Ngokuhlwa ndifike e-Esalen ngesihlambo esikhulu, omnye usenokuthi ibhayibhile, imvula, amatye aqhekezayo avale iPacific Coast Highway kuwo omabini amacala. Ndibe phakathi kweendwendwe zokugqibela ukungena. Endlini yesango, umfana osisitayile wakha igama lam kwibhodi eqhotyoshwayo kwaye wandinika imvulophu ebuthathaka enemephu yepropathi, kunye nesitshixo sam. Ndatyibilika ndaya ngakwindlu yaseMurphy, ndagqobhoza ngesitshixo, ndaza ekugqibeleni ndavula umnyango kwigumbi lam, ndaza ndafumana isilingi esivuzayo. Kulapho ndaye ndazibuza khona ukuba inoba ndibenethamsanqa lokuxinga kwenye indawo kwelinye icala ledwala.

Buza nabani na owakha waya e-Esalen Institute-nditsho nabo bangakhange-kwaye kuhlala kukho ibali. Iziko lokuphumla iBig Sur eliziimayile ezingama-45 kumazantsi eMonterey libonakalisa uhlobo lwe-bohemianism yase-California yango-1960, kwaye ibeyintonga yombane yempikiswano nedrama okoko yasekwa ekuqaleni kwelo shumi leminyaka. Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ngaphambi kotyelelo lwam, xa ndakhankanya kugqirha wam wamazinyo-umntu onobulali, umntu wasemaphandleni wase-Connecticut-ukuba bendisiya apho, waba nomdlandla ngakumbi kunanini na ngaphambili. UEsalen! Ujongo oluphuphayo lwawela ubuso bakhe. UEsalen! Bendingazi ukuba indawo isekhona. Wanikina intloko. Ngaba baseneendawo zokuhlambela ze? Kwavela ukuba ugqirha wam wamazinyo ungubhuti omncinci we-1960's radical Jerry Rubin. Njengomfana oselula, wayexhomile kula mabhafu kunye nomntakwabo noTimothy Leary. Ndenzele inceba, utshilo. Ngelixa ulapho, vele ubanike 'Amandla aBantu' -kunye noku, wafaka inqindi lakhe emoyeni-lisuka kum.

Idibeneyo: Isikhokelo seT + L kwiihotele ezinkulu zeSur Sur

Kwakusina ngentsasa elandelayo xa ndandiwela ibhulorho emxinwa, erhabaxa ngaphaya komwonyo onzulu owahlula umhlaba weehektare ezili-120. Umoya wawuzele sisandi: umlambo ungxamile ngezantsi, i-drone engagungqiyo yeqakamba. Ukhetshe onamagxa abomvu wahamba ngenqanawa ngaphezulu kwam, ukhwaza mgama. Ndidlule kwindlu yokucamngca ejikelezayo, efikeleleka ngendlela engumnqantsa. Oomasifundisane bebekwiseshoni: Uxolelo, Umbulelo kunye neMfesane; UbuShamanism kunye neNtshukumo yangoku yeMfihlakalo; Ukuphila ngokugqibeleleyo kunye ne-Core Energetics. Iqela leendwendwe (okanye abafundisi, abathetha isiEsalen) benxibe iiponchos kwaye bephethe oobhaka besiya kwindawo ecwengileyo enamatye amakhulu, apho bazinza khona ematyeni kwaye bakhupha imizobo.

Njengokuba bendibhadula ndisiya kwelona gumbi liphambili lokukhangela ikofu, ndiye ndacinga ngendalo eyimfihlakalo yendawo. Ndacinga ngabo bonke abantu ababehambe le ndlela inye kwiminyaka engama-50 okoko kwaqalwa u-Esalen. UJoan Baez uqamba ingoma kwikatala yakhe. UJoseph Campbell ulungiselela ukwenza intetho. U-Henry Miller ubhabha elangeni kwi-buff. Indlela enamatye yandikhokelela ndadlula kwigadi yemifuno apho uBuddha wamatye amancinci wayejikelezwe yiminikelo: iintyatyambo ezomileyo; iintsimbi ezinamaso; ngamatye ezinyaweni zakhe. Indawo yokulala ephambili yase-Esalen kwaye yehla ngendledlana ende, enothuli, iindlwana zokuhlambela ezinemithombo eshushu yezimbiwa zacantwa zavalwa ecaleni kwamawa eBig Sur, iPacific ngobundlongondlongo yangaphantsi. Njengoko ndandihamba ngemvula, ndaziva iziporho zexesha elidlulileyo lika-Esalen: Aldous Huxley. IBuckminster epheleleyo. UAbraham Maslow. USusan Sontag. Umphunga wavuka kwiibhafu ezishushu ezingezantsi. Indoda engamashumi asixhenxe, ibuze ze, yema ijonge ezantsi. Ngaba uSontag ungene kuloo mabhafu? Ndacinga ukuba ubukrelekrele obukhulu buyazifaka, umsayino omhlophe otyikityiweyo kwizinwele zakhe obonakalayo ukusuka kumgama oziimitha ezilikhulu.

Kuthiwa, ngandlel 'ithile ngokumangalisayo, kuba amaqula amathathu-olwandle, umlambo, kunye nomthombo wobushushu-ahlangana kumhlaba wase-Esalen, yindawo enamandla amakhulu. Mhlawumbi loo mandla anamandla anoxanduva lokuphakama kwengqondo… kakuhle, ngayo yonke into eqhubekayo apho. Uvuyo luya morphst. I-malaise ekumgangatho ophantsi ijika ibe lusizi. Ukuqhekeka akunakwenzeka kuphela, kodwa kulindelwe. Ukhanyiso lokomoya lusemenyu. U-Esalen yinkolo yezinto ezingenanto, indawo apho abantu bahamba khona kunye nomnqweno wokuziguqula, okanye mhlawumbi unqwenela ukuguqula umhlaba.

Iihipp ezasungula i-Esalen ngoku ngootatomkhulu noomakhulu, kwaye uninzi lweembono ezibhayisikile kulebhu yelabhoratri yamandla abantu ziye zahlala ixesha elifutshane-imveliso yendawo kunye nexesha labo, ilingana ngokwasemoyeni netape-track-ezisibhozo -okanye yacokiswa yaza yaphuhliswa ngakumbi kwenye indawo. Yintoni injongo yendawo enje njengokuba umhlaba ukhawuleza kwaye usenza ingxolo, njengoko unxibelelwano phakathi kwabantu luba yinto engabonakaliyo kwaye isasazeka? Ngaba isasebenza, okanye ngaba imiselwe ukuba ibe ngamangcwaba esiseko sokugqibela se-hippiedom, i-relic, njengendawo yokungcwaba ama-Indiya ase-Esalen awulibalekileyo ngaphezulu apho kwakhiwa khona i-retreat?

Ngo-1962, abafundi baseYunivesithi yaseStanford uMichael Murphy kunye noDick Price baqala ukudala uhlobo olutsha loluntu kumhlaba ophethwe ngumakhulu kaMurphy. Iimeko zazinomdla, zinobuchule, njengoko isizukulwana sabantu abaselula sasiqala ukukhangela iindlela ezintsha zokuqonda umhlaba. Ihlobo loThando lalisondele kwikona; UWoodstock wayengekho kude ngasemva. UMurphy, owayengumfundi wefilosofi, wayijongisa intloko yakhe kwaye izinto eziphambili ngokubaluleka zalungiswa nguNjingalwazi wefilosofi owaziwayo kwihlabathi kunye nenkolo yokuthelekisa uFrederic Spiegelberg. Emva kokuphumelela, wafumana indlela eya e-ashram ye-mystic Sri Aurobindo ePondicherry, e-India. Ngexesha ebuyela ekhaya eSalinas, eCalifornia, wayezinikele ngokupheleleyo kwilizwe jikelele ukuba yonke indalo ingumoya owozelayo, nakwimbono yokuba angaba nenxaxheba ekuyivuseni.

Kuye kwavela ukuba ukuvusa i-cosmos ayisiyonto ilula. Ngokusebenzisa iZiko layo leTheyori noPhando, u-Esalen ubonelele ngeqonga lempumelelo yokwenyani kwimimandla yezozakuzo, isayikholoji, amayeza, kunye nefiziksi (ukunyusa imali yotyelelo lokuqala lukaBoris Yeltsin eMelika, umzekelo, ngo-1990). Ukanti kusekho ukungaqondi okugqugqisileyo kokuba yindawo yokudlala yabantu abahamba ze kunye notyekelo lwengqondo.

Idibeneyo: UluCwangcisa njani uhambo oluya eCarlifonia & Big Apos; s Big Sur

Kodwa umbono kaMurphy, webala lokudlala elona lizwi linzima nelona libalulekileyo, indawo apho abantu bazo zonke iindlela zobomi banokuphonononga amandla abo, yeyona inokubaluleka ngakumbi namhlanje kunokuba yayinjalo xa yena neXabiso baqala ngaphandle. Kulula ukuhlekisa ngamanye amakhosi ezifundo, kodwa uEsalen, embindini wawo, inyani malunga nokukhuthaza unxibelelwano. Unxibelelwano phakathi kwabantu, phakathi kwesiqu noluntu, phakathi kwezizwe kunye neenkolo. Kukukhangela unxibelelwano, ngakumbi nangakumbi, ukuba sihambe-hayi nje ukulala elunxwemeni kwenye indawo, kodwa ukufumana into entsha ngathi, nangomhlaba. Kwaye yile nto itsalela iindwendwe e-Esalen.

Apha, awuboni abantu behamba ezindleleni iintloko zabo zigobile kwii-smartphones zabo. Awuboni abantu behamba ngokukhawuleza, okanye betha iinyawo zabo, okanye belinda ngokungapheliyo umtya we-buffet ukuhamba ngokukhawuleza. Awunazo incoko namadoda okanye amabhinqa anamehlo ahamba phezu kwegxalaba lakho, ekhangela umntu obaluleke ngakumbi okanye obalulekileyo. Endaweni yokuba ujikelezwe ngabo bafuna into engaphezulu. Bakhethe ukuhamba apha ingekuko ukubaleka, kodwa endaweni yokucinga ngendawo yabo emhlabeni. Bajonga ukuphazamiseka. Banyanisekile kwinkcubeko ekusenokwenzeka ukuba babenayo ngokwaneleyo isigqebelo.

Ngobusuku bam bokugqibela-emva kokuba kubhalwe uphawu olubhalwe ngesandla kwiwindow yeofisi echaza isihlwele esasivuya ukuba uHighway 1 uphinde wavulwa — ndaya ezantsi emanzini. Yayibusuku obucacileyo, obuhle kwiBig Sur, kwaye umoya wawunuka i-eucalyptus kunye nejasmine. Kwakusezintsuku nje ezimbalwa — kubonakala ngathi alukho olunye uhlobo e-Esalen- luzaliswe kukudibana namathuba, iimvakalelo. Ndifundise iworkshop yokubhala, ndatya imifuno emnandi ye-organic evela kwigadi yase-Esalen, kwaye ndafumana i-massage engaqhelekanga eyandishiya ndiziva ndivulekile kwaye ndiluhlaza kancinci. Ndiphantse ndayiqhela indlela etofotofo yokuba seminarians banxibe ubuze babo, nangona nam bendingekabikho apho. (Kamva, indoda eyandibonayo ebhafini yandincoma isibindi sam sokunxiba isuti yokuhlamba.) Ndithe ndakufika emanzini azele zizimbiwa, ndijonge umphezulu omfusa, ndacinga ngo-Abraham H. Maslow Ingcali yeengqondo ezathi iimfundiso zazo zanefuthe kuMurphy nakwiXabiso. Uludwe oludumileyo lweMaslow lweeMfuno zaBantu luhlala luboniswa ngemilo kanxantathu. Ezantsi zezona mfuno zisisiseko: ukuphefumla, ukutya, amanzi, ukulala, njalo njalo. Ngaphezulu-incopho-yolawulo oluphezulu lukaMaslow kukuziphatha, ukuyila, ukuzithemba, injongo, ukwamkelwa kunye nentsingiselo.

Idibeneyo: Uhambo oluPhambili lwehlabathi: iBig Sur, eCalifornia

Ndindodwa kwisinxibo sam sokuqubha phakathi kwehippies ezigugileyo, ndingasathethi ke ngemimoya yase-Esalen eyadlulayo, andizange ndicinge nge-credo efanelekileyo kwiminyaka engama-50 ezayo, kwaye ndazifumana ndinethemba lokuba u-Esalen uyasinda kwaye uyaphumelela. Kwaye emva koko ndapompela inqindi emoyeni: Amandla ebantwini!

IZiko le-Esalen; impelaveki, oomasifundisane beentsuku ezintlanu kunye nesixhenxe kuluhlu lwamacandelo; esalen.org .

UDani Shapiro ngumhleli onegalelo ku-T + L. Incwadi yakhe entsha, ephume kwinyanga ezayo, yiyo Usabhala: Iingozi kunye neziyolo zoBomi boBuchule (Icandelo leGrove).

ICanyon Ranch, iTucson, eArizona

Ngoku kunyaka wayo wama-34, le ntlango yaseSonoran ibuyela umva inikezela ngeNkqubo yokuPhucula uBomi yeveki. canyonranch.com .

Umnyango weGolide, e-Escondido, eCalifornia

Iinjongo zokuqina komzimba zifikeleleka kwiiklasi ze-tai chi, i-cardio boxing, kunye ne-aqua yoga, kunye nokucebisa umntu omnye kunye nokunyuka kwiikhilomitha ezingama-20 ezindleleni zabucala. goldendoor.com .

IZiko leKripalu leYoga kunye neMpilo, iStockbridge, eMassachusetts

Ukulinganisa amandla, unyango lwe-neuromuscular, kunye nezinye iinkonzo zobugcisa zokuphilisa zikwimpompo kunye neeklasi zeyoga kunye nokucamngca. kripalu.org .

IMi amo, iSedona, eArizona

Unyango olubandakanya iBlue Corn Body yasePoland kunye neSedona Clay Wrap zibonisa indawo ekuchithelwa kuyo iiholide eMzantsi-ntshona phakathi kwamatye abomvu eBoynton Canyon. lwimi.com .

IZiko le-Omega lezifundo eziBanzi, eRhinebeck, eNew York

Ukubamba iindwendwe ezingaphezu kwama-23,000 ngonyaka, u-Omega ukhuthaza ubomi obuzinzileyo ngeziko lemfundo lokusingqongileyo. eomega.org .

IZiko leNtaba laseShambhala, amachibi oLwandle oluBomvu, eColorado

Ipropati engama-600 ene-Great Stupa yaseDharmakaya, eyakhiwe ngokuhlonipha umsunguli weziko, inkosi yokucamngca yaseTibetan. shambhalamountain.org .

IZiko leKripalu leYoga kunye neMpilo

Funda indlela yokucamngca kule yoga nakwiziko lezempilo eBerkshires ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo zokubuyela umva kunye neenkqubo zokuhlaziya. Njengokuba kunjalo kwizinto ezininzi eBerkshire, iKripalu iyinyani, inzima, i-quirky, i-storied, kwaye ayifani nayiphi na enye indawo. Isibheno sayo asikho ngokukhawuleza okanye ngokukhawuleza. Kuthatha ixesha ukufumanisa ubuhle be-kayaking yasekuseni ekhokelwayo kwi-Stockbridge Bowl, okanye uluhlu lweenkqubo, ukusuka kolona phando luphakathi (Inqanaba loNxibelelwano lweZilwanyana: Iziko likaStephen Cope lokuPhila ngokuNgaqhelekanga, elibandakanyeka kufundo oluxhaswe ngemali liSebe lezoKhuselo ngeziphumo zeyoga kubasebenzi basemkhosini abanengxaki yoxinzelelo lwasemva koxinzelelo).

IZiko le-Omega leziFundo eziBanzi

I-Mii amo, i-Spa yokufikela kwindawo yobugqi

I-Mii Amo Spa ibonelela ngee-spa 'iihambo' ezintathu, ezine, kunye nobusuku ezisixhenxe. Indawo yokuphumla ine-16 enemibala e-rose, i-adobe casitas ejikelezwe yimisonto ejijekileyo enyaweni ye-butnton Canyon buttes. Ukufika kwabo, iindwendwe zidibana nommeli we-spa ukwenza imephu yeenkqubo ezizezakho, ezinokubandakanya ubuso bobuso, iiseshoni zokuthambisa, okanye watsu Unyango oludibanisa ukuthanjiswa, ukolulwa, umsebenzi odibeneyo kunye neShiatsu. Ukongeza, iiklasi ngezihloko ezinje ngokupheka, umdaniso, amandla e-vortex, kunye nezityalo zamayeza zinikezelwa yonke le mini, kunye nonyango lokomoya njengokufundwa kwamakhadi e-tarot kunye reiki .

Umnyango wegolide

ICanyon Ranch Resort kunye ne-Spa

Emva kokuba ipropathi yaseTuscon ivulwe ngo-1979, abanini beCanyon Ranch uMel no-Enid Zuckerman bazisa ifilosofi yabo yokufumana ulonwabo ngempilo-ntle kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo nakwiindawo. Ukuba uyayithanda i-oasis yase-Arizona eyi-acre eyi-150 e-Arizona (epheleleyo nge-spa engama-80,000-square-foot spa) unokucinga ngokutyelela i-Las Vegas SpaClub, okanye i-New England ibuyele eLenox, eMassachusetts (apho i-skiing kunye ne-canoeing bakuluhlu lwemisebenzi). I-Canyon Ranch spas inokufumaneka elwandle ngaphakathi kweenqanawa ezinkulu zokuhamba ngenqanawa ezivela eCunard, Oceania, Regent Seven Seas Cruises, kunye neeNdawo zooDumo.