BIG SUR — Reeling from severe storm damage and crushing expenses, a cathedral to the personal growth movement will reopen next week after its rescue by an ethos far more powerful: community. The ...

Before the Esalen Institute, there was Michael Murphy’s family’s property, a choice chunk of gorgeous Big Sur, where, in 1962, Murphy (writer, seeker) and his fellow human potentialist Dick Price ...

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 ...

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 ...

Today, Americans have a wealth of books and New Age workshops to choose from that offer guidance on personal growth, holistic health and body care, relationships, and the marriage of Eastern and ...

When Michael Murphy and Dick Price founded the Esalen spiritual retreat on a remote cliff in Big Sur 50 years ago, they were dismissed as misfit mystics who did outlandish things like meditate and ...

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 ...

For more than 40 years, people seeking personal transformation have come to Esalen, an enclave on the Big Sur coast that's been a defining home for counterculture spirituality. Workshops on the lush ...

Big Sur >> A major renovation project, in the works for more than 10 years, is underway at Esalen Institute. The $16 million project had a groundbreaking ceremony last weekend at the campus, situated ...

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