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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Jane Baraz

Jane Baraz has been meditating since 1976, is a founding board member of Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and a co-founder of the Spirit Rock Family Program. She teaches Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction at UCSF (University of California San Francisco). Jane has taught Mindful Self-Compassion for the MBSR staff at the University of Wisconsin, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and the Women’s Cancer Resource Center. She also enjoys teaching Awakening Joy workshops and week-long meditation retreats in Europe. Jane is a mentor for Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach’s Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program which trains people to teach mindfulness and compassion in various settings.

Jane Baraz teaches Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction at UCSF and mentors students in mindfulness and compassion. She’s taught Mindful Self-Compassion at the Women’s Cancer Resource Center and at Spirit Rock Meditation Center where she was a founding board member.

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Jane Baraz

Jane Baraz has been meditating since 1976, is a founding board member of Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and a co-founder of the Spirit Rock Family Program. She teaches Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction at UCSF (University of California San Francisco). Jane has taught Mindful Self-Compassion for the MBSR staff at the University of Wisconsin, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and the Women’s Cancer Resource Center. She also enjoys teaching Awakening Joy workshops and week-long meditation retreats in Europe. Jane is a mentor for Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach’s Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program which trains people to teach mindfulness and compassion in various settings.

Jane Baraz teaches Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction at UCSF and mentors students in mindfulness and compassion. She’s taught Mindful Self-Compassion at the Women’s Cancer Resource Center and at Spirit Rock Meditation Center where she was a founding board member.

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