• Workshop Tuition
• Meals: Esalen serves a wide variety of food. Meat, vegetarian, and vegan options are commonly available. Much of Esalen’s produce is organically grown on our farm and picked fresh just hours before mealtime.
• Lodging: Friday and Saturday night accommodations for weekend workshops; Sunday through Thursday night accommodations for 5-day workshops; Sunday through Saturday night accommodations for 7-day workshops.
• 24-hour use of hot mineral spring bath facilities, the Art Center (except when a workshop is scheduled), and the entire Esalen grounds.
• Participation in movement classes scheduled during time on the property.
• 12-month subscription to the Esalen Catalog.

Standard Accommodations: This is shared housing with two or three persons per room. (In some cases, bathrooms are shared.) Couples and friends will always be housed together in a private room. The rates listed with the workshop descriptions throughout the website refer to these shared standard accommodations.

Single Housing is sometimes available on a limited basis for an additional $100 per day.

Bunk Bed Rooms: Bunk beds are available for seminar participants who are willing to share a room with three or more persons. There are a limited number of these spaces, which are reserved on a first-come, first-served basis.

Own Accommodations: If you are staying off the property, meals and unlimited use of the property facilities are included.

Sleeping Bags: Meeting rooms are sometimes used as shared sleeping bag space and may be available for workshop participants with limited financial means. There is a 7-day limit on sleeping bag stays. Should you choose Sleeping Bag accommodations, you are responsible for your own sleeping bag, blankets, pads, pillows, etc. Esalen provides towels and face cloths. (In some cases, showering may need to be done at the baths as some rooms do not provide a shower.) The meeting room is a public space where Esalen activities, scheduled and unscheduled, take place. Thus, the room is inaccessible between 9am and 11pm. Access to the room is not permitted while these activities are in process. Sleeping bag accommodations are coed, and several people may share a relatively small space. You may want to bring earplugs if you are a light sleeper or bothered by the sleep sounds of others.

The prices for Esalen workshops are as follows:

Camping on the grounds, either in tents or campers, is prohibited. We do not have parking space to accommodate RVs.

Friends of Esalen:

We invite you to become a Friend of Esalen. Your donation of $50 or more will benefit our programs and help build Esalen’s long-term financial base. As a Friend of Esalen you will receive the following benefits:

• A $50 reduction in tuition for all workshops over the next 12 months;
• Friends of Esalen Newsletters for one year;
• A tax deduction under IRS section 501(c)3 for the amount of the donation;
• The ability to stay as a personal retreat guest.

How To Register

Our reservation form, in "pdf" format, is for your convenience in reserving a space in Esalen workshops. If you wish to make reservations for more than one person, please print a copy of the form so that each registrant has his or her own form, unless you are registering as a couple with the same address and phone number. A non-refundable deposit for each person registering and each workshop applied for must accompany this form.

To register by fax:

Fax the completed reservation form to 831-667-2724. All fax reservations must include credit card information and a signature. (Our fax line is exclusively for reservations. No personal correspondence, please.)

To register by mail:

Mailed reservation deposits are payable in U.S. currency only, and overseas residents must pay by checks drawn on U.S. banks or provide complete credit card information. Mail completed reservation forms to:

Esalen Institute
55000 Highway 1
Big Sur, CA 93920

To register on the web:

You may place an online reservation request through our Reservation Requests page.

To register by phone:

Dial 831-667-3005. Phone reservation hours are Monday - Thursday 9am - 7pm, and Friday - Sunday 9am - 5pm. (All times are PST.) The most opportune time to call is after 2pm. For those who have previously taken a workshop at Esalen, reservation information can be left on our Express Reservations voicemail, at 831-667-3000 x7321.

Deposits

Deposits are payable in U.S. currency only. Overseas residents must pay by checks drawn on U.S. banks or use a credit card. Balance of payment is due five days before arrival. To see information on discounts and reduced rate options click here.

Please indicate your second choice for a workshop in case your first choice is canceled and we are unable to reach you.

Esalen Institute reserves the right to cancel any program at any time.

Cancellation Policy

Scholarship Information

Esalen is able to provide some scholarship assistance to workshop participants in exchange for a work commitment (usually in the kitchen). Approved scholarship recipients will receive their work schedules upon arrival at Esalen

If additional scholarship assistance is required, please send a letter of explanation to Attn: Scholarships at Esalen. Due to the number of requests we receive, we can only provide one scholarship per person per year.

Reduced Rate Options and Discounts

If you pay in full at the time you make your reservation (fifteen days before the workshop for which you are registering), you will receive a $10 prepayment discount per workshop and be eligible for express check-in upon arrival. This discount does not apply to scholarship recipients or sleeping bag accommodations, own accommodations, or the Ongoing Residence Program.

Senior Citizen Discount: Esalen offers a special discount to individuals over 65 years of age. The discount for a weekend workshop is $25; for a five-day or longer workshop, it's $50. Please request this discount at the time of registration. When you complete the reservation form, please indicate the discounts for which you qualify. If you qualify, and you make your reservation by phone, be sure to ask for this discount. (Please note: Senior discounts are not available for the Work Study Program.)

Accommodations for Families: Two full-paying adults housed in standard accommodations may have their children in the room for a meal charge of $20 per child per day ($10 for children under six). Note: If children are enrolled in Gazebo School Park or an Esalen workshop, additional fees are required. For more information see The Gazebo School Park Early Childhood Program.

Esalen Personal Retreats

An Esalen personal retreat gives you the opportunity to nourish your body, mind, heart, and soul without participating in a catalog workshop. Some of the activities and non-activities you may enjoy on your personal retreat are:

• A massage or bodywork session
  (an additional expense; sign up in the office)
• meditation in the Round House
• yoga, movement, or dance classes
• relaxing in the natural hot-spring mineral water