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.
Please note: On Wednesday September 20, online registration may be unavailable for up to 15 minutes while system maintenance is performed. If the 'Register Now' page does not load, please wait about 15 minutes and try again.
And there came a time when the risk of remaining closed tight in a bud far outweighed the risk it took to bloom.” – Anaïs Nin
Spring is the season of new beginnings; it brings major shifts and changes. It is a time of rebirth and renewal, as well as rigorous expansion. Spring brings a powerful uplifting energy is needed to help crack a seed and push it through cold, hardened soil so the plant can bud and bloom.
This transformative spring energy is not only all around us — it’s within us. It’s time to till our inner soil, release layers of winter sludge, and reset our inner conditions for growth — and to bloom along with the expansion towards summer.
Join Jillian for a deeply clearing Spring Equinox Retreat, designed to help you remove heaviness and invite in fresh energy, preparing you to fully bloom into the season and into your life. With an emphasis on grounding and opening to flow along with change, Jillian will weave together teachings and practices to help you thrive during times of paradox, ambiguity, and contradiction, as well as embrace hope, love, beauty, and joy. More than ever, we can benefit by pausing and restoring our energy, aligning with nature and nurturing ourselves so we can better nurture our world.
To further this potent practice, renowned musician and composer Garth Stevenson will add deeply healing vibrations of the bowed double bass; helping us cultivate the balance between the rigorous energy of spring and the spacious promise of new beginnings.
Through mindful slow-flow yoga, restorative yoga, meditation, and more, you’ll bloom back into your body and your life as you explore:
Join us for this special weekend at Esalen.
Garth Stevenson was raised in Western Canada, where nature became his primary inspiration and the common thread between his life and music. His albums, Alpine, Flying, and Voyage, are informed by his experiences carrying his 160-year-old double bass into nature, including Antarctica and Tuva.
Learn more about the requirements to receive continuing education credit.
Jillian Pransky, C-IAYT, is the author of Deep Listening and an international presenter. A student of Pema Chödrön’s since 1998, she infuses her yoga classes with mindfulness practices, compassion, and ease. Jillian's offerings harmonize the body, mind, and spirit, with nature and the environment to create deeply integrative healing.
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And there came a time when the risk of remaining closed tight in a bud far outweighed the risk it took to bloom.” – Anaïs Nin
Spring is the season of new beginnings; it brings major shifts and changes. It is a time of rebirth and renewal, as well as rigorous expansion. Spring brings a powerful uplifting energy is needed to help crack a seed and push it through cold, hardened soil so the plant can bud and bloom.
This transformative spring energy is not only all around us — it’s within us. It’s time to till our inner soil, release layers of winter sludge, and reset our inner conditions for growth — and to bloom along with the expansion towards summer.
Join Jillian for a deeply clearing Spring Equinox Retreat, designed to help you remove heaviness and invite in fresh energy, preparing you to fully bloom into the season and into your life. With an emphasis on grounding and opening to flow along with change, Jillian will weave together teachings and practices to help you thrive during times of paradox, ambiguity, and contradiction, as well as embrace hope, love, beauty, and joy. More than ever, we can benefit by pausing and restoring our energy, aligning with nature and nurturing ourselves so we can better nurture our world.
To further this potent practice, renowned musician and composer Garth Stevenson will add deeply healing vibrations of the bowed double bass; helping us cultivate the balance between the rigorous energy of spring and the spacious promise of new beginnings.
Through mindful slow-flow yoga, restorative yoga, meditation, and more, you’ll bloom back into your body and your life as you explore:
Join us for this special weekend at Esalen.
Garth Stevenson was raised in Western Canada, where nature became his primary inspiration and the common thread between his life and music. His albums, Alpine, Flying, and Voyage, are informed by his experiences carrying his 160-year-old double bass into nature, including Antarctica and Tuva.
Learn more about the requirements to receive continuing education credit.
Jillian Pransky, C-IAYT, is the author of Deep Listening and an international presenter. A student of Pema Chödrön’s since 1998, she infuses her yoga classes with mindfulness practices, compassion, and ease. Jillian's offerings harmonize the body, mind, and spirit, with nature and the environment to create deeply integrative healing.
And there came a time when the risk of remaining closed tight in a bud far outweighed the risk it took to bloom.” – Anaïs Nin
Spring is the season of new beginnings; it brings major shifts and changes. It is a time of rebirth and renewal, as well as rigorous expansion. Spring brings a powerful uplifting energy is needed to help crack a seed and push it through cold, hardened soil so the plant can bud and bloom.
This transformative spring energy is not only all around us — it’s within us. It’s time to till our inner soil, release layers of winter sludge, and reset our inner conditions for growth — and to bloom along with the expansion towards summer.
Join Jillian for a deeply clearing Spring Equinox Retreat, designed to help you remove heaviness and invite in fresh energy, preparing you to fully bloom into the season and into your life. With an emphasis on grounding and opening to flow along with change, Jillian will weave together teachings and practices to help you thrive during times of paradox, ambiguity, and contradiction, as well as embrace hope, love, beauty, and joy. More than ever, we can benefit by pausing and restoring our energy, aligning with nature and nurturing ourselves so we can better nurture our world.
To further this potent practice, renowned musician and composer Garth Stevenson will add deeply healing vibrations of the bowed double bass; helping us cultivate the balance between the rigorous energy of spring and the spacious promise of new beginnings.
Through mindful slow-flow yoga, restorative yoga, meditation, and more, you’ll bloom back into your body and your life as you explore:
Join us for this special weekend at Esalen.
Garth Stevenson was raised in Western Canada, where nature became his primary inspiration and the common thread between his life and music. His albums, Alpine, Flying, and Voyage, are informed by his experiences carrying his 160-year-old double bass into nature, including Antarctica and Tuva.
March 24–27, 2023
This program is full. Find another.
Applications are closed.
Applications are closed.
And there came a time when the risk of remaining closed tight in a bud far outweighed the risk it took to bloom.” – Anaïs Nin
Spring is the season of new beginnings; it brings major shifts and changes. It is a time of rebirth and renewal, as well as rigorous expansion. Spring brings a powerful uplifting energy is needed to help crack a seed and push it through cold, hardened soil so the plant can bud and bloom.
This transformative spring energy is not only all around us — it’s within us. It’s time to till our inner soil, release layers of winter sludge, and reset our inner conditions for growth — and to bloom along with the expansion towards summer.
Join Jillian for a deeply clearing Spring Equinox Retreat, designed to help you remove heaviness and invite in fresh energy, preparing you to fully bloom into the season and into your life. With an emphasis on grounding and opening to flow along with change, Jillian will weave together teachings and practices to help you thrive during times of paradox, ambiguity, and contradiction, as well as embrace hope, love, beauty, and joy. More than ever, we can benefit by pausing and restoring our energy, aligning with nature and nurturing ourselves so we can better nurture our world.
To further this potent practice, renowned musician and composer Garth Stevenson will add deeply healing vibrations of the bowed double bass; helping us cultivate the balance between the rigorous energy of spring and the spacious promise of new beginnings.
Through mindful slow-flow yoga, restorative yoga, meditation, and more, you’ll bloom back into your body and your life as you explore:
Join us for this special weekend at Esalen.
Garth Stevenson was raised in Western Canada, where nature became his primary inspiration and the common thread between his life and music. His albums, Alpine, Flying, and Voyage, are informed by his experiences carrying his 160-year-old double bass into nature, including Antarctica and Tuva.
Learn more about the requirements to receive continuing education credit.
Jillian Pransky, C-IAYT, is the author of Deep Listening and an international presenter. A student of Pema Chödrön’s since 1998, she infuses her yoga classes with mindfulness practices, compassion, and ease. Jillian's offerings harmonize the body, mind, and spirit, with nature and the environment to create deeply integrative healing.
Please note: On Wednesday September 20, online registration may be unavailable for up to 15 minutes while system maintenance is performed. If the 'Register Now' page does not load, please wait about 15 minutes and try again.
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Learn more about the requirements to receive continuing education credit.
The rich text element allows you to create and format headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, images, and video all in one place instead of having to add and format them individually. Just double-click and easily create content.
The rich text element allows you to create and format headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, images, and video all in one place instead of having to add and format them individually. Just double-click and easily create content.A rich text element can be used with static or dynamic content. For static content, just drop it into any page and begin editing. For dynamic content, add a rich text field to any collection and then connect a rich text element to that field in the settings panel. Voila!
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Headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, figures, images, and figure captions can all be styled after a class is added to the rich text element using the "When inside of" nested selector system.Learn more about the requirements to receive continuing education credit.
March 24–27, 2023
This program is full. Find another.
Applications are closed.
Applications are closed.
And there came a time when the risk of remaining closed tight in a bud far outweighed the risk it took to bloom.” – Anaïs Nin
Spring is the season of new beginnings; it brings major shifts and changes. It is a time of rebirth and renewal, as well as rigorous expansion. Spring brings a powerful uplifting energy is needed to help crack a seed and push it through cold, hardened soil so the plant can bud and bloom.
This transformative spring energy is not only all around us — it’s within us. It’s time to till our inner soil, release layers of winter sludge, and reset our inner conditions for growth — and to bloom along with the expansion towards summer.
Join Jillian for a deeply clearing Spring Equinox Retreat, designed to help you remove heaviness and invite in fresh energy, preparing you to fully bloom into the season and into your life. With an emphasis on grounding and opening to flow along with change, Jillian will weave together teachings and practices to help you thrive during times of paradox, ambiguity, and contradiction, as well as embrace hope, love, beauty, and joy. More than ever, we can benefit by pausing and restoring our energy, aligning with nature and nurturing ourselves so we can better nurture our world.
To further this potent practice, renowned musician and composer Garth Stevenson will add deeply healing vibrations of the bowed double bass; helping us cultivate the balance between the rigorous energy of spring and the spacious promise of new beginnings.
Through mindful slow-flow yoga, restorative yoga, meditation, and more, you’ll bloom back into your body and your life as you explore:
Join us for this special weekend at Esalen.
Garth Stevenson was raised in Western Canada, where nature became his primary inspiration and the common thread between his life and music. His albums, Alpine, Flying, and Voyage, are informed by his experiences carrying his 160-year-old double bass into nature, including Antarctica and Tuva.
Learn more about the requirements to receive continuing education credit.
Jillian Pransky, C-IAYT, is the author of Deep Listening and an international presenter. A student of Pema Chödrön’s since 1998, she infuses her yoga classes with mindfulness practices, compassion, and ease. Jillian's offerings harmonize the body, mind, and spirit, with nature and the environment to create deeply integrative healing.
The rich text element allows you to create and format headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, images, and video all in one place instead of having to add and format them individually. Just double-click and easily create content.
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Headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, figures, images, and figure captions can all be styled after a class is added to the rich text element using the "When inside of" nested selector system.