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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Snow Raven (Suor) | Guest Musician

SNOW RAVEN - SUOR, is a mystic hailing from one of the most remote and frigid regions on Earth, the Republic of Sakha — Yakutia. From the age of three, she delved into the language of birds and animals, giving her voice a unique quality that draws from the wellspring of traditional Sakha culture. She is the originator of "arctic beatbox" — a technique that uses the breath of reindeer — and the visionary behind the OLOX ecosystem, where many beliefs converge into a common truth.

Notably, SNOW RAVEN has graced international stages and festivals, including America’s Got Talent 2020, Lightning in the Bottle, Lost Lands, The Elements, Lucidity Festival, and Burning Man. She has also taken her ethereal sounds to renowned events like the Sundance Film Festival and Bioneers ECOconference. With an impressive resume and appearances at TEDx Vermont and Yale University, she continues to inspire and uplift audiences worldwide.

Born in the Republic of Sakha in Arctic Siberia, Snow Raven was three years old when she started to learn the language of birds and animals. An initiate in the shamanic lore of her homeland, she fuses the traditional Sakha sound with electronic expression, her voice and presence true instruments of healing and wonder.

Snow Raven (Suor) | Guest Musician

SNOW RAVEN - SUOR, is a mystic hailing from one of the most remote and frigid regions on Earth, the Republic of Sakha — Yakutia. From the age of three, she delved into the language of birds and animals, giving her voice a unique quality that draws from the wellspring of traditional Sakha culture. She is the originator of "arctic beatbox" — a technique that uses the breath of reindeer — and the visionary behind the OLOX ecosystem, where many beliefs converge into a common truth.

Notably, SNOW RAVEN has graced international stages and festivals, including America’s Got Talent 2020, Lightning in the Bottle, Lost Lands, The Elements, Lucidity Festival, and Burning Man. She has also taken her ethereal sounds to renowned events like the Sundance Film Festival and Bioneers ECOconference. With an impressive resume and appearances at TEDx Vermont and Yale University, she continues to inspire and uplift audiences worldwide.

Born in the Republic of Sakha in Arctic Siberia, Snow Raven was three years old when she started to learn the language of birds and animals. An initiate in the shamanic lore of her homeland, she fuses the traditional Sakha sound with electronic expression, her voice and presence true instruments of healing and wonder.

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