelrod
CranioSacral Therapy (CST) is a gentle and profoundly moving form of bodywork known to help regulate the central nervous system for body-mind-spirit balancing. Learn how strong, therapeutic presence and intentional touch can facilitate safety and comfort for clients, practicing hands-on techniques to help unravel pain and dysfunction, while enhancing health in every dimension. You must be a professional healthcare practitioner or student or meet the course prerequisite requirements for this program.
Leadership and Presence, July 30 – August 26, 2022 with Suzanne Scurlock
Presence is the hidden key to successful leadership. Learn to develop a greater presence by paying attention to the body’s subtle cues and the surrounding environment. Use these signals to help regulate your energy reservoir, make healthy connections, maintain good emotional boundaries, and have more powerful leadership conversations.
Burnout Recovery For Health Care Workers & Therapists, August 26 – September 23, 2022 with Lissa Rankin, MD
Healers need healing too. After the past two years of pandemic-related service, healthcare workers and therapists can join a month-long program designed to heal the healer in a trauma-informed way. Experience a variety of self-healing tools collected by Dr. Lissa Rankin during her 10 years traveling the globe to study Indigenous healing and faith and energy healing, as well as cutting-edge trauma therapies from her book Sacred Medicine.
Explore, play, and tap into your vulnerabilities with a gentleness that makes space for personal journey. Our workshop offerings are ever expanding. Peruse our latest and choose your own adventure. See our newest workshops.
We publish an update of new workshops every two weeks. Be the first to know and sign up! Our workshops sell out quickly.
Is Esalen a Geographical Maṇḍala?
The sacred diagram of our land and a mystic representation in Buddhist Tantra lives, breathes, and changes constantly, while remaining constant, shares Sravana Borkataky-Varma.
Read more.
Herbal Clearing Ritual
Submerge yourself in Esalen’s healing hot spring waters for a spiritual soak, infused with the herbal fruits of our lands and guided by the magical Micha Merrick.
See more.
Voices of Esalen: Xochitl Ashe
Xochitl Ashe offers legal Mazatec Psilocybin Mushroom retreats. She’s the first female in five generations of men initiated into the healing traditions of her ancestral lineage.
Listen now.
Is Esalen a Geographical Maṇḍala?
The sacred diagram of our land and a mystic representation in Buddhist Tantra lives, breathes, and changes constantly, while remaining constant, shares Sravana Borkataky-Varma.
Read more.
Herbal Clearing Ritual
Submerge yourself in Esalen’s healing hot spring waters for a spiritual soak, infused with the herbal fruits of our lands and guided by the magical Micha Merrick.
See more.
Voices of Esalen: Xochitl Ashe
Xochitl Ashe offers legal Mazatec Psilocybin Mushroom retreats. She’s the first female in five generations of men initiated into the healing traditions of her ancestral lineage.
Listen now.
Is Esalen a Geographical Maṇḍala?
The sacred diagram of our land and a mystic representation in Buddhist Tantra lives, breathes, and changes constantly, while remaining constant, shares Sravana Borkataky-Varma.
Read more.
Herbal Clearing Ritual
Submerge yourself in Esalen’s healing hot spring waters for a spiritual soak, infused with the herbal fruits of our lands and guided by the magical Micha Merrick.
See more.
Voices of Esalen: Xochitl Ashe
Xochitl Ashe offers legal Mazatec Psilocybin Mushroom retreats. She’s the first female in five generations of men initiated into the healing traditions of her ancestral lineage.
Listen now.
Check out the latest episodes of Voices of Esalen:
Jack Kornfield and Trudy Goodman: Hatred Never Ceases by Hatred
Dr. Deborah Egerton on Using the Enneagram for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism
Reverend Erika Allison: Gay the Pray Away — Healing from LGBT Conversion Therapy
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