Kerena Gordhamer Saltzman, LCSW, is a leadership coach and licensed psychotherapist. She has presented at Wisdom 2.0, Omega Institute, and IEEE Leadership for Women. She teaches relational skills with her husband, Ben Saltzman.

Kerri Kelly is the founder of CTZNWELL, a movement to mobilize the well-being community into a powerful force for change. Her work was sparked on 9/11, when she lost her fireman step-dad in the towers. She discovered the power of mindfulness, not just as a tool for personal healing, but as a catalyst for collective change. She has been teaching yoga since 2004.

Kerry D’Ambrogio is a lecturer, author, physical therapist, osteopath, and board-certified acupuncture physician. He is the president and director of Therapeutic Systems, Inc. (TSI). TSI is an internationally known seminar company as well as a treatment center.

Kes Harper is a native Big Sur local, a graduate of Esalen’s Gazebo School, and recent graduate of UC Santa Cruz. He studied technology management at university and is passionate to learn and explore his interests in technology, entrepreneurship, team building, and everything beyond.

Kevin Dockery, MFA, is an artist and teacher of the Feldenkrais Method and contact improvisation. His teachings are informed by his pursuit of the question: How can we come alive to the moment through movement? He teaches workshops internationally and is on the faculty of TensegrityU in Nevada City, CA.

Kia Miller is a Kundalini yoga teacher who has an ability to translate the subtle teachings of Kundalini in a highly accessible way. Kia’s study of yoga began when she was 15. She is also certified in Hatha yoga and teaches workshops, retreats, and teacher trainings throughout the world.

Kim Krans is an artist, author, and the creator of the New York Times bestseller, The Wild Unknown Tarot. She teaches events and workshops that activate the forces of creativity and radical transformation through creative practices, meditation, and movement.

Kim Mooney has worked for more than two decades in the field of dying, death, and grief, with hospices; families; and spiritual, medical, caregiver, and mental health communities. She provides practical and emotional guidance on navigating grief and loss personally and professionally.

Kimberly Gilbey, PhD, is an executive coach, strategy consultant, and organizational anthropologist working with individuals and organizations to realize their fullest potential. She has previously served as a business professor and supported executives within Fortune 100 companies, private universities, and global nonprofit organizations.

Kimberly Lee, JD, is a creativity coach, writer, and SoulCollage® facilitator who is passionate about nurturing imagination and guiding others to find their inner wisdom. A Stanford and UC Davis graduate, she teaches at literary centers, conferences, and retreats, and has a novel debuting in 2025. 

Kirtaniyas is a global collective of kirtan musicians, producers, and dancers. Since 2009 they have toured internationally, infusing the ancient tradition of kirtan with youthful spirit and energy. Kirtaniyas combines melodious electronic dance music and subsonic bass with the call and response singing of ancient Sanskrit mantras, accompanied by live acoustic instruments.

Kirti Srivastava builds connections between the arts and healing to provide a holistic approach to honoring the whole being in all areas of life in order to heal, grow, and expand.

Konda Mason is co-founder and CEO of Hub Oakland, a co-working space connecting socially engaged changemakers and social entrepreneurs to bring their projects to life. A human equity advocate, certified Kripalu yoga instructor, and meditation teacher, Konda’s work is driven by the vision of realizing in her lifetime a genuinely just and sustainable world.

Krishna Dholakia, MS, RDN, CDCES, CDN, is a nutritionist, diabetes educator, yoga teacher, and mindfulness teacher who specializes in women’s health. Her private practice specializes in integrative nutrition therapy, yoga and bodywork, and mindfulness-based therapy.

Krista Bremer is the author of A Tender Struggle: Story of a Marriage and the recipient of a Pushcart Prize. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, O: The Oprah Magazine, and elsewhere.

Kristi Funk, MD, board-certified breast cancer surgeon, best-selling author, and co-founder of the Pink Lotus Breast Center in Beverly Hills, and has helped thousands of women through breast cancer treatment, including celebrities like Angelina Jolie and Sheryl Crow.

Kristi Henricksen Perry completed Phillip Moffitt’s Life Balance Strategist Training in 2022. In her work as a Certified Strategist, she draws on professional wisdom from decades of business management as well as deep personal experience from being the mother of two young adults and 25+ years of marriage.

Kristi Panik, MD, is chief of psychiatric services of the University Student Health Services at UC Berkeley.

Kristin Hodson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and is an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist. She is founder and executive director of The Healing Group mental health clinic in Salt Lake City and co-author of Real Intimacy: A Couples Guide for Genuine, Healthy Sexuality.

Kristin Neff, PhD, is an associate professor of human development at the University of Texas at Austin. She is a pioneering researcher into the psychological health benefits of self-compassion. She is the author of Self-Compassion and Self-Compassion: Step-by-Step, and is featured in the book and documentary The Horse Boy.

Kyla Pearce teaches yoga, meditation, and mindfulness to people with brain injuries, caregivers, and health professionals through her work with the LoveYourBrain Foundation. Kyla is passionate about empowering people to become more active participants in their healing process through self-inquiry practices.

Kyle “Keylei” Campbell comes from a lineage of Earth Keepers—farming is in his blood. He has lived and worked at the Esalen Institute for over nine years. During his time at Esalen he has studied as an Extended Student, taking over 20 workshops.

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LaVerne McLeod is the founder and facilitator of Bridge Building to Equity Workshops. She is a public speaker, author, workshop facilitator, and theatrical presenter. She loves community volunteer work and currently serves as co-coordinator of Big Sur Advocates for a Green Environment. LaVerne has published two books, Corn Hollow: A Journey of Sorrow and Triumph and The Crossroads of Social and Climate Justice.

Lama Drimed offers awareness teachings from Great Perfection/Dzogchen and Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism. His Tibetan teacher, Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche, recognized Lama Drimed as his lineage holder in 1995. His vision is to open dialogues that include current discoveries and the ancient tantric arts.

Lama Palden Drolma was authorized as a Buddhist lama in 1985 after completing the traditional three-year-long retreat. She has been teaching ever since. She also is a licensed psychotherapist, and believes that the spiritual path is most effective when mind, body, and psyche are integrated.

Lamara Heartwell is a body intelligence expert who inspires people to claim their bodies as an essential source of intelligence, power, and pleasure. She is the founder of Santa Barbara Dance Tribe, holds a coaching certification from the Hendricks Institute, and completed counseling training from the Interchange Institute.

Lansing Barrett Gresham, founder of Integrated Awareness, is a teacher, healer, philosopher, and visionary able to beautifully transmit the possibilities of human experience. His inspirations were Moshe Feldenkrais, John Upledger, Jean Pierre Barral, Fritz Smith, June D’Estelle, and Milton Erickson.

Lara Zilibowitz is an internationally touring yoga teacher and artist with a passion for creative expression through the body. She offers a fluid and dynamic teaching style delivered with heartfelt poetic prose, as well as cosmic creativity and mandala art.

Laraaji is a visionary musician, composer, and mystic. Having emerged as a pioneering figure in ambient and new age music after a chance encounter with producer Brian Eno in the 70s, his music transcends conventional boundaries, seamlessly merging ambient textures with cosmic vibrations, creating an immersive and deeply introspective sonic journey.

Larry Payne was named one of America's most respected yoga teachers by The Los Angeles Times. He is coauthor of Yoga for Dummies and Yoga Therapy & Integrative Medicine. He leads programs at Loyola Marymount University.

Laura Davis is the author of seven groundbreaking books, including The Courage to Heal and her award-winning memoir, The Burning Light of Two Stars. Laura loves creating supportive, intimate writing communities online, in person, and on international writing adventures.

New York Times-bestselling author Laura Day has spent nearly four decades helping individuals, organizations, and companies harness and develop their innate intuitive abilities to create profound change. Newsweek says “When business people need a crystal ball, they turn to consultant Laura Day, the ‘intuitionist.’” The Independent dubbed her “The Psychic of Wall Street.” A-list Hollywood stars and Wall Street executives praise her ability to predict future events – including the 2008 recession and the COVID market dip – with astounding accuracy.

Laura’s work has helped demystify intuition and bring it into the mainstream. In her workshops and presentations, she demonstrates the practical, verifiable, and sometimes astonishing uses of intuition in the fields of business, science, medicine, and personal growth. Laura has trained thousands of people and companies to use their brains, perceptions, and “sixth sense” in effective ways to  actualize their goals. She is the author of six bestselling books: Practical Intuition, Practical Intuition in Love, Practical Intuition in Success, The Circle, Welcome to Your Crisis, and How to Rule the World from Your Couch.

Laura has been featured in publications that include Newsweek, New York magazine, The Independent, Bottom Line, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Stella, Forbes, Vulture, Tatler, and People.

She has appeared on numerous TV networks and programs, including CNN, Fox News, Good Morning America, The View, Extra, BBC News, and The Oprah Winfrey Show.

Laura’s newest work engages intuition in reconstructing the “ego” of individuals, communities and companies to engineer effective change.

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Laura Inserra is a multi-instrumentalist, sound therapist, and teacher from Sicily. After more than 30 years of studies and practice of music and different wisdom lineages, she developed Resonant Healing Therapy using sound as a tool for personal transformation, healing, and self-awareness.

Laura J. Swan is a transformational coach and healer, a trauma-informed and trained psychotherapist and ceremonialist. With her gentle yet powerful approach to healing, she has been facilitating women’s circles, retreats, and rites of passage for over 22 years.

Laura Kunysz is a senior CFR instructor and cranio-sacral therapist. She has a background in Esalen Massage, Somato-Emotional Release work, the Chickly Brain Curriculum, energy healing, and lymph drainage. She is in private practice in California.

Laura is an educator and mentor for Yoga Teachers.  Over the course of the last two decades, she has accumulated 10,000+ hours of teaching and has trained 1000’s of Yoga Teacher’s as the Lead Instructor of the 200hr Yoga Teacher Training Program at a holistic college in Tempe, AZ.  

Laura loves to share the teachings of yoga through workshops, trainings and retreats all over the world and continues to support Yoga Teachers with her 1:1 coaching and mentoring programs.

In 2020, Laura launched her book, “Cues for Yoga: Clear Language to Guide the Practice”, an invaluable guide and the #1 book to support yoga teachers!  Cues for Yoga is used by multiple Yoga Teacher Training Programs around the US.

Laura is passionate about family, friends, travel and carrying the peace and joy found on the mat into every aspect of her life.

Laurel Hanson, MEd, is an educator specializing in coaching students to top performance in high-stakes, pressure-filled settings. She uses diverse methods including creative exercises, narrative storytelling, and self-affirmations to lower anxiety and improve self-acceptance, confidence, and self-worth.

As a psychologist, teacher, and author with over forty years’ experience as a meditator and spiritual practitioner, Laurel Parnell, has been actively integrating psychological and spiritual work throughout her career. She is the executive director of the Parnell Institute for Attachment-Focused EMDR and the author of several books and videos on EMDR, including, Attachment-Focused EMDR: Healing Relational Trauma and A Therapist’s Guide to EMDR.

Lauren is a certified group personal training specialist (NASM-CES), yoga for athletes instructor, and nutrition coach based in Sacramento, California. Her signature class, NAMASWEAT, is a blend of yoga and strength training designed to alleviate insecurities and promote interconnection and overall well-being.

Laurence Cole has led song circles at gatherings and festivals across North America. He is an advocate for reclaiming our natural right to sing together as a most basic and primal technology of belonging and connection. Through singing we regain the enlivening power of group singing using our hearts, souls, voices, and love.

Laurie Cahoon is a licensed acupuncturist, Zero Balancer, and advanced Process Acupressure practitioner in private practice in Petaluma, California. She is a certified teacher of Process Acupressure 1 Gateway To Soul and Inner Child Healing.

Laurie Lioness Parizek graduated from the Montreal General Hospital School of Nursing, McGill University. She studied and teaches hands-on interactive and energy healing, and is a longtime teacher of Esalen bodywork.

Laurnie Wilson is a multidisciplinary hypnotherapist for women, BIPOC, and queer folks. Her work is centered on the belief that every soul desires to embody their purpose, to love and be loved, and to fully embrace their innate worthiness.

Leah is passionate about empowering others to communicate mindfully and confidently. As a meditation teacher with 40+ years as a performer and a background in corporate communications management, she creates brave spaces for transformation, fostering deep connections through compassion-based practices.

Born into a musical family from Atlanta, Georgia, Leah Song is a storyteller, song-catcher, musician, poet, and community builder known primarily for her role as front woman of Rising Appalachia, alongside her sister Chloe. As a soloist, she incorporates sultry vocals, storytelling, folklore, ballads and boleros into her performances.

Leah Weiss, PhD, MSW, is a founding faculty member of the Dalai Lama’s Compassion and Cultivation Program at Stanford University and a lecturer at Stanford Business School. She has dedicated her life to teaching people how to leverage research-based mindfulness and compassion insights to create outstanding leaders and thriving work environments.

Leanne O'Shea, DPsych is a psychotherapist based in Melbourne, Australia. She teaches internationally and is a senior faculty Member of Gestalt Therapy Australia.

Lee Holden is a senior teacher for Mantak Chia, the Taoist master, and has edited several best-selling books on Taoist sexuality. He is a leading qi gong instructor whose DVD series has been featured on PBS and is the author of 7 Minutes of Magic: Recharge Your Body Each Day with Qi Gong.

Lee Klinger Lesser has led Sensory Awareness workshops for more than 40 years. She studied and taught with Charlotte Selver, an original Esalen pioneer and the founder of Sensory Awareness in the United States. She is the co-founder of the nonprofit Veteran’s PATH, which shares mindfulness and meditation practice with returning veterans.

Lena Axelsson, PsyD, is a psychotherapist, trainer, and supervisor specializing in the treatment of trauma in private practice and public health/social service settings. Focusing on the relational dynamics of healing and empowerment, she draws on the neuroscientific and somatic basis of contemporary Gestalt-based trauma and recovery work. She coauthored (with Gordon Wheeler) the book Gestalt Therapy.

Fueled with the belief that nothing is done in isolation and that self-help only works in community, Lennon Flowers is hell-bent on creating spaces where humans can be human. She is the co-founder/executive director of The Dinner Party and The People’s Supper.

Leora Gaster has been teaching Mind Body Studies internationally for more than 40 years, expanding practical applications and collaborating with her mother, Mia Segal, in developing the curriculum and methodology of Mind Body Studies for MBS Academy.

Leslie Cerier is an international chef, educator, recipe developer, farm-to-table caterer, health coach, TV guest chef/presenter, and author of six cookbooks specializing in local, seasonal, organic vegetarian, and gluten-free cooking for health, vitality, and pleasure.

Leslie Howard is a yoga educator who pioneered the growing field of yoga for pelvic health. Sonima Health named her one of the top 50 yoga instructors in the U.S. Leslie leads Pelvic Floor Yoga™ certification trainings and other workshops internationally. Her most recent book is Pelvic Liberation.

Leslie Salmon Jones is CEO and co-founder of Afro Flow Yoga®. Leslie and her husband, Jeff, developed this integrated embodied practice, combining dances from the African Diaspora, yoga, and live healing music. Leslie is an Alvin Ailey-trained dancer, yoga practitioner, teacher, and wellness coach. She speaks, coaches, and teaches internationally and, in addition, is a co-creator and faculty member of the annual Omega Women’s Leadership Intensive.

Leslie Waters is a family physician who divides her professional time between practicing full-spectrum family medicine and serving as residency director in rural Northeast Washington. She spends her personal time hiking, skiing, singing, reading, playing guitar, volunteering, and cooking gourmet meals.

Liam McDermott is a permaculture activist, massage therapist, and professionally trained chef with a degree in literature from Stanford University. He leads workshops and caters at several hot springs in central California: Esalen, Tassajara Zen Monastery, and Wilbur Hot Springs.