Floods, mudslides, and storms have ravaged the California coastline in recent weeks, leaving many stuck indoors. For the 70 guests and staff stranded at the Esalen Institute, a self-help retreat center for one-percenters (and those who are willing to shell out hundreds of dollars to stay in a sleeping bag onsite), being rained in could be worse.
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Guests at California's ritziest self-help retreat center have to be airlifted out by helicopter because of storms
As rain pummels California, students and staff of the prestigious Esalen Institute cannot escape.
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On February 21, The Guardian reported that Big Sur's wettest season on record decimated the Esalen Institute's road access. Those holed up inside will likely be evacuated via helicopter next week, after the rain eases up. In the meantime, the five dozen entrepreneurs, artists, and spiritual healers who remain are taking advantage of what the retreat center has to offer.
Those awaiting evacuation enjoy . A supply of rice, beans, and kale will sustain them when their other food stores dry up.
Workshops have been put on hold since February 12, but employees are still being paid,
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Esalen, founded in 1962 by two former Stanford students, offers 600 workshops and programs a year
Over the years, Esalen has attracted major influencers, including American psychologists
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