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Esalen.



… the place …

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morning eucalyptus

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icy fresh water leading to the sea

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goodnight, sun.

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the sea, the sea, the sea



… the people…

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the ever-positive and sparkling and generous Oxana

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Rishi, I mean goodness gracious.

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Piers, the oh-so-dashing and boisterous Australian.

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delightful Ellen, who glows from the inside and the out.

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Eli, oh Eli… we should all be so blessed to have someone like Eli in our lives. And the funny? SO much funny.

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and Rebecca, soul-filled kind-hearted and also so much of the funny, bless her.

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Go to Esalen in Big Sur, mid-coast California, go for five days if you can, longer even, let it sink into your bones…
do it for yourself and then tuck it into your pockets, weave it through your hair,
and bring as much of it as you can home and into your
every day.

September 11, 2013 by leslie
Posted in DO IT., everywhere, humility, inspiration, leslie sophia lindell photography, people, travel, water, what a wonderful world. RSS 2.0 feed.
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