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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.
There comes a time in every person’s life when it’s clear that a restructuring is needed — that the framework you’ve built isn’t serving you any longer. You may feel that you are spending too much time on things that are no longer a priority. Or there’s something you really want to be doing, but other things get in the way. Or you are living your life according to an old story you’ve outgrown. Maybe you’ve made an internal shift, but your outer life hasn’t caught up.
How do we go about making fundamental life changes in a way that aligns with who we are now? That is the question we will explore in this highly interactive program. During the workshop, you will have the opportunity to:
Are you ready to engage in a meaningful process of inner exploration that will set the course for a more authentic life? If so, please join us for this workshop where you can learn essential skills to make life changes with clarity and intention.
Learn more about the requirements to receive continuing education credit.
Jennifer Ward is a certified Life Balance strategist who offers individual sessions and group programs on how to skillfully navigate life changes and cultivate well-being independent of conditions. She completed Phillip Moffitt’s Life Balance Strategist Training in 2018.
In addition to teaching at Esalen Institute, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and 1440 Multiversity, Jennifer also leads programs and trainings offered by Life Balance Institute.
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Ron Ames is a filmmaker, meditation teacher, and certified Life Balance strategist. He is a senior teacher at InsightLA in Santa Monica, CA. Ron trained at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and InsightLA as a dharma teacher and secular mindfulness teacher.
Since training with Phillip Moffitt and becoming a certified Life Balance strategist, Ron has been leading workshops and working with private clients and companies to build their capacity to make skillful changes.
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Friday
5:00 pm – 5:45 pm *How to Drop Into Esalen*
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Saturday
9:30 am – 12:45 pm
3:00 pm – 6:15 pm
Sunday
9:30 am – 12:45 pm
3:00 pm – 6:15 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.
There comes a time in every person’s life when it’s clear that a restructuring is needed — that the framework you’ve built isn’t serving you any longer. You may feel that you are spending too much time on things that are no longer a priority. Or there’s something you really want to be doing, but other things get in the way. Or you are living your life according to an old story you’ve outgrown. Maybe you’ve made an internal shift, but your outer life hasn’t caught up.
How do we go about making fundamental life changes in a way that aligns with who we are now? That is the question we will explore in this highly interactive program. During the workshop, you will have the opportunity to:
Are you ready to engage in a meaningful process of inner exploration that will set the course for a more authentic life? If so, please join us for this workshop where you can learn essential skills to make life changes with clarity and intention.
Learn more about the requirements to receive continuing education credit.
Jennifer Ward is a certified Life Balance strategist who offers individual sessions and group programs on how to skillfully navigate life changes and cultivate well-being independent of conditions. She completed Phillip Moffitt’s Life Balance Strategist Training in 2018.
In addition to teaching at Esalen Institute, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and 1440 Multiversity, Jennifer also leads programs and trainings offered by Life Balance Institute.
Ron Ames is a filmmaker, meditation teacher, and certified Life Balance strategist. He is a senior teacher at InsightLA in Santa Monica, CA. Ron trained at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and InsightLA as a dharma teacher and secular mindfulness teacher.
Since training with Phillip Moffitt and becoming a certified Life Balance strategist, Ron has been leading workshops and working with private clients and companies to build their capacity to make skillful changes.
July 28–31, 2023
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There comes a time in every person’s life when it’s clear that a restructuring is needed — that the framework you’ve built isn’t serving you any longer. You may feel that you are spending too much time on things that are no longer a priority. Or there’s something you really want to be doing, but other things get in the way. Or you are living your life according to an old story you’ve outgrown. Maybe you’ve made an internal shift, but your outer life hasn’t caught up.
How do we go about making fundamental life changes in a way that aligns with who we are now? That is the question we will explore in this highly interactive program. During the workshop, you will have the opportunity to:
Are you ready to engage in a meaningful process of inner exploration that will set the course for a more authentic life? If so, please join us for this workshop where you can learn essential skills to make life changes with clarity and intention.
Learn more about the requirements to receive continuing education credit.
Jennifer Ward is a certified Life Balance strategist who offers individual sessions and group programs on how to skillfully navigate life changes and cultivate well-being independent of conditions. She completed Phillip Moffitt’s Life Balance Strategist Training in 2018.
In addition to teaching at Esalen Institute, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and 1440 Multiversity, Jennifer also leads programs and trainings offered by Life Balance Institute.
Ron Ames is a filmmaker, meditation teacher, and certified Life Balance strategist. He is a senior teacher at InsightLA in Santa Monica, CA. Ron trained at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and InsightLA as a dharma teacher and secular mindfulness teacher.
Since training with Phillip Moffitt and becoming a certified Life Balance strategist, Ron has been leading workshops and working with private clients and companies to build their capacity to make skillful changes.
Esalen Institute
55000 Highway 1
Big Sur, CA 93920
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info@esalen.org