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.
Awaken your internal compass. Join us for this incredible four-day, Friday-to-Monday journey into the art of sound, ceremony, and self-discovery.
Learn to navigate your heart’s wisdom with East Forest and Marisa Radha Weppner. In this intimate, transformational workshop, you will have the unique opportunity to experience three different East Forest live music performances: an intentional ceremony, a full concert, and a group co-creative music session. Additionally, we will use embodiment practices led by Radha that are based upon the principles of Self Awakening Yoga, Somatic Experiencing, and Yin Yoga to create an all-levels, accessible doorway to prepare and integrate inner insights. Ecstatic dance and breathwork are also offered.
In addition to the musical performance and participation experiences, throughout the long weekend we will move through a variety of practices that will aid you in building a sustainable and reliable connection to Self, including:
Through the primacy of our own heart-opening we can discover a pathway of resiliency and healing from the inside out.
Now more than ever, it is important for us to strengthen our internal resolve and build practices for self-resourcing amidst a fundamentally transitioning society. Together we will explore the wilderness in our own hearts, see nature as a mirror, and walk our walk on the planet with increased grace and compassion for ourselves and others.
East Forest and Radha would like to offer a certain amount of scholarship to those in need. Please apply with this form. If further assistance would be helpful, you may apply for an Esalen scholarship in addition.
Please note: While the retreat space and exercises are conducive to deep inner work, the facilitators and Esalen do not condone the use of, or provide illegal substances of any kind.
Learn more about the requirements to receive continuing education credit.
East Forest is an internationally known teacher and composer with millions of listeners. His works and collaborations include Ram Dass, Google, Johns Hopkins, TED, UCSF, and the Yale Psychedelic Science Group, among others.
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Radha is driven to understand what it means to be human, what is the nature of reality and what is God. Her classes and offerings aim to create a state of union within oneself for a felt sense of the ineffable.
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Fri 8:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Sat 9:30 am – 12:00 pm
Sat 7:15 pm – 10:15 pm
Sun 9:30 am – 1:00 pm
Sun 7:15 pm – 10:15 pm
Mon 9:00 am – 11:00 am
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.
Awaken your internal compass. Join us for this incredible four-day, Friday-to-Monday journey into the art of sound, ceremony, and self-discovery.
Learn to navigate your heart’s wisdom with East Forest and Marisa Radha Weppner. In this intimate, transformational workshop, you will have the unique opportunity to experience three different East Forest live music performances: an intentional ceremony, a full concert, and a group co-creative music session. Additionally, we will use embodiment practices led by Radha that are based upon the principles of Self Awakening Yoga, Somatic Experiencing, and Yin Yoga to create an all-levels, accessible doorway to prepare and integrate inner insights. Ecstatic dance and breathwork are also offered.
In addition to the musical performance and participation experiences, throughout the long weekend we will move through a variety of practices that will aid you in building a sustainable and reliable connection to Self, including:
Through the primacy of our own heart-opening we can discover a pathway of resiliency and healing from the inside out.
Now more than ever, it is important for us to strengthen our internal resolve and build practices for self-resourcing amidst a fundamentally transitioning society. Together we will explore the wilderness in our own hearts, see nature as a mirror, and walk our walk on the planet with increased grace and compassion for ourselves and others.
East Forest and Radha would like to offer a certain amount of scholarship to those in need. Please apply with this form. If further assistance would be helpful, you may apply for an Esalen scholarship in addition.
Please note: While the retreat space and exercises are conducive to deep inner work, the facilitators and Esalen do not condone the use of, or provide illegal substances of any kind.
Learn more about the requirements to receive continuing education credit.
East Forest is an internationally known teacher and composer with millions of listeners. His works and collaborations include Ram Dass, Google, Johns Hopkins, TED, UCSF, and the Yale Psychedelic Science Group, among others.
Radha is driven to understand what it means to be human, what is the nature of reality and what is God. Her classes and offerings aim to create a state of union within oneself for a felt sense of the ineffable.
July 1–4, 2022
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Awaken your internal compass. Join us for this incredible four-day, Friday-to-Monday journey into the art of sound, ceremony, and self-discovery.
Learn to navigate your heart’s wisdom with East Forest and Marisa Radha Weppner. In this intimate, transformational workshop, you will have the unique opportunity to experience three different East Forest live music performances: an intentional ceremony, a full concert, and a group co-creative music session. Additionally, we will use embodiment practices led by Radha that are based upon the principles of Self Awakening Yoga, Somatic Experiencing, and Yin Yoga to create an all-levels, accessible doorway to prepare and integrate inner insights. Ecstatic dance and breathwork are also offered.
In addition to the musical performance and participation experiences, throughout the long weekend we will move through a variety of practices that will aid you in building a sustainable and reliable connection to Self, including:
Through the primacy of our own heart-opening we can discover a pathway of resiliency and healing from the inside out.
Now more than ever, it is important for us to strengthen our internal resolve and build practices for self-resourcing amidst a fundamentally transitioning society. Together we will explore the wilderness in our own hearts, see nature as a mirror, and walk our walk on the planet with increased grace and compassion for ourselves and others.
East Forest and Radha would like to offer a certain amount of scholarship to those in need. Please apply with this form. If further assistance would be helpful, you may apply for an Esalen scholarship in addition.
Please note: While the retreat space and exercises are conducive to deep inner work, the facilitators and Esalen do not condone the use of, or provide illegal substances of any kind.
Learn more about the requirements to receive continuing education credit.
East Forest is an internationally known teacher and composer with millions of listeners. His works and collaborations include Ram Dass, Google, Johns Hopkins, TED, UCSF, and the Yale Psychedelic Science Group, among others.
Radha is driven to understand what it means to be human, what is the nature of reality and what is God. Her classes and offerings aim to create a state of union within oneself for a felt sense of the ineffable.
Esalen Institute
55000 Highway 1
Big Sur, CA 93920
US: 1-831-667-3000
info@esalen.org