The Est Training

Werner Erhard created a program in 1971 named the est Training, which was offered to the public by Erhard Seminars Training, Inc. and after 1981 by Werner Erhard & Associates. The est Training, attended by approximately a million people, was enormously popular and became a household word. The combination of Erhard’s cutting edge ideas and his ruthless compassion, honesty and skill in leading seminars catapulted est into the mainstream of American culture. With this wide-spread popularity, Erhard and his programs became the subject of television, newspaper, magazine, and even movie attention.

The late Actor Raul Julia talks about the courses of Werner Erhard

The late Golden Globe Award winning actor Raul Julia first did the Est Training in 1974. He attributed many aspects of his success as an actor to what he got out of the Est Training and other programs created by Werner Erhard.

John Denver Talks in an Interview About the Est Training

John Denver was a well known singer and songwriter in the 1970’s and 80’s and was a graduate of the Est Training. This video interview talks about his experience of the Est Training.

Among the other well known people who participated in the Est Training were, Cher, Yoko Ono Valerie Harper and Raul Julia.