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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Sará King MA, PhD, is a neuroscientist, artist, political and learning scientist, education philosopher, social impact entrepreneur, public speaker, and meditation teacher. She is passionate about catalyzing humanity’s capacity to heal from intergenerational trauma and is dedicated to creating accessible contemplative practices at the nexus of art, music, and meditation. She is currently a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Public Health at the T. Denny Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion in Human Health and Social Justice at UCSD. She is also the CEO and Founder of MindHeart AI, an AI start-up specializing in building an interactive map of human awareness grounded in neuroscience to support collective well-being and healing.