Immersive Training Retreats at
Humming Grove Sanctuary
For teachers and parents who want to go beyond inspiration and into lived practice. These small-group retreats in Santa Fe offer hands-on arts-integrated training, creative renewal, and professional development in a deeply supportive setting.
Through music, movement, song, storytelling, and rhythm, you will experience a powerful approach to teaching that awakens creativity and deep engagement in children.
What Makes This Retreat Different?
This retreat offers embodied experience and deep training.
What makes Talking Hands Talking Feet unique:
• Practical tools you can implement immediately
• A substantial library of educational songs and activities
• A proven methodology (Codes in Color)
• A community of creative educators
• A nature sanctuary designed for reflection and creativity
• Training from the founders who developed this original work
This is not simply professional development.
It is training in a dynamic educational methodology.
Professional Development Certification
Participants receive a Certificate of Completion documenting 18 hours of professional development.
Most professional development leaves teachers with ideas —
but little that actually transforms the classroom.
Teachers today face:
• disengaged students
• rigid curriculum structures
• little time for creativity
Yet children learn best when the arts are used as vehicles of learning everyday
The Retreat Experience
These retreats are designed as an immersive learning experience where you don’t just hear about the method – you experience it.
You will participate in:
• joyful group learning sessions
• hands-on training in multiple art forms
• collaborative exploration with other educators
• restorative reflection in the beautiful setting of Humming Grove Sanctuary
• enjoyable and healthy meals together
• humor and laughter
We intentionally keep the retreat small to support meaningful learning, personal attention, and genuine community.
The Two Pillars of Our Signature Training
Our Signature Talking Hands Talking Feet workshops are built on two powerful foundations:
Content
A Vast, Ready-to-Use Creative Library
You gain access to a rich and ever-growing body of arts-integrated educational content, including:
• Educational songs with movement choreography
• Brain and body “tune-ups”
• Rhythm and coordination sequences
• Storytelling and improvisation games
• Community-building movement pieces
This is not theoretical training. These are living tools you can bring into your classroom, homeschool, or program immediately.
Every structure is designed to support:
• Kinesthetic learning
• Creative engagement
• Focus and regulation
• Joyful participation
You leave with material in your hands – and in your body
Methodology
A Highly Effective, Transferable Methodology
Content alone is not enough.
We train you in how and why it works.
Our methodology training includes:
• The Codes in Color framework
• The 5-Color Support Handbook
• Developmentally aligned implementation strategies
• Embodied facilitation techniques
• Practical Agility through rhythm and movement
• “Learning through the back door” (Stealth Learning) principles
You don’t just learn activities.
You learn how to:
• Design learning experiences and ecologies
• Adapt material for different age groups
• Support multiple learning styles
• Integrate arts into academics naturally and effectively
This combination of content + methodology creates lasting confidence and versatility.
When creative content is supported by a clear, repeatable framework, something powerful happens:
You become a more responsive, confident, and inspired educator.
Humming Grove Sanctuary
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Nestled amidst the picturesque scenery of Santa Fe County, New Mexico, Humming Grove Sanctuary is a multi-faceted oasis where education, artistry, and peaceful, purposeful gatherings come together.
Teachers attend immersive Training Retreats here in an intimate setting designed for deep learning, meaningful connection, and personal renewal.
Accommodations for up to 9 guests
• Beautiful studio-style shared sleeping spaces
• Comfortable gathering areas
• Indoor and outdoor workshop spaces
• Quiet nooks for reflection and restoration
