Humans come to Big Sur to experience Esalen for many reasons: to celebrate, grieve, heal, rest, pursue, and explore their potential.

Esalen's campus-wide festivals enhance your “me” time with glorious “we” time by building community and elevating healing through transformational revelry.

Throughout the year, our Self-Guided Explorations programming offers a variety of open classes that nourish body, mind, and spirit. Engage as much or as little as you like, and enjoy plenty of leisure time. Our workshops are more structured, topic-specific experiences led by visiting faculty, designed to facilitate self-exploration, personal growth, and healing in a group setting.

We welcome you — for your first time, or for your return — to relish in spaciousness that uncovers and deepens a connectivity to ourselves, the planet, and one another.

Explore your potential.

September 9–13, 2024

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Dec 13–16 & Dec 16–20

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Inspired by what was good and magical about the late 1960s, our first-ever summer series will feature festive programming in an open, a-la-carte format similar to our Self Guided Explorations workshops. Esalen’s own faculty-in-residence will be joined by very special guests to add amazing and delightful programming to each uniquely different week and weekend!

Providing access to the growth and healing opportunities through our programs and faculty is a priority for Esalen. We offer a number of partial scholarships per workshop and programming opportunities with up to 90% coverage based on need. We encourage you to make use of this potential support and apply now.

Are you looking to immerse yourself in the peace, space, and natural majestic beauty of our campus without taking a workshop?

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