Santa Fe, New Mexico
Summer Culinary Retreat

The Inn at Sunrise Springs
242 Los Pinos Road
Santa FE, NM 87507
www.innatsunrisesprings.com

Located 50 miles north of Albuquerque and just 15 minutes South of Santa Fe, The Inn at Sunrise Springs sits in the rich Rio Grande Basin, surrounded by the Sangre de Cristo mountain ranges. Built around two spring-fed ponds, the grounds are home to cottonwood, willows and abundant gardens—truly an inviting and serene site for our culinary retreat in the Land of Enchantment. The days are sunny, warm and dry with cool high desert evenings —a perfect blend for a fun filled week of learning, sharing and experiencing. We hope you’ll join us! (be sure to check out our photo gallery of previous Santa Fe retreats!)

“Love, love the classes. Love what they did for me, for my family, for my health Loved how much fun I had learning something new!” Annie M. Santa Fe ’05 (second time retreat participant)

Yoga/Breakfast
Early morning yoga on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday followed by a whole foods breakfast buffet (except Thursday).

Daily Culinary Classes
Daily four-hour comprehensive hands-on cooking classes include the preparation of delicious health-supportive menus from soup to dessert using the highest quality ingredients--organic when available. You'll hone your knife skills, learn the art of seasoning, and practice the fundamental culinary techniques for preparing a variety of appetizers, soups, salads, dressings, whole grains and pasta, beans, fish or organic/grass fed animal protein dishes, seasonal vegetables, calcium rich greens, and mouth-watering desserts--free of refined sugar, dairy and wheat. Afterwards, we'll feast on the gourmet meal you've prepared to experience the satisfying results. (A vegetarian option will always be provided.) 

In these eye-opening workshops, you’ll discover a whole new way to think about food and how to make conscious food choices that support your personal goals and your life.

Some of the topics we’ll discuss include:

• The connection between food and health and how to select and prepare food that supports you--physically, mentally and emotionally
• The ABC’s of menu planning for both vegetarian and non-vegetarian meals; how to plan meals that balance YOU and leave you free of cravings!
• The proper selection, storage and preparation of health-supportive foods and how to choose and prepare foods for maximum nutrition and enjoyment
• The best fats and oils to use for cooking that also help you maintain or lose weight
• How to use intentional eating models to understand and eliminate cravings for nutrition deficient foods such as sugar and white flour products
• How to recognize physical and emotional reactions caused by allergic foods and/or food sensitivities and how to break the allergy/addiction cycle
• Underlying health conditions that often sabotage our best efforts to maintain a healthy diet
• Foods for maintaining a healthy Ph
• Dairy or non-dairy; Pasteurized vs. raw dairy products
• Commercial vs. organic or grass fed meats
• New ideas for breakfasts, lunches and dinner
• How to use leftovers to create delicious new meals
• Internet resources for health supportive foods
• And more!

Free Time

Afternoons are free to explore the Inn's nearly 70 lush acres surrounding spring fed ponds with walking paths and gardens, relax in their Junior Olympic outdoor heated pool or Peace Lodge Sauna, or treat yourself to any of Spa Samadhi’s menu of services from around the world including therapeutic massage, body treatments and facials. Sunrise Springs also offers authentic Japanese tea gatherings, clay workshops and much more!

On Thursday morning and afternoon, you’ll have additional time to explore the Land of Enchantment. Santa Fe (just 15 minutes away) and Taos (approximately 1 hour) offers visits to marvelous museums and galleries, sophisticated shopping, and creative cuisine. For a further adventure, explore the unique culture of New Mexico and drive the High Road to Taos with its awe-inspiring scenery, legendary towns like Chimayo, and Taos Pueblo.

Group excursion to Bandelier National Monument

Following class on Wednesday , we'll journey to Bandelier National Park in Los Alamos to visit centuries old ancestral Pueblo sites, best known for mesas, sheer-walled canyons, and several thousand ancestral Pueblo dwellings found among them.

We'll walk the Main Loop (self-guided) Trail, starting at the Visitor Center and leading through excavated archaeological sites and includes a spectacular (very safe) climb by ladders to a ceremonial kiva ( visit our Photo Gallery for photos of a previous Santa Fe retreat visit).

On our picturesque return trip, we'll have dinner (optional) in Santa Fe’s Café Pasqual, one of the first to blend traditional Mexican cooking with the flavors of Asia; and one of the first to make a commitment to use only organic eggs and naturally-raised beef, port and chicken and line-caught fish—some of the best food the Southwest has to offer.

Dinner

Dinner is included on Sunday and Thursday evening. For additional meals, the Inn's famous Blue Heron Restaurant, features American cuisine with an Asian flair, using the most natural ingredients possible, many of which are grown right at the Inn The chef's at The Blue Heron Restaurant are said to have created...”a culinary vision that focuses on mind, body and spirit, bringing balance with their innovative cuisine, ultimately creating a marvelous dining experience”. Participants may also choose to venture into Santa Fe to experience any of its fine restaurants representing diverse cultures as well as the best (and most flavorful) Southwestern food ever experienced!

$1495
$1345 ( Excluding M, T, Th evening lecture/workshops )

Discounts:

• $100 discount for 2 people registering together ($50 each)

The Program Fee includes the following:

• Welcome dinner and orientation
• Sunday Lecture/Workshop
• Daily whole foods breakfasts and lunches
• Four hands-on cooking classes utilizing whole, fresh, natural, seasonal foods, organic when available and includes lunch
• One evening dinner class
• Three yoga classes
• Bandelier National Monument entrance fee and self-tour guide book
• 3 evening lecture workshops (excluded in the $1345 fee)
• Farewell dinner class
• Program Binder, Handouts, Conscious Gourmet Apron

Program Fee does not include accommodations, airfare, airport ground transportation, meals or beverages other than listed. Additional tours or services are available at the participant's option and expense. If you choose to participate in activities outside of the group itinerary, no deductions, allowances or substitutions will be made.

A rental car is recommended for maximum flexibility, however, shuttle transportation from the airport, as well as shuttle service from The Inn of Sunrise Springs to Santa Fe is available for a fee. Once the retreat has begun, participants often carpool.

ACCOMMODATIONS (not included in Program Fee)

Garden View Rooms: $99 single; $149 double*

Casitas: $179 single/$189 double*

*If you would like a roommate to share double accommodations, please indicate this on your registration and we will do our best to arrange this for you.

A non-refundable $250 deposit reserves your space. Pay in full before April 20 and receive a $200 discount or pay one-half the remaining program fee by April 20 and the remaining balance by May 20. Registrations after May 20 require payment in full.

Register by calling Diane at 203-966-3559 or e-mailing dcarlsonsspirit@aol.com. Send your deposit check or money order to the address below along with your name, address, phone number and e-mail address as well as the name of your selected program and room accommodations selection. Room accommodations will be reserved by The Conscious Gourmet, however, you will need a credit card upon check-in for your room charges. Your enrollment will be confirmed by mail or e-mail. A program packet of information will be sent to you upon receipt of your registration fee.

Diane Carlson
The Conscious Gourmet
P.O. Box 662
New Canaan , CT 06840