The lodging is rustic with comfortable flourishes, like soft duvets and hotel furniture. Esalen is verdant - everything within campus limits is remarkably green, thanks in part to a sustainable irrigation plan that involves processing laundry water. One by one they spilled out over the grounds, which are, I cannot say it enough: stunning. Businessmen barking their last business commands into FaceTime Audio calls (the campus has very spotty cell service), yogis wearing beanies, thoroughly bleached women wearing expensive premium sportswear, a haggard couple who, I’m not joking, arrived in a yellow Volkswagen minibus.
