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.
James S. Gordon, MD, is the founder and executive director of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine and author of The Transformation: Discovering Wholeness and Healing After Trauma. He is Clinical Professor of the Department of Psychiatry and Family Medicine at the Georgetown University School of Medicine, and was Chairman of the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy under Presidents Clinton and G.W. Bush.