Villas Shanti has long been home to yoga retreats and is located just 1 block from the beach.

Accommodations include comfortable sleeping and living space, tiled floors, modern bath with shower, kitchenette, ceiling fans, AC and drinking water with rooms that overlook a beautiful courtyard and private pool.

There is a yoga studio for our practices complete with props.

Sun | Sea | Peace Retreat Package includes:

• 2 Yoga workshops per day a day except on excursion days + sacred rest day

• 3 Dinners & 5 Brunches catered by Dora from John Gray's Kitchen

• Yoga Nidra / Mantra / Chanting / Sacred Sound Practices

• Private Sunset Boat Ride

• Wonderful restaurants within walking distance

• Charming town square within a mile’s walk on the beach or the road with fun shops, cafes, juice bars and more

• Each room has private bathroom, drinking water, full kitchen, private patio or balconies

• Purified Water Jugs in each room

• AC room

• The Ocean is one block away!

OPTIONAL ADD ONS:

Day trip to nearby Mayan village to learn about traditional embroidery. Lunch at Muuch Kaab Cooperative ~ learn about ancient beekeeping methods & opportunity to shop their handmade soaps, lotions, salves & cosmetics, Visit to Laguna or Cenote to swim & bask in nature

Snorkeling by boat

Bodywork by Marina, or at Unico Beach Club across the street. Other options for massages along the beach as well.

Beach chair rental at Unico Beach Club or The Diving Bar across the street

Private cenote adventure TBA!

NOT INCLUDED

• Flights to Cancun

• Transportation to Villas Shanti from Cancun international airport. We can help arrange for a reasonable fee - see below. If you would like to coordinate flights and taxis with other guests, we can connect you as guests register.

The taxi prices Cancun Airport to Villas Shanti:

       1-3 people: $65 usd

        4 or more:  $20 usd per person

    Villas Shanti to Cancun Airport:

       1-3 people $60 usd

        4 or more: $15 usd per person

• Meals outside of the villa. 3 dinners and 5 brunches are included in our package. There are many beautiful restaurants within walking distance and grocery stores. Your room provides full kitchen and refrigerator should you choose to cook.

• Travel insurance (Mary highly recommends AIG Travel Guard)

• Medical care (get that travel insurance!)

• Tipping is much appreciated ($5/day recommended for housekeeping), villa maintenance staff, taxi drivers + tour guides

• international phone / internet fees your provider may have

• Passport or visa fees if you plan to stay longer

• Optional excursions not included ~

• Day trip to nearby Mayan village to learn about traditional embroidery. Lunch at Muuch Kaab Cooperative ~ learn about ancient beekeeping methods & opportunity to shop their handmade soaps, lotions, salves & cosmetics, Visit to Laguna or Cenote to swim & bask in nature

• Snorkeling

• Cenote adventure TBA

• Bodywork

MARY BUE ~ Singer Songwriter, Yoga Instructor (YACEP e-RYT 500), co-founder of Yojita Yoga Teacher Training (RYS)

Mary Bue is a songwriter, international retreat guide, yoga teacher + yoga school co-founder based in Minneapolis. Named Best Songwriter of 2020 by City Pages, her music touches upon archetypal themes of the human condition: love, loss, survival, dreams, and the natural world. A longtime student of yoga and psychology, Mary weaves symbols, stories & visions into her songs + teachings. Oft-crass yet joyous, her creations explore consciousness with compassion & concern for this beautiful & challenging world.  Mary released her 9th album The Wildness of Living & Dying in February 2025.

Mary Bue is a registered yoga teacher (e-RYT 500), with foundation in the Viniyoga tradition, a breath-centered, flowing practice that believes in adapting postures to fit the whole person. She is a former yoga studio owner (Imbue Yoga) and has hosted 25 retreats internationally since 2019.

Mary received her 230 hour certification in 2009 at Whole Life Yoga in Seattle, WA by Tracy Weber, (student of Gary Kraftsow, student of T.K.V. Desikachar) and 300-hour certification in 2017 from Yoga Center Retreat (formerly Yoga Center of Minneapolis).

In 2020, Mary received an additional 200-hour certificate in Nada Yoga (the Yoga of Sound) from Nada Yoga School in Rishikesh India.

In 2024, Mary and her master teacher Tara Cindy Sheman co-founded registered yoga school (RYS) Yojita Yoga and have offered their first 230 hour teacher training multiple workshops, and so much more to come.

Bue has pursued continuing yoga education in prenatal yoga, yoga for anxiety & depression, pranayama, and 30 hour-certification in Trauma-informed Yoga with Firefly Yoga International, was a teaching assistant for Whole Life Yoga’s ten month long, 200-hour teacher training in 2010 and has also assisted in WLY’s “Yoga for Healthy Backs” Series.

Mary has her bachelor’s degree in psychology, with an emphasis on Transpersonal Psychology from the University of Minnesota – Duluth. She has received volunteer training in sexual assault victim advocacy from PAVSA and domestic violence victim support from DAIP.

As a wanderer-luster and experience junkie, she has worked in many types of jobs: as a clinical research assistant in a prison & hospital, an AIDS prevention outreach worker on the streets and harm reduction work in needle exchanges, as well as many hundreds of hours as a server, bartender and barista.

In her life as a musician Mary has toured in 40+ states, released 9 albums, been awarded multiple artist grants, honored to receive four Artist in Residence awards, and has served on the board and steering committee of the Duluth Homegrown Music Festival.

All of these experiences culminate in the guiding of Creativity and Yoga Retreats. Mary has led and co-led retreats in Bali, India, Malta, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Orcas Island in Washington, Taos + Ghost Ranch in New Mexico,

Mary is an avid runner (10 half marathons and two full marathons), nature lover and vegan. In her spare time, she enjoys playing music, cooking, writing blogs, poetry and in journals, painting, reading non-fiction and, obviously, traveling.

IINVESTMENT:

Single $2550 / $2350 earlybird til May 31st 2026

Double/Shared $1950 per person / $1750 earlybird til May 31st 2026

$600 Deposit holds your place - balance invoice will be emailed within 48 hours.

Please note a 3% fee will be added for credit card payments on remaining balances unless paid for via options below:

Half payment due by November 1st 2026

Balance due by February 1st 2027

$600 deposit (non-refundable) included in total cost.

TO REGISTER

- SEND $600 Deposit (non-refundable) via CREDIT CARD link below

OR one of the following:

• ZELLE: marybue@gmail.com

• SEND A CHECK ~ (let me know you’ve mailed it)

Mary Bue - PO Box 17420 - Minneapolis, MN 55417

REFUND POLICY:

Non-refundable $600 admin fee for cancellations

Balance (minus deposit) fully refundable til November 1st 2026

Balance (minus deposit) half refundable til February 1st 2027

** Foreign travel may require vaccinations for COVID-19. Please take into consideration before registering for this retreat that there will be no refunds for anyone who doesn’t get the potentially required vaccination for foreign air travel.

*** In case of extreme personal circumstances, we will consider full refunds less small administration fee on a case by case basis if your spot can be filled. Retreat may be transferred to another guest with permission from host, however it is not the responsibility of the host to find a replacement.

Sun | Sea | Peace Retreat Package includes:

• 2 Yoga workshops per day except on excursion days

• 3 Dinners & 5 Brunches ~ catered by Dora from John Gray's Kitchen

• Private Sunset Cruise

• Practices that may include Yoga Nidra / Mantra / Chanting / Sacred Sound

• Wonderful restaurants within walking distance

• Charming town square within a mile’s walk on the beach or the road with fun shops, cafes, juice bars and more

• Rooms with a small kitchen and outdoor space to sit

• Purified Water Jugs in each room

• AC room

• The ocean is one block away!

OPTIONAL ADD ONS

• Day trip to nearby Mayan village to learn about traditional embroidery, Lunch at Muuch Kaab Cooperative ~ learn about ancient beekeeping methods & opportunity to shop their handmade soaps, lotions, salves & cosmetics, Visit to Laguna or Cenote to swim & bask in nature ~

• Snorkeling by boat to explore the the Great Barrier Reef

• Bodywork by Marina, or at Unico Beach Club across the street. Other options for massages along the beach as well.

• Beach chair rental at Unico Beach Club or The Diving Bar across the street

We can’t wait to be in Mexico with you!!!