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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Masood Ali Khan

Masood Ali Khan (he/him) is one of the pioneers of singing mantras with the hand pan. He is a musician of prayer and a believer of love for the Earth and humanity. Masood offers a unique, musical performance as prayer, holding a ceremonial space with “Music as Medicine” for a meditative, uplifting experience. His music is a mesmerizing combination of the hand pans with sacred mantras, infused with the power of the heart and the mind’s healing potential to help humanity. 

Masood Ali Khan (he/him) is one of the pioneers of the hand pan with a mesmerizing combination of sacred mantras infused with the power of the heart #Bhaktihandpankirtan

Masood Ali Khan

Masood Ali Khan (he/him) is one of the pioneers of singing mantras with the hand pan. He is a musician of prayer and a believer of love for the Earth and humanity. Masood offers a unique, musical performance as prayer, holding a ceremonial space with “Music as Medicine” for a meditative, uplifting experience. His music is a mesmerizing combination of the hand pans with sacred mantras, infused with the power of the heart and the mind’s healing potential to help humanity. 

Masood Ali Khan (he/him) is one of the pioneers of the hand pan with a mesmerizing combination of sacred mantras infused with the power of the heart #Bhaktihandpankirtan

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