A five-day workshop at Esalen in which Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche draws on the Tibetan dream and sleep yogas to show how awareness continues through every state of experience.

Tenzin Wangyal RinpocheSee event page

27–29 November 2026

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

A weekend of essential qigong with Chungliang Al Huang at Esalen, taught through movement, storytelling and energy work, and open to beginners; the workshop runs through 29 November.

Chungliang Al HuangSee event page

30 November 2026 – 4 December 2026

Creative Tai Ji Experience: Change, Transformation and Metamorphosis

Chungliang Al Huang guides five days of reimagining the tai ji forms at Esalen through ancient rituals, the Five Moving Forces of Nature and traditional motifs; the workshop runs through 4 December.

Chungliang Al HuangSee event page

4–6 December 2026

Imagine That: Transform How You Think, Feel, and Live with the Science of Imagination

Workshop with Cassandra Vieten at Esalen Institute.

Cassandra VietenSee event page

18 December 2026

Journey Space: Music, Movement and Ceremony at Esalen

A retreat at the Esalen Institute on the Big Sur coast built around music, movement and ceremony, led by East Forest.

East ForestSee event page

22–26 March 2027

Luminous Coherence: Ancient Wisdom, Modern Science, Lasting Freedom

A five-day in-person retreat on the Big Sur coast in which Rod Stryker takes participants through the stages of his Luminous Coherence meditation protocol, combining tantric practice with contemporary research on the brain's default mode network.

Rod StrykerSee event page

9–12 April 2027

East Forest at Esalen: How Psychedelics Work, a Journey Into Mind, Meaning and Healing

A four-day retreat at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur that East Forest created with Dr Robin Carhart-Harris and Radha, holding the neuroscience of psychedelics and the lived experience of ceremony side by side.

East ForestSee event page

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21–25 September 2026

RITUAL: Harvest Moon Women's Retreat

A women's retreat with Sianna Sherman alchemizing life with ritual, earth ceremony, and the wisdom of the 13 moons, at Esalen Institute.

Sianna ShermanSee event page

3–5 April 2026

Setting Your Heart on Fire: A Passionate Practice to Liberate Your Life (Esalen)

A weekend workshop with Raphael Cushnir combining solo work, dyads, triads, movement and active imagination.

Raphael CushnirSee event page

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