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Slowing down can be a revolutionary act in which we attune to our bodies, hearts, the earth, and the more-than-human realm. Join Deborah Eden Tull for this restorative retreat at the cusp of the autumnal equinox to celebrate deep time. By looking past the dominant paradigm’s fixation with speed, busyness, and productivity, we can create a more authentic relationship with time for interconnection, emergence, and wholeness — that recognizes receptivity as the seat of our authentic power as women.
Meditation is, ultimately, a practice of listening to life as it unfolds, moment by moment, in an embodied, tactile way through every cell of our body, far past simple auditory processing. Inspired by the Zen teaching of “being time,” we will engage in practices that teach slowness so that we may return to our earthly bodies. Together, we’ll release the collective conditioning that convinces us there’s “not enough time,” which constantly prizes productivity over restoration. We will remember our choice to reside in the spaciousness of shared presence.
In this age of accelerated change and global uncertainty, let us consider the steady and unhurried wisdom that helps us savor this precious world and strengthen our resolve to save it. Let us embrace a more organic dynamic with our seasons and relationships, including the ancestral realm and with our future selves. We can balance stillness and action, attunement and productivity, and yin and yang for a more significant and powerful impact on our planet, one another, and ourselves.
This workshop is for women of all ages, colors, backgrounds, and disciplines at all phases and seasons of their life’s journey. This includes anyone who identifies as female or non-binary in the wider realm of gender expression.
Learn more about the requirements to receive continuing education credit.
Deborah Eden Tull, founder of Mindful Living Revolution, is a Zen meditation and mindfulness teacher, author, activist and sustainability educator. She bridges personal awakening with collective transformation. Her latest book is Luminous Darkness: An Engaged Buddhist Approach to Embracing the Unknown.
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Monday
5:00 pm – 5:45 pm *How to Drop Into Esalen*
7:15 pm – 9:30 pm
Tuesday
9:45 am – 12:30 pm
4:15 pm – 6:30 pm
Wednesday
9:45 am – 12:30 pm
4:15 pm – 6:30 pm
Thursday
9:45 am – 12:30 pm
4:15 pm – 6:30 pm
8:00pm - 10:00 pm
Friday
9:45 am – 12:00 pm
Summer Groovers will experience Esalen in a format similar to our Self Guided Explorations workshops. Each Summer Groove week or weekend will open and close with a circle, and be filled with festive, nostalgic activities that harken back to those days of yore.
More activities can be found on our open class schedule.
See general schedule information including arrival, departure and meal times.
Click Register Now to view availability of accommodations and all-inclusive, program-specific tuition. Please note that not all accommodation levels are available for every workshop and additional faculty fees may apply.
We offer scholarship funds for those with financial need. Learn more.
Please note: On Wednesday September 20, online registration may be unavailable for up to 15 minutes while system maintenance is performed. If the 'Register Now' page does not load, please wait about 15 minutes and try again.
Click Register Now to view availability of accommodations and all-inclusive tuition that includes lodging, three meals per day, access to the baths, and all activities on the Summer Groove schedule.
We offer scholarship funds for those with financial need. Learn more.
For this workshop, you will register and pay for accommodations and tuition in two separate steps.
Second, click Book Accommodations from this page and enter the password to complete your reservation to stay at Esalen.
Prices for accommodations include your lodging, meals, open classes, and use of the baths and other facilities. View partner program accommodations pricing.
As of June 30, 2023 we no longer require a negative COVID test at the time of check in. Please read our current COVID safety guidelines for complete details prior to booking your stay.
All guests and faculty must provide proof of negative test results at time of check-in. Please read our current COVID safety guidelines for complete details prior to booking your stay.
In addition to proof of vaccination, all guests and faculty must provide proof of negative test results at time of check-in. Please read our current COVID safety guidelines for complete details prior to booking your stay.
Effective January 7, 2022 in response to the rapid spread of the new Omicron variant, all guests and faculty will provide proof of negative PCR, NAAT, or antigen test results at time of check-in. The test must be taken within 72 hours nd results must come from a laboratory or healthcare provider.Please read our updated COVID safety guidelines prior to booking your stay.
Effective December 15 in accordance with new guidance from Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Health, all guests, students, staff, residents, and faculty are required to wear masks in all indoor public settings, irrespective of vaccine status, for the next four weeks (December 15, 2021 through January 15, 2022). Please read our updated COVID safety guidelines prior to booking your stay.
Effective November 19, 2021, in accordance with new guidance from the Monterey County Board of Supervisors, all guests, students, staff, residents, and faculty are no longer required to wear masks indoors on campus. Please read our updated COVID safety guidelines prior to booking your stay.
Starting November 5, 2021, due to substantial levels of COVID-19 transmission in Monterey County, a mask mandate established by the Monterey County Board of Supervisors will go into effect. Please read our COVID safety guidelines prior to booking your stay.
All guests will be required to provide proof of vaccination upon arrival starting September 3, 2021. Please read our COVID safety guidelines prior to booking your stay.
Masks are no longer mandated indoors or outdoors, except during massage sessions. Guests are not required to provide testing or vaccination verification before arriving on campus. Please read our COVID safety guidelines prior to booking your stay.
Slowing down can be a revolutionary act in which we attune to our bodies, hearts, the earth, and the more-than-human realm. Join Deborah Eden Tull for this restorative retreat at the cusp of the autumnal equinox to celebrate deep time. By looking past the dominant paradigm’s fixation with speed, busyness, and productivity, we can create a more authentic relationship with time for interconnection, emergence, and wholeness — that recognizes receptivity as the seat of our authentic power as women.
Meditation is, ultimately, a practice of listening to life as it unfolds, moment by moment, in an embodied, tactile way through every cell of our body, far past simple auditory processing. Inspired by the Zen teaching of “being time,” we will engage in practices that teach slowness so that we may return to our earthly bodies. Together, we’ll release the collective conditioning that convinces us there’s “not enough time,” which constantly prizes productivity over restoration. We will remember our choice to reside in the spaciousness of shared presence.
In this age of accelerated change and global uncertainty, let us consider the steady and unhurried wisdom that helps us savor this precious world and strengthen our resolve to save it. Let us embrace a more organic dynamic with our seasons and relationships, including the ancestral realm and with our future selves. We can balance stillness and action, attunement and productivity, and yin and yang for a more significant and powerful impact on our planet, one another, and ourselves.
This workshop is for women of all ages, colors, backgrounds, and disciplines at all phases and seasons of their life’s journey. This includes anyone who identifies as female or non-binary in the wider realm of gender expression.
Learn more about the requirements to receive continuing education credit.
Deborah Eden Tull, founder of Mindful Living Revolution, is a Zen meditation and mindfulness teacher, author, activist and sustainability educator. She bridges personal awakening with collective transformation. Her latest book is Luminous Darkness: An Engaged Buddhist Approach to Embracing the Unknown.
September 18–22, 2023
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Slowing down can be a revolutionary act in which we attune to our bodies, hearts, the earth, and the more-than-human realm. Join Deborah Eden Tull for this restorative retreat at the cusp of the autumnal equinox to celebrate deep time. By looking past the dominant paradigm’s fixation with speed, busyness, and productivity, we can create a more authentic relationship with time for interconnection, emergence, and wholeness — that recognizes receptivity as the seat of our authentic power as women.
Meditation is, ultimately, a practice of listening to life as it unfolds, moment by moment, in an embodied, tactile way through every cell of our body, far past simple auditory processing. Inspired by the Zen teaching of “being time,” we will engage in practices that teach slowness so that we may return to our earthly bodies. Together, we’ll release the collective conditioning that convinces us there’s “not enough time,” which constantly prizes productivity over restoration. We will remember our choice to reside in the spaciousness of shared presence.
In this age of accelerated change and global uncertainty, let us consider the steady and unhurried wisdom that helps us savor this precious world and strengthen our resolve to save it. Let us embrace a more organic dynamic with our seasons and relationships, including the ancestral realm and with our future selves. We can balance stillness and action, attunement and productivity, and yin and yang for a more significant and powerful impact on our planet, one another, and ourselves.
This workshop is for women of all ages, colors, backgrounds, and disciplines at all phases and seasons of their life’s journey. This includes anyone who identifies as female or non-binary in the wider realm of gender expression.
Learn more about the requirements to receive continuing education credit.
Deborah Eden Tull, founder of Mindful Living Revolution, is a Zen meditation and mindfulness teacher, author, activist and sustainability educator. She bridges personal awakening with collective transformation. Her latest book is Luminous Darkness: An Engaged Buddhist Approach to Embracing the Unknown.
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