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.
Claudia Cuentas is a Peruvian artist, a researcher, an educator and a therapist (LMFT), specializing in the treatment and healing of trauma, cultural identity, and decolonization of healing. She is trained in Drama Therapy, Expressive Arts Therapy, Somatic Experiencing, and Trauma Inform Care. She also has extensive studies in Indigenous healing from her native Aymara and Peruvian lineages of South America.
Claudia started her journey as an educator and advocate of art as a tool for healing and liberation. In becoming a therapist at the California Institute of Integral Studies, she focused on serving immigrant communities, families and children. She has worked with undocumented families, refugees, homeless population, and women survivors of violence, especially dealing with PTSD. She has completed parts A and B of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) MDMA Therapy Training Program and is also trained in the use of Ketamine for trauma recovery. She continues to participate in ongoing training and education on the intersectionality of generational trauma, plant medicine science, eco-informed therapy, nervous system healing and indigenous knowledge.
Claudia currently has a private practice in Portland, Oregon. She is committed to providing ethical, educational, and integrated work to support indigenous, black, brown, and immigrant communities recovering from trauma. She is also a recording musician, a singer-songwriter, and the founder of the Canta Colibrí Project.
Claudia Cuentas is a Peruvian artist, a researcher, an educator and a therapist (LMFT), specializing in the treatment and healing of trauma, cultural identity, and decolonization of healing. She also has extensive studies in Indigenous healing from her native Aymara and Peruvian lineages of South America.