The Way Forward: How To Stay Inspired, Reintegrate, and Find Hope in the Shadow of the Pandemic | An Esalen Digital Summit
With Ken Dychtwald, Justin Michael Williams, Shamini Jain, Ira Israel, Janet Stone, Lucia Horan, Mark Coleman, Lorin Roche, Camille Maurine, Kirti Srivastava, Jeffrey Williams, Swirl Jordan Moore, Deva Munay, Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart, Julia B. Canfield, Christine Chen, Robin Wilner and Janis Cooke Newman
March 13 - 14, 2021
This March 13 & 14, Esalen Institute proudly presents the first of our digital summit series, The Way Forward: How To Stay Inspired, Reintegrate, and Find Hope in the Shadow of the Pandemic.
The Way Forward Digital Series will explore the concept of collective trauma, how it both unifies and divides us, and most importantly, how we can face it together to heal on a local and national level. In this first event, Christine Chen, host of Esalen Live!, bestselling author, master yoga teacher, and Ayurveda advisor, will engage Esalen teachers, activists and thought leaders, and movement, embodiment, and meditation practitioners at the top of their fields to reveal what they’ve learned from the experiences of this past year and help us re-envision our world.
The two-day program includes multiple tracks to dig into, from interviews with incredible thought leaders and activists to a session on prolonged somatic grief processing through dance and movement. Each speaker interview will be followed by a live Q&A with the Speaker, and every attendee is welcome to join in connecting with our luminaries. In true Esalen style, we will open the event on Saturday and close it on Sunday with a group awareness practice. These Friends of Esalen check-ins will be hosted by Jessica Hartzell, leader of our Community and Advancement Team.
The roster of world-class speakers includes Ken Dychtwald, Justin Michael Williams, Shamini Jain, Shelly Tygielski, and Ira Israel, and incredible movement, meditation and embodiment teachers like Lucia Horan, Janet Stone, Lorin Roche, Deva Munay, and more.
We’re all living through this challenging moment together and need tools to cope and re-imagine, so The Way Forward is available to all, completely free. To support this great work and help Esalen make high-caliber digital experiences accessible to everyone, you may choose to contribute on a sliding scale.
Contributions starting at $99 or higher will give you the opportunity to go back and see any of the fantastic presenters that you may have missed the first time. We want you to have the freedom to choose your own experience, and we also don’t want you to miss a thing! In this second offering, we include full replay access to all the sessions for up to a full year, so you can go back and see the sessions you missed, or replay them whenever you need them.
All attendees, whether free or paid, get a complimentary one-year Friends of Esalen membership, and access to the Integration Journal Prompts, written to guide you through your healing process after the event has come to a close.
Announcements for the second- and third-quarter summits in June and September will follow in the coming weeks.
About the Leaders
Ken Dychtwald
Ken Dychtwald is a long-time Esalen lover, a gerontologist, psychologist, educator, author, lecturer, consultant and entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of Age Wave and has been a leading thinker on aging-related issues since 1974. www.agewave.com
Learn more about Ken DychtwaldJustin Michael Williams
Justin Michael Williams is a transformational voice bringing people together across divides with a multigenerational message of hope, empowerment, and unity. He is an award-winning speaker and teacher, a Grammy-nominated recording artist, and the author of the groundbreaking book Stay Woke. Email Me www.justinmichaelwilliams.com
Learn more about Justin Michael WilliamsShamini Jain
Shamini Jain, PhD, is a psychologist, scientist and social profit leader. Her two-time award-winning book from Sounds True, “Healing Ourselves”, is available at bookstores worldwide. Shamini is the founder and CEO of the nonprofit Consciousness and Healing Initiative (CHI), which forwards the science and practice of healing. She integrates knowledge and wisdom from scientific research, […]
Learn more about Shamini JainIra Israel
Ira Israel is a licensed psychotherapist and author of How to Survive Your Childhood Now That You're an Adult: The Path to Authenticity, as well as A Beginner’s Guide to Happiness, A Beginner’s Guide to Mindfulness Meditation, Mindfulness for Anxiety, and Yoga for Depression and Anxiety. Email Me www.IraIsrael.com
Learn more about Ira IsraelJanet Stone
In 1996, Janet traveled to India, the birthplace of her grandfather, and became dedicated to the path of yoga. She shares from the depth of her own practice, the eight-limbed path, and her reverence for the ancient teachings. Email Me www.janetstoneyoga.com
Learn more about Janet StoneLucia Horan
Lucia Horan was born and raised in the Esalen community. She is a leader, wife, and mother. She has been teaching since 1998. Lucia received lifelong direct training with Gabrielle Roth in the 5Rhythms® method. She is formally empowered to teach Buddhist mindfulness in all capacities. She is a certified Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness teacher. www.luciahoran.com
Learn more about Lucia HoranMark Coleman
Mark Coleman is a Buddhist meditation teacher and has been teaching insight meditation for 20 years. He is author of Awake in the Wild, From Suffering to Peace, and Make Peace with Your Mind and leads nature-based meditation retreats and mindfulness teacher trainings in the U.S. and Europe. Email Me www.markcoleman.org www.awakeinthewild.com
Learn more about Mark ColemanKirti Srivastava
Kirti Srivastava builds connections between the arts and healing to provide a holistic approach to honoring the whole being in all areas of life in order to heal, grow and expand. www.dilseculture.com
Learn more about Kirti SrivastavaJeffrey Williams
Jeffrey Williams is the founder of Lifestyles of Light and Vitalist Institute. He is a multi-disciplinary transformation artist teaching and facilitating through movement, breath and sound and self-governance since 1999.
Learn more about Jeffrey WilliamsSwirl Jordan Moore
Swirl Jordan Moore, SWIRL LIFE founder and teacher/guide/facilitator at the Vitalist Institute has been leading people through self love to full expression for eight years.
Learn more about Swirl Jordan MooreDeva Munay
Deva Munay, founder of Sacred Sound & Wonder, has over 25 years of experience working in the field of health and wellness. In 1996, she took her first international pilgrimage and immersed herself in the Dalai Lama's teachings on mindfulness and meditation in India. This sparked her passion for sound healing and her love for […]
Learn more about Deva MunayDr. Ann-Louise Lockhart
Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart is a pediatric psychologist, parent coach, author, and owner of A New Day Pediatric Psychology. She’s a speaker and writer on parenting, childhood diagnoses, ADHD, executive functioning, and racism. Dr. Lockhart is also a freelance writer for PureWow, PBS Kids for Parents, a contributor for The Gottman Institute, and serves as a […]
Learn more about Dr. Ann-Louise LockhartJulia B. Canfield
she/her Julia is a tender-hearted, trauma-sensitive yoga teacher. Her modalities include somatic healing, tarot reading, and photography. She weaves ritual, narrative, and body-based awareness together to help others move through their suffering and into a richer, more balanced life. www.juliabcanfield.com/
Learn more about Julia B. CanfieldChristine Chen
Christine Chen is the co-founder of Spellbound Yoga and best-selling author of Happy-Go-Yoga. Christine’s 20-year study of infusing yoga and Ayurveda into her life and teachings helped her emerge from painful traumas to embrace empowered, natural well-being. (E-RYT500 + E-RYT300 Lotus Flow/Ayurveda; YACEP) www.christinechenyoga.com
Learn more about Christine ChenRobin Wilner
Robin Wilner is a master yoga teacher, certified holistic nutritionist, and co-founder of Spellbound Yoga. She devotes her lifestyle and teachings to healing with food and yoga as medicine, drawing from Ayurvedic principles and her vast studies over the past decade. (E-RYT500, YACEP, MS Holistic Nutrition). www.robinwilner.com
Learn more about Robin WilnerJanis Cooke Newman
Janis Cooke Newman is the author of two award-winning novels and a memoir. She is also the founder of the Lit Camp writers conference, and Creative Caffeine Daily, an online community for writers. She is also a long-time Buddhist practitioner. Email Me www.janiscookenewman.com
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