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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Deborah Anne Medow

Deborah Anne Medow, long-time Esalen workshop leader, yoga instructor and bodywork practitioner, has spent more than fifty years studying, learning, practicing, and teaching various forms of massage, bodywork, yoga, meditation, movement, and awareness practices, drawing from Eastern and Western traditions. Inspired by many teachers, including Baba Hari Dass, Dr. Stone, Gabrielle Roth, Grandmother Eaton, and Richard Price, Deborah brings a range of experience to her groups.  

“Using reverence, humor, and compassion, I love helping people drop into a deeper place inside themselves, a place where natural healing occurs, a place where they can learn to bring full-hearted presence into every life interaction.”

Deborah Anne Medow, long-time Esalen workshop leader, yoga instructor, and bodywork practitioner, has spent more than fifty years studying, learning, practicing, and teaching various forms of massage, bodywork, yoga, meditation, movement, and awareness practices, drawing from Eastern and Western traditions.

Deborah Anne Medow

Deborah Anne Medow, long-time Esalen workshop leader, yoga instructor and bodywork practitioner, has spent more than fifty years studying, learning, practicing, and teaching various forms of massage, bodywork, yoga, meditation, movement, and awareness practices, drawing from Eastern and Western traditions. Inspired by many teachers, including Baba Hari Dass, Dr. Stone, Gabrielle Roth, Grandmother Eaton, and Richard Price, Deborah brings a range of experience to her groups.  

“Using reverence, humor, and compassion, I love helping people drop into a deeper place inside themselves, a place where natural healing occurs, a place where they can learn to bring full-hearted presence into every life interaction.”

Deborah Anne Medow, long-time Esalen workshop leader, yoga instructor, and bodywork practitioner, has spent more than fifty years studying, learning, practicing, and teaching various forms of massage, bodywork, yoga, meditation, movement, and awareness practices, drawing from Eastern and Western traditions.

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Past Workshops