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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Joel Gruber

Joel Gruber earned his doctoral degree at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), specializing in Tibetan Buddhism and tantric studies. As a professor at the University of San Diego (USD), Dr. Gruber won several awards for teaching and authored dozens of articles published in journals, edited volumes, and popular forums. Drawing from his research, Dr. Gruber created “new gods,” a modernized mind/body training system that enables the working professional to access their inner divinity, and then become it.

Joel Gruber earned his doctoral degree at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), specializing in Tibetan Buddhism and tantric studies. An award-winning teacher and author, he has drawn from his research to create “new gods,” a modernized mind/body training system that enables the working professional to access their inner divinity, and then become it.

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Joel Gruber

Joel Gruber earned his doctoral degree at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), specializing in Tibetan Buddhism and tantric studies. As a professor at the University of San Diego (USD), Dr. Gruber won several awards for teaching and authored dozens of articles published in journals, edited volumes, and popular forums. Drawing from his research, Dr. Gruber created “new gods,” a modernized mind/body training system that enables the working professional to access their inner divinity, and then become it.

Joel Gruber earned his doctoral degree at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), specializing in Tibetan Buddhism and tantric studies. An award-winning teacher and author, he has drawn from his research to create “new gods,” a modernized mind/body training system that enables the working professional to access their inner divinity, and then become it.

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