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.
shiloh burton, story artist, guide, and facilitator for transformation, holds over three decades of dedication to truth-telling, embodiment, and social justice. Rooted in a deep devotion to pleasure, equity, narrative, and liberation, shiloh curates environments where individuals shed shame, reclaim their truth, and embody their power. Through shared storytelling, somatic co-creation, and ritual, shiloh invites folx to collaborate in collective healing. They believe Love, as bell hooks said, is a practice best done together in community.
Residing on Tiwa Pueblo land (Albuquerque, NM), they weave together the threads of social practice art, meditation, and belonging to co-create spaces where authenticity, inclusion, and liberation can thrive. As an artist and abolitionist educator, shiloh’s projects explore gender, race, and environmental justice, embracing vulnerability and empowering others to reclaim their truth, pleasure, and embodied power.
Through P.E.N.T. LLC (Pleasure, Equity, Narrative & Transformation), Sanctuary Cinema, and Soul Play, shiloh co-creates cultural shifts and transformative justice as a certified meditation transformation teacher, disability justice educator, and leader. With an MFA in Photography and a BA in Community Regional Studies, shiloh continues to facilitate transformative spaces where we can all show up fully, messily human, and create liberatory narratives for equity — unapologetically.
shiloh burton is a somatic practitioner, educator, and meditation teacher who weaves justice, art, and embodiment into spaces for healing, pleasure, and liberation — inviting truth-telling, repair, and the sacred practice of being fully human in community.