The Inner Atlas: Mapping the Self through Somatic Self-Inquiry

With Lihi Benisty

January 18 - 22, 2027

Workshop Schedule

Monday
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm*How to Drop into Esalen*
7:15 pm – 9:30 pm
Tuesday
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
4:00 pm – 6:15 pm
Wednesday
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Thursday
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
4:00 pm – 6:15 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 – $1,276.00
  • Standard Shared Space – $1,608.00
  • Standard Queen Room – $2,120.00
  • Standard Room Two Beds – $3,356.00
  • Premium Queen Room – $3,208.00
  • Premium King Room – $3,448.00
  • Premium Plus King Room – $3,896.00
  • Premium Wooden Yurt – $3,896.00
  • Premium Wooden Yurt Two Beds – $3,896.00
  • Price House Suite – $5,264.00
  • Rolf Suite – $7,448.00
  • Point House – $7,448.00
  • Fritz Point House – $7,448.00
  • South Point House – $9,160.00

Take a week-long journey into the cartography of self — mapping the terrains that live beneath language — where breath meets bone, memory lives in muscle, story shapes identity, and the future self waits patiently to be remembered.

Through breathwork, somatic movement, writing, sound, and relational mirrors, we’ll explore distinct layers of being. Each day will open a new landscape to traverse — from the dense knowing of the body to the subtle currents of emotion, from inherited stories that live in our bones to the archetypes that move us unseen. We move slowly, curiously, mapping sensation, story, memory, and meaning as they surface. This is not a week to become someone new. It is an invitation to meet the one who has been here all along — layered, complex, rhythmic, alive.

Throughout the week, each participant will be given the guidance and tools to create their own Inner Atlas: a living body-map of sensation, story, lineage, and possibility. A compass to guide them back when life asks them to choose themselves.

About the Leader

Lihi Benisty

Lihi Benisty guides immersive somatic experiences rooted in breath, movement, and self-inquiry. Her poetic approach to self-inquiry fosters emotional resilience, inner confidence, and embodied presence — inviting students to honor their full humanity and live from a place of depth.

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