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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Note: This article contains spoilers about the series finale of Mad Men. In her floppy straw hat, paisley peasant skirt and sandals fished out of Esalen’s “free” box, Rebecca Creason kneels down on ...

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 ...