Peace + Sea

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.

Retreat package includes

Rooms with a small kitchen and outdoor space to sit

Purified Water Jugs in each room

AC room

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

2 Yoga Classes Daily except on free day

Prop Rental

Opening & Closing Ceremonies

Ocean 1 block away

Wonderful restaurants walking distance away

Charming town square with festivities walking distance away

Other Options at an extra fee:

Eco friendly and culturally enriching excursions with Eric

Snorkeling by boat (it's easy to snorkel on your own too ;)

Bodywork by Martina (there are other options to get massage on the beach as well)

Flights

Transportation to Villas Shanti from Cancun international airport. We can help arrange for a reasonable fee.

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

international phone / internet fees your provider may have

Passport or visa fees if you plan to stay longer

MARY BUE

Mary Bue is a registered yoga teacher (e-RYT 500), an indie musician, and a teacher in the Viniyoga tradition, a breath-centered, flowing practice that believes in adapting postures to fit the whole person (not forcing a person to fit into a posture!). Mary received her certification at Whole Life Yoga in Seattle, WA by Tracy Weber, (student of Gary Kraftsow, student of T.K.V. Desikachar) and her 300-hour 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.

Mary 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. Mary 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. She has her bachelor’s degree in psychology, with an emphasis on Transpersonal Psychology from the University of Minnesota – Duluth. Mary has also received volunteer training in sexual assault victim advocacy from PAVSA and domestic violence victim support from DAIP. She founded and ran Imbue Yoga Studio in S. Mpls for nearly 3 years (closing Jan. 2019).

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 7 albums, been awarded four artist grants, enjoyed three 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 Northern Minnesota, Wisconsin, New Mexico, Bali, Malta, Ireland, and Italy.

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 cow portraits, reading non-fiction and traveling.

INVESTMENT:

Single $2799  

Double $2199 per person

$600 Deposit holds your place

Half payment due by February 15th

Balance due by March 1st

Non-refundable $600 admin fee for cancellations

Balance (minus deposit) fully refundable up to 6 weeks before retreat

Balance (minus deposit) half refundable up to 3 weeks before retreat

No refunds less than 3 weeks in advance of retreat unless you find a friend to take your spot and then fully refundable (after fee)

To register send deposit of $600 to:

marybue@gmail.com on Zelle

@marybuemusic on Venmo --NOTE--Please put an emoji in the subject line as we already pay taxes and fees for all monies received 

or send a check to

Mary Bue ~ (let me know you’ve mailed it)

PO Box 17420

Minneapolis, MN 55417

REFUND POLICY:

Non-refundable $600 admin fee for cancellations

Balance (minus deposit) fully refundable up to 6 weeks before retreat

Balance (minus deposit) half refundable up to 3 weeks before retreat

No refunds less than 3 weeks in advance of retreat unless you find a friend to take your spot and then fully refundable (after fee)

** 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.