Leaders and Programs
In the early days, many of the seminars challenged the status quo - such as "The Value of Psychotic Experience". There were even programs that questioned the movement of which Esalen was a part - for instance, "Spiritual and Therapeutic Tyranny: The Willingness To Submit". And there was a series of encounter groups focused on racial prejudice.
Early leaders included:
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Rather than merely lecturing, many leaders began to experiment with what Huxley called the non-verbal humanities: the education of the body, the senses, and the emotions. The intention of this work was to suggest a new ethic - to develop awareness of one’s present flow of experience, to express this fully and accurately, and to listen to feedback. These "experiential" workshops were particularly well attended and did much to shape Esalen’s future course.
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