The Mythical Body

Your body already knows what your mind is still learning: the cultural stories that have shaped your sense of belonging, your right to lead, and your worthiness of care are shifting. Long before conscious awareness catches up, your soma—your lived, embodied self—carries the weight of inherited narratives in posture, armor, and patterns that obscure your authentic creativity. The Mythical Body is an invitation to return to yourself through a profound, four-part exploration of the myths that have shaped you and the medicine available on the other side.

Held at the legendary Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California, this healing workshop with facilitator Kerri Kelly guides you through interconnected directions of somatic and ancestral work. Over this transformative gathering, you'll unlearn the cultural stories embedded in your body, transform the patterns of control and scarcity that have governed your inner life, recover the wisdom and ways of knowing that dominant culture has hidden, and practice co-creating from a liberated place. This is ancient work made urgently relevant—the kind of deep, embodied healing that ripples far beyond the individual into family systems, communities, and collective consciousness.

Whether you're drawn to somatic healing, mythology, ancestral work, or simply the call to reclaim your fullness, this workshop offers a rare container for real transformation. Esalen's setting—perched on the dramatic cliffs of Big Sur—amplifies the power of this work, holding you in a space designed for profound inner turning.

What to Expect

Across this healing workshop, you'll move through four interconnected directions:

Unlearn surfaces the cultural stories embedded in your posture, patterns, and pain, gently loosening their grip. Transform reorganizes the patterns of control, scarcity, and separation that have governed your inner life, revealing what becomes possible when they dissolve. Recover reclaims the wisdom, histories, and ways of knowing that dominant culture has hidden or erased. Co-create offers practice in what it feels like to move from a newly liberated center—individually and collectively.

The atmosphere is contemplative, somatic, and deeply attuned to the body's intelligence. Kerri Kelly's facilitation weaves together body-based practices, mythological inquiry, and ancestral awareness. You'll leave with a tangible shift in how you inhabit yourself and a renewed sense of what's possible when inherited stories loosen their hold.

Venue & Logistics

The Mythical Body takes place at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California on Monday, October 12, 2026. Wear comfortable clothing you can move and rest in. Esalen's renowned facilities and natural setting support deep work; arrive early if possible to settle into the space. Please contact the venue directly with any accessibility questions or needs.