Mary’s Blog

Making chocolate is a specialty that harkens back from ancient times from the Mayan culture, and I jumped at the opportunity to have an experience to learn about this from the Mayan descendants themselves. In fact, it is the Mayans who discovered the cacao trees, and the process of extracting the beans and creating chocolate, […]

Considering we here love a ‘farm-fresh’ twist, one excursion and experience that I highly recommend while staying at the Naia Resort & Spa was the trip to the Organic Cacao Farm, which also led to an authentic Chocolate Making experience just down the road in the tiny village. If you’ve ever been interested in dark […]

We here at Farm to Wellness Retreats know that days are better when you have gotten a great night’s sleep – so we have a few products that we think will help you make a night’s sleep more luxurious and better than ever. Just what you need to feel pampered and comforted, these products will ‘tuck you in’ from head to toe. So, pull up those covers, and check out these must-try items!

It seems I’m not alone coming to the conclusion that work / life must be more balanced, health is wealth, and that life is better when practicing daily self-care. Sometimes we get ‘stuck’ in life, and need to break out and reset. Especially after the pandemic, I yearned for a respite away from my own […]

A secluded spa resort awaits you in the captivating landscape of Texas Hill Country. Only thirty minutes away from downtown Austin, guests at Lake Austin Spa Resort enjoy the luxuries of comfort and the warmth of genuine hospitality. Their approach to wellness is intimate, which is why this hideaway boasts only forty rooms. Personalized care, […]

VIDEO: Meet Mary Blackmon, Founder, who shares the scoop on what you’re in store for here at Farm to Wellness Retreats!

Wisdom can be passed along from our ancestors over generations – the experiences that they had can show up and even shape our own way of life. The innate ability to gather this knowledge and learn from our forefathers is something that is treasured at The White Lodge, and these generational, ancestral ceremonies are made available to […]

Spa services can be called the same from place to place, but it doesn’t mean that they are all equal. Some are more than a ‘service,’ but rather an ‘experience.’ So it is at Zenica Spa, the spa at The White Lodge, which is appropriately called the ‘ancestral spa.’  The spa there is tiny. It […]