Awaken your five senses
Awaken your five senses
12 Crazy Horse Rd, Santa Fe, NM 87505, USA
Up to 10 in group
Feb 1 - 7, 2026
Retreat Highlights
- Intimate Group Size - Maximum 10 women for deep, personalized attention and authentic connection
- Five Sensory Gateways - Daily practices awakening sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell as pathways to embodied wisdom
- Voice as Medicine - Vocal toning and sound practices to release stored emotions, set boundaries, and access authentic expression (no singing experience needed)
- Two Walking Labyrinths - Sacred walking meditation on 5 acres of private land for reflection and integration
- Food as Ceremony - Farm-to-table meals featuring New Mexico's organic ingredients, with hands-on culinary rituals that transform nourishment into mindful practice
- Embodied Emotional Intelligence - Science-backed somatic practices that teach your nervous system to become a trusted guide for life decisions
- Integration Over Intensity - Self-paced approach with built-in spaciousness, focusing on practices you'll actually maintain at home
- Non-Residential Format - Freedom to integrate daily learnings with evening autonomy, honoring individual processing styles
- Three Expert Facilitators - Unique collaboration weaving voice activation, Buddhist-informed leadership, and food activism into cohesive journey
- Santa Fe Magic - High desert setting at 7,000 feet, with optional excursions to hot springs, art galleries, and sacred sites
About this Retreat
Florencia is the author of Eat Less Water, The Kitchen Activist (Red Hen Press, November 2026), and host of The Kitchen Activist podcast. As founder of the Pesticide-Free Soil Project, she leads youth-driven initiatives that transform school food systems. The retreat will be held at her home, Casa de Sueños—a five-acre sanctuary in Santa Fe designed for reflection, nourishment, and transformation
Lidia is a Brazilian voice activation coach and medicine music artist. In 2023, she released her debut album Libertad, a collection of healing music that deepens her work around voice as medicine.With a PhD background in science and years immersed in healing arts, she helps women unlock their authentic voice and return to their intuitive self through sound and embodiment. Her work bridges voice, emotion, and ancestral healing.
Michele has spent her life bridging worlds—three decades of Tibetan Buddhist practice woven through 25+ years in corporate leadership, and now as founder and CEO of Beyond EI. The central question fueling her work: where do we each have agency within this precious body and life we have? In her book, "Beyond Emotional Intelligence: A Guide to Accessing Your Full Potential" (Wiley 2021), Michele uses science and contemplative practice as gateways back to ourselves through embodied wisdom
Details of this retreat
Three women. Five senses. One invitation back to yourself.
We each found our way here through different doors. Michele through decades of Buddhist practice meeting corporate leadership - asking where we have agency in this precious body. Florencia through food as resistance, nourishment as activism, soil as teacher. And Lidia, through voice as medicine - learning that singing our truth heals what silence couldn't hold.
This February, we're weaving our practices together at Casa de Sueños in Santa Fe.
Not because we think you need fixing. But because we know what it's like to abandon yourself for everyone else's comfort. To mistake exhaustion for dedication. To perform authenticity instead of embodying it.
What emerges when three practices meet:
Michele brings embodied emotional intelligence - where Buddhist wisdom meets neuroscience, teaching your body to become a trusted compass for navigating change.
Florencia transforms food into ceremony - where each meal becomes a conversation with the land, a practice of presence, an act of quiet revolution through what and how we nourish.
Lidia brings voice as a healing tool - not performance, but the medicine of finding your frequency, speaking boundaries with grace, letting sound move what's been stuck in your throat.
February 1-7, 2026. 10 women. 5 acres. 2 labyrinths.
This isn't about adding more to your already full life. It's about learning which practices actually create lasting change. Which rituals travel home with you. How to stop the cycle of transformation that fades by Tuesday.
Through sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell - we'll explore what it means to come home to yourself. And stay there.
We each found our way here through different doors. Michele through decades of Buddhist practice meeting corporate leadership - asking where we have agency in this precious body. Florencia through food as resistance, nourishment as activism, soil as teacher. And Lidia, through voice as medicine - learning that singing our truth heals what silence couldn't hold.
This February, we're weaving our practices together at Casa de Sueños in Santa Fe.
Not because we think you need fixing. But because we know what it's like to abandon yourself for everyone else's comfort. To mistake exhaustion for dedication. To perform authenticity instead of embodying it.
What emerges when three practices meet:
Michele brings embodied emotional intelligence - where Buddhist wisdom meets neuroscience, teaching your body to become a trusted compass for navigating change.
Florencia transforms food into ceremony - where each meal becomes a conversation with the land, a practice of presence, an act of quiet revolution through what and how we nourish.
Lidia brings voice as a healing tool - not performance, but the medicine of finding your frequency, speaking boundaries with grace, letting sound move what's been stuck in your throat.
February 1-7, 2026. 10 women. 5 acres. 2 labyrinths.
This isn't about adding more to your already full life. It's about learning which practices actually create lasting change. Which rituals travel home with you. How to stop the cycle of transformation that fades by Tuesday.
Through sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell - we'll explore what it means to come home to yourself. And stay there.
Schedule
7:00-8:00 AM - Self-Paced Morning Nourishment
Arrive when ready for organic breakfast featuring blue corn pancakes, local honey, seasonal fruit, and herbal teas in the Casa de Sueños kitchen
8:30-10:00 AM - Morning Practice: Awakening the Senses
Guided meditation, breathwork, and vocal toning to open the voice and regulate the nervous system, followed by gentle movement to embody the day's sensory theme
10:00-10:30 AM - Integration & Journaling
Solo time with provided prompts for processing morning insights, with optional labyrinth walking
10:30 AM-12:00 PM - Sensory Deep Dive Workshop
Rotating daily focus: Monday-Sight (visual meditation), Tuesday-Sound (voice activation), Wednesday-Taste (culinary ceremony), Thursday-Touch (somatic practices), Friday-Smell (plant medicine ritual)
12:00-1:30 PM - Mindful Lunch & Rest
Shared meal when scheduled, or free time for personal nourishment and integration
1:30-3:00 PM - Embodied Practice with Michele
Emotional intelligence exercises, Buddhist-informed practices for accessing body wisdom, and tools for nervous system regulation
3:00-5:00 PM - Spacious Afternoon
Unscheduled time for rest, solo exploration, journaling, labyrinth walking, or connecting with other participants
5:00-6:00 PM - Voice as Medicine Circle with Lidia
Vocal practices for authentic expression, releasing stored emotions, and finding your true frequency through sound
6:00-7:30 PM - Evening Nourishment Ceremony with Florencia
When scheduled: Hands-on food preparation as meditation, shared meal as ceremony, or group outing to curated local restaurant
7:30-8:30 PM - Evening Integration Circle
Optional gathering for sharing insights, witnessing each other's journey, or gentle restorative practices
8:30 PM - Return to Personal Space
Evening freedom for rest, integration, exploring Santa Fe, or connecting with fellow participants informally
Arrive when ready for organic breakfast featuring blue corn pancakes, local honey, seasonal fruit, and herbal teas in the Casa de Sueños kitchen
8:30-10:00 AM - Morning Practice: Awakening the Senses
Guided meditation, breathwork, and vocal toning to open the voice and regulate the nervous system, followed by gentle movement to embody the day's sensory theme
10:00-10:30 AM - Integration & Journaling
Solo time with provided prompts for processing morning insights, with optional labyrinth walking
10:30 AM-12:00 PM - Sensory Deep Dive Workshop
Rotating daily focus: Monday-Sight (visual meditation), Tuesday-Sound (voice activation), Wednesday-Taste (culinary ceremony), Thursday-Touch (somatic practices), Friday-Smell (plant medicine ritual)
12:00-1:30 PM - Mindful Lunch & Rest
Shared meal when scheduled, or free time for personal nourishment and integration
1:30-3:00 PM - Embodied Practice with Michele
Emotional intelligence exercises, Buddhist-informed practices for accessing body wisdom, and tools for nervous system regulation
3:00-5:00 PM - Spacious Afternoon
Unscheduled time for rest, solo exploration, journaling, labyrinth walking, or connecting with other participants
5:00-6:00 PM - Voice as Medicine Circle with Lidia
Vocal practices for authentic expression, releasing stored emotions, and finding your true frequency through sound
6:00-7:30 PM - Evening Nourishment Ceremony with Florencia
When scheduled: Hands-on food preparation as meditation, shared meal as ceremony, or group outing to curated local restaurant
7:30-8:30 PM - Evening Integration Circle
Optional gathering for sharing insights, witnessing each other's journey, or gentle restorative practices
8:30 PM - Return to Personal Space
Evening freedom for rest, integration, exploring Santa Fe, or connecting with fellow participants informally
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change
Getting Here
Casa de Sueños, 12 Crazy Horse Rd, Santa Fe, NM 87505, USA
Directions
Casa de Suenos, located in the Canoncito area of Santa Fe is only 20 minutes from the Santa Fe Plaza and less than 10 minutes from some of Santa Fe's most delicious farm-to-table establishments (Cafe Fina, Harry's Roadhouse). You are close to everything but far enough to completely immerse yourself in the grace and grandeur of the New Mexican high desert. The unique microclimate of Canoncito is a few degrees cooler than downtown and is amongst the first area in Santa Fe to be blanketed with snow.
Accommodation
Program Price
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
Two Sacred Labyrinths - Walk ancient spiral paths designed for meditation, including one seven-circuit classical labyrinth and one Chartres-style labyrinth for contemplation and release
Five Acres of High Desert Sanctuary - Private land at 7,000 feet elevation with juniper, piñon, and sage, offering multiple quiet spaces for solitary reflection
360-Degree Mountain Views - Breathtaking vistas of the Sangre de Cristo, Jemez, and Sandia mountain ranges creating natural container for transformation
Five Acres of High Desert Sanctuary - Private land at 7,000 feet elevation with juniper, piñon, and sage, offering multiple quiet spaces for solitary reflection
360-Degree Mountain Views - Breathtaking vistas of the Sangre de Cristo, Jemez, and Sandia mountain ranges creating natural container for transformation
Meals
Menu Types
Vegan
Vegetarian
Pescetarian
Ayurvedic
Includes Meat
Organic
Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Nut Free
Here's the food description and dietary accommodations:
FOOD & NOURISHMENT PHILOSOPHY
Our approach to food mirrors the retreat itself - nourishment as ceremony, presence, and connection to place. Led
What's Included
- All facilitated retreat sessions with Lidia, Michele, and Florencia
- Daily morning practices including meditation, breathwork, and voice activation
- Light organic breakfast each morning featuring local New Mexico ingredients
- One main meal per day (alternating between lunch and dinner)
- Hands-on culinary demonstrations themed around the five senses
- Voice activation and vocal toning sessions for healing and authentic expression
- Embodied emotional intelligence practices and somatic exercises
- Guided journaling and visual meditation exercises
- Access to two walking labyrinths for meditation and reflection
- Use of Casa de Sueños gathering spaces and 5-acre grounds
- Small group coaching sessions for deeper integration
- Evening gatherings for sharing and collective reflection
- Pre-retreat preparation materials and sensory guidance
- Lifetime access to practice recordings and integration resources
- Curated list of recommended nearby accommodations
- Support with coordinating shared transportation when possible
- Optional group outings to local restaurants aligned with daily themes
- Dietary accommodations for all food sensitivities and preferences
What's Not Included
- Travel to and from Santa Fe
- Airport transfers and transportation
- Lodging/accommodation (curated list of nearby options provided)
- Personal transportation to and from Casa de Sueños daily
- The second daily meal (lunch or dinner - whichever is not provided)
- Snacks and beverages outside of provided meals
- Optional excursions to hot springs, galleries, or cultural sites
- Entrance fees for optional activities
- Spa treatments or bodywork sessions
- Personal items and toiletries
- Travel insurance
- Gratuities
- Any meals or activities outside the retreat schedule
- Transportation for evening restaurant outings (carpooling encouraged)
- Additional private one-on-one sessions beyond group offerings
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