Esalen Institute is open! However, Highway 1 to the south is closed — please review the current travel advisory.
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Due to road closures along Highway 1 to our north and south, Esalen is closed through April 11.
Esalen Institute is open! However, Highway 1 to the south is closed — please review the current travel advisory.

Esalen opens May 3, 2024

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.

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Anthony Veneziale

Anthony Veneziale, co-CEO of Freestyle+, is a presentation and storytelling expert, Tony Award winner, Grammy-nominated Broadway/film star, and designer of a UCSF brain research on the positive effects of improvisational play along with Dr. Charles Limb. He was also the first TED presenter to give a totally improvised TED Talk. Anthony, also known as “Two Touch,” is the conceiver and co-creator of the acclaimed Broadway hit Freestyle Love Supreme. Anthony has been performing and teaching applied improvisation for more than 25 years and is a leader in the field of musical improvisation. He has used these techniques with many networks/companies, including HBO, TBS, MTV, Nickelodeon, PBS, Radical Media, Google, Adobe, and Salesforce to name a few.

Anthony Veneziale, co-CEO of Freestyle+, is a Tony Award winner, Grammy nominee, and improvisational play researcher with UCSF. Known as “Two Touch,” Anthony co-created Freestyle Love Supreme, gave the first improvised TED Talk, and has taught musical improvisation for over 25 years.

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Anthony Veneziale

Anthony Veneziale, co-CEO of Freestyle+, is a presentation and storytelling expert, Tony Award winner, Grammy-nominated Broadway/film star, and designer of a UCSF brain research on the positive effects of improvisational play along with Dr. Charles Limb. He was also the first TED presenter to give a totally improvised TED Talk. Anthony, also known as “Two Touch,” is the conceiver and co-creator of the acclaimed Broadway hit Freestyle Love Supreme. Anthony has been performing and teaching applied improvisation for more than 25 years and is a leader in the field of musical improvisation. He has used these techniques with many networks/companies, including HBO, TBS, MTV, Nickelodeon, PBS, Radical Media, Google, Adobe, and Salesforce to name a few.

Anthony Veneziale, co-CEO of Freestyle+, is a Tony Award winner, Grammy nominee, and improvisational play researcher with UCSF. Known as “Two Touch,” Anthony co-created Freestyle Love Supreme, gave the first improvised TED Talk, and has taught musical improvisation for over 25 years.

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