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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.
And there came a time when the risk of remaining closed tight in a bud far outweighed the risk it took to bloom.” – Anaïs Nin
Spring is the season of new beginnings; it brings major shifts and changes. It is a time of rebirth and renewal, as well as rigorous expansion. Spring brings a powerful uplifting energy is needed to help crack a seed and push it through cold, hardened soil so the plant can bud and bloom.
This transformative spring energy is not only all around us — it’s within us. It’s time to till our inner soil, release layers of winter sludge, and reset our inner conditions for growth — and to bloom along with the expansion towards summer.
Join Jillian for a deeply clearing Spring Equinox Retreat, designed to help you remove heaviness and invite in fresh energy, preparing you to fully bloom into the season and into your life. With an emphasis on grounding and opening to flow along with change, Jillian will weave together teachings and practices to help you thrive during times of paradox, ambiguity, and contradiction, as well as embrace hope, love, beauty, and joy. More than ever, we can benefit by pausing and restoring our energy, aligning with nature and nurturing ourselves so we can better nurture our world.
To further this potent practice, renowned musician and composer Garth Stevenson will add deeply healing vibrations of the bowed double bass; helping us cultivate the balance between the rigorous energy of spring and the spacious promise of new beginnings.
Through mindful slow-flow yoga, restorative yoga, meditation, and more, you’ll bloom back into your body and your life as you explore:
Join us for this special weekend at Esalen.
Garth Stevenson was raised in Western Canada, where nature became his primary inspiration and the common thread between his life and music. His albums, Alpine, Flying, and Voyage, are informed by his experiences carrying his 160-year-old double bass into nature, including Antarctica and Tuva.
Learn more about the requirements to receive continuing education credit.
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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Friday
8:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Saturday
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Sunday
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Monday
10:00 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.
And there came a time when the risk of remaining closed tight in a bud far outweighed the risk it took to bloom.” – Anaïs Nin
Spring is the season of new beginnings; it brings major shifts and changes. It is a time of rebirth and renewal, as well as rigorous expansion. Spring brings a powerful uplifting energy is needed to help crack a seed and push it through cold, hardened soil so the plant can bud and bloom.
This transformative spring energy is not only all around us — it’s within us. It’s time to till our inner soil, release layers of winter sludge, and reset our inner conditions for growth — and to bloom along with the expansion towards summer.
Join Jillian for a deeply clearing Spring Equinox Retreat, designed to help you remove heaviness and invite in fresh energy, preparing you to fully bloom into the season and into your life. With an emphasis on grounding and opening to flow along with change, Jillian will weave together teachings and practices to help you thrive during times of paradox, ambiguity, and contradiction, as well as embrace hope, love, beauty, and joy. More than ever, we can benefit by pausing and restoring our energy, aligning with nature and nurturing ourselves so we can better nurture our world.
To further this potent practice, renowned musician and composer Garth Stevenson will add deeply healing vibrations of the bowed double bass; helping us cultivate the balance between the rigorous energy of spring and the spacious promise of new beginnings.
Through mindful slow-flow yoga, restorative yoga, meditation, and more, you’ll bloom back into your body and your life as you explore:
Join us for this special weekend at Esalen.
Garth Stevenson was raised in Western Canada, where nature became his primary inspiration and the common thread between his life and music. His albums, Alpine, Flying, and Voyage, are informed by his experiences carrying his 160-year-old double bass into nature, including Antarctica and Tuva.
Learn more about the requirements to receive continuing education credit.
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.
March 24–27, 2023
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And there came a time when the risk of remaining closed tight in a bud far outweighed the risk it took to bloom.” – Anaïs Nin
Spring is the season of new beginnings; it brings major shifts and changes. It is a time of rebirth and renewal, as well as rigorous expansion. Spring brings a powerful uplifting energy is needed to help crack a seed and push it through cold, hardened soil so the plant can bud and bloom.
This transformative spring energy is not only all around us — it’s within us. It’s time to till our inner soil, release layers of winter sludge, and reset our inner conditions for growth — and to bloom along with the expansion towards summer.
Join Jillian for a deeply clearing Spring Equinox Retreat, designed to help you remove heaviness and invite in fresh energy, preparing you to fully bloom into the season and into your life. With an emphasis on grounding and opening to flow along with change, Jillian will weave together teachings and practices to help you thrive during times of paradox, ambiguity, and contradiction, as well as embrace hope, love, beauty, and joy. More than ever, we can benefit by pausing and restoring our energy, aligning with nature and nurturing ourselves so we can better nurture our world.
To further this potent practice, renowned musician and composer Garth Stevenson will add deeply healing vibrations of the bowed double bass; helping us cultivate the balance between the rigorous energy of spring and the spacious promise of new beginnings.
Through mindful slow-flow yoga, restorative yoga, meditation, and more, you’ll bloom back into your body and your life as you explore:
Join us for this special weekend at Esalen.
Garth Stevenson was raised in Western Canada, where nature became his primary inspiration and the common thread between his life and music. His albums, Alpine, Flying, and Voyage, are informed by his experiences carrying his 160-year-old double bass into nature, including Antarctica and Tuva.
Learn more about the requirements to receive continuing education credit.
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.
Esalen Institute
55000 Highway 1
Big Sur, CA 93920
US: 1-831-667-3000
info@esalen.org