Advanced Cortical Field Reeducation® (CFR): Five More Powerful Days for Deeper Healing

Imagine five days devoted entirely to unlocking the wisdom held in your body—to dissolving patterns that have kept you contracted, guarded, and disconnected from your authentic self. This Advanced Cortical Field Reeducation® workshop at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA is precisely that: a transformative immersion for those ready to go deeper into somatic healing after completing CFR Week One training. Led by three senior trainers—Judy Greenman, Melissa Krikorian, and Tomas Prietto—this November 2–6, 2026 program guides participants through embodied movement practices that access the nervous system's stored material, releasing long-held survival patterns and expanding presence with unprecedented clarity.

This is not introductory work. It builds on foundational CFR training and invites you into the more nuanced, powerful terrain of real transformation. The faculty bring combined decades of expertise integrating neuroscience, craniosacral therapy, visceral manipulation, and meditative awareness into a coherent healing modality. Working in the extraordinary container of Esalen's Big Sur coastal setting—where dramatic cliffs meet the Pacific and the landscape itself supports the inward turning necessary for integration—you'll excavate restrictions, past injuries, and patterns no longer serving you, reclaiming ease, fluidity, and authentic expression in your body and life.

What to Expect

Over five days, you'll engage in guided embodied movement practices designed to access and dissolve protective patterns held in your nervous system. Each session builds on the work of CFR Week One, moving you deeper into somatic awareness and the lived experience of presence. The faculty guide you through careful, trauma-informed inquiry into areas of restriction—chronic tension, old injuries, habitual contractions—using movement, breath awareness, and nervous system tuning to support genuine, lasting change.

The atmosphere is contemplative yet dynamic. Sessions blend gentle, exploratory movement with moments of stillness and integration. Participants typically experience profound shifts in body awareness, emotional release, increased ease of movement, and a renewed sense of possibility. You'll leave with tangible somatic tools, a deeper understanding of your own nervous system patterns, and the felt sense that transformation is possible.

Venue & Logistics

Held at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California, this five-day residential workshop runs Monday, November 2–Friday, November 6, 2026. Wear comfortable clothing that allows full range of movement. The program unfolds in Esalen's healing spaces overlooking the Pacific Ocean. This workshop requires prior completion of Cortical Field Reeducation Week One training. Accommodations and meals are available through Esalen's residential program.