Cultivating Creative Resilience

With Darnell Lamont Walker and Cara Chandler

February 3 - 7, 2025

Workshop Schedule

Monday
5:00 pm – 5:45 pm*How to Drop into Esalen *
7:15 pm – 9:30 pm
Tuesday
10:00 am – 12:30 pm
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Wednesday
10:00 am – 12:30 pm
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Thursday
10:00 am – 12:30 pm
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Friday
9:30 am – 12:00 pm

See general schedule information including arrival, departure and meal times.

  • Sleeping Bag Space – $940.00
  • Bunk Bed Space – $1,240.00
  • Standard Shared Space – $1,560.00
  • Standard Queen Room – $2,060.00
  • Standard Room Two Beds – $3,260.00
  • Premium Queen Room – $2,860.00
  • Premium King Room – $3,060.00
  • Premium Plus King Room – $3,460.00
  • Premium Wooden Yurt – $3,460.00
  • Premium Wooden Yurt Two Beds – $3,460.00
  • Price House Suite – $4,660.00
  • Rolf Suite – $6,560.00
  • Point House – $6,560.00
  • Fritz Point House – $6,560.00
  • South Point House – $8,000.00

Build inner strength and resilience through a blend of gentle and restorative yoga, stress-relief meditation, Yoga Nidra, and focused writing exercises. Participants will embark on a journey to identify and overcome personal and creative challenges. 

This workshop begins with restorative yoga sessions to release physical tension and prepare the body for creative work, followed by guided meditations to ground and center us. Writing exercises will help us explore and articulate personal challenges, fostering a supportive community through group discussions and shared experiences.

As the week progresses, dynamic yoga flow sessions are added to energize participants and help them break through mental and physical blocks. Writing exercises complement the yoga sessions, welcoming the expression and release of pent-up emotions. 

Through these empowering practices and guided visualizations, participants can cultivate the courage to pursue their creative goals fearlessly and confidently call themselves an artist. By the end of our time together, you will have the tools and confidence to integrate these practices and techniques into your daily lives for sustained creativity, stress management, and a resilient mindset.

About the Leaders

Darnell Lamont Walker

Darnell Lamont Walker is a writer. Countless journals, poetry written on just about anything and everything, short stories living in books and on the web, plays here and there, and film and television scripts being realized. Lorraine Hansberry, “I am a writer. I am going to write.”  these words serve as a mantra for Darnell, […]

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Cara Chandler

Cara is a native Angeleno with a deep love for her roots. She is an alumnus of the LMU School of Film and Television, where she honed her skills in developing meaningful narratives. She quickly rose through the ranks of the TV industry, spending over a decade working with storytellers to find their voice and […]

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