Esalen

Arleen Lorrance, an octogenarian resident at Westminster Village in Scottsdale, Arizona, originated the popular phrase “Be the change you want to see happen” in the early 1970s following a spiritual experience near Esalen. The slogan, long misattributed to Mahatma Gandhi, emerged from her epiphany at a Brooklyn high school. Lorrance shared details of her transformative moment and the Love Project she launched.