Why swim in a community pool when I can dip my toes in my own private pool? That’s the question I asked myself when I whisked off to Phuket, Thailand for a magical holiday years ago. If you’re planning to host your next retreat in a tropical destination anytime soon,...
Often people come to me asking for the perfect location for their retreats. For example, I get questions like, “Can you give me a good retreat location in the Bahamas?” or “How about an idyllic spot somewhere in the Rocky Mountains?” However, questions like this are...
One of my favorite places to run a retreat is in Mexico – for me it’s close to home, the people are awesome, the food is simply delicious, the spirituality is from the heart, and the variety of price points vary from bargain basement to sublimely exquisite. Every once...
If you’re ready to step out of the “typical retreat locations” box – I’ve got something really stunning for you – the Alila Jabal Akhdar Hotel in Oman (Alila means “Surprise” in Sanskrit). Okay, perhaps your geography is not up to...
There are times in our travels when we actually witness something so beautiful and outer-worldly that we can’t believe we’re actually looking at something real. And that’s the way I first felt when I went to Emerald Lake in the in Yoho National Park...
