Flowing Through Transition: A Sacred Autumn Pause

With Jillian Pransky

October 13 - 16, 2023

Workshop Schedule

Friday
5:00 pm – 5:45 pm *How to Drop Into Esalen*
7:15 pm – 9:30 pm
Saturday
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
4:15 pm – 6:15 pm
7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Sunday
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
4:15 pm – 6:15 pm
7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Monday
10:00 am – 12:00 pm

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

  • Sleeping Bag Space – $945.00
  • Bunk Bed Space – $1,215.00
  • Standard Shared Space – $1,485.00
  • Standard Queen Room – $1,935.00
  • Standard Room Two Beds – $3,015.00
  • Premium Queen Room – $2,655.00
  • Premium King Room – $2,835.00
  • Premium Plus King Room – $3,195.00
  • Premium Wooden Yurt – $3,195.00
  • Premium Wooden Yurt Two Beds – $3,195.00
  • Price House Suite – $4,275.00
  • Rolf Suite – $5,985.00
  • Point House – $5,985.00
  • Fritz Point House – $5,985.00
  • South Point House – $7,335.00

“Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.” —Chinese Proverb

Join us for deep release and renewal as we pause to align with autumn, acknowledge the sacred cycle of life, and move gracefully through this transitory season.

 Autumn is a time of letting go and accepting the impermanence of things. For many spiritual traditions, it has long been an opportunity to slow down and reflect. During this period of great change, our yoga and meditation practices can help us feel more grounded, rooted, supported, and nourished. We can create more intentional pauses and open to the sacred present moment as it is while we also fortify our inner resources, nourish our own “roots” for health and wellbeing, and expand our capacity for compassion, connection, and heartfulness. This allows us to slow down to reflect, release, and recalibrate — to consciously participate in the process of closing one chapter and starting anew.

Using a series of yogic and ayurvedic balancing techniques, Jillian will weave heart-based practices with slow flow yoga, deep restorative relaxation, and Metta meditation. Plus, we’ll incorporate inner reflection, seasonal ritual, and self-love to collaborate with the present and flow through fall with reverence, peace, and ease.

With an emphasis on rooting while opening change, we will work with multiple practices to meet this moment of transition and transformation. More than ever, we can benefit by pausing and restoring our energy and nurturing ourselves in order to better nurture our world.

 Garth Stevenson will add deeply healing vibrations with his double bass to help us cultivate the balance between grounding and releasing into the spaciousness of the season.

Throughout this retreat, we will practice outdoors and embrace the Autumn elements to truly be with life’s changes and arrive more fully in the present moment.

About the Leader

Jillian Pransky

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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