Find Yourself. Free Yourself!
5-Day Intuitive Art & Yoga Wellness Retreats in Joshua Tree, CA
More than just an art retreat — this experience takes you beyond paint and paper, and awakens something deeper.
Through a soulful blend of Intuition Painting®, gentle movement, free-form expression, connective meditation, mindful wilderness walks, and heartfelt community connection, we open the channels that bring us back home to ourselves.
Upcoming Retreats:
Return to your creative essence.
You’ll leave with an enriched appreciation of and boundless access to your unique visual voice, fresh ways to use intuitive-creativity as a practice for emotional resilience, new perspectives on your life’s unfolding, but most importantly, you’ll leave feeling empowered, grounded, and more fully alive.
You don’t need to be “an artist” or have any experience — just a willingness to show up with curiosity and a desire to feel more like you again. Scroll down for more details.
“I can’t tell you how much your retreat made a difference in my life. What a release and relief! A good clearing and reset. Thank you so very much my Dear Montine! You are an incredible, beautiful soul and your work is so valuable and much needed in our society. Flowing you Love and Light always! ”
Upcoming 5-Day Intuitive Art & Yoga Retreats in Joshua Tree, California:
This intimate retreat accommodates 10 people. Earlybird pricing ends 60 days before retreat start.
What’s Included
5 Days / 4 Nights of immersive retreat in Joshua Tree, California
Daily Intuition Painting® sessions to unlock your authentic creative expression
Gentle movement and yoga practices to connect you to your body and inner rhythm
Nourishing, homemade breakfasts, lunches, and snacks daily
Two scrumptious evening dinners served on premises
Hike through Coyote Hole Spring, where ancient petroglyphs abound
Excursions to vintage markets, farmers market, boutiques, and galleries
Nature mandalas with desert findings and intention
All art materials provided — just bring your open heart
“This 5-day Intuitive Art & Yoga retreat with Montine as a whole is a haven. The pacing, the tenor, the process, the openness, the flexibliity we felt in being able to do what we needed is priceless. Montine strikes the right intuitive balance between guiding / prompting to allow us to find our voice. It is rich in the experience of transformation and a lifelong gift that enables us to grow and glow in our lives.”
Our Retreat Flow
Joshua Tree’s vast skies, rich wildlife, towering rocks, and resilient flora are an incredible backdrop. As you paint and flow through yoga, you’ll feel the energy of this place seep into your soul, empowering you to release fear, embrace transformation, and connect with the well of creative freedom that’s been lying dormant within you.
Each day, you'll begin with grounding yoga sessions to help you center and connect. But the heart of this retreat lies in the Intuition Painting® process—a journey into your inner world where your intuition takes the lead. As you pick up the brush, you’ll let go of any need for perfection or planning. Instead, you’ll allow your intuitive voice to guide you, revealing any forgotten passions, stuck emotions, and hidden insights that have been wanting to surface.
Through this one-of-a-kind process, you will experience the freedom of spontaneous painting, even if you've never touched a brush before. It’s like dreaming onto the page, where unplanned shapes and figures bubble up, revealing a “visual diary” brimming with stories and symbols. By the end, you’ll be standing in front of a “mirror “reflecting your beauty, love, strength, and clarity… and often a spark of insight and inspiration that leads you in new directions.
This is transformative work.
By the time you leave this retreat, you won’t be the same person who arrived. You’ll carry with you a renewed sense of aliveness, a deeper reverence for your inner voice, and the unshakable courage to live true to you. This is more than just a retreat—it is reclamation of your power and a celebration of your incredible self.
Day 1 – Arrival & Opening
Welcome to the desert. You’ll arrive, settle into your space, and meet our retreat circle. We’ll gather for our Opening Circle, get to know the studio, and share our first dinner together at the ranch. Dinner provided.
Day 2 – Drop In & Open Up
Start your day with optional yoga to ground into your body. After breakfast, we’ll gather for check-in, meditation, and our first full dive into Intuition Painting®.
After lunch, you can rest, relax by the pool, or add to our nature mandala with found desert beauty. The afternoon brings more painting, followed by authentic movement to help integrate the day. Dinner out (at your own pace, solo or in community).
Day 3 – Deeper Into the Flow
Optional yoga opens the body. After breakfast, we reconnect with painting through meditation and intention.
The afternoon invites spacious rest — journal, nap, wander — before we return to the studio for a second painting session. We’ll gather for group sharing and gentle movement to close the day. Dinner out (self-paced).
Day 4 – Desert Adventure & Celebration
Begin with an optional local hike or slow morning. After breakfast, we’ll head into town to explore Joshua Tree’s farmers market, vintage treasures, local art, and more.
In the afternoon, we return to the studio for final painting time and closing creative rituals.
We’ll wrap the day with a special Celebration Dinner together on the property. Sunset walks, stargazing, and lots of spirited joy. Dinner provided.
Day 5 – Closing & Departure
For the early birds, we’ll offer a final desert hike to greet the day. Then we’ll gather for our final breakfast, closing circle, and heartfelt goodbyes.
Departure follows lunch — with a full heart and colorful soul.
Quail Tree Ranch
Our event takes place at a private, mid-century ranch surrounded by the striking landscape of the Joshua Tree National Park. Nights are blanketed by shining stars and mornings greet us with foraging families of quail and cotton-tailed rabbits. The views are breathtaking and the tranquil surroundings invite immersion into a world of natural wonder.
Why We Love Joshua Tree
There’s a raw, magnetic beauty to this land — a vastness that invites truth.
The open skies. The sacred silence. The sunrises that call you back to what matters.
The desert is a mirror — it strips away the noise and leaves space for your inner voice to speak clearly. This retreat is designed to match that spaciousness: grounding, soulful, and creatively wide open.
“I am so glad I decided to take this. I found it to be a very effective route to the expression I was needing. I have never painted before. What was surprising was the connection I felt to the work I was doing, and how much it felt like deep healing while I was engaged. I give all the credit to Montine and the safe space she creates for this to happen.”
YOUR INVESTMENT
Does this feel like a full YES? If so, we’d love to have you join us Free Yourself! in Joshua Tree
Cost: $1590-2025 US depending on accommodation. All-inclusive. Does not include airfare or airport transfer. The ranch is located 45 minutes from the Palm Springs Airport (PSP) and approximately 2 1/2 hours from Los Angeles (LAX).
Once you register, you will receive a confirmation email and details from us with more information.
Cancellation Policy: After booking, if you need to cancel for any reason, you’ll receive a full credit toward a future Life is an Art retreat if you cancel at least two months prior to the retreat start date. If you cancel within two months of the retreat, the deposit is forfeited but you’ll receive credit for additional fees paid.
Reserve Your Dates
If you are ready for a meaningful pause, a creative awakening, and time with beautiful, kindred souls, join us and take this time for yourself.