For nearly 60 years, the Esalen Institute has looked out from Big Sur’s famous bluffs over the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean — a front-row view of the edge of the world.
“You feel it the moment you step in,” says Janet Stone, a San Francisco yoga instructor who leads workshops at Esalen. “It’s like you’ve gone through some invisible doors into a different portal.”
That effect is fundamental to the mystique of Esalen, the countercultural institution that has served as a gathering place for knowledge seekers and thought leaders concerned with questions surrounding the human condition.
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