Esalen: gorgeous blue clear skies, familiar faces, warm sparkling baths, the gardens twitching ... , bent over their notebooks, writing... And I'm hurrying. When I think of Esalen, ironically, I always see myself running to get from one workshop to the next. Hurry to ... each time. And every year we do this I vow I'm going to come early to Esalen or stay an extra day, get a massage, take a hike, ...

Those with an interest in the survival question might find the following quite interesting: These are reports from the “Survival of Bodily Death” series of conferences. Esalen Conference Reports Those with an interest in the survival question might find the following quite interesting: These are reports from the “Survival of Bodily Death” series of conferences. A ...

... mind. Some innocent girl is enjoying the hot tub and the next thing she knows some stranger is going down on her and she’s liking it. It sounds very seductive and dangerous. According to Esalen.org: Esalen. The word itself summons up tantalizing visions of adventure, of unexplored frontiers, of human possibilities yet to be realized. There is the wonder of the place itself, 120 acres of ...

... The book I was reading wasn't made of paper -- I was reading it on my iPhone and Esalen has a rule about not using computers at mealtimes. I have great respect for the anti-laptop edict in ... others? It's hardly very zen. But if reading a book is allowed, as well it should be (and it is allowed at Esalen -- no one told me off when I whipped a paperback out at dinner the same day) then why ...

... mantra in my head on the rough days: "Getting there is the hardest part." Getting to go to Esalen for a whole month! Being patient with people who dismiss me too quickly, and allowing them to change their minds ... my presence. What a gift. 12-step meeting and didgeridoo meditation Wednesdays at Esalen!Beans's adamant, unwavering support during a Very Scary Work SituationSending diaper ...

... How do you live in the face of that? One time, I went to a spiritual workshop at the Esalen Institute. The man in charge, some sort of teacher, said we must train ourselves to ... see rainbow water in this particular puddle? Would even Isabella be able to see rainbow water in it? What would the teacher at Esalen say? Where is the good in this story? For a war story to be true, Tim O'Brien writes, ...

... ... For a long time, I've harbored a dream to have a big chunk of land on the coast where I'd put a yoga studio and music studios and live in a co-housing arrangement. Kind of Esalen-meets-Real World Studios, only a little more humble. Every once in a while I check out property listings. This week I looked and saw that piece of property near my desired location is for sale. A coastal ...

... ;m disappointed in myself that it's been so many days since I last posted to this blog. Been so busy. And tired as a result. I've been to California teaching workshops at Esalen, then teaching, then working on my other blog, The Letter Project. I'm planning something special there for November 12 but it has required some preparation. I reread my most recent finished story last night. ...

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... been virtually moribund since last Spring. The history of Hindutva and related right-wing racialism goes back two centuries, connecting German Romanticism, American Transcendentalism, Indian Nationalist terrorism, Esalen Institute, Transpersonal Psychology, and Ken Wilber's Integral-Everything-on-a-Stick. When I began to explore these connections and cross-pollinations, I had no idea what I ...