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Ayurveda for the Goddess Life
May 7–9, 2021
May 7–9, 2021
Christine Chen, Robin Wilner

Please note: On Wednesday September 20, online registration may be unavailable for up to 15 minutes while system maintenance is performed. If the 'Register Now' page does not load, please wait about 15 minutes and try again.

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Empower yourself with well-being rituals and change your life forever.

Journey with us toward your embodied, goddess life through the lens of Ayurveda, the 5000 year old sister science to yoga.

Some of the practices we’ll explore include:

  • Breath: Dive into life-changing breathing techniques to shift your energies and understand how to sequence them to feel your best.
  • Body: Learn how to move, breathe, and make asana choices that unbind you from old habits and give you what you really need.
  • Food: Transform your relationship with food using a yogi mindset to release shame and make eating a sacred, nourishing practice.
  • Beauty: Tap into heart-centered, healing touch methods to release, revive, and invite sustained, self-love from the inside out.

We’ll decode the key principles of a complex, ancient system and bring them to life in the real world, so you come away with a personal road map to harmony and well-being.

Included with the workshop is a practitioner’s kit, meant to enhance each person’s workshop experience, and prepare them to take their new practices home with them. Each kit will include:

  • Body oil
  • Tongue scraper
  • Triphala
  • Herbal facial mix
  • Rosewater
  • Rosewood meditation mala

CE for yoga teachers: 10 hour Yoga Alliance CE, offered by Spellbound Yoga.

Recommended reading: Ayurveda: The Science of Self-Healing by Dr. Vasant Lad; and Happy-Go-Yoga by Christine Chen.

Learn more about the requirements to receive continuing education credit.

Lead photo:
Christine Chen

Christine Chen

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)

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Robin Wilner

Robin Wilner

Robin Wilner is a master yoga teacher, certified holistic nutritionist, and co-founder of Spellbound Yoga. She devotes her lifestyle and teachings to healing with food and yoga as medicine, drawing from Ayurvedic principles and her vast studies over the past decade. (E-RYT500, YACEP, MS Holistic Nutrition).

Read More

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Workshop Schedule

Fri 8:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Sat 9:30 am – 1:00 pm
Sat 7:15 pm – 10:15 pm
Sun 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Summer Groovers will experience Esalen in a format similar to our Self Guided Explorations workshops. Each Summer Groove week or weekend will open and close with a circle, and be filled with festive, nostalgic activities that harken back to those days of yore.

More activities can be found on our open class schedule.

See general schedule information including arrival, departure and meal times.

Accommodations & Tuition

Click Register Now to view availability of accommodations and all-inclusive, program-specific tuition. Please note that not all accommodation levels are available for every workshop and additional faculty fees may apply.

We offer scholarship funds for those with financial need. Learn more.

Please note: On Wednesday September 20, online registration may be unavailable for up to 15 minutes while system maintenance is performed. If the 'Register Now' page does not load, please wait about 15 minutes and try again.

Accommodations & Tuition

Click Register Now to view availability of accommodations and all-inclusive tuition that includes lodging, three meals per day, access to the baths, and all activities on the Summer Groove schedule.

We offer scholarship funds for those with financial need. Learn more.

Accommodations & Tuition

For this workshop, you will register and pay for accommodations and tuition in two separate steps.

First, sign up and pay tuition directly to

Second, click Book Accommodations from this page and enter the password to complete your reservation to stay at Esalen.

Prices for accommodations include your lodging, meals, open classes, and use of the baths and other facilities. View partner program accommodations pricing.

COVID Update

As of June 30, 2023 we no longer require a negative COVID test at the time of check in. Please read our current COVID safety guidelines for complete details prior to booking your stay.

COVID Update

All guests and faculty must provide proof of negative test results at time of check-in. Please read our current COVID safety guidelines for complete details prior to booking your stay.

COVID Update

In addition to proof of vaccination, all guests and faculty must provide proof of negative test results at time of check-in. Please read our current COVID safety guidelines for complete details prior to booking your stay.

COVID Update

Effective January 7, 2022 in response to the rapid spread of the new Omicron variant, all guests and faculty will provide proof of negative PCR, NAAT, or antigen test results at time of check-in. The test must be taken within 72 hours nd results must come from a laboratory or healthcare provider.Please read our updated COVID safety guidelines prior to booking your stay.

COVID Update

Effective December 15 in accordance with new guidance from Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Health, all guests, students, staff, residents, and faculty are required to wear masks in all indoor public settings, irrespective of vaccine status, for the next four weeks (December 15, 2021 through January 15, 2022). Please read our updated COVID safety guidelines prior to booking your stay.

COVID Update

Effective November 19, 2021, in accordance with new guidance from the Monterey County Board of Supervisors, all guests, students, staff, residents, and faculty are no longer required to wear masks indoors on campus. Please read our updated COVID safety guidelines prior to booking your stay.

COVID Update

Starting November 5, 2021, due to substantial levels of COVID-19 transmission in Monterey County, a mask mandate established by the Monterey County Board of Supervisors will go into effect. Please read our COVID safety guidelines prior to booking your stay.

COVID Update

All guests will be required to provide proof of vaccination upon arrival starting September 3, 2021. Please read our COVID safety guidelines prior to booking your stay.

COVID Update

Masks are no longer mandated indoors or outdoors, except during massage sessions. Guests are not required to provide testing or vaccination verification before arriving on campus. Please read our COVID safety guidelines prior to booking your stay.

All-inclusive Pricing

Standard Single Occupancy : $1960.00

Standard Room : $2560.00

Standard Room Two Beds : $2560.00

Premium Room : $2785.00

Premium Plus Room : $3760.00

Point House Suite : $4960.00

Point House Plus Suite : $5560.00

Christine Chen, Robin Wilner

May 7–9, 2021
Register Now

Empower yourself with well-being rituals and change your life forever.

Journey with us toward your embodied, goddess life through the lens of Ayurveda, the 5000 year old sister science to yoga.

Some of the practices we’ll explore include:

  • Breath: Dive into life-changing breathing techniques to shift your energies and understand how to sequence them to feel your best.
  • Body: Learn how to move, breathe, and make asana choices that unbind you from old habits and give you what you really need.
  • Food: Transform your relationship with food using a yogi mindset to release shame and make eating a sacred, nourishing practice.
  • Beauty: Tap into heart-centered, healing touch methods to release, revive, and invite sustained, self-love from the inside out.

We’ll decode the key principles of a complex, ancient system and bring them to life in the real world, so you come away with a personal road map to harmony and well-being.

Included with the workshop is a practitioner’s kit, meant to enhance each person’s workshop experience, and prepare them to take their new practices home with them. Each kit will include:

  • Body oil
  • Tongue scraper
  • Triphala
  • Herbal facial mix
  • Rosewater
  • Rosewood meditation mala

CE for yoga teachers: 10 hour Yoga Alliance CE, offered by Spellbound Yoga.

Recommended reading: Ayurveda: The Science of Self-Healing by Dr. Vasant Lad; and Happy-Go-Yoga by Christine Chen.

Learn more about the requirements to receive continuing education credit.

Lead photo:
Christine Chen

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)

Read More

Robin Wilner

Robin Wilner is a master yoga teacher, certified holistic nutritionist, and co-founder of Spellbound Yoga. She devotes her lifestyle and teachings to healing with food and yoga as medicine, drawing from Ayurvedic principles and her vast studies over the past decade. (E-RYT500, YACEP, MS Holistic Nutrition).

Read More

Workshop Schedule

Fri 8:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Sat 9:30 am – 1:00 pm
Sat 7:15 pm – 10:15 pm
Sun 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Summer Groovers will experience Esalen in a format similar to our Self Guided Explorations workshops. Each Summer Groove week or weekend will open and close with a circle, and be filled with festive, nostalgic activities that harken back to those days of yore.

More activities can be found on our open class schedule.

See general schedule information including arrival, departure and meal times.

Accommodations & Tuition

Click Register Now to view availability of accommodations and all-inclusive, program-specific tuition. Please note that not all accommodation levels are available for every workshop and additional faculty fees may apply.

Accommodations & Tuition

Click Register Now to view availability of accommodations and all-inclusive tuition that includes lodging, three meals per day, access to the baths, and all activities on the Summer Groove schedule.

We offer scholarship funds for those with financial need. Learn more.

Accommodations & Tuition

For this workshop, you will register and pay for accommodations and tuition in two separate steps.

First, sign up and pay tuition directly to

Second, click Book Accommodations from this page and enter the password to complete your reservation to stay at Esalen.

Prices for accommodations include your lodging, meals, open classes, and use of the baths and other facilities. View partner program accommodations pricing.

COVID Update

As of June 30, 2023 we no longer require a negative COVID test at the time of check in. Please read our current COVID safety guidelines for complete details prior to booking your stay.

COVID Update

All guests and faculty must provide proof of negative test results at time of check-in. Please read our current COVID safety guidelines for complete details prior to booking your stay.

COVID Update

In addition to proof of vaccination, all guests and faculty must provide proof of negative test results at time of check-in. Please read our current COVID safety guidelines for complete details prior to booking your stay.

COVID Update

Effective January 7, 2022 in response to the rapid spread of the new Omicron variant, all guests and faculty will provide proof of negative PCR, NAAT, or antigen test results at time of check-in. The test must be taken within 72 hours nd results must come from a laboratory or healthcare provider.Please read our updated COVID safety guidelines prior to booking your stay.

COVID Update

Effective December 15 in accordance with new guidance from Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Health, all guests, students, staff, residents, and faculty are required to wear masks in all indoor public settings, irrespective of vaccine status, for the next four weeks (December 15, 2021 through January 15, 2022). Please read our updated COVID safety guidelines prior to booking your stay.

COVID Update

Effective November 19, 2021, in accordance with new guidance from the Monterey County Board of Supervisors, all guests, students, staff, residents, and faculty are no longer required to wear masks indoors on campus. Please read our updated COVID safety guidelines prior to booking your stay.

COVID Update

Starting November 5, 2021, due to substantial levels of COVID-19 transmission in Monterey County, a mask mandate established by the Monterey County Board of Supervisors will go into effect. Please read our COVID safety guidelines prior to booking your stay.

COVID Update

All guests will be required to provide proof of vaccination upon arrival starting September 3, 2021. Please read our COVID safety guidelines prior to booking your stay.

COVID Update

Masks are no longer mandated indoors or outdoors, except during massage sessions. Guests are not required to provide testing or vaccination verification before arriving on campus. Please read our COVID safety guidelines prior to booking your stay.

All-inclusive Pricing

Standard Single Occupancy : $1960.00

Standard Room : $2560.00

Standard Room Two Beds : $2560.00

Premium Room : $2785.00

Premium Plus Room : $3760.00

Point House Suite : $4960.00

Point House Plus Suite : $5560.00

Christine Chen, Robin Wilner

May 7–9, 2021
Choose Your Path

Empower yourself with well-being rituals and change your life forever.

Journey with us toward your embodied, goddess life through the lens of Ayurveda, the 5000 year old sister science to yoga.

Some of the practices we’ll explore include:

  • Breath: Dive into life-changing breathing techniques to shift your energies and understand how to sequence them to feel your best.
  • Body: Learn how to move, breathe, and make asana choices that unbind you from old habits and give you what you really need.
  • Food: Transform your relationship with food using a yogi mindset to release shame and make eating a sacred, nourishing practice.
  • Beauty: Tap into heart-centered, healing touch methods to release, revive, and invite sustained, self-love from the inside out.

We’ll decode the key principles of a complex, ancient system and bring them to life in the real world, so you come away with a personal road map to harmony and well-being.

Included with the workshop is a practitioner’s kit, meant to enhance each person’s workshop experience, and prepare them to take their new practices home with them. Each kit will include:

  • Body oil
  • Tongue scraper
  • Triphala
  • Herbal facial mix
  • Rosewater
  • Rosewood meditation mala

CE for yoga teachers: 10 hour Yoga Alliance CE, offered by Spellbound Yoga.

Recommended reading: Ayurveda: The Science of Self-Healing by Dr. Vasant Lad; and Happy-Go-Yoga by Christine Chen.

Choose Your Path

Workshop Schedule

Fri 8:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Sat 9:30 am – 1:00 pm
Sat 7:15 pm – 10:15 pm
Sun 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Summer Groovers will experience Esalen in a format similar to our Self Guided Explorations workshops. Each Summer Groove week or weekend will open and close with a circle, and be filled with festive, nostalgic activities that harken back to those days of yore.

More activities can be found on our open class schedule.

See general schedule information including arrival, departure and meal times.

Accommodations & Tuition

Click Register Now to view availability of accommodations and all-inclusive, program-specific tuition. Please note that not all accommodation levels are available for every workshop and additional faculty fees may apply.

We offer scholarship funds for those with financial need. Learn more.

Accommodations & Tuition

Click Register Now to view availability of accommodations and all-inclusive tuition that includes lodging, three meals per day, access to the baths, and all activities on the Summer Groove schedule.

We offer scholarship funds for those with financial need. Learn more.

Accommodations & Tuition

For this workshop, you will register and pay for accommodations and tuition in two separate steps.

First, sign up and pay tuition directly to

Second, click Book Accommodations from this page and enter the password to complete your reservation to stay at Esalen.

Prices for accommodations include your lodging, meals, open classes, and use of the baths and other facilities. View partner program accommodations pricing.

COVID Update

As of June 30, 2023 we no longer require a negative COVID test at the time of check in. Please read our current COVID safety guidelines for complete details prior to booking your stay.

COVID Update

All guests and faculty must provide proof of negative test results at time of check-in. Please read our current COVID safety guidelines for complete details prior to booking your stay.

COVID Update

In addition to proof of vaccination, all guests and faculty must provide proof of negative test results at time of check-in. Please read our current COVID safety guidelines for complete details prior to booking your stay.

COVID Update

Effective January 7, 2022 in response to the rapid spread of the new Omicron variant, all guests and faculty will provide proof of negative PCR, NAAT, or antigen test results at time of check-in. The test must be taken within 72 hours nd results must come from a laboratory or healthcare provider.Please read our updated COVID safety guidelines prior to booking your stay.

COVID Update

Effective December 15 in accordance with new guidance from Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Health, all guests, students, staff, residents, and faculty are required to wear masks in all indoor public settings, irrespective of vaccine status, for the next four weeks (December 15, 2021 through January 15, 2022). Please read our updated COVID safety guidelines prior to booking your stay.

COVID Update

Effective November 19, 2021, in accordance with new guidance from the Monterey County Board of Supervisors, all guests, students, staff, residents, and faculty are no longer required to wear masks indoors on campus. Please read our updated COVID safety guidelines prior to booking your stay.

COVID Update

Starting November 5, 2021, due to substantial levels of COVID-19 transmission in Monterey County, a mask mandate established by the Monterey County Board of Supervisors will go into effect. Please read our COVID safety guidelines prior to booking your stay.

COVID Update

All guests will be required to provide proof of vaccination upon arrival starting September 3, 2021. Please read our COVID safety guidelines prior to booking your stay.

COVID Update

Masks are no longer mandated indoors or outdoors, except during massage sessions. Guests are not required to provide testing or vaccination verification before arriving on campus. Please read our COVID safety guidelines prior to booking your stay.

All-inclusive Pricing

Standard Single Occupancy : $1960.00

Standard Room : $2560.00

Standard Room Two Beds : $2560.00

Premium Room : $2785.00

Premium Plus Room : $3760.00

Point House Suite : $4960.00

Point House Plus Suite : $5560.00