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Explore your potential. Esalen is a holistic retreat and educational institute. Established in 1962 and considered the epicenter of the human potential movement, we are a non-profit offering comfort and space for exploration, transformation, and healing within the wilds of Big Sur’s majestic mountainscape and glittering coastline.
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The Esalen Institute, commonly called Esalen, is a non-profit American retreat center and intentional community in Big Sur, California, which focuses on humanistic alternative education. The institute played a key role in the Human Potential Movement beginning in the 1960s.
Ways to Visit Esalen. Stay on our Big Sur campus for a weekend or week-long course. Esalen workshops are designed to facilitate self-exploration, personal growth, and healing in a group setting. They are led by visiting faculty who represent a spectrum of disciplines, experiences, and perspectives.
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Explore the features of our oceanside campus and retreat center in Big Sur, California, including our famous hot springs, farm-to-table dining, bookstore, Art Barn, and more. Esalen is open!
We are located along a scenic and relatively remote stretch of California's central coast, approximately 12 miles south of Big Sur. Our address is: 55000 Highway 1 Big Sur, CA, 93920
Esalen Institute is the world's most famous growth center. Over 17,000 people from every part of the world participate in nearly 600 seminars each year at Esalen's Big Sur campus. The institute is a nonprofit organization.
Esalen opens May 3, 2024. Visitors are now able to access Esalen as well as other businesses and trails in northern Big Sur via twice-daily convoys on Highway 1 operated by Caltrans. Convoys run only at 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. each day. These are the only opportunities to travel into and out of Big Sur, so visitors must plan accordingly. Learn ...