The Human Potential Movement and the Esalen InstitutewithMatthew Ingram (4K Reboot)

Matthew Ingram

Books Mentioned In This Interview

jeffrey kripal esalen christina stanislav grof the stormy search for self stanislav grof healing our deepest wounds stanislav grof lsd: doorway to the numinous stanislav grof psychology of the future abraham maslow toward a psychology of being frederick perls gestalt therapy verbatim theodore roszak the making of a counter culture william schutz joy sam keen what to do when you're bored and blue john lilly the deep self stanislav grof the way of the psychonaut michael murphy the future of the body michael murphy rhea white the psychic side of sports

Matthew Ingram is known for throwing raves in West Africa in 1993, writing for Teletubbies, his cult music blog Woebot, writing for the Wire and FACT magazines, setting up the Dissensus forum and putting out a series of LPs. His “Vitamin C” animated documentary was shown at the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival. He is author of Retreat: How the Counterculture Invented Wellness. His website is http://www.woebot.com/.

In this video from 2020, the discussion focuses on the Esalen Institute, in Big Sur, California, as an important hub of the human potential movement that began in the 1960s and continues to the present day. Topics include gestalt therapy, holotropic breathing, kundalini and the Spiritual Emergence Network, sensory isolation, rebirthing, encounter groups, Rolfing and body work, as well as explorations of physics and consciousness.

(Recorded on November 2, 2020)

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Published on April 5, 2026

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