Esalen Institute is open! However, Highway 1 to the south is closed — please review the alternate route directions.
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.
In these complex times we need to grow deeper roots in our spiritual nature: to access peace and equanimity for ourselves, and also so that our way of being becomes a refuge to loved ones and community.
Ask yourself: what does it take to be more graceful and responsive rather than reactive with the personal and collective invitations of our time? How can we harness everything we grapple with as a Divine Invitation to learn or let go? What does it take to compassionately open our heart to suffering — our own and that of others — without getting swallowed whole? How can we trust and stay optimistic, when things look like such a mess?
In an atmosphere of unconditional love, Miranda will guide you into and through your most important material, to access the Grace that is always present at the core of your being. Learn how to stay calm amidst the chaos, respond from inner wisdom rather than ego reactivity, and emerge more spiritually nourished and resilient.
During our time together, we will:
Miranda shares a holistic and feminine approach to surrender and nondual realization based on a practice she calls Ego Relaxation — embracing the totality of our experience as a gateway into our deepest nature. Her wisdom and transmission invite others to become more graceful human beings through inquiry, meditation, and devotional practice, together with psychological integration. Miranda’s work is grounded in an extensive study of the world’s wisdom traditions, and thirty years of experience guiding others into direct spiritual experience internationally.
Learn more about the requirements to receive continuing education credit.
Miranda Macpherson is a spiritual teacher, author, interfaith minister and musician who has been guiding others into direct experience of The Sacred for over thirty years. She leads the Living Grace Global Sangha, broadcasts extensively and leads retreats internationally.
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Mon 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Tue - Thu 9:30 am – 1:00 pm
Tue - Thu 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Fri 9:30 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.
In these complex times we need to grow deeper roots in our spiritual nature: to access peace and equanimity for ourselves, and also so that our way of being becomes a refuge to loved ones and community.
Ask yourself: what does it take to be more graceful and responsive rather than reactive with the personal and collective invitations of our time? How can we harness everything we grapple with as a Divine Invitation to learn or let go? What does it take to compassionately open our heart to suffering — our own and that of others — without getting swallowed whole? How can we trust and stay optimistic, when things look like such a mess?
In an atmosphere of unconditional love, Miranda will guide you into and through your most important material, to access the Grace that is always present at the core of your being. Learn how to stay calm amidst the chaos, respond from inner wisdom rather than ego reactivity, and emerge more spiritually nourished and resilient.
During our time together, we will:
Miranda shares a holistic and feminine approach to surrender and nondual realization based on a practice she calls Ego Relaxation — embracing the totality of our experience as a gateway into our deepest nature. Her wisdom and transmission invite others to become more graceful human beings through inquiry, meditation, and devotional practice, together with psychological integration. Miranda’s work is grounded in an extensive study of the world’s wisdom traditions, and thirty years of experience guiding others into direct spiritual experience internationally.
Learn more about the requirements to receive continuing education credit.
Miranda Macpherson is a spiritual teacher, author, interfaith minister and musician who has been guiding others into direct experience of The Sacred for over thirty years. She leads the Living Grace Global Sangha, broadcasts extensively and leads retreats internationally.
October 25–29, 2021
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In these complex times we need to grow deeper roots in our spiritual nature: to access peace and equanimity for ourselves, and also so that our way of being becomes a refuge to loved ones and community.
Ask yourself: what does it take to be more graceful and responsive rather than reactive with the personal and collective invitations of our time? How can we harness everything we grapple with as a Divine Invitation to learn or let go? What does it take to compassionately open our heart to suffering — our own and that of others — without getting swallowed whole? How can we trust and stay optimistic, when things look like such a mess?
In an atmosphere of unconditional love, Miranda will guide you into and through your most important material, to access the Grace that is always present at the core of your being. Learn how to stay calm amidst the chaos, respond from inner wisdom rather than ego reactivity, and emerge more spiritually nourished and resilient.
During our time together, we will:
Miranda shares a holistic and feminine approach to surrender and nondual realization based on a practice she calls Ego Relaxation — embracing the totality of our experience as a gateway into our deepest nature. Her wisdom and transmission invite others to become more graceful human beings through inquiry, meditation, and devotional practice, together with psychological integration. Miranda’s work is grounded in an extensive study of the world’s wisdom traditions, and thirty years of experience guiding others into direct spiritual experience internationally.
Learn more about the requirements to receive continuing education credit.
Miranda Macpherson is a spiritual teacher, author, interfaith minister and musician who has been guiding others into direct experience of The Sacred for over thirty years. She leads the Living Grace Global Sangha, broadcasts extensively and leads retreats internationally.
Esalen Institute
55000 Highway 1
Big Sur, CA 93920
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info@esalen.org