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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Christen Lien

Christen Lien creates experiences intended for deep processing and provides artistic medicine for healing and reconciliation. Her tools are original music, storytelling, dialogue, and visual media, and she aims to illuminate the power and transformation that happens when we better understand the shadowy aspects of life and recontextualize their symbiotic relationship to the light. Christen has presented her music and perspectives for audiences of children and young adults; at prestigious gatherings for world leaders in governance, entrepreneurship, and technology; for underserved communities; and for formerly incarcerated men and women. Institutions such as the TED and NEXUS networks, the United States Institute of Peace, MIT, international museums, and renowned healing centers have embraced her work and thought.

Christen Lien creates experiences intended for deep processing and provides artistic medicine for healing and reconciliation. Through original music, storytelling, dialogue, and visual media, she aims to illuminate the power and transformation that happens when we better understand the shadowy aspects of life and recontextualize their symbiotic relationship to the light.

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Christen Lien

Christen Lien creates experiences intended for deep processing and provides artistic medicine for healing and reconciliation. Her tools are original music, storytelling, dialogue, and visual media, and she aims to illuminate the power and transformation that happens when we better understand the shadowy aspects of life and recontextualize their symbiotic relationship to the light. Christen has presented her music and perspectives for audiences of children and young adults; at prestigious gatherings for world leaders in governance, entrepreneurship, and technology; for underserved communities; and for formerly incarcerated men and women. Institutions such as the TED and NEXUS networks, the United States Institute of Peace, MIT, international museums, and renowned healing centers have embraced her work and thought.

Christen Lien creates experiences intended for deep processing and provides artistic medicine for healing and reconciliation. Through original music, storytelling, dialogue, and visual media, she aims to illuminate the power and transformation that happens when we better understand the shadowy aspects of life and recontextualize their symbiotic relationship to the light.

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