The title to this short story can be interpreted in two different aspects: in one way, it could mean “how did we actually settle upon Wilbur Hot Springs as our new home?”, and in another light, it can mean “how we reconnected with our inner selves here at Wilbur Hot Springs?” Both questions [...]
Not only is it relaxing, but soaking in a hot spring can have great benefits for your health too. The healing powers of hot springs have been used for thousands of years and have been widely accepted in Europe and Japan as natural treatment options for various common ailments. Hot springs are known [...]
The 1970s were times of great experimental creativity at Wilbur. Home birthing seminars, medical seminars, poetry seminars, and gestalt therapy seminars and my own Cokenders Alcohol and Drug Program. Then along came Homestake Mining with interest in digging for gold in “them thar [...]
What does it take to keep Wilbur humming year after year? One open secret: an annual close-down, when a volunteer crew of dedicated lovers-of-Wilbur gather mid-August to spiff and shine, replace and reface, dig and organize. It’s a behind-the-scenes all-out fix fest, and last week was this [...]
“What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create.” -Buddha What if a life with amazing sleep, low stress, and thriving mental health was just a few breaths away? There are thousands of studies that have shown meditation can have a positive impact on mental [...]
In 1972 I had the amazing good fortune of discovering Wilbur Hot Springs, internationally recognized, since 1865, for its natural medicinal waters. Since my first trip to California in the summer of 1967, and my life-changing experience at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, I left my position [...]
September 13-15 with Chef Liam. Liam graduated from California Culinary Academy in 2002 with an A.O.S degree with honors, following a B.A. in Literature from Stanford University. He has worked as a chef and baker for many years at Esalen Institute and catered events throughout California each [...]
It was December, 1966. The waves crashing on the shores of Big Sur were breath-taking. I was on holiday from the University of Michigan, where I was a new faculty member in the department of psychology. I was in Big Sur at the invitation of Dr. Fritz Perls to come study with him at a new retreat [...]
“Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.” – John Muir This quote captures the essence of summertime. In the midst of busy schedules, people take time off to flock to the great [...]
Wilbur Hot Springs opened to the public in 1865. Prior to that it was the healing and ceremonial grounds of the Patwin and Yoche de tribes of the Wintun, or Wintu, nation. The present Yoche de Tribe own and operate the Cache Creek Casino about 30 minutes south of Wilbur. They are one of, if not the [...]