Retreats/Events Schedule

Schedule of Retreats at Casa Taos Retreat Center
Taos, New Mexico, Aztlan
To reserve your spot, contact Daniel at holboxtaos@gmail.com

January 8, 2025
Working On Wellness Board of Directors Retreat
This retreat is closed

February 8, 2025
Sin Fronteras Volunteer Training Retreat
Sin Fronteras is a volunteer-based
community group
that advocates and supports immigrant
families and children in Taos County.
This retreat is closed

February 10, 2025
Taos Pueblo "Working On Wellness"
Board of Directors Retreat
This retreat is closed

March 21-24, 2025
Clean the Acequia Retreat
Join us in the annual practice of cleaning an acequia
(irrigation ditch). Work with others to prepare the
acequias so that the waters can flow for local gardens,
fields, and livestock. No experience necessary. Learn from
a local Mayordomo about how the people have shared
the precious water for many generations. Hear stories
from Taosenos about the significance of acequias to
the people in Northern New Mexico.

Clean the acequias for a total of only 4 hours in 3 days.
Pay only $350 for three nights of lodging, meals, and snacks.
A limited number of partial scholarships are available
on a first come, first served basis.

March 28-30, 2025
Covering the Year Round Greenhouse
Come join us to cover our 24'x42" greenhouse with a
double layer of plastic!
No charge! Come to learn, meet new people,
and take our greenhouse to the next level!
Meal provided.

April 15-18, 2025
How to Convert a Van into a Living Space
This retreat is full.

$400.00 for all three nights.
Locals who do not spend the night pay less.
Share in the designing and conversion of a van.
Participate in talking circles related to
"Alternative Life Styles", and "Resisting".

Includes instruction, lodging, meals, snacks, and story circles.
Contact Daniel Escalante for more information. 720-987-8148

May 1-31, 2025
Open For Your Retreat

May 26-29, 2025
Story Sharing Retreat
Lean how to facilitate Story Circles using time
tested, culturally appropriate approaches.
This will be a time for hearing each other's stories and
learning how to facilitate story circles.

"People Begin To Heal The Moment They Feel Heard".
Cheryl Richardson.

$390 for all three nights.
Includes lodging, meals, snacks, story circles, and instruction.
A limited number of partial scholarships are available
on a first come, first served basis.

June 6-14
CIRCLE STAMP
Camp Retreat
This retreat is full

The summer STAMP Camps provide high school students intentional space and experiences to develop their skills
for community action and advocacy.

CIRCLE believes in a world where learners and leaders take action to create safe and inclusive communities, through a universal humanity of respect, love, and hope for the future.

June 20-23, 2025
Family Gathering
This gathering is closed

July 11-14, 2025
Taos Pueblo Pow Wow Retreat
limited to 12 people
Register today!

Taos Pueblo Pow Wow Retreat 2025.
Please click here to see if there will be a Pow Wow this year.

Pow Wow means gathering. You are invited to attend
the world famous three-day Taos Pueblo Pow Wow!
Experience incredible drummers and dancers, eat
Pow Wow food, and meet new friends!

For more information about the Taos Pueblo Pow Wow,
visit http://taospueblopowwow.com/

$465 includes lodging, meals, snacks, and story circles.
To reserve your spot, contact Daniel at holboxtaos@gmail.com

A limited number of partial scholarships are available
on a first come, first served basis.

Tony Ortega, Visual Artist

Cipriano Ortega, Poet

July 18-21, 2025
"Exploring Photography With Poetry" led by visual artist Tony Ortega and poet Cipriano Ortega
Limited to 10 participants

“A picture can say a thousand words”. What words will your picture say? Join us to explore how photography and poetry work together in this unique photographic poetry workshop.

This immersive workshop will use photos you take on your phone using apps then we will explore the written word.

This workshop investigates the relationships between personal photographs, and poetry. Tony Ortega will guild you into the photography skills and apps necessary to make the most out of your images. Cipriano Ortega will guide participants on a writing journey through a series of writing prompts that consider the visual rhetoric of photographs as a foundation for
metaphor, imagery, and story.

Daniel Escalante, Taos Local, will lead a story circle
focusing on "Belonging"

Casa Taos, in Taos, New Mexico will be your pallet to
explore your creative voice and eyes. Amplify your visual
and written voice with us!

Your total cost is $550.00
Locals who do not sleep at Casa Taos pay $275.00

Register in April to get a $50.00 discount!

Contact Daniel Escalante for more information. holboxtaos@gmail.com 720-987-8148

Cost includes instruction, supplies, lodging, meals,
snacks, and a facilitated story circle.

A limited number of discounts for trade are available
on a first come, first served basis.

July 23-31, 2025
Open for your retreat!

August 1-4, 2025
Sacred Plant Medicine Retreat
Led by Charlie Giles,
Plant Medicine Guide,
Spiritual Mentor, Life Strategist

Activating your Inner Healer will allow you to pinpoint
the anchor that is keeping you stuck (so we can release
you from it). Zero in on the reason why your anxiety is
pulling all the strings and give you freedom from the
exhausting thought patterns that keep screaming at you
in your head. The answers are truly all within you, its just
that we aren’t taught how to discover these on our own.

Cost: TBD

August 6-14, 2025.
University of Colorado
INVST Community Studies
This retreat is closed
INVST has been weaving meaningful community
engagement together with the theory and practice of
community leadership since 1990.
We believe in the possibility of a just and sustainable world.
We develop community leaders who engage in
compassionate action as a lifetime commitment.

August 16-18, 2025
Family Retreat
This retreat is closed.

August 22-25, 2025
Harvest Retreat
Limited to 10 people
Register Today!
Make your own Chile Ristra, roast Hatch Green Chile,
eat Calabacitas, Homemade Blue Corn Tortillas, Red/
Green Chile, and Atole, to name a few menu items.

$495 for all three nights
Includes Ristra Supplies, Roasted Green Chile for home, Story Circles, Lodging, Meals, and Snacks.
A limited number of partial scholarships are available
on a first come, first served basis.

September 1-10, 2025
Open for your retreat!

September 12-15, 2025.
Denver Healing Generations
Men's Healing Retreat
This retreat is full

September 18-30, 2025
Open For Your Retreat

October 1-31, 2025
Open For Your Retreat

November 1-23, 2025
Open For Your Retreat

November 25-28, 2025
Giving Thanks Retreat and Pow Wow
Limited to 10 people

$465.00 for three nights.
Includes lodging, supplies, story circles, meals, and snacks.
Limited scholarships available.
Cook in the Horno and on the Disco!

Turkey, Green and Red Chile, Atole, Posole, Enchiladas,
Bread, Tortillas, Bizcochitos and more!
Share recipes, meals, stories, and friendship.

Special: Attend the Giving Thanks Pow Wow on Thursday
evening at the Taos Pueblo at no extra charge.

A limited number of group discounts are available
on a first come, first served basis.