• Five-Day Yoga Retreat at Esalen: Dharana and Drishti

    Esalen 55000 Highway 1, Big Sur, CA, United States

    Dharana and Drishti: Week-Long Retreat Dharana and Drishti: Both of these Sanscrit words indicate a process of development in our ability for a depth of mental focus and concentration. It could be said that Asana and Pranayama are a foundation of practice for the gradual healing of the mental, physical and emotional bodies. Drishti is […]

  • 5 Day Esalen Retreat

    Esalen 55000 Highway 1, Big Sur, CA, United States

    5-Day Retreat Weeklong retreat at Esalen.

  • Five-Day Yoga Retreat at Esalen

    Esalen 55000 Highway 1, Big Sur, CA, United States

    Week-Long Retreat Please have a minimum of 6 months yoga experience. Click to see Thomas's retreats on Esalen Website

  • Esalen Weekend Retreat: Personal Renewal through the Practices of Yoga

    Esalen 55000 Highway 1, Big Sur, CA, United States

    Taking the time to go on retreat is a wonderful spiritual practice. Often on retreat, we enter into the cradle of nature where the pranic force (life energy) is magnified and completely available for anyone who comes. In a similar way, the practitioners of yoga have journeyed for thousands of years to the ashram (yoga […]

  • Five-Day Yoga Retreat at Esalen: The Breath as a Tool of Transition

    Esalen 55000 Highway 1, Big Sur, CA, United States

    The long, slow, conscious breath has the ability to stabilize and quiet the fluctuations of the mind. Concurrently, the breath can act as a medium through which we are able to connect to the formless dimension of being, to the invisible realms of spirit and soul. Whether we are in the yoga room, changing jobs, […]

  • Labor Day Weekend Retreat at Esalen

    Esalen 55000 Highway 1, Big Sur, CA, United States

    One of the fundamental tenets of yoga philosophy is that every human being is, at the core, an expression of divine light and love. The yogis refer to this as the Supreme Self or Inner Self. Many of us glimpse this from time to time, yet a primary focus of our journey is to honestly […]

  • Increasing the Energy Flow: Five-Day Yoga Retreat at Esalen

    Esalen 55000 Highway 1, Big Sur, CA, United States

    When most people hear the word yoga, they immediately think of stretching the body. While lengthening the muscular system is an aspect of yoga practice, it is a small part of what yoga is about. The ancient yogis developed the practice as a purifying agent to cleanse the nadis (energy channels) and chakras (energy centers) […]