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.
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.
In a mass-produced culture of neon and plastic, our social identity — the ego — is typically defined by our employment, salary, and the square footage of our home. Though we may attain professional and financial success, we feel alienated and disconnected, and can be left asking “is this it?”
In reality, we are so much more. If we tilt our heads to the East and listen closely to the contemplative traditions of the past and the present, they speak of inner divinity. These same traditions offer methods of self-transcendence and empirically-based practices that connect us to something larger, something divine.
In this workshop, we learn about the two aspects of human identity — the ego and the awakened self — through the lens of Eastern philosophy’s great contemplative traditions. By deconstructing identity via Buddhist-inspired philosophy, we recognize our ego to be an internalization of cultural voices from the past. With mindfulness meditation, we shift our attention to the present, and through a range of tantra-based somatic practices, we engage our more awakened identity.
With a secularized version of Tibetan tantric somatic practices, we circumvent the left-brain narratives of ego and experience our world as sacred. Each day, we will:
In the process, you will gain a more accurate, fulfilling, and meaningful understanding of who we are.
We depart with a newfound sense of purpose, as well as the skills needed to transcend the plastic knockoff identities provided by the sparkling matrix of American consumerism.
Gather for a weekend in which we shift our attention away from neon and plastic toward the gods of love and unity. Become divine, or at the least, access your inner divinity and gain a more comprehensive understanding of what it means to be human, as well as what it means to be divine!
Learn more about the requirements to receive continuing education credit.
Joel Gruber earned his doctoral degree at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), specializing in Tibetan Buddhism and tantric studies. An award-winning teacher and author, he has drawn from his research to create “new gods,” a modernized mind/body training system that enables the working professional to access their inner divinity, and then become it.
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Mon 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Tue, Thu 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Wed 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Tue, Wed, Thu 4:15 pm – 6:15 pm
Tue, Thu 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Fri 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.
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.
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.
For this workshop, you will register and pay for accommodations and tuition in two separate steps.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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In a mass-produced culture of neon and plastic, our social identity — the ego — is typically defined by our employment, salary, and the square footage of our home. Though we may attain professional and financial success, we feel alienated and disconnected, and can be left asking “is this it?”
In reality, we are so much more. If we tilt our heads to the East and listen closely to the contemplative traditions of the past and the present, they speak of inner divinity. These same traditions offer methods of self-transcendence and empirically-based practices that connect us to something larger, something divine.
In this workshop, we learn about the two aspects of human identity — the ego and the awakened self — through the lens of Eastern philosophy’s great contemplative traditions. By deconstructing identity via Buddhist-inspired philosophy, we recognize our ego to be an internalization of cultural voices from the past. With mindfulness meditation, we shift our attention to the present, and through a range of tantra-based somatic practices, we engage our more awakened identity.
With a secularized version of Tibetan tantric somatic practices, we circumvent the left-brain narratives of ego and experience our world as sacred. Each day, we will:
In the process, you will gain a more accurate, fulfilling, and meaningful understanding of who we are.
We depart with a newfound sense of purpose, as well as the skills needed to transcend the plastic knockoff identities provided by the sparkling matrix of American consumerism.
Gather for a weekend in which we shift our attention away from neon and plastic toward the gods of love and unity. Become divine, or at the least, access your inner divinity and gain a more comprehensive understanding of what it means to be human, as well as what it means to be divine!
Learn more about the requirements to receive continuing education credit.
Joel Gruber earned his doctoral degree at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), specializing in Tibetan Buddhism and tantric studies. An award-winning teacher and author, he has drawn from his research to create “new gods,” a modernized mind/body training system that enables the working professional to access their inner divinity, and then become it.
In a mass-produced culture of neon and plastic, our social identity — the ego — is typically defined by our employment, salary, and the square footage of our home. Though we may attain professional and financial success, we feel alienated and disconnected, and can be left asking “is this it?”
In reality, we are so much more. If we tilt our heads to the East and listen closely to the contemplative traditions of the past and the present, they speak of inner divinity. These same traditions offer methods of self-transcendence and empirically-based practices that connect us to something larger, something divine.
In this workshop, we learn about the two aspects of human identity — the ego and the awakened self — through the lens of Eastern philosophy’s great contemplative traditions. By deconstructing identity via Buddhist-inspired philosophy, we recognize our ego to be an internalization of cultural voices from the past. With mindfulness meditation, we shift our attention to the present, and through a range of tantra-based somatic practices, we engage our more awakened identity.
With a secularized version of Tibetan tantric somatic practices, we circumvent the left-brain narratives of ego and experience our world as sacred. Each day, we will:
In the process, you will gain a more accurate, fulfilling, and meaningful understanding of who we are.
We depart with a newfound sense of purpose, as well as the skills needed to transcend the plastic knockoff identities provided by the sparkling matrix of American consumerism.
Gather for a weekend in which we shift our attention away from neon and plastic toward the gods of love and unity. Become divine, or at the least, access your inner divinity and gain a more comprehensive understanding of what it means to be human, as well as what it means to be divine!
January 17–21, 2022
This program is full. Find another.
Applications are closed.
Applications are closed.
In a mass-produced culture of neon and plastic, our social identity — the ego — is typically defined by our employment, salary, and the square footage of our home. Though we may attain professional and financial success, we feel alienated and disconnected, and can be left asking “is this it?”
In reality, we are so much more. If we tilt our heads to the East and listen closely to the contemplative traditions of the past and the present, they speak of inner divinity. These same traditions offer methods of self-transcendence and empirically-based practices that connect us to something larger, something divine.
In this workshop, we learn about the two aspects of human identity — the ego and the awakened self — through the lens of Eastern philosophy’s great contemplative traditions. By deconstructing identity via Buddhist-inspired philosophy, we recognize our ego to be an internalization of cultural voices from the past. With mindfulness meditation, we shift our attention to the present, and through a range of tantra-based somatic practices, we engage our more awakened identity.
With a secularized version of Tibetan tantric somatic practices, we circumvent the left-brain narratives of ego and experience our world as sacred. Each day, we will:
In the process, you will gain a more accurate, fulfilling, and meaningful understanding of who we are.
We depart with a newfound sense of purpose, as well as the skills needed to transcend the plastic knockoff identities provided by the sparkling matrix of American consumerism.
Gather for a weekend in which we shift our attention away from neon and plastic toward the gods of love and unity. Become divine, or at the least, access your inner divinity and gain a more comprehensive understanding of what it means to be human, as well as what it means to be divine!
Learn more about the requirements to receive continuing education credit.
Joel Gruber earned his doctoral degree at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), specializing in Tibetan Buddhism and tantric studies. An award-winning teacher and author, he has drawn from his research to create “new gods,” a modernized mind/body training system that enables the working professional to access their inner divinity, and then become it.
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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Learn more about the requirements to receive continuing education credit.
The rich text element allows you to create and format headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, images, and video all in one place instead of having to add and format them individually. Just double-click and easily create content.
The rich text element allows you to create and format headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, images, and video all in one place instead of having to add and format them individually. Just double-click and easily create content.A rich text element can be used with static or dynamic content. For static content, just drop it into any page and begin editing. For dynamic content, add a rich text field to any collection and then connect a rich text element to that field in the settings panel. Voila!
A rich text element can be used with static or dynamic content. For static content, just drop it into any page and begin editing. For dynamic content, add a rich text field to any collection and then connect a rich text element to that field in the settings panel. Voila!Headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, figures, images, and figure captions can all be styled after a class is added to the rich text element using the "When inside of" nested selector system.
Headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, figures, images, and figure captions can all be styled after a class is added to the rich text element using the "When inside of" nested selector system.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.
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.
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.
For this workshop, you will register and pay for accommodations and tuition in two separate steps.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The rich text element allows you to create and format headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, images, and video all in one place instead of having to add and format them individually. Just double-click and easily create content.
The rich text element allows you to create and format headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, images, and video all in one place instead of having to add and format them individually. Just double-click and easily create content.A rich text element can be used with static or dynamic content. For static content, just drop it into any page and begin editing. For dynamic content, add a rich text field to any collection and then connect a rich text element to that field in the settings panel. Voila!
A rich text element can be used with static or dynamic content. For static content, just drop it into any page and begin editing. For dynamic content, add a rich text field to any collection and then connect a rich text element to that field in the settings panel. Voila!Headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, figures, images, and figure captions can all be styled after a class is added to the rich text element using the "When inside of" nested selector system.
Headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, figures, images, and figure captions can all be styled after a class is added to the rich text element using the "When inside of" nested selector system.The rich text element allows you to create and format headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, images, and video all in one place instead of having to add and format them individually. Just double-click and easily create content.
The rich text element allows you to create and format headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, images, and video all in one place instead of having to add and format them individually. Just double-click and easily create content.A rich text element can be used with static or dynamic content. For static content, just drop it into any page and begin editing. For dynamic content, add a rich text field to any collection and then connect a rich text element to that field in the settings panel. Voila!
A rich text element can be used with static or dynamic content. For static content, just drop it into any page and begin editing. For dynamic content, add a rich text field to any collection and then connect a rich text element to that field in the settings panel. Voila!Headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, figures, images, and figure captions can all be styled after a class is added to the rich text element using the "When inside of" nested selector system.
Headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, figures, images, and figure captions can all be styled after a class is added to the rich text element using the "When inside of" nested selector system.Learn more about the requirements to receive continuing education credit.
January 17–21, 2022
This program is full. Find another.
Applications are closed.
Applications are closed.
In a mass-produced culture of neon and plastic, our social identity — the ego — is typically defined by our employment, salary, and the square footage of our home. Though we may attain professional and financial success, we feel alienated and disconnected, and can be left asking “is this it?”
In reality, we are so much more. If we tilt our heads to the East and listen closely to the contemplative traditions of the past and the present, they speak of inner divinity. These same traditions offer methods of self-transcendence and empirically-based practices that connect us to something larger, something divine.
In this workshop, we learn about the two aspects of human identity — the ego and the awakened self — through the lens of Eastern philosophy’s great contemplative traditions. By deconstructing identity via Buddhist-inspired philosophy, we recognize our ego to be an internalization of cultural voices from the past. With mindfulness meditation, we shift our attention to the present, and through a range of tantra-based somatic practices, we engage our more awakened identity.
With a secularized version of Tibetan tantric somatic practices, we circumvent the left-brain narratives of ego and experience our world as sacred. Each day, we will:
In the process, you will gain a more accurate, fulfilling, and meaningful understanding of who we are.
We depart with a newfound sense of purpose, as well as the skills needed to transcend the plastic knockoff identities provided by the sparkling matrix of American consumerism.
Gather for a weekend in which we shift our attention away from neon and plastic toward the gods of love and unity. Become divine, or at the least, access your inner divinity and gain a more comprehensive understanding of what it means to be human, as well as what it means to be divine!
Learn more about the requirements to receive continuing education credit.
Joel Gruber earned his doctoral degree at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), specializing in Tibetan Buddhism and tantric studies. An award-winning teacher and author, he has drawn from his research to create “new gods,” a modernized mind/body training system that enables the working professional to access their inner divinity, and then become it.
The rich text element allows you to create and format headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, images, and video all in one place instead of having to add and format them individually. Just double-click and easily create content.
The rich text element allows you to create and format headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, images, and video all in one place instead of having to add and format them individually. Just double-click and easily create content.A rich text element can be used with static or dynamic content. For static content, just drop it into any page and begin editing. For dynamic content, add a rich text field to any collection and then connect a rich text element to that field in the settings panel. Voila!
A rich text element can be used with static or dynamic content. For static content, just drop it into any page and begin editing. For dynamic content, add a rich text field to any collection and then connect a rich text element to that field in the settings panel. Voila!Headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, figures, images, and figure captions can all be styled after a class is added to the rich text element using the "When inside of" nested selector system.
Headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, figures, images, and figure captions can all be styled after a class is added to the rich text element using the "When inside of" nested selector system.Esalen Institute
55000 Highway 1
Big Sur, CA 93920
US: 1-831-667-3000
info@esalen.org