“Working in the Esalen kitchen, nobody expected me to know how to do it all, and for the first time in a long time — if ever — I felt like just doing my best was enough. I felt like I was enough.” That’s Shannon Hudson describing her very first work-scholar job at Big Sur after first dropping out of med school (“With a few exceptions, conventional medicine didn’t seem to really cure anything!”) and then a decade of high-pressure start-up work. Read Shannon's #myEsalen at the link in bio! #esaleninstitute #bigsur #esalenarchives #esalen #california #wellness #trasformation #holistic #healing #hydrotherapy #humanpotential #CaliforniaDreaming #Fulfillment #mindfulness