Welcome to Your est Reunion

A reunion for you and all the people who dared to create a new possibility for themselves and their lives.

It is now the 21st Century and there is much talk of possibility and transformational leadership – but where did this all start?

In 1971, in a hotel ballroom in San Francisco over 35 years ago, transformation burst on to the national stage. Werner Erhard and his est Training brought to the forefront the ideas of transformation, personal responsibility, accountability, and possibility – and over the next decade, over a million people “Got it”.

Erhard Seminars Training was as much a sign of the times as bell bottoms, peace rallies and space travel.

Over the years, more than two million people from all walks of life participated in est or the programs that grew out of Erhard Seminars Training. Professionals and leaders from government, business and health industries, as well as people in the fields of arts and entertainment actively participated in the programs of est.

Enjoy the essence of what est created and the impact it has made on society through the archives, video and vivid shares on this site. Stand up and acknowledge how you have made a difference in this world out of having participated in the est Training. Celebrate in this tribute to the est Training, Werner Erhard and you.

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Werner Erhard on est

The real point to the est Training was to go down through layer, after layer, after layer, after layer, until you got to the last layer and peeled it off where the recognition was that it’s really all
empty and meaningless. That’s Existentialism’s endpoint. Est went a step further. All of the rules you place on yourself are gone and what you are left with is nothing, and nothing is an extraordinarily powerful place to stand because it is only from nothing that you can create. It is also the basis of real integrity because it leaves you responsible for your actions and their consequences.

HIGHLIGHTS

How did est happen?

TRANSFORMATION: THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF WERNER ERHARD

Watch this clip of Robyn Symon’s new documentary, learn the essence of how est happened, and click here to purchase your own copy.
What was est?

In this TV interview Werner Erhard outlines the specifics of the training. “You get to look deep down and find out something profound about yourself. You come to know yourself, not what you think, not what you feel, but you come to know yourself honestly.”