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327 upcoming events in California, from $16 to $9,250, November 2026 – December 2027. Popular spots include Redwood City, San Marcos, and Big Sur.

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Men's Retreat

Big Bear Lake, United States

This weekend retreat is led by the Sacred Heart Sisters, with the spiritual presence and support of Fr. Rafael Partida from the Diocese of San Bernardino. It offers men a meaningful space to step away from daily demands and spend time growing closer to our Lord Jesus Christ in a prayerful, faith-filled environment. Throughout the weekend, participants will experience presentations, quiet prayer, f...

November 14, 2026$130.00

The Wild Embrace: A Journey to Vitality

The Wild Embrace: A Journey to Vitality

Big Sur, United States

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 wind, it is formless yet ever in motion, creating and sustaining life. The body is the doorway through which we meet this living energy. It is alive within us, always changing, and knows its own way. Com...

November 17, 2026$995.00

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

Gratitude Retreat

Gratitude Retreat

Big Sur, United States

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 reconnect with the truth that we are enough בדיוק as we are. Through yoga, meditation, reflection, cliffside baths, and walks across Esalen’s healing land, we return to the heart. We will also be join...

November 21, 2026$660.00

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

Grof® Breathwork: Homecoming

Grof® Breathwork: Homecoming

Big Sur, United States

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 accelerated breathing, evocative music, and supported somatic release. Working with the breath as a guide, we enter an inner journey that opens to the psyche’s innate intelligence, creating space for emotio...

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

The Seven Flames: Winter Solstice Ritual Retreat

The Seven Flames: Winter Solstice Ritual Retreat

Big Sur, United States

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 with the steady flame that lives within. Rooted in the wisdom of the chakra system, this immersive retreat explores the seven chakras as radiant fires and gateways of awakening for our physical, emotion...

December 15, 2026$940.00

Journey Space: Music, Movement and Ceremony

Journey Space: Music, Movement and Ceremony

Big Sur, United States

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 Monday, participants will be guided into a shared journey of sound, ceremony, and self-discovery, with the heart as the central compass. This intimate and transformational workshop invites you to witness...

December 19, 2026$1,190.00

Winter Solstice Journey

Winter Solstice Journey

Mount Shasta, United States

Honor the turning of the season in the sacred landscape of Mount Shasta, where the longest night becomes a meaningful invitation to pause, reflect, and welcome the return of the light. This special gathering offers a soulful way to connect with the energy of winter solstice while spending time at revered sites known for their deep spiritual presence. Set in a serene natural environment, the experi...

December 21, 2026$144.00

Summer Solstice Tour - Sacred Journey at Mount Shasta

Summer Solstice Tour - Sacred Journey at Mount Shasta

Mount Shasta, United States

Join us for a transformative day on Mount Shasta, designed to align with the peak solar energy of the Summer Solstice. A Sacred Moment The Stillness of the Solstice Are you ready to reconnect with your Eternal Being and welcome a fresh wave of inspiration and clarity as a new cycle of life begins? The word “solstice” refers to the sun’s pause, a moment of standing still. In that stillness, there i...

December 21, 2026$144.00

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

Pleasure Alchemy: Deepening Emotional Intelligence Through Rituals and Sensual Somatics

Pleasure Alchemy: Deepening Emotional Intelligence Through Rituals and Sensual Somatics

Big Sur, United States

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 apology? Pleasure Alchemy This somatic journey is designed to awaken, support, and empower participants through the sacred practice of sensual embodiment. By engaging all five senses through touch, mov...

December 22, 2026$940.00

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

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

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

Big Sur, United States

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 gathering explores “wintering” as a practice of rest, renewal, and receiving the season’s quiet gifts. Take part in meditation sessions indoors and outdoors, with views across the Pacific Ocean and the po...

December 29, 2026$940.00

New Year's Yoga, Hiking & Live Music Retreat

New Year's Yoga, Hiking & Live Music Retreat

Santa Margarita, United States

Step into 2026 with a restorative experience designed to support empowerment, strength, and clarity as the new year begins. This retreat brings together a nourishing mix of Yin yoga, vinyasa, gentle Hatha, and pranayama, creating a balanced rhythm of movement, breath, and inner reflection. Each day starts with a hike along one of the nearby scenic trails, offering fresh air, natural beauty, and an...

January 2, 2027$2,595.00

The Ayurvedic Way Home

The Ayurvedic Way Home

Marina del Rey, United States

This winter retreat offers a deeply nourishing space for women moving through perimenopause and menopause, with a focus on nourishment, sensuality, beauty, and voice. Designed as a gentle invitation to come home to yourself, it creates room for restoration, self-expression, and renewed connection with the body’s wisdom. Through a blend of supportive practices and reflective time, participants can....

January 29, 2027$1,100.00

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Retreats242 Educational workshop135 Workshops135 Wellness event115 Health and wellness retreat79 Retreat in nature76 Yoga retreat71 Healing retreat64 Meditation retreat56 Health and wellness54 Health retreat38 Spiritual event33

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Top destinations in California

Redwood City37 San Marcos31 Big Sur26 Bishop25 Carmel Valley21 Mount Shasta20 Cathedral City19 Los Angeles11 Ramona10 Santa Barbara10 Huntington Beach9 Julian8

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How many events are there in California?

There are currently 327 upcoming events in California on RetreatsMap — listings are updated daily.

How much do events in California cost?

Prices start from €14, and some events and regular classes are free to attend.

When is the next event in California?

The next upcoming event, “Self-Guided Explorations Weekend of”, starts on November 13, 2026. Use the map or the date filter to find dates that suit you.