it’s a pun or a joke: the cybernetics that was ‘left’ behind. On another level, it’s a vague political grouping connoting our Left Coast: California, Esalen, the group that Dave Kaiser calls the ‘hippie physicists.’ It’s not an adequate term, but it’s away of recognizing that there was a group beholden to

it’s a pun or a joke: the cybernetics that was ‘left’ behind. On another level, it’s a vague political grouping connoting our Left Coast: California, Esalen, the group that Dave Kaiser calls the ‘hippie physicists.’ It’s not an adequate term, but it’s away of recognizing that there was a group beholden to

ff the sensations that make the senses work. EFTA00008076 --- PAGE BREAK --- Chapter 2: A Brief History of Touch 31 • A massage pilgrimage to Esalen The pioneering work done at Esalen helped keep massage alive and well after its decline in the early and mid-1900s. Esalen, located in Big Sur, a

er 21: Ten Top Places to Study Massage 305 Esalen Institute, Highway 1, Big Sur, CA 93920; 408-667-3000; www.esal en .org. As touted in Chapter 2, Esalen can be considered a kind of epicenter for mas- sage consciousness in the U.S. Situated on the dramatic northern California coastline, it acts as a m