Speak your truth Esalen Staff.

As an older member of the Esalen tribe, I want to open a door to you current staff at Esalen, allowing for you to express yourselves, in a possibly more honest conversation than otherwise, by using the intermediary of willing Nine.

So, with interest and curiosity, and if you so desire to answer, I ask you:

• How was your Staff week?
• Did you have an outside facilitator for the week?
• Where you able to sleep in seminarian rooms on the property?
• Did the managers cook and serve you any of your meals?
• How were the morning Community meetings?
• Was an honest process permitted to unfold?
  • If yes, how?
  • If no, why not?
• Where you able to express any of your current issues/concerns?
  • If yes, how?
  • If not, why not?
• Did you have a voice in the theme presented of: “the Future direction of Esalen”?
  • If yes, how?
  • If not, why not?
• Now that Staff Week is over, retrospectively, what has been the overall outcome for you:
  • on a personal level
  • within the Community
  • and how do you feel about that?
  • closer to management?
  • empowered?
• Any additional comments you would like to share?

Thank you for responding. From a caring Esalen member.

—Anonymous