New Mexico
Transformational Retreats
Sourced & Creative Transformational Retreats
2025 Schedule coming soon.
These retreats are designed for those of you wanting to live and work from a more intuitive, guided place, creatively infused and connected to Source.
As you immerse yourself in creative play, surrounded by nature’s beauty, you will have the space and the guidance to unfold out of your outdated patterns and into a new shape of being.
Are you ready to let your creative spirit out of the box of perfectionism and into the freedom and spirit of the high desert air ?
Do you thrive in safe spaces that encourage your intuition and playful side?
And what about having your own creativity guide by your side offering you guidance and personalized attention at just the right moments so that you can experience your own unique breakthroughs?
Surrounded by wide open spaces and natural beauty you will be in the position to see what emerges when you free yourself up from judgment and criticism.
This is a great way to connect with your desires for living with more joy, presence and expansiveness. This is a time for you to come out of your thoughts of figuring things out and into a place of receiving guidance from within or perhaps from nature itself.
These creative retreats take place in Julie’s personal painting studio in the northern New Mexico town of El Rito. Approximately one hour from Santa Fe and Taos, El Rito provides you access to nearby hot springs, sacred sights and hiking trails. You will be immersed in this rural setting which provides a slower pace in which you can easily unwind in.
These retreats are for most suited for those of you already in the process of metamorphosis. This is your place for new insights, guidance, breakthroughs and finding new seeds towards embodiment.
This is Northern New Mexico. Surprising things happen here.
Next Retreats will be in 2025. Stay tuned for that schedule. I will be offering some 1 day Intuitive Painting Workshops this Fall 2024. Please see my “Workshops” page. Please contact Julie for more info. julie@paintbiglivebig.com
I look forward to seeing you in New Mexico!
“Julie’s personal integrity throughout the entire process and her skillful facilitation allowed each person to stay true to themselves and open to insights and creativity. Her additional offerings of poetry and music as sources of inspiration enhanced the setting throughout the weekend. The outpouring of the creative voice onto each person’s canvas was amazing!”
What will you experience in the 2025 one day retreats?
Morning guided creative exercises
A great way to stretch your comfort zone, these exercises are engaging, irreverent and an easy way to connect to your unique creative voice and process through spontaneity and play. No thinking allowed.
A day of creative immersion
Plenty of time to explore and adventure with paint as you are guided through intuitive painting and other creative play.
Nature’s Pace
The fields and openness of the rural high desert fills the studio space with a gentle slow pace. You will have space to be, to listen, be nurtured, be inspired, and connect to what I call “source” in your own way.
Sacred space environment
We begin each day in silence and personal check-ins. The space in which we gather is the secret sauce to unfolding with grace. You will be invited to connect deeply with yourself and your intuitions.
Inspired music and poetry are integrated into the retreat experience, providing a supportive creative backdrop and connection to femininity, flow, the divine.
You call this lunch? I invite you to bring your own lunch. I will provide a basic snack of turkey/cheese/crackers/apples/chocolate to help those of you unable to bring your own food.
One on one time on Sunday (Optional)
You are invited to sign up for an individual coaching session with me on Sunday to help you deepen your Saturday experience and begin integrating it.
Materials
I provide the art materials.
We will be painting with acrylics and playing with a variety of drawing tools.
“Such a marvelous experience, Julie. In so many ways…the paintings, the people, the joint experience of creating in the presence of other creatives and feeling so safe and embraced in it—plus the natural beauty of the environment…Thank you from the bottom of my heart…”
This area is really a destination spot, for people wanting to experience New Mexico beyond Santa Fe and Taos.
Many artists live in this area and some of the most revered studio tours reside here.
Some fun places to stay include…
Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs Resort and Spa, http://www.ojospa.com
Restorative hot springs, restaurant, massages, healing treatments, walking trails.
Abiquiu Inn, http://wwwabiquiuinn.com
Inn with restaurant, situated in Georgia O’Keefe country, close to general store, Plaza Blanca and the Chama River
AirBnB (studio is in El Rito, up to 20 minutes from Abiquiu and Ojo Caliente), https://www.airbnb.com
“The biggest gift of this retreat? I found my passion! Passion for life, passion for painting.”
I will be posting my 2025 Retreat schedule ASAP. Thank You! Please look at my workshop page for that info.
Registration
Please email Julie to register or for more information. julie@paintbiglivebig.com
Registration includes all materials and 6.875% sales tax.
Retreat Hours: 9am-5pm
There are nearby hot springs, sacred sites, incredible walks and hikes.
