Esalen Video Shorts

For the first time in Esalen's history, Tantra will be offered from its roots, 1500-year old history, and cultural context. Co-leading a series of workshops in 2022 is Sravana Borkataky-Varma, lecturer for Harvard Divinity School and founder of Lumen Tree Portal. She joined Christine Chen on Esalen Live! to share a practice, history, her personal story, and more.

What will you let go of, in 2021? What do you want to get clear about? Host Christine Chen welcomes Gitanjali Hemp to Esalen Live! to help us do the work of transformation.

An animal image generated by the "better half" of your brain could tell you a story about what's holding you back. Bill Donius, best-selling author and longtime Esalen faculty, livestreams with Christine Chen on Esalen Live!, guiding us through a simple exercise on how we might unlock potential by using more of our right brains.

One of our founding faculty members, Chungliang "Al" Huang, brings 55 years of teaching since the founding of Esalen to his interview on Esalen Live! Join host Christine Chen as he shares his unique ways of applying Taoist wisdom and Tai Ji to our current lives for transformation and freedom.

You know East Forest through his spiritual, mystical, and soul-driven music creations and collaborations with DJ Drez, Ram Dass, and more. East Forest joined Christine Chen on Esalen Live! to talk about music, your soul path, internal work, and our collective compass.

Make sense of this chaos by slowing down, listening deeply, and collaborating with the living world. Internationally renowned author and artist Day Schildkret of Morning Altars joins Christine Chen on Esalen Live! with an exploration of nature, art, and ritual to transform, heal, and make meaning from this time.