Love is the bridge between you and everything. — Rumi

What happens when we devote ourselves to attuning the heart through sound, breath, movement, and presence? In the beautiful setting of Esalen Institute, on the threshold of World Sound Healing Day and Valentine’s week, we’ll gather to awaken and stabilize the frequency of love in our bodies, relationships, and dreams.

Each day will offer gentle yet profound practices that soothe the nervous system and restore connection to self and source. Through seven sound journeys featuring Alchemy crystal singing bowls, authentic movement, deep listening, and nature immersion, we invite you to deepen into the sacred rhythm of your heart’s knowing.

Participants will have the opportunity to:

• Release stored tension and attune to the intelligence of love.
• Engage in gentle movement and deep listening practices that open the body to presence and grace.
• Explore the science and sacred roots of vibrational healing.
• Join in a co-creative sound and painting practice in the Art Barn.
• Reflect and integrate through journaling, heart-centered sharing, and the creation of a sonic valentine for the self, for others, and for the Earth.

Midweek, we’ll be joined by Big Sur elder Damaris (Penny Vieregge), who will bring a luminous presence and the ecstatic poetry of Hafiz to uplift our hearts. You will also be able to learn the basics of how to play crystal singing bowls.

This is an invitation to soften into self-love, restore your sense of wonder, and radiate heart-based energy into a world that deeply needs it. Whether you come solo or with a partner or friend, you’ll leave with renewed vitality, soulful connection, and tools to carry the frequency of love forward.