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The Embodied Life™: Presencing and Re-Visioning
December 10–12, 2021
December 10–12, 2021
with Russell Delman and Linda Evans Delman

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.

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The Embodied Life: Presencing and Re-Visioning: A warm-hearted caring for self and world, i.e. Love, is a natural unfolding from embodied presencing.

Presencing – The process of engaging fully in the present moment. When "presencing a moment", you are experiencing the here and now as an integration of body, mind, heart, nature and your social world — cultivating the art of Being and authentic humanity.

Re-Visioning – From this state of presencing, you can open to images, directions and guidance from "the wisdom body", a source of reliable intuitions for your uniquely unfolding life.

Embodiment – Being grounded and centered in one's physical body — a reliable path to presencing the moment.

The Embodied Life is an integrated path of insight and awakening.

Connecting present moment awareness with your intentions and dreams for the future creates a truthful and meaningful life. Through specific practices, you will learn to integrate: mindfulness, heart-fullness, body-fullness, and spatial awareness. This is wholeness. Sitting quietly and caringly with your thoughts Mindfully welcoming your feelings Finding comfort in your body.

The seminar will include:

  • Embodied meditation – A bare-bones, non-ideological approach to experiencing the present moment. This is the basis for being at home in ourselves. Chairs are available and lying down is possible when needed.
  • Guided Inquiry – A variety of awareness experiments for uncovering obstacles to the presence and inviting direction. Learning to bring a caring, curious presence to our emotions and “negative” thoughts is truly transformative.
  • Embodied Movement Practices – Feldenkrais movement lessons are powerful, neurologically-based motor sequences that quickly invite a deepening of body awareness.  You will learn simple, standing movements based in archetypal patterns found in art throughout the world, inviting potent, life-giving experiences.

Each day will include short meditations, awareness practices, movement lessons and interactive talks/conversations.

This workshop is open to all people.

Learn more about the requirements to receive continuing education credit.

Lead photo:
Russell Delman

Russell Delman

Russell Delman has dedicated his life to the study of human transformation. Deeply indebted to approximately 50 years of marriage, Zen meditation, and the study of somatic psychology, he has helped train more than 2,500 Feldenkrais® practitioners.

Read More

Linda Evans Delman

Linda Evans Delman

Linda Evans Delman has been an international consultant and educator in the fields of psychology, movement and spirituality for over 40 years. Since completing her training with Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais in 1980, Linda has led numerous Feldenkrais®  Professtional Training Programs.

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Workshop Schedule

Fri 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Sat 9:30 am – 12:45 pm
Sat 3:00 pm – 6:15 pm
Sun 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

with Russell Delman and Linda Evans Delman

December 10–12, 2021
Register Now
The Embodied Life: Presencing and Re-Visioning: A warm-hearted caring for self and world, i.e. Love, is a natural unfolding from embodied presencing.

Presencing – The process of engaging fully in the present moment. When "presencing a moment", you are experiencing the here and now as an integration of body, mind, heart, nature and your social world — cultivating the art of Being and authentic humanity.

Re-Visioning – From this state of presencing, you can open to images, directions and guidance from "the wisdom body", a source of reliable intuitions for your uniquely unfolding life.

Embodiment – Being grounded and centered in one's physical body — a reliable path to presencing the moment.

The Embodied Life is an integrated path of insight and awakening.

Connecting present moment awareness with your intentions and dreams for the future creates a truthful and meaningful life. Through specific practices, you will learn to integrate: mindfulness, heart-fullness, body-fullness, and spatial awareness. This is wholeness. Sitting quietly and caringly with your thoughts Mindfully welcoming your feelings Finding comfort in your body.

The seminar will include:

  • Embodied meditation – A bare-bones, non-ideological approach to experiencing the present moment. This is the basis for being at home in ourselves. Chairs are available and lying down is possible when needed.
  • Guided Inquiry – A variety of awareness experiments for uncovering obstacles to the presence and inviting direction. Learning to bring a caring, curious presence to our emotions and “negative” thoughts is truly transformative.
  • Embodied Movement Practices – Feldenkrais movement lessons are powerful, neurologically-based motor sequences that quickly invite a deepening of body awareness.  You will learn simple, standing movements based in archetypal patterns found in art throughout the world, inviting potent, life-giving experiences.

Each day will include short meditations, awareness practices, movement lessons and interactive talks/conversations.

This workshop is open to all people.

Learn more about the requirements to receive continuing education credit.

Lead photo:
Russell Delman

Russell Delman has dedicated his life to the study of human transformation. Deeply indebted to approximately 50 years of marriage, Zen meditation, and the study of somatic psychology, he has helped train more than 2,500 Feldenkrais® practitioners.

Read More

Linda Evans Delman

Linda Evans Delman has been an international consultant and educator in the fields of psychology, movement and spirituality for over 40 years. Since completing her training with Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais in 1980, Linda has led numerous Feldenkrais®  Professtional Training Programs.

Read More

Workshop Schedule

Fri 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Sat 9:30 am – 12:45 pm
Sat 3:00 pm – 6:15 pm
Sun 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