Soren Gordhamer is the founder of Wisdom 2.0, which holds events exploring mindfulness and technology. He has written several books, walked for a year through various countries, and has taught mindfulness to incarcerated youth, trauma workers in Rwanda, and companies.

Sparrow has published poems in the New Yorker and the New York Times, and he’s the author of America: A Prophecy — The Sparrow Reader. He lives with his wife, Violet, in a doublewide trailer in Phoenicia, New York.

Prof. Sravana Borkataky-Varma specializes in South Asian religions, with a particular emphasis on Hindu practices. Her scholarly work investigates Indian religions and delves into topics such as esoteric rituals, gender issues, and bodily concepts, especially in relation to Hindu Śākta Tantra traditions, often referred to as Goddess Tantra.

Stacia Butterfield is a certified Holotropic Breathwork® practitioner with 15 years of dedicated service and close work with Stanislav Grof, the originator of Holotropic Breathwork and a pioneering psychedelic researcher. She has also been a senior staff member coordinating, facilitating, and teaching residential training retreats across the US for many years.

Stacie Blanke, part of Esalen Institute's programs team and a Bloomtree Wellness facilitator, inspires creativity and connection. As an improvisation facilitator and certified yoga instructor (RYT-200), she guides diverse individuals in playful self-discovery.

Stan Gerome, LMT, CST-D, is an Advanced Therapy 1 and SomatoEmotional Release 1 and 2 Certified instructor with The Upledger Institute. He maintains a private practice in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, which he established in 1984. He has been a CranioSacral Therapy and SomatoEmotional Release practitioner since 1986.

Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT, is a clinician, author, PACT developer, and co-founder of the PACT Institute. Dr. Tatkin teaches at UCLA, maintains a private practice in Southern California and leads programs internationally. He is the author of We Do, Wired for Love, Wired for Dating, and others.

Stanislav Grof, MD, is a psychiatrist with more than 60 years of experience researching non-ordinary states of consciousness. He was chief of psychiatric research at the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, assistant professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University, and scholar-in-residence at Esalen. Currently he is professor of psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco.

Stella Resnick, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist in Los Angeles, CA, who specializes in couples and sex therapy. She studied Gestalt therapy with founders Fritz and Laura Perls and Psychodrama with co-founder Zerka Moreno. She trains and supervises therapists and has created Embodied Relational Sex Therapy (ERST), a sex therapy training that she offers on Zoom. She has written three books. Her latest book is Body-to-Body Intimacy: Transformation Through Love, Sex and Neurobiology.

Stephan Hausner applies systemic constellation work in the field of illness and health. He has worked, lectured, and trained in more than 60 countries and is dedicated to exploring the profound healing potential of systemic constellation work for individuals, couples, families, and organizations.

Stephen Mosblech is a meditation teacher and multidisciplinary artist with intensive training in vipassana, Zen, and Tibetan Buddhist mystical traditions. He has taught mindfulness at Deer Park Institute in India and New Life Foundation in Thailand. His performance work has been staged in New York, Germany, Sweden, and Japan.

Stephen Sideroff is a clinical psychologist and peak performance consultant in Santa Monica, California, assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA’s School of Medicine, and director of Moonview Sanctuary. He also founded the Stress Strategies Center at Santa Monica Hospital.

Steve Almond is the author of 10 books of fiction and non-fiction. His work has been published in Best American Short Stories, the New York Times Magazine, and elsewhere, and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize.

Steve Edelman, BA Yale, JD, has had many careers, including workshop creator, television anchor, and business entrepreneur. Blending his media, workshop, and personal life-change experiences, he developed Unfinished Business to help others navigate the journey to deep satisfaction.

Steven Hickman, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist and associate clinical professor in the UC San Diego Department of Family Medicine & Public Health. He is the executive director and director of professional training of the nonprofit Center for Mindful Self-Compassion and the founding director of the UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness. He has taught Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) for 17 years and has trained teachers of MBSR and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). Steve is an MSC teacher trainer and leads MSC intensives and workshops around the world.

Steve Paulson is the executive producer of the award-winning public radio show, To the Best of Our Knowledge. He has reported for NPR and written for Salon, Slate, the Huffington Post, and Nautilus. His book is Atoms and Eden: Conversations on Religion and Science.

Steve Sorkin, PhD, is a psychologist who worked with R.D. Laing and the Philadelphia Association for several years. He has provided a range of clinical services; held several faculty positions; served as a graduate school president and dean, and as associate executive director of the American Psychological Association.

Steve Van Zandt has been a workshop presenter for more than 40 years, a K-6 classroom teacher, and is currently the Principal of San Mateo Outdoor Education. At Esalen, he co-leads a summer family workshop with the Banana Slug String Band.

Steven Harper is a wilderness leader, author, personal and organizational facilitator, and Big Sur resident. A student of meditation since 1972, he weaves Buddhist psychology, mindfulness practices, and neuropsychology into his work. He is a long-time student and facilitator of Gestalt Practice in the tradition of Esalen’s co-founder, Richard Price.

Steven Kotler is a New York Times best-selling author of The Rise of Superman and co-founder and director of research for the Flow Genome Project. His articles have appeared widely, including in the New York Times Magazine, the Atlantic, Wired, and Forbes.

For over four decades, Stewart Cubley has pioneered a way of integrative and creative living through the practice of process painting. His method is one of respectful questioning, inviting you to extend yourself into new areas of thought and feeling.

Stuart Mangrum is a longtime co-conspirator and writing partner of Burning Man Founder Larry Harvey. Stuart was a pioneer settler of Black Rock City, and has been active in the community for 25 years. He currently serves as Burning Man’s Education Director.

Sunshine Zerda holds numerous RYT certifications, and she has created multiple integrative offerings that combine vinyasa, pilates, high-intensity interval training, bodyweight movements, and sound healing practices.  

Susan Anderson is a psychotherapist with 30 years of research and clinical experience working with the victims of abandonment trauma and loss. Founder of “Abandonment Recovery,” her books include Journey from Abandonment to Healing, Taming Your Outer Child, Black Swan: 12 Lessons of Abandonment Recovery, and Abandonment Recovery Workbook.

Susan Aposhyan has been teaching and practicing meditation for 45 years. She is the author of Natural Intelligence: Body-Mind Integration and Human Development and Body-Mind Psychotherapy. Susan trains professionals in her Body-Mind Psychotherapy, integrating science with healing and meditative experience.

Susan Bauer-Wu, PhD, RN, is a contemplative scientist, a mindfulness teacher, and the author of A Future We Can Love: Effective Approaches to the Climate Crisis that Begin with Us. She is the former president of the Mind & Life Institute.

Susan Bernstein helps people navigate transitions by integrating their embodied intelligence. Her transformational approaches blend left-brain logic honed over 20 years in corporate America with right-brain creative movement gleaned from pioneering research in mind-body psychology.

Susan Burns is a Skoll awardee and co-founder of Global Footprint Network. She is currently leading the U.S. expansion of the Poverty Stoplight, a mobile technology that empowers families to be the architects of their own living conditions.

Susan Collin Marks, Search for Common Ground's Peace Ambassador, is an international peacemaker, teacher, healer, counselor, author, and recipient of multiple honors. She combines fierce pragmatism with a deep sense of our common humanity and spirituality.

Susan Fisher, MA, MBA, is the co-founder, teacher, guide, and speaker of 9 Energies. Since 2012, Susan has worked with thousands of people to identify and deepen the access to each person’s unique activation center. Susan is the author of 9 Energies - Practices for Presence.

Susan Harper has been teaching and contributing to Continuum since 1975. She is the developer of Body of Relating Training, inspired by the teachings of Chris Price's Gestalt Awareness Practice, and she co-developed Portals of Perception with Hubert Godard.

Susan Hauser founded Now Power Yoga, a diverse multi-modality studio in the San Francisco Bay Area. Susan credits yoga with getting her through raising her two sons after her husband passed away from cancer. She shares her passion for yoga through teaching.

Susan Morgan, MSN, RN, CS, is a couples psychotherapist in private practice and a faculty member of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy. She emphasizes body awareness and empathy in her teaching, and has co-led retreats with William Morgan since 1999.

Susan C. Steiner OTR/L, CST-D, has an undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Rhode Island. She is a 1979 graduate in occupational therapy from the University of Pennsylvania. As an occupational therapist, Susan has worked professionally with school pediatric programs in Rhode Island. She has been affiliated with the Upledger Institute International since 1989 and has been an instructor for CranioSacral Therapy and SomatoEmotional Release II since 1994.

Suzanne Scurlock is the author of Reclaiming Your Body and Full Body Presence, a CranioSacral therapy instructor for the Upledger Institute since 1987, and creator of the Healing From the Core® curriculum. She specializes in conscious awareness and its relationship to the healing process and has taught at Esalen since 1994.

Suze Allen is a writer, editor, and coach. She is the owner of Manuscript Mentor and director of education and resident playwright at 3Girls Theatre. Suze is coauthor of The Time-Starved Woman's Guide to Emotional Wellbeing with SD Shanti.

Suzee Grilley has practiced yoga since 1980. She is a former professional dancer, choreographer, and educator whohas studied many styles of yoga. She teaches the slow, healing, Yin style of yoga that prolonged her career in dance and aids her practice of meditation.

Swirl Jordan Moore, SWIRL LIFE founder and teacher/guide/facilitator at the Vitalist Institute has been leading people through self love to full expression for eight years.

Sy Safransky is editor and publisher of The Sun.

Sybil Krauter teaches Cortical Field Reeducation® and Integrated Awareness® internationally. Her background is in education, clinical hypnosis, and NLP. Her focus is on how we create reality.

Sydney Spears, PhD, LCSW, LSCSW, TCTSY-F, is a licensed clinical social worker, adaptive yoga facilitator, mindfulness instructor, and professor in the Kansas City area. She is passionately committed to advancing social justice efforts through providing and maintaining a non-oppressive, trauma-sensitive, and culturally responsive practice.

Sylvia Boorstein, PhD, a co-founding teacher of Spirit Rock Meditation Center, has taught internationally since 1991. She is the author of five books on Buddhism and mindfulness practice, most recently Happiness is an Inside Job: Practicing for a Joyful Life.

Passionate about healing people, the collective, and the world, Sylvie offers powerful tools that help participants access the wellness, wonder, and wisdom that can only be found with nature. She is a certified mindfulness teacher, nature-therapy guide, and Emmy-nominated filmmaker.

Tama Kieves is the best-selling author of A Year Without Fear: 365 days of Magnificence, This Time I Dance!, and Inspired & Unstoppable: Wildly Succeeding in Your Life’s Work! Featured on Oprah radio, she is a speaker and a leading career/success coach.

Tamala Floyd, LCSW, is a psychotherapist, author, and retreat facilitator. Her latest book, Listening When Parts Speak: A Practical Guide to Healing with Internal Family Systems Therapy and Ancestor Wisdom, offers healing for personal and generational trauma.

Tanya McGinnity is an international facilitator and coach. Her passion is supporting groups and individuals with cutting-edge tools for self-mastery. Originally from Northern Ireland, she now lives in Barcelona. Tanya also runs transformation workshops in Barcelona and online groups. She is a qualified yoga and tai chi instructor.

As the instructors of our daily open classes, Teachers in Residence lead you in a variety of activities that may include yoga and dance-based movement, journaling sessions, breath work, and other pursuits designed to encourage joy and mindfulness.

Teague O’Malley (he/him/tig) is a meditation teacher and contemplative artist, weaving together evidence-based methodology with his creativity and open heart. Teague  is a practitioner of the world’s leading, secular stress reduction and emotional balance meditation programs, bringing modern science together with ancient wisdom and experiential art.

Teddi Dean was led by curiosity from life as a Southern California pro skateboarder to travels as a student of the Buddha. Teddi’s approach to teaching yoga and meditation is clear, practical, and grounding, and he is the Modern Elder Academy mindfulness leader.

Teja Bell has more than 40 years of experience practicing and teaching energy arts and Buddhist meditation. A Rinzai Zen master and teacher of Aikido (6th degree black belt) and qigong, he leads retreats and trainings internationally.

Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche is one of very few masters of the Tibetan Bön Dzogchen tradition living in the West. He founded Ligmincha International, and is known for his ability to make Tibetan practices easily accessible to all students. Rinpoche is the author of nine books, including Wonders of the Natural Mind and the Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep.

Terces Engelhart is co-owner of Café Gratitude. She has coauthored three books with Matthew Engelhart, and when they are not on the road speaking or teaching, she and Matthew live on “Be Love” Organic Farm where they grow food for their seven restaurants.

Terry Hunt is a licensed psychologist, bioenergetic therapist, and longtime Esalen instructor. Specializing in body-centered psychotherapy, he works with individuals, couples, and people struggling with trauma and addictive behaviors. He also consults nationally with families in intergenerational transitions.

Terry Patten is the co-author, with Ken Wilber, of Integral Life Practice. He is a pioneering innovator advancing the evolutionary edge of spirituality and a facilitator of intimate collective awakening. He has a lifelong commitment to social activism.

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The Banana Slug String Band is a group of lovable musicians and educators from the coastal redwoods of Northern California. Since 1985 the Slugs have dedicated themselves to making great music for kids that teaches science and a love of this green earth.

Thorald and Isaac Koren are leaders in expanding creative expression. With over twenty years as teachers, performers, and transformational leaders, Brothers Koren are on a mission to hear the world’s song, one Big Voice at a time.