Retreats in Big Sur

Wise Effort: Reclaim Your Energy and Realign Your Life

Many of us feel stretched thin while still sensing that something essential is missing. In this highly experiential workshop, you’ll be introduced to the Wise Effort Method, an ACT- and wisdom traditi...

$560.00

October 10, 2026 05:00

Big Sur, United States

The Mythical Body

The myths that shaped this world — the ones that define who belongs, who leads, and who deserves care — are beginning to loosen their grip, and the body already knows. Before the mind can name it, the...

$1,600.00

October 12, 2026 22:00

Big Sur, United States

Transforming the Shame Triangle: From Shame to Love Using Parts Work

The Shame Triangle is an often-unseen inner pattern made up of three roles: an Inner Critic that judges and attacks, a Shame Part that takes in the hurt, and an Inner Escaper that tries to protect us....

$940.00

October 13, 2026 05:00

Big Sur, United States

Breakbeats, Breath, and Becoming

Simple integration rituals and clear commitments can help sustain growth in life, leadership, creativity, relationships, and healing. This weekend workshop is designed for anyone ready to move beyond....

$560.00

October 24, 2026 05:00

Big Sur, United States

Soma & Soul: Come Home to Self Through Somatic Wisdom and Embodied Relating

What if personal power was not something you had to chase, but something you could return to by becoming more fully yourself? And what might change in your life and relationships if you learned to lea...

$560.00

October 24, 2026 05:00

Big Sur, United States

When Spirit Speaks: Personal Evolution Through Spirit Connection

Hear what your Spirit Guides are sharing and step into the conversation. This weeklong retreat is designed to deepen your connection with your spiritual team as a steady, trustworthy source of guidanc...

$940.00

November 3, 2026 05:00

Big Sur, United States

Breath: The Master Key

Breathing is one of the rare functions in the human body that is both automatic and voluntary: it continues without effort, yet can also be consciously directed. In yogic traditions, this dual nature....

$560.00

November 7, 2026 03:00

Big Sur, United States

Primordial Qigong: Vibrant Health, Harmony with the Tao

Primordial Qigong offers meditation in motion, bringing together two of the best-known Taoist meditation practices: the Microcosmic and Macrocosmic Energy Circulation. In these forms, solar (yang) and...

$940.00

November 10, 2026 05:00

Big Sur, United States

The Wild Embrace: A Journey to Vitality

Have you ever felt the wind as something you could almost touch? Or sensed yourself being held by it? Within all life there is a vitality that is ancient, intuitive, and always available. Like the win...

$995.00

November 17, 2026 05:00

Big Sur, United States

Gratitude Retreat

Come together on this powerful land for a weekend devoted to remembering — with body, mind, and spirit — everything there is to be grateful for. In the midst of uncertainty, we gather in community to....

$660.00

November 21, 2026 05:30

Big Sur, United States

The Wisdom of Not Knowing: Cultivating Presence, Resilience & Wonder in an Uncertain World

"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance." —Alan Watts This Thanksgiving week, you are invited into a living exploration of what it means to be....

$940.00

November 24, 2026 05:00

Big Sur, United States

The Essential Qigong of China: The Energy, the Movement, and the Stories

Master Chungliang “Uncle Al” Huang, a beloved Esalen faculty member, brings more than 50 years of teaching experience to an introduction to China’s ancient qigong tradition. In this workshop, Master H...

$560.00

November 28, 2026 03:00

Big Sur, United States

The Stories Behind the Poses: Mythology in Motion

November 27–29, 2026 Raj Balkaran Every yoga posture carries a story, and every story reveals something about the posture. In this weekend program, the warrior’s steady focus, Hanumān’s powerful leap,...

$560.00

November 28, 2026 05:00

Big Sur, United States

Awaken Your Extraordinary Potential with Integral Transformative Practice® (ITP)

What kind of positive shift would make the greatest difference in your life right now? This immersive workshop invites you to explore the extraordinary potential already woven into your being. Through...

$560.00

December 5, 2026 05:00

Big Sur, United States

Grof® Breathwork: Homecoming

Originally developed as “holotropic breathwork” at Esalen in the 1980s by Stanislav and Christina Grof, this powerful practice invites participants into expanded states of consciousness through accele...

$560.00

December 5, 2026 05:00

Big Sur, United States

The Seven Flames: Winter Solstice Ritual Retreat

Winter Solstice offers a sacred threshold, a moment when darkness begins to soften and the light slowly returns. As the season turns inward, we are invited to pause, move more gently, and reconnect wi...

$940.00

December 15, 2026 05:00

Big Sur, United States

Journey Space: Music, Movement and Ceremony

At a time when steadiness matters more than ever, this four-day experience offers space to strengthen inner resilience and deepen self-resourcing amid a rapidly changing world. From Friday through Mon...

$1,190.00

December 19, 2026 05:00

Big Sur, United States

Soul Motion®: Tenderness at the Heart of the Dance

Soul is movement in constant transformation — a living play of sensation and feeling. It is the way timeless presence meets the finite human body and moves through it. In this workshop, we will return...

$1,500.00

December 22, 2026 05:00

Big Sur, United States

Pleasure Alchemy: Deepening Emotional Intelligence Through Rituals and Sensual Somatics

What if pleasure is not a luxury, but a doorway to freedom? What if it could serve as prayer, medicine, and personal power? And when was the last time you felt completely alive in your body, without a...

$940.00

December 22, 2026 05:00

Big Sur, United States

Ground Control: Cultivating Steadiness in Wild Times

Modern life asks more of the nervous system than it was ever meant to hold. When urgency, productivity, and constant availability become the norm, it is easy to feel fragmented, depleted, and disconne...

$560.00

December 26, 2026 03:00

Big Sur, United States

Wintering Within: Meditation, Music, and Gentle Yoga for the New Year

Welcome the New Year with a restorative week of meditation, music, and gentle yoga, guided by Buddhist teacher and author Lopön Chandra. As winter encourages us to slow down and turn inward, this gath...

$940.00

December 29, 2026 05:00

Big Sur, United States

The Inner Atlas: Mapping the Self through Somatic Self-Inquiry

Step into a week of guided self-exploration that invites you to listen beneath language and trace the inner landscapes where breath, body, memory, and identity meet. This immersive experience offers a...

On request

August 25, 2026 05:00

Big Sur, United States

Being With the Body in Depth Psychology: Trauma and its Transformation in the Unspoken Realm

The body can open a doorway to the numinous life of the soul, carrying us toward healing and wholeness that reach far beyond the easing of traumatic symptoms. It can also deepen our access to feeling....

On request

September 12, 2026 05:00

Big Sur, United States

Beyond Duality: Healing Wisdom and Ceremony for Personal Health and Well-being

Join ceremonial leader and wisdom carrier Erika Gagnon on a sacred journey as we gather to move beyond the illusion of a divided self and the harmful idea of “self versus nature,” and instead explore....

On request

September 26, 2026 05:00

Big Sur, United States

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