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Being With the Body in Depth Psychology: Trauma and its Transformation in the Unspoken Realm

With Barbara Holifield

June 13 - 15, 2025

The body is a portal to the numinous dimensions of the soul’s life. It can lead us to healing and wholeness far beyond simple relief of traumatic symptoms — and to increased access to our feelings and a renewed sense of soulful aliveness. Jungian and depth psychology orient to the deepest currents of the soul, […]

The Physics of Mystics: Thinking Impossibly after Religion and Science

With Jeffrey J. Kripal

June 20 - 22, 2025

This seminar-style workshop is part one of the Super Story Series, sponsored by the Center for Theory and Research of the Esalen Institute. The Super Story is a poetic device designed to capture all of those emergent mythologies and mystical currents that have been developing in deep conversation with the sciences over the last two […]

Journey Space: Music, Movement, & Ceremony

With East Forest and Marisa Radha Weppner

June 27 - 30, 2025

Now more than ever, it is important we build practices to strengthen our internal resolve and self-resourcing amidst a dynamically shifting society. Together, we will listen to our heart’s wisdom in this rich four-day journey (Friday to Monday) through sound, ceremony, and self-discovery. In this intimate and transformative workshop, you will have the unique opportunity […]

Maps to Ecstasy: A 5Rhythms® Mindfulness & Art Celebration

With Lucia Horan and Douglas Drummond

June 30 - July 4, 2025

When we experience moments of ecstasy, we taste what life is meant to be. — Gabrielle Roth The 5Rhythms® maps hold all the information required to lead us where we want to go. What is your destination? There is a science to achieving ecstatic states, and this is the mastery we have come to share. […]

Esalen® Massage: Couples, Partners & Friends

With Sam Sebastian and Ellen Watson

July 4 - 6, 2025

Come enjoy the beauty of Big Sur far from the fireworks. This is a perfect season to awaken touch, our forgotten language. In this introductory massage course, participants will learn to listen to each other, gain the sensory skill of initiating touch, experience the felt sense of touch and muscle release, and close with a […]

The Self, Reframed: An Exploration Through Breath and Somatic Self-Inquiry

With Lihi Benisty

July 4 - 6, 2025

In a world that often pulls us away from ourselves — into roles, expectations, and chronic busyness — there is power in returning to the body, the breath, and the truth of who we are. This weekend workshop offers an immersive experience in embodiment — a space to inquire, move, and breathe your way back […]

Authentic Consent: An Intimate Weekend of Play, Exploration and Clarity in Connection

With Amina Peterson

July 11 - 13, 2025

Join Amina Peterson on a transformative journey where you'll discover a revolutionary model of erotic communication. Immerse yourself in a safe and empowering space to cultivate deeper intimacy, pleasure, and connection. Through somatic tools, communication strategies, and boundary-building practices, you'll learn how to navigate relationships with authenticity and respect. This intimate weekend is a unique […]

Freedom Dreaming: How Daydreaming and Imagination Open a Portal for a Liberated Life

With Tricia Hersey

July 18 - 20, 2025

Daydreaming is not passive; it is an embodied, living practice—a gateway to knowledge, interconnectedness, and liberation. It is where we access deep creativity, ancestral memory, and the unseen forces shaping our lives. Across time and tradition, rest, reverie, and imagination have been essential tools for visionaries, artists, and revolutionaries. Yet in a culture that prioritizes […]