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Teaching at
The Esalen Institute
In Summer 2025, I joined the faculty at the Esalen Institute, a world-renowned consciousness-expansion retreat perched on the edge of the Pacific Coast in Big Sur, California. My first seminar, Think Like a Multiverse: Pathways to Wonder, Kinship, and Radical Openness, introduced participants to a variety of philosophical approaches for encountering human difference and diversity with delight, curiosity, and loving kindness in an increasingly xenophobic world. A sample schedule for this course can be found here. In June 2026 I will be offering a new workshop titled The Thrill of Groundlessness: Flowing Through Life Without Absolutes. We will explore how the loss of our bearings in uncertain times—an inevitable and recurrent fact of life we often intensely resist—can become a spontaneous and nourishing invitation to practice creative adaptation, growth, and resilience. A full description of this program and registration information can be found here. Testimonials from former seminar participants are included at the bottom of this page.
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Summer Workshop:
The Thrill of Groundlessness: Flowing through Life Without Absolutes, June 1-5 2026
When the ground falls out from underneath us, our instinct is usually to cling fast to the beliefs, stories, relationships, and identities that give us the greatest sense of stability and comfort. But what if we viewed these moments as wondrous opportunities instead of terrifying threats? Can the experience of groundlessness offer an unexpected freedom from the constant strain of molding the world to our liking? In this workshop, we will explore how the loss of our bearings—an inevitable and recurrent fact of life we often intensely resist—can become a spontaneous and nourishing invitation. Because in the end, life offers no absolutes, only the thrill of groundlessness and the freedom that comes when we finally surrender to its flow. Morning sessions will focus on open group discussion and embodied practices; evening sessions will include nightly film screenings followed by collective dialogue about what we’ve watched.
Testimonials
Below are anonymous testimonials from participants in my June 2025 Seminar "How to Think Like a Multiverse: Pathways to Wonder, Kinship, and Radical Openness"
"Ramzi Fawaz is a fantastic teacher. His classes are the source of many new insights for me. He is fun, entertaining, wise and very kind. He brought our group together very quickly and everyone participated in spirited discussions."
"Ramzi was beyond incredible and immediately drew everyone into an experience that I feel was both life-affirming and life-changing. Our discussions were deeply philosophical, spiritual, intellectual, human, and perhaps most importantly, relevant and useful in light of the current social/cultural/political/economic moment we are living in. Everyone's perspectives were welcomed and treated with respect, many in the class quickly formed deep bonds with one another, insights abounded, and this was all on account of Ramzi's mastery of the material he presented, coupled with his expert abilities as an instructor and facilitator. I did the readings each day (and then some) and have walked away inspired by a new set of ideas and frameworks to share with my communities; ideas that I believe will help move us toward a brighter future together."
"Ramzi was absolutely incredible, a great teacher. Although it was a more intellectual program than I've taken in the past at Esalen, I got a ton out of it. Very stimulating and relevant to today's cultural conditions. The readings he chose were excellent."
"I had a phenomenal experience, and I will be back. I really appreciated Ramzi's lectures, and it was the first time I had an experience at Esalen where we were discussing material connected to the current cultural/political moment in a way that felt engaging, challenging, and emergent. I would love to see more content at Esalen that has this quality - of exploring novel ways to discuss and approach social problems that may be more challenging out in the world."