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Healing the Pelvic Core : Reclaiming the Creative Power of Being a Woman
August 27 – September 3, 2023
August 27 – September 3, 2023
Suzanne Scurlock

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As women, we tend to overlook the creative power locked away in one of our primal energy centers. This may surprise you, but this energy center isn’t the heart or even the brain. So, where does our creative energy get blocked?

It is easy to miss, but creative power can actually get trapped in the pelvis, the special area of the body that gives us the ability to create new life. That new life may be another human being — or it could be a passion project that makes your spirit sing. It might be that memoir you’ve always wanted to write to help other women move through life with more ease and courage. Or that inspiring new business you want to launch from your kitchen table. Or it could be that juicy new course you feel called to create and teach online. All that creative energy can be blocked — unless you intentionally release, heal, transform, and integrate it.

Physical, emotional, or spiritual trauma to the pelvic floor can be standing in the way of you being and feeling fully alive. In this course, we use guided imagery, movement, and hands-on exercises (all clothed) to heal the pelvic core, including the vagina and uterus — places that often hold our deepest wounds. These wounds can include rape, abortion, miscarriage, sexual abuse, surgery, childbirth tearing and scaring, self-esteem issues, and negative imagery about our femininity. We’ll also learn scientific and anatomic information and practice pelvic core yoga and abdominal massage.

Rarely does a course offer the opportunity for this type of in-depth healing that women desire. In these seven days, you will experience whole new possibilities for renewed feminine energy, greater health, and a deeper sense of pleasure in being a woman.

We will also spend time exploring nature and how our connection to the earth deepens our connection to ourselves. The workshop will culminate in a special evening of nurturing at the Esalen natural hot spring baths.

In addition to being extremely profound for women on a personal level, this course is valuable for healthcare professionals or anyone wishing to learn non-invasive techniques to heal women.

Recommended Reading: Read and Listen to the audio in Full Body Presence: Learning to Listen to Your Body’s Wisdom,  and Reclaiming Your Body: Healing From Trauma and Awakening to Your  Body’s Wisdom. See the Online Training Center at www.HealingFromTheCore.com for additional recommended reading list and handouts for the class.

Learn more about the requirements to receive continuing education credit.

Lead photo:
Ali Kaukas
Suzanne Scurlock

Suzanne Scurlock

Suzanne Scurlock is the author of Reclaiming Your Body and Full Body Presence, a CranioSacral therapy instructor for the Upledger Institute since 1987, and creator of the Healing From the Core® curriculum. She specializes in conscious awareness and its relationship to the healing process and has taught at Esalen since 1994.

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Workshop Schedule

Sunday
7:15 pm – 9:30 pm
Monday
10:00am – 1:00 pm
3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Tuesday
10:00am – 1:00 pm
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Wednesday
10:00am – 1:00 pm
3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Thursday
10:00am – 1:00 pm
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Friday
2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Saturday
10:00am – 1:00 pm
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Sunday
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.

Accommodations & Tuition

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.

Accommodations & Tuition

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.

Accommodations & Tuition

For this workshop, you will register and pay for accommodations and tuition in two separate steps.

First, sign up and pay tuition directly to

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.

COVID Update

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.

COVID Update

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.

COVID Update

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.

COVID Update

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.

COVID Update

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.

COVID Update

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.

COVID Update

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.

COVID Update

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.

COVID Update

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.

All-inclusive Pricing

Suzanne Scurlock

August 27 – September 3, 2023
Register Now

As women, we tend to overlook the creative power locked away in one of our primal energy centers. This may surprise you, but this energy center isn’t the heart or even the brain. So, where does our creative energy get blocked?

It is easy to miss, but creative power can actually get trapped in the pelvis, the special area of the body that gives us the ability to create new life. That new life may be another human being — or it could be a passion project that makes your spirit sing. It might be that memoir you’ve always wanted to write to help other women move through life with more ease and courage. Or that inspiring new business you want to launch from your kitchen table. Or it could be that juicy new course you feel called to create and teach online. All that creative energy can be blocked — unless you intentionally release, heal, transform, and integrate it.

Physical, emotional, or spiritual trauma to the pelvic floor can be standing in the way of you being and feeling fully alive. In this course, we use guided imagery, movement, and hands-on exercises (all clothed) to heal the pelvic core, including the vagina and uterus — places that often hold our deepest wounds. These wounds can include rape, abortion, miscarriage, sexual abuse, surgery, childbirth tearing and scaring, self-esteem issues, and negative imagery about our femininity. We’ll also learn scientific and anatomic information and practice pelvic core yoga and abdominal massage.

Rarely does a course offer the opportunity for this type of in-depth healing that women desire. In these seven days, you will experience whole new possibilities for renewed feminine energy, greater health, and a deeper sense of pleasure in being a woman.

We will also spend time exploring nature and how our connection to the earth deepens our connection to ourselves. The workshop will culminate in a special evening of nurturing at the Esalen natural hot spring baths.

In addition to being extremely profound for women on a personal level, this course is valuable for healthcare professionals or anyone wishing to learn non-invasive techniques to heal women.

Recommended Reading: Read and Listen to the audio in Full Body Presence: Learning to Listen to Your Body’s Wisdom,  and Reclaiming Your Body: Healing From Trauma and Awakening to Your  Body’s Wisdom. See the Online Training Center at www.HealingFromTheCore.com for additional recommended reading list and handouts for the class.

Learn more about the requirements to receive continuing education credit.

Lead photo:
Ali Kaukas
Suzanne Scurlock

Suzanne Scurlock is the author of Reclaiming Your Body and Full Body Presence, a CranioSacral therapy instructor for the Upledger Institute since 1987, and creator of the Healing From the Core® curriculum. She specializes in conscious awareness and its relationship to the healing process and has taught at Esalen since 1994.

Read More

Workshop Schedule

Sunday
7:15 pm – 9:30 pm
Monday
10:00am – 1:00 pm
3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Tuesday
10:00am – 1:00 pm
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Wednesday
10:00am – 1:00 pm
3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Thursday
10:00am – 1:00 pm
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Friday
2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Saturday
10:00am – 1:00 pm
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Sunday
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.

Accommodations & Tuition

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.

Accommodations & Tuition

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.

Accommodations & Tuition

For this workshop, you will register and pay for accommodations and tuition in two separate steps.

First, sign up and pay tuition directly to

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.

COVID Update

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.

COVID Update

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.

COVID Update

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.

COVID Update

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.

COVID Update

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.

COVID Update

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.

COVID Update

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.

COVID Update

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.

COVID Update

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.

All-inclusive Pricing