5 Day 'High Desert Healing' Women's Retreat in Santa Fe, USA. 20 CEs available for NYS Therapists!
5 Day 'High Desert Healing' Women's Retreat in Santa Fe, USA. 20 CEs available for NYS Therapists!
Santa Fe, NM, USA
Up to 10 in group
October 8 - 12, 2025
Retreat Highlights
- Daily creative arts therapy workshops led by two licensed Creative Arts Therapists
- "Elements" jewelry making workshop with Kristi Frank Montano of Salt Grass Jewelry
- Day pass to Ojo Caliente Santa Fe Hot Springs Spa
- Guided hike through the Golden Leafed Aspen Trees in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains
- Daily gentle yoga, journaling, and soundbaths
About this Retreat
Isabel is is a licensed therapist in NY State, specializing in Creative Arts Therapy and EMDR. She has a background in community theatre making and is a passionate nature enthusiast, including camping, hiking, bonfire making, climbing, skiing, and quiet reflection.
Isabel has been practicing yoga for 20 years and is working toward her 300 hour RTT. She loves teaching yoga and leading meditations, including soundbath elements. Her passion is cultivating events, moods, and environments that exude welcomeness, coziness, connection, and exploration.
Hollis is a licensed Creative Arts Therapist in New York State specializing in Drama Therapy, Psychodrama, and EMDR. She has an extensive background in theatre, including teaching therapeutic improv for health and wellness. Hollis practices visual arts including drawing and painting, and is an outdoor enthusiast, drawing on nature for contemplative meditation practice.
Details of this retreat
Join us for four nights / five transformative days in the high desert, where you’ll join a small group of women interested in reconnecting to the self through somatic ritual, nature-based healing, and creative therapeutic practices. Led by two licensed therapists, this retreat offers a nurturing space to slow down, feel deeply, and heal intentionally. We'll be drawing on the elemental wisdom of earth, air, fire, and water to guide our process of inquiry. There will be delicious food, luxurious accommodations in a beautiful natural setting, inspiring activities, and deep, newfound friendships. There will also be plenty of time for rest and relaxation - at the end of the day, this retreat is about YOU!
Every Creative Women Retreats experience is rooted in a nourishing and restorative therapeutic foundation, explored through the powerful lens of creativity. As licensed Creative Arts Therapists, we believe that art and creative expression are gentle yet profound pathways—ways in—to better understand ourselves and connect with others.
This retreat is designed to be supportive, joyful, inspiring, and deeply healing. Whether you're tending to your nervous system, processing loss, navigating relationships, reflecting on career, or simply seeking rest, we aim to hold space for whatever healing means to you.
There is no pressure to do, make, produce, or be anything other than exactly who you are. You are enough—just as you are.
Guided by the natural elements of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water, we’ll explore creative healing through movement, time in nature, art-making, and the nurturing energy of community. This retreat is here to support your unique growth, spark inspiration, and celebrate your self-expression.
WHAT'S INCLUDED:
4 nights accommodation
3 daily delicious and nutritious meals
Water, tea, coffee served throughout the day
Daily yoga classes
Transportation during the retreat
Group excursions/activities
Day pass to the world famous hot springs of Ojo Caliente Santa Fe
Theme-based art-making workshop with a local Santa Fe Artist
Evening Sound Bath
Nature hikes with a trusted guide
Specialized workshops guided by principles of Drama Therapy
20 CEs for NYS licensed LMHC, LM/CSW, Psychologists, and LCATS!
Every Creative Women Retreats experience is rooted in a nourishing and restorative therapeutic foundation, explored through the powerful lens of creativity. As licensed Creative Arts Therapists, we believe that art and creative expression are gentle yet profound pathways—ways in—to better understand ourselves and connect with others.
This retreat is designed to be supportive, joyful, inspiring, and deeply healing. Whether you're tending to your nervous system, processing loss, navigating relationships, reflecting on career, or simply seeking rest, we aim to hold space for whatever healing means to you.
There is no pressure to do, make, produce, or be anything other than exactly who you are. You are enough—just as you are.
Guided by the natural elements of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water, we’ll explore creative healing through movement, time in nature, art-making, and the nurturing energy of community. This retreat is here to support your unique growth, spark inspiration, and celebrate your self-expression.
WHAT'S INCLUDED:
4 nights accommodation
3 daily delicious and nutritious meals
Water, tea, coffee served throughout the day
Daily yoga classes
Transportation during the retreat
Group excursions/activities
Day pass to the world famous hot springs of Ojo Caliente Santa Fe
Theme-based art-making workshop with a local Santa Fe Artist
Evening Sound Bath
Nature hikes with a trusted guide
Specialized workshops guided by principles of Drama Therapy
20 CEs for NYS licensed LMHC, LM/CSW, Psychologists, and LCATS!
Schedule
*all activities optional!
Wednesday Welcome
Check-in 4-5pm / settle in rooms and explore space
6pm Welcome dinner
7:30pm-9pm Intention setting ceremony & mixer: what part of yourself would you like to take care of, tend to, or heal this week
10/9
Thursday (WATER)
8am silent morning pages + breakfast
9-9:30 gentle yoga / 9:30-10am - journaling from the body
10 - 12:30pm Morning creative arts therapy session (what is fluid?, what’s stuck? where would you like more flow? / what needs a dam/boundary)
12:30-2 lunch
3-6pm Afternoon/evening: Ojo Caliente Hotsprings
6:30pm Dinner at Ojo
Evening circle - sound bath (optional)
10/10
Friday (EARTH)
8am silent morning pages + breakfast
9-9:30 gentle yoga / 9:30-10am - journaling from the body
10-12:30pm Morning session: What grounds you?
12:30-2pm lunch/free time
3-6pm Afternoon: Guest jewelry - amulet making
6:30pm Dinner
8pm evening circle - check in - reflection from day / sound bath
10/11
Saturday (FIRE)
8am silent morning pages + breakfast
9-9:30 gentle yoga / 9:30-10am - journaling from the body
10-12:30pm Morning session: Morning session: what excites you? What needs to be lit up?
12:30-2pm lunch/free time
Nature therapy 3-5pm ‘Noticing walk’ at Aspen Vista or free time to visit town
6pm dinner
7:30-9pm Evening: fire/breath yoga, music making, closing circle
10/12
Sunday (AIR)
9am Good bye brunch
Closing circle 10-11am
Pack up/check out
Wednesday Welcome
Check-in 4-5pm / settle in rooms and explore space
6pm Welcome dinner
7:30pm-9pm Intention setting ceremony & mixer: what part of yourself would you like to take care of, tend to, or heal this week
10/9
Thursday (WATER)
8am silent morning pages + breakfast
9-9:30 gentle yoga / 9:30-10am - journaling from the body
10 - 12:30pm Morning creative arts therapy session (what is fluid?, what’s stuck? where would you like more flow? / what needs a dam/boundary)
12:30-2 lunch
3-6pm Afternoon/evening: Ojo Caliente Hotsprings
6:30pm Dinner at Ojo
Evening circle - sound bath (optional)
10/10
Friday (EARTH)
8am silent morning pages + breakfast
9-9:30 gentle yoga / 9:30-10am - journaling from the body
10-12:30pm Morning session: What grounds you?
12:30-2pm lunch/free time
3-6pm Afternoon: Guest jewelry - amulet making
6:30pm Dinner
8pm evening circle - check in - reflection from day / sound bath
10/11
Saturday (FIRE)
8am silent morning pages + breakfast
9-9:30 gentle yoga / 9:30-10am - journaling from the body
10-12:30pm Morning session: Morning session: what excites you? What needs to be lit up?
12:30-2pm lunch/free time
Nature therapy 3-5pm ‘Noticing walk’ at Aspen Vista or free time to visit town
6pm dinner
7:30-9pm Evening: fire/breath yoga, music making, closing circle
10/12
Sunday (AIR)
9am Good bye brunch
Closing circle 10-11am
Pack up/check out
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change
Getting Here
Creative Women Retreats, Santa Fe, NM, USA
Directions
Casa Encantada is just north of downtown Santa Fe, 20 minutes from Santa Fe Regional airport (SAF) and 1 hour from Albuquerque International Airport (ABQ). Flights run to both of these airports multiple times a day, although options are greater in and out of ABQ. Car rental is possible, or there is a reliable shuttle to and from ABQ. Uber/Lyft are available from SAF, or we can pick up for a small fee. If you are flying into ABQ at night, you might want to stay overnight, so you can experience the International Balloon Fiesta in ABQ, coinciding with our retreat. It is also difficult to find transportation at night from Albuquerque or Santa Fe, unless you are renting your own car.
Accommodation
Main Floor: Large King Master Bedroom with an en suite bathroom, fireplace, small fridge and walk-in closet.
Main Floor: Large King Master Bedroom with an en suite bathroom, fireplace, small fridge and walk-in closet. *Both registrants must book together*
Separate suite attached to main house downstairs. Queen Bed with full kitchen, bathroom, electric fireplace and pool table. Exits to hottub. Good for someone craving even more space .
Private queen room on main floor with private bathroom.
Private Queen Bedroom Downstairs w/ shared bathroom and easy access to Hot Tub
Two twin beds downstairs connected to another bedroom area with two additional twins. Shared bathroom.
Two twin beds downstairs in semi-open area connected to another bedroom with two additional twins. Shared bathroom
Stay local but join for everything else but the overnight! All meals and programming included.
Venue & Amenities
A/C in Rooms
Free Wifi
Spa
Sauna
Pool
Towels
Free Parking
Kitchen
Tour Assistance
Hot Tub
Coffee/Tea
Cafe
Restaurant
Fitness Center
Yoga Studio
Housekeeping
Bicycles For Rent
Casa Encantada is a sprawling 1940's Southwestern Territorial style adobe home on 4 private acres, featuring original artwork, Navajo rugs, a baby grand, and Southwestern flair. It has 6 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, 4 fireplaces, and hardwood floors throughout. It is located 5 minutes north of the Santa Fe Plaza, in the foothills beneath the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Includes a hottub, fire pit, and plenty of patios and sitting areas inside and out, to maximize rest, reflection, and connection.
Meals
Menu Types
Vegan
Vegetarian
Pescetarian
Ayurvedic
Includes Meat
Organic
Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Nut Free
We take nourishment seriously at CWR, and provide quality, delicious and nutritious vegetarian foods using seasonal & local ingredients. We can accommodate a range of dietary needs and preferences.
What's Included
- WHAT'S INCLUDED:
- 4 nights accommodation in a sprawling southwestern estate with hottub
- 3 daily delicious and nutritious homecooked meals
- Water, tea, coffee served throughout the day
- Specialized workshops guided by principles of Drama Therapy
- Daily Guided writing, movement, personal storytelling and reflection.
- Guided art making/creative exploration through movement, art-making, music, and creative expression
- Daily gentle yoga classes and embodied journaling
- Evening soundbath
- Transportation during the retreat
- Day pass to the world famous hot springs of Ojo Caliente Santa Fe
- Theme-based jewelry-making workshop with a local Santa Fe Artist
- Evening Sound Baths
- Aspen Tree hike (all levels) with a trusted guide
- campfires or candle moon ceremony
- Independent exploration of the property
- Time set aside for self-directed activities, rest, and alone time
What's Not Included
- Transportation to and from the retreat (carpooling and public transportation coordination is possible), airfare
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