Esalen Video Shorts

The Science and Power of Psychedelic Mushrooms

April 6, 2021
Esalen Live!

Ever been interested in the science and use of medicinal mushrooms? In an upcoming, simulated journey at Esalen and online, psilocybin is in the spotlight. Dream Mullick, the founder of Entheowheel, an experience integrating ceremony, ritual, and education on the benefits of plant medicine joins Christine Chen on Esalen Live!

The Benefits of Bathing in the Forest

April 1, 2021
Esalen Live!

How good would your life be if you regularly bathed in the forest? Nature therapy guide and award-winning filmmaker Sylvie Rokab joins Christine Chen on Esalen Live! to explore "forest bathing," or the Japanese practice called “Shinrin yoku." What's it really like to experience nature through the senses for a range of physical, mental, emotional, and creative benefits?

Sylvie's film, "Love Thy Nature," has won 27 awards and is narrated by Liam Neeson.

Watch the Film Trailer

Rewrite Your Story and End Suffering: Heal with The Toltec Path

March 9, 2021
Esalen Live!

The Ruiz Brothers - Don Miguel, Jr. and Don Jose - explain the power of release, choice, and owning your reality to move past the hurdles with ancient philosophy... medicine of the mind.

One Word to Help You Go from Change to Transformation

March 4, 2021
Esalen Live!

You don’t get what you want, you get what you are, according to Justin Michael Williams. The musician, author, and advocate for diversity and inclusion in wellness explains the true difference between doing and being - and why a shift in "beingness" is the key to real transformation in the world. Justin joins Christine Chen on Esalen Live! in an interactive session to help us discover the future version of ourselves that awaits.

How To Reclaim Your Life

March 2, 2021
Esalen Live!

How do we transform the exhaustion from the pandemic and give ourselves a dose of compassion? Can it help us reclaim our lives? Will it "go back to normal" or are we forever changed? Psychologist, author, and counselor to award-winning musicians, filmmakers, and creatives - Ira Israel - joins Christine Chen on Esalen Live! and helps us shape our energies moving forward.

At Home and Within: What Makes a Spiritual Space?

February 18, 2021
Esalen Live!

Join the discussion with Heather Martin and Esalen Live! host, Christine Chen - two staff members who are specialists in their healing modalities (Heather is a Reiki master and Christine, a yoga master teacher and Ayurveda advisor). You'll also learn an anxiety-reducing breath technique that can help create space in your mind each day.