Make us a Preferred Source on Google to see more of us when you search. Add Preferred Source My assignment was to address the religion writing class at the Columbia University School of Journalism.

I had the great pleasure of meeting with Michael Murphy co-founder of Esalen Institute during the campus renewal dedication in Big Sur, California. Since its inception Esalen has evolved organically ...

I once had the pleasure of teaching for a year at Harvard Divinity School. My office was on the same floor and just three doors down from the little chapel where the American Transcendentalist Ralph ...

Hugging the cliffs of the Pacific Palisades in Big Sur, Calif., is perhaps one of the oldest healing sites in continuous use. Archeological findings on the site date back some 6,000 years, left by the ...

In an emerald expanse of California’s majestic Central Coast, a series of intense human explorations are underway. In a large white yurt, several yogis are breathing, bending and meditating to deepen ...

Esalen Institute, the eclectic retreat center and birthplace of the human potential movement, just turned 25 years old. That`s too young for a midlife crisis. But like the thousands of seekers who ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. The quest for higher consciousness has drawn a host of stellar thinkers like Aldous Huxley, Alan Watts ...

Big Sur’s storied retreat promotes creativity, well-being and provides a place for quiet reflection. From Santa Rosa it takes about four hours to drive to Esalen. Allow more time during commute hours.

Big Sur >> Like other businesses in Big Sur isolated by the removal of the Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge in the north and the Highway 1 closure in the south, Esalen Institute is suffering in a big way ...