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Classes and Workshops

Thousands of people travel to Santa Fe each year in order to take our unique classes and workshops. With so many gifted artists, writers, chefs, body workers and other teachers in town, Santa Fe has become an appealing destination for inspired learning.

Make your visit fun and meaningful by getting to know the city's art, culture, history, heritage and people. Visit the Santa Fe Creative Tourism website and scroll down for their calendar full of workshops, classes and experiences taught by local community members.

If you long to explore your artistic side, there's no better place to do so. Dozens of classes in oil painting, watercolor, photography and more can unlock a hidden talent or help you take a developed skill to new heights. Take a writing workshop and express yourself through poetry, journaling and memoir writing. For artistry in the kitchen, learn to prepare delicious meals using traditional ingredients of the Southwest in a class taught by one of the city's finest chefs.

Santa Fe is also a major center for healing modalities focused on the mind, body and spirit. Relax and rejuvenate yourself with classes in yoga, Pilates and meditation or celebrate life's rites of passage through Southwestern ceremonies.

Get connected to nature with lessons in wilderness survival skills and hands-on classes in sustainable gardening and natural building techniques.

You'll be amazed by the range of Santa Fe classes and workshops. But it's not surprising--this is a place where creativity thrives.
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Amy Stein Art

Amy Stein Art

501 Rio Grande Ave., #G-3
Santa Fe, NM 87501
505/983-2069
Amy Stein is a professional artist, living and working in Santa Fe. She is internationally known for her inspiring art workshops--Healing the Self through Self Portraits-a journey in self-discovery. No previous art experience is required to participate in these workshops.

She is available to participate in any conference and to display her vibrant prize-winning Santa Fe prints and originals. For more information please call Amy at 505/983-2069 or go to her website, www.amysteinart.com.

Argos Etchings and Paintings

Argos Etchings and Paintings

821 Canyon Rd.
Santa Fe, NM 87501
505-986-8071
A gallery showing the work of local artists. We feature local printmaking, including etching, engraving and woodblock. We have an etching studio used by many of the artists we exhibit. The public is welcome to tour the printmaking studio and view demonstrations of the intaglio printing process. Artists are welcome to use the facility.

Art Adventures in the Southwest/Sketching and Painting Santa Fe

Art Adventures in the Southwest/Sketching and Painting Santa Fe

PO Box 5912
Santa Fe, NM 87502
(505)986-1108
These personalized three hour outdoor art classes are appropriate for all levels of experience from total beginner to professional artist. All art materials are supplied. Just Bring Yourself! Focus is on the beautiful landscape and architecture of the Santa Fe area. Private and special children's classes also available as well as studio classes and specially designed workshops for meetings and seminars. Landscape Intensives are also held at Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu, NM. The instructor, Jane Shoenfeld is a nationally exhibited landscape painter with over 16 years teaching experience.

Bikram's Yoga College of India - Santa Fe

1310 Monterey Drive
Santa Fe, NM 87505
505-955-1515
Bikram's Beginning Yoga Class is a twenty-six asana series designed to scientifically warm and stretch muscles, ligaments and tendons, in the order in which they should be stretched. You systematically work the entire body for 90 minutes in a heated room. Our supportive, encouraging teachers are all certified by Bikram and we are affiliated with Bikram's certified studios around the world. We also offer massage, a yoga clothes boutique, original artwork and locally brewed Kombucha.

Energize, heal, relax and open your heart!

BODY

333 W. Cordova Rd.
Santa Fe, NM 87501
505-986-0362
Located in the heart of Santa Fe, BODY houses a full service spa, yoga and movement studio, an all-organic cafe, a curriculum-based childcare program and retail yoga and massage supplies including books, clothing, candles, essential oils and incense.

Our spa delivers Facials, Swedish Massage, Polarity, Rolfing, Sacral Cranial Therapy, Ortho-Bionomy, Prenatal Massage and Thai massage. Our studio specializes in Anusara Yoga and Nia Technique classes. A special after school program delivers movement classes to kids of all ages.

Both the childcare rooms and studio are available to rent for workshops, special events, performances and social gatherings. Please contact BODY for rates.

Center for Contemporary Arts

Center for Contemporary Arts

1050 Old Pecos Trail
Santa Fe, NM 87505
505-982-1338
The Center for Contemporary Arts is a non-profit multidisciplinary arts organization that seeks to identify, promote and present the work of visionary contemporary artists – both emerging and established -- while stimulating a broader audience for these artists and their work. Through film, media, visual and performing arts, and educational programming, CCA provides an accessible forum for the exploration of new ideas in contemporary art and thought. Includes over 5,000 square feet of exhibition space, plus a 130-seat Cinematheque. Open 10 to 9 Monday through Friday, and 1 to 9 on Saturday and Sunday. Admission is free to exhibits. Admission charge for selected events; films at CCA Cinematheque are discounted for members, students, and seniors.

Center For Inner Truth

826 Camino de Monte Rey, A1
Santa Fe, NM 87505
505-920-4418
We are a non-profit church and educational center. Through workshops and classes we teach a self-healing meditation utilizing intuitive tools to promote self-awareness and healing. We also offer healing clinics, church services, intuitive readings and spiritual healings.

Champissage USA

243 Double Arrow Road
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505
505-490-0591
Indian Head Massage Bliss and Training. Champissage: Indian Head Massage 3-day Classes in Santa Fe by national Champissage trainer, Laurie English. Private sessions and classes in Indian Head Massage. International Licensure. For lay people and massage therapists.

Christine Warren Transformational Training & Counseling

Christine Warren Transformational Training & Counseling

(505) 992-1385
Christine Warren is a 30 year workshop leader, change and vision coach, and counselor specializing in navigating life transitions, living your inspired vision, and spiritual and personal growth.
A founding member and 30 year faculty member at Kripalu Center, the nation's largest transformational program center, Christine's workshops are offered at national workshop centers as well as in her Santa Fe workshop cottage, Cielo, on the Tesuque River. Private sessions are available by phone or in person.

Comunica, Inc.

Comunica, Inc.

1204 San Jose Avenue
Santa Fe, NM 87505
505 820 7651
CONNECT, INVENT, ACT with Comunica, a creative partner! Comunica designs and facilitates meetings, conferences and initiatives that inspire new directions and harness the brainpower of diverse perspectives to solve today’s challenges. We imagine engaging ways to learn, invent and plan together. Energizers • Keynotes • Think Tanks • Networking Activities • Celebrations • Conversations that Matter

Covington Consulting

Covington Consulting

PO Box 1965
Santa Fe, NM 87504
505.982.0044
Systems, Strategic & Action Planning
Sustainability & Entrepreneurship Training

Ms. Covington, a facilitator and coach of systems change, and internationally-recognized expert in sustainable entrepreneurship, assists businesses and groups of many sizes identify and implement positive, proactive actions for their organizations that not only direct them toward improved communication, increased efficiencies, increased profits, and reduced risk, but also, at the same time, can move them towards restoring the environment. These customized implementations assist each organization start from wherever they are, and then assist them to get to where they want to go together in a way that they find “leapfrog” benefits. Recent workshops include “Mining For Golden Business Ideas”. Recent clients include a wide variety of small businesses; City of Albuquerque’s ALBQ GREEN Program; the Zero Waste LA Plan; the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission; the New Mexico Human Services Department; Tucumcari, NM Economic Development; the NM Forum for Youth In Community; Wyoming Small Business Development Center; and the NM Environment Department – in cooperation with the NM Small Business Development Centers Network (NMSBDC) to train the Green Zia Tools on materials efficiencies to small businesses in New Mexico.
See google search and website for much more information: www.covingtonconsulting.com

Don Gaspar Inn

Don Gaspar Inn

623 Don Gaspar Avenue
Santa Fe, NM 87505
(505)986-8664 / (888))986-8664
Recognized by Fodors and Frommers and decribed as "the best kept secret in Santa Fe"...this charming Inn offers affordable luxury in the heart of Santa Fe. Ten spacious accommodations ranging from large studio and 1 br suites to a 3 bedroom home are set in a delightful walled garden compound. Just 3 blocks from the Plaza you will enjoy an experience not unlike "the secret garden" when you step upon this historic property which welcomes you to the City Different.
Sister Inn Special Stay 5 or more nights at any combination of our 3 Southwest Inns and receive 10% off on all accommodations. Mention special at time of booking.
Offer valid from Mar 24, 2010 thru Dec 31, 2010.
For more information about this special, visit our specials page.
Fill in the Gap Special Enjoy any available suite with a one night gap for $175. Room hopping is ok! Mention special at the time of the booking.
Offer valid from Jan 20, 2010 thru Jan 20, 2011.
For more information about this special, visit our specials page.

EcoVersity

2639 Agua Fria Street
Santa Fe, NM 87505
505-424-9797
A school for adults that offers hands-on classes in sustainability including natural building, gardening and renewable energies. EcoVersity's urban campus is a demonstration site for conservation and community living.

El Milagro Herbs

El Milagro Herbs

1020 Canyon Road
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
505-820-6321
I offer classes on native plants, edible plants, medicinal plants of our area. I talk about ecology, cultural traditions, modern uses, preparations and much more. Call my retail shop at 820-6321 to get the current listing of ongoing classes. The first class is April 3rd and talks about Early Edible Spring Greens!

El Milagro Herbs, Inc.

El Milagro Herbs, Inc.

1020 Canyon Road
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
505-820-6321
We custom blend herbal formulas for health enhancement. We also produce organic skin care on our premise with no chemicals. Spa services include fresh herbal facials at our licensed facility on Canyon Road. Stop by our retail shop for a trip into the world of herbs that heal! See us at the Saturday Farmers Market.
10% off for first time customers We offer 10% off our famous skin care products for first time customers. Stop by 1020 Canyon Road during the week to talk or call 820-6321
Offer valid from Apr 1, 2010 thru Oct 1, 2010.

Elissa Heyman

Elissa Heyman

514 E. Palace Ave
Santa Fe, NM 87501
505-982-3294
Elissa Heyman offers psychic counseling and healing services in person in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and over the phone. She also holds Intuition Circles for small groups, both in Santa Fe and other cities. Elissa has been a full-time practitioner since 1979, with professional training in psychological counseling, spiritual healing, shamanism, and metaphysics. She writes a monthly column of psychic insights. For appointment details and free website offerings please visit www.elissaheyman.com or call 505-982-3294.


Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu and in Santa Fe

Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu and in Santa Fe

401 Old Taos Highway
Santa Fe, NM 87501
505.982.8539
Ghost Ranch offers two locations. The towering rock walls and vivid colors of our Abiquiu location, where Georgia O’Keeffe painted for fifty years, promise inspiration, while our Santa Fe location offers an oasis in the city different — both places for renewal, retreat and transformation.

Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu offers the same amenities. Enjoy overnight accommodations and include time to take the Georgia O'Keeffe Ghost Ranch Landscape Tour and visit our three museums.

Visit our web site for a catalog of courses offered at both locations.

Harmony For Life

Harmony For Life

224 North Guadalupe Street
Santa Fe, NM 87501
505-984-1102
Harmony For Life® is a worldwide wellness center offering unique and flexible programs for people and businesses who want to experience more life harmony, well-being, satisfaction, and success. With an unconditional perspective, we offer an innovative, holistic approach to coaching, consulting, counseling, holistic healing, and bodywork that recognizes and addresses the whole nature of your self and life.

Heidi Loewen Porcelain

315 Johnson Street
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
505-660-4585
Heidi Loewen has opened a warm & sunny porcelain gallery & school, down the road from the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Once inside, you'll see her contemporary smoke fired porcelain vessels, some with gold leaf & oils. She even collaborates with the world renowned Dutch realist painter, Braldt Bralds for amazing trompe l'oeil effects.

Her unique gallery is her studio & school where she teaches private pottery wheel & sculpture lessons to students age 4 to 104! You may take class for an hour or more. There is no art or clay experience necessary.

Students may choose their favorite glaze colors & Heidi will ship your masterpieces back to you several weeks later. The class is fun and everybody is a success. Even men love Heidi's clay classes. Appointments are suggested.

Heidi taught the acclaimed Italian chef, Giada De Laurentiis to throw on her TV show, "Giada's Weekend Getaways," which highlighted fun things to do in Santa Fe. House & Garden TV will also feature Heidi Loewen teaching her porcelain miniature & large scale vessels in July 2008.

Heidi will prepare & center the clay on the wheel for students so they have the the fun of designing, shaping, & squishing their own vessels.

Loewen invites clients & designers to request special commissions to be created for homes or offices. She loves a good challenge & can easily make very large porcelain platters & sculptures. Collectors may even participate in the creation process. Choose your own color scheme. Loewen safely ships work all over the world.

Institute of American Indian Arts, the College of Contemporary Native Arts

Institute of American Indian Arts, the College of Contemporary Native Arts

83 Avan Nu Po Road
Santa Fe, NM 87508
505.424.2300
The Institute of American Indian Arts has a straightforward and powerful mission: to empower creativity and leadership in Native arts and cultures through higher education, lifelong learning and outreach. To accomplish this, the college offers both two and four year degrees in creative writing, Indigenous liberal studies, museum studies, new media arts, and studio arts.

The only school in the state of New Mexico to have National Association of Schools of Art and Design accredidation, the Institute is open to anyone. One does not have to be enrolled in an American Indian tribe to attend.

Las Chivas Coffee Roaster

7 Avenida Vista Grande, Suite B5
Eldorado at Santa Fe, NM 87508
505.466.1010
Las Chivas Coffeehouse serves 100% organic coffee (some fair Trade, too) and buys largely from local artisans, bakers and craftspeople. Visit http://www.laschivascoffees.com for more about us. Open since 1995, Las Chivas Coffeehouse in the Agora Shopping Center, outside of Santa Fe in the Eldorado community, is a forum for local expression and great coffee!

Lumari -

7 Avenida Vista Grande
Santa Fe 87508
505-466-0440
Lumari’s Psychic & Spiritual Consultations Help You Reach Beyond the Known. Your psychic reading with Lumari will give you the answers you need to live an inspirational life. Lumari's psychic gifts and wisdom help her clients achieve success, access new opportunities, make powerful decisions and attain an abundance of joy, love and greater fulfillment.

Achieve Life Exuberance.
Increase your health, peace, love and
success. Lumari’s deep insight and intuitive
gifts will help you fulfill your dreams.

Embrace Your Greater Wisdom and Joy.
Lumari will help clarify your life’s purpose,
release limiting patterns, expand and deepen
your personal growth and help you thrive.

Increase Your Divine Connection.
Accelerate your awakening with Lumari’s
Spiritual & Akashic Records guidance
and vibrational healing energy work.

Maximize Your Abundance and Wealth.
Explore the most appropriate choices and
opportunities to enrich your career,
business and financial success.

Lumari's Akashic Records Workshops, Alawashka Gatherings in Santa Fe, New Mexico and Online Meditations bring the tools of transformation, self-discovery and illumination to new levels in your life.

Miriam's Well

614 Paseo de Peralta
Santa Fe, NM 87501
505-982-6312
Weaving, Knitting and design school. Best yarn shop in Santa Fe.

Monika Kaden Fine Arts

514 A Alto Street
Santa Fe, NM 87501
505.989.4944 or 505.690.9878
Monika Kaden is an internationally known sculpture, installation- and mixed media artist. She worked with the Santa Fe Art Institute and Santa Fe Opera. One of her signature sculptures ‘St. Francis Dancing on Water’ can be viewed in front of the Cathedral Basilica St. Francis of Assisi downtown Santa Fe. Monika’s work on a larger-than-life sized statue of Pope John XXIII was also the subject of a Mary Townsend-produced documentary entitled "All Days Are Good for Being Born", which won honorable mention at the ReelHeART International Film Festival 2007 in Toronto. Monika Kaden recently finished the eleven feet tall colored patina bronze statue “Barbette-Dancer", based on the essay by Joan Cocteau “Barbette”, which can be seen downtown Santa Fe, on Paseo De Peralta corner Marcy Street. More of her unique work can be seen at her studio in downtown Santa Fe and can be purchased. She takes commissions as well and helps clients with the design for special places. Monika received her MFA from Alfred University. She teaches ceramic sculpture classes at her studio in Santa Fe. For more information call 505.989.4944 or 505.690.9878.


Moving People Dance Santa Fe

Moving People Dance Santa Fe

1583 Pacheco St
Santa Fe, NM 87505
505-438-9180
Moving People Dance Santa Fe is a vibrant contemporary dance company based in Santa Fe, and hosts the Santa Fe Dance Festival each June. Moving People Dance Centre offers professional quality dance training to students of all ages. We provide a well- rounded dance education by emphasizing world-class instruction in technique, proper body awareness and alignment, injury prevention and longevity. We are interested in creating life-long professional and recreational dancers. The pre-professional student company Moving People Too! performs the beloved holiday extravaganza "Swingin' Suites", and "Louder Than Words" in the spring. Classes from beginner to professional levels, ages 3 to adult. Classes include ballet, modern, jazz, breakdance, creative movement, creative dance, tumbling, pre - ballet, Moving Poetry, Gyrokinesis® , Pilates mat, Twist & Tone and stretch and strength.


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