Residential Student

Cancelled | True Self Mastery: The Art and Practice of Living Well

With Anne Van de Water

May 4 - 31, 2024

Have you ever felt like you wanted to start over, or simply begin again – right now – in a more authentic, healthy, and sustainable way? One of the most consistent regrets of the dying is that they lacked the courage to live a life true to themselves. No matter what you have been through, […]

Integrative Gestalt Coaching™

With Perry Holloman and Johanna Holloman

June 1 - 28, 2024

Integrative Gestalt Coaching™ (IGC) is a comprehensive and interactive therapy method Perry Holloman developed over the last 40 years while living at Esalen. He and his wife, Johanna, travel and teach this approach in the USA, Europe, and Asia, working with individuals and groups and coaching businesses and communities. This month-long program is designed for […]

The Essence of Esalen: Heart, Mind, Body, Spirit, Community

With Sadia Bruce, J.J. Jeffries, Cara Chandler and Jovinna Chan

July 27 - August 23, 2024

Join us for an extended opportunity to explore the true essence of Esalen, and find yourself in the process. Like a snapshot of all that we do here on campus, this workshop is composed of enlivening and heart-opening classes that are driven by Esalen’s founding areas of focus: Heart, Mind, Body, Spirit, and Community.  During […]

Ground of Belonging: An Embodied Inquiry into Courage, Connection and Community

With Steven Harper

August 24 - September 20, 2024

The hunger to belong is at the heart of our nature. ~ John O’Donohue Many of us have the experience of not belonging — to ourselves, family, community, workplace, this earth. This disconnect expresses itself in a divided self, dysfunctional relationships and communities, and the destruction of the very planet that birthed and sustains us. […]

Streams of Energy: Eastern Bodywork and Movement

With Jim Gallas

October 19 - November 15, 2024

Together, we will enjoy giving and receiving therapeutic touch, moving in ways that free energetic flow, settling into silence, and laughing and connecting deeply with our healing community.  During the Streams of Energy month, you will: Learn to give a full-body Shiatsu session. This form of Shiatsu is done on a massage table with the […]

The Essence of Esalen: Heart, Mind, Body, Spirit, Community

With Sadia Bruce, J.J. Jeffries, Cara Chandler and Jovinna Chan

November 16 - December 13, 2024

Join us for an extended opportunity to explore the true essence of Esalen, and find yourself in the process. Like a snapshot of all that we do here on campus, this workshop is composed of enlivening and heart-opening classes that are driven by Esalen’s founding areas of focus: Heart, Mind, Body, Spirit, and Community.  During […]