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143 upcoming Workshops events in California, from $75 to $4,830, October 2026 – May 2027. Popular spots include Redwood City, Big Sur, and Carmel Valley.

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October Oaks Retreat: Women's Weekend

October Oaks Retreat: Women's Weekend

Ramona, United States

Step away from the pace of everyday life and spend a restorative weekend focused on what matters most. Set in a peaceful environment, this women’s retreat creates space to reconnect with your inner strengths, gain perspective, and return to yourself with renewed clarity. Through meaningful workshops and hands-on experiences, you’ll be invited into growth, reflection, and connection with a supporti...

October 24, 2026$1,000.00

Breakbeats, Breath, and Becoming

Breakbeats, Breath, and Becoming

Big Sur, United States

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 inherited patterns and step into a more embodied, communal, creative, and choiceful way of living—one grounded in lineage, healing, and collective possibility. Often, people are not held back by a lac...

October 24, 2026$560.00

Onsite Yoga Teachers Training Course

Onsite Yoga Teachers Training Course

Grass Valley, United States

This four-week immersion offers a deeply personal journey while preparing you to share the knowledge of yoga with others. Through a balance of regular practice and inspiring teachings, you will explore the spiritual heart of yoga and develop a stronger connection to yourself and to the divine. Many participants also notice greater self-discipline, improved self-esteem, sharper concentration, and i...

October 24, 2026$2,400.00

Breath: The Master Key

Breath: The Master Key

Big Sur, United States

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 gives the breath deep importance, as a bridge between body and mind, conscious and subconscious awareness, the autonomic and non-autonomic nervous systems, and, ultimately, a doorway into meditation a...

November 7, 2026$560.00

Transformative Negotiation: Reimagining Conflict Through Narration and Dream Work

Transformative Negotiation: Reimagining Conflict Through Narration and Dream Work

Big Sur, United States

Conflict is no longer something happening “out there.” It shows up in our conversations, our communities, and often within ourselves, shaping what feels possible and what feels stuck. In a moment of rapid change and growing division, many people find themselves caught in stories that harden perspectives, narrow imagination, and reduce our ability to respond. Learning to negotiate change and transf...

November 7, 2026$560.00

Finding Ease: A Zen and Mindfulness Approach to Anxiety, GGF 11/8

Finding Ease: A Zen and Mindfulness Approach to Anxiety, GGF 11/8

San Francisco, United States

Sunday, November 8, 9:30 am–4:30 pm, in the Wheelwright Center “To be you is enough, you know...” – Shunryu Suzuki Roshi Anxiety, and our resistance to it, often leads to reactivity and habits that only intensify discomfort. We worry, judge ourselves, and get caught in suffering. Over time, these thoughts and the emotions they stir can feel overwhelming and unrelenting. This workshop centers on di...

November 8, 2026$197.00

Primordial Qigong: Vibrant Health, Harmony with the Tao

Primordial Qigong: Vibrant Health, Harmony with the Tao

Big Sur, United States

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 lunar (yin) energies move in harmony, supporting vitality and longevity. You will also learn how to recharge the three dan tians, the body’s main energy “batteries,” helping build a stronger reserve....

November 10, 2026$940.00

Holotropic Breathwork®: Expanded States of Consciousness

Holotropic Breathwork®: Expanded States of Consciousness

Big Sur, United States

For thousands of years, cultures around the world have intentionally entered expanded states of consciousness as a path toward transformation and a deeper relationship with self, community, and the natural world. In this workshop, participants will come together in a vibrant community setting for an immersive experience of personal exploration. The week will offer guidance on how to prepare for, m...

November 17, 2026$1,015.00

One Breath, One Brushstroke: Intuitive Painting Practice Retreat

One Breath, One Brushstroke: Intuitive Painting Practice Retreat

San Francisco, United States

Wednesday, Nov 18, 4 pm–Sunday, Nov 22, 11 am This intuitive painting retreat invites you to stay present as you create, focusing on the experience rather than the final result. With paint, paper, and a brush as the only structure, the practice encourages spontaneity and release. There is no need to plan, achieve, or arrive with a clear goal; instead, you are asked to meet each moment as it comes....

November 19, 2026$400.00

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

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

Big Sur, United States

"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 fully and authentically human in a world that remains deeply mysterious. In a season shaped by reflection and gathering, we will step beyond the familiar and into direct experience, meeting life as it...

November 24, 2026$940.00

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

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

Big Sur, United States

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 Huang will guide participants through the most essential qigong exercises, weaving together movement, storytelling, and subtle energy practices. Designed for those who want to build a steady daily prac...

November 28, 2026$560.00

The Stories Behind the Poses: Mythology in Motion

The Stories Behind the Poses: Mythology in Motion

Big Sur, United States

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, and the lotus’s sacred stillness are explored not as abstract ideas, but as living expressions of practice. Each āsana holds a mythic psychology: a map of consciousness, a call to the practitioner, a...

November 28, 2026$560.00

Creative Tai Ji Experience: Change, Transformation, Metamorphosis

Creative Tai Ji Experience: Change, Transformation, Metamorphosis

Big Sur, United States

True creativity begins when we release fixed ideas and allow life to move naturally. In Taoist wisdom, this is Wu Wei: the practice of not forcing, but rather responding to what is already unfolding. Over this weeklong workshop, participants will reimagine Tai Ji forms through ancient rituals, the Five Moving Forces of Nature, and classic Tai Ji motifs. Through exploration, improvisation, and evol...

December 1, 2026$940.00

December Oaks Retreat: Vantage Point, Closing 2026, Creating 2027

December Oaks Retreat: Vantage Point, Closing 2026, Creating 2027

Ramona, United States

Join us for a restorative retreat designed to help you close out 2025 with clarity and create a more intentional path for 2026. This is not simply a goal-setting weekend. It is an invitation to look back with kindness and curiosity, notice what supported you, and explore the patterns that may have kept you feeling stuck. Together, we’ll reflect on how you spend your time, where your energy goes, a...

December 5, 2026$1,000.00

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

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

Big Sur, United States

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 the essence of Integral Transformative Practice® (ITP), you’ll encounter a living framework for growth, wellness, and evolution — one that recognizes the deep connection between body, mind, heart, an...

December 5, 2026$560.00

Designing Your Life: An Immersive Weekend of Purpose & Possibility

Designing Your Life: An Immersive Weekend of Purpose & Possibility

Scotts Valley, United States

You do not need to have your passion all figured out to start building a life you love. From December 11-13, 1440 Multiversity invites you to an inspiring Designing Your Life weekend inspired by the New York Times bestselling book by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans. Guided by design thinking, this experience offers practical tools, fresh perspectives, and new possibilities for creating a life with mor...

December 12, 2026$2,120.00

Elements of Desire: An Erotic Lab for Queer Men

Elements of Desire: An Erotic Lab for Queer Men

Big Sur, United States

Queer men are often experts in reinvention. Many have learned to adapt, read between the lines, seduce with subtlety, protect themselves when necessary, and sometimes disconnect just to get through. In that complexity, sexuality can become both a battleground and a place of play. This weekend invites you to explore sexuality as a way of knowing yourself more deeply and feeling your connection to l...

December 12, 2026$840.00

Soul Motion®: Tenderness at the Heart of the Dance

Soul Motion®: Tenderness at the Heart of the Dance

Big Sur, United States

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 to the body in motion as a doorway into the life unfolding just beneath the surface of everyday forgetting. As a formless dance practice, Soul Motion® makes room for both passionate, expansive moveme...

December 22, 2026$1,500.00

Ground Control: Cultivating Steadiness in Wild Times

Ground Control: Cultivating Steadiness in Wild Times

Big Sur, United States

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 disconnected from the present moment. This workshop offers a different approach: not escape, but steadiness. In times of uncertainty and rapid change, groundedness becomes a vital inner resource, helping us s...

December 26, 2026$560.00

The Path Within: Yin Yoga Training

The Path Within: Yin Yoga Training

Los Angeles, United States

Designed for those who want to deepen their understanding of stillness and inner awareness, this Yin yoga teacher training creates a supportive space to slow down, observe, and reconnect with the quieter layers of practice. Through a carefully held learning environment, participants are invited to explore the subtle, restorative qualities of Yin yoga and the ways it can support both personal growt...

March 21, 2027$1,850.00

Freedom in Story April 2027

Freedom in Story April 2027

Orange, United States

Designed for Freedom Academy graduates, this three-day experience invites participants to deepen their understanding of trauma and healing through story work that weaves together psychology, neuroscience, and Biblical truth. Inside the Experience Over the course of three immersive days, attendees will take part in lecture-style teaching alongside facilitator-led small group story work. This is an....

April 22, 2027$1,399.00

Beginner Rock Climbing

Beginner Rock Climbing

Bishop, United States

Information This specially designed class is focused on helping you become a more capable and confident climber. The topics covered are adapted to your experience level and to what you hope to gain from the day. It is ideal for gym climbers with limited outdoor experience, as well as beginners who have already completed all the material in our Introductory Class. By the end of the session, you’ll....

Dates on request$180.00

Entheojedi Training

Entheojedi Training

Santa Rosa, United States

Discover a thoughtful approach to working with entheogens in a way that is both safe and sacred. This training is designed for those who wish to deepen their understanding through a grounded, respectful framework that honors the transformative nature of the experience. Available exclusively to Patreon supporters at the $108 level and above, this offering invites participants into a space of learni...

Dates on request$108.00

Functional Medicine 30min Follow Up

Functional Medicine 30min Follow Up

Truckee, United States

Designed as a focused check-in, this 30-minute follow-up offers a practical way to continue your functional medicine journey with clarity and support. It is ideal for reviewing progress, discussing any changes since your last visit, and adjusting your approach as needed. Each session can be tailored upon request, allowing the experience to reflect your current goals and priorities. Whether you are...

Dates on request$150.00

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