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.
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Awake in the New Year: Setting Conscious Intentions for Our Lives and Our World

January 15–19, 2024

Deborah Eden Tull

The New Year is a powerful threshold. It is an opportunity to listen deeply, reflect, restore, and create anew. This retreat invites you on an embodied journey bridging personal and collective awakening. Rather than setting resolutions based on the myth of self-improvement, we will set intentions from the heart of our being to celebrate who we actually are — beyond limiting beliefs and the illusion of the separate self.

Acknowledging the gravity of the times we face, we will exchange judgment and striving for compassion, clear-seeing, and possibility. This retreat includes meditation and relational mindfulness, compassionate inquiry, conscious movement, somatic practices, deep time in nature, writing, and ritual.

During our time together, we will explore such questions as:

  • What are my deepest intentions for the year ahead, my life, and our world in this age of global change?
  • What lessons and hidden gems are there to harvest from the full spectrum of my life experience in 2023?
  • What obstacles or limiting beliefs is it time to release and forgive — both personally and on behalf of our collective?
  • How can I fully empower my essence or center, which is the source of my deepest power and my peace?
  • How can I hold myself accountable for embodying my whole self?
  • What is the key to balance, joy, and personal sustainability in this day and age?

The New Year beckons with possibility and renewal. If we are open to this invitation with wonder, curiosity, and courage, we can position ourselves to receive the true guidance from within and, at the same time, embrace the support of the universe on our journey.

This workshop includes an additional $40 faculty tuition.

Deborah Eden Tull

Deborah Eden Tull, founder of Mindful Living Revolution, is a Zen meditation and mindfulness teacher, author, activist and sustainability educator. She bridges personal awakening with collective transformation. Her latest book is Luminous Darkness: An Engaged Buddhist Approach to Embracing the Unknown.

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