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 ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) BIG SUR >> Reeling from severe storm damage and crushing expenses, ...

BIG SUR – For nearly 60 years, Esalen has welcomed those seeking a higher level of connection with themselves or the world around them. Now the institute is ready to reopen to guests next week with a ...

Pacific Grove >> Despite past sexual misconduct allegations reported recently in the New York Times and online efforts condemning him, Esalen Institute speaker Marc Gafni still plans on teaching his ...

c. 2012 Religion News Service BIG SUR, Calif. (RNS) Perched atop the rugged splendor of the California coast south of Monterey, the Esalen Institute is the mother church for people who call themselves ...

It was 12:45 a.m. when I pulled off the highway in Big Sur, Calif., and joined a half-dozen couples and small groups of friends waiting quietly in rental cars under a twinkling black horizon. Was that ...

EUGENE, Ore. -- Fifty years ago the Esalen Institute near Big Sur, Calif., opened its doors to people seeking spiritual growth and personal transformation, attracting psychologists, psychiatrists, ...

Reporting from Big Sur — — Morning fog weaves its way through colorful rows of vegetables, herbs and flowers as staff and apprentices gather at the center of the garden at Esalen Institute. It’s 7 a.m ...

The Esalen Institute will be closed until the end of July due to the bridge replacement and slides on Highway 1. Courtesy photo The owners of Esalen Institute retreat center on the Big Sur coast have ...

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 ...