Black Barn Retreat

06/26/2024

Details are up!
Who's joining our merry band in Tulum in January?

Our home base for the week is a stunning grouping of 3 Modern houses adjoined by backyard gates that open up to share outdoor spaces. Middle house has huge private ground pool in the backyard and other two houses have gorgeous roof terraces with pools so you can experience it all. All bedrooms with....

02/22/2024

My Boys!
Biscuit is getting his summer bod ready for adventure after a lazy winter!

08/23/2023

Nature, stars, and cabin life!
What a delight….

08/15/2023

Only 6 weeks available to enjoy our sweet cabins in the mountains before we start the trek towards winter!

Come for late summer and early fall! Book it as a private wellness retreat and allow me to cater to you or book it for a quiet getaway into the mountains and do your own thing!

Black Barn Cabins on the Creek

02/23/2023

As I sit here in the midst of a complete white out blizzard in Colorado I am planning and dreaming of the next incredible retreat location for 2024.

Welcome to Portugal everyone!
I am super excited to share our 2024 retreat location and hope to share with many of you.

Please chime in if this interests you. Both Peru and Sedona are full.
Therefore your next adventure in Portugal awaits!

We will be on a 275 acre farm near the coast in Alentejo region (10 minute drive to beach) with goats, peacocks, chickens, dogs, and kitties! The entire property is ours to roam. All meals are farm to table, fresh water swimming lake, bicycles to roam around on, fishing village nearby, yummy wine (if thats your thing) and more....

It is posted on my website with more details to come. We have single, double, and triple rooms available.
Whats your preference?

02/23/2023

As I sit here in the midst of a complete white out blizzard in Colorado I am planning and dreaming of the next incredible retreat location for 2024.

Welcome to Portugal everyone!
I am super excited to share our April 2024 retreat location and hope to share with many of you.

Please chime in if this interests you.
Both Peru and Sedona are full.
Therefore your next adventure in Portugal awaits!

We will be on a 275 acre farm near the coast in Alentejo region (10 minute drive to beach) with goats, peacocks, chickens, dogs, and kitties! The entire property is ours to roam. All meals are farm to table, fresh water swimming lake, bicycles to roam around on, fishing village nearby, yummy wine (if thats your thing) and more....

It is posted on my website with more details to come. We have single, double, and triple rooms available.
Whats your preference?

12/17/2022

Hey friends! Happy holidays to all!
If you're looking for an incredible mountain getaway for your family or group of friends, I have a home for you here in Durango, Lightner Creek Canyon!

Private group yoga and ski retreat?
Family gathering in a winter wonderland?
Friends gathering for mountain getaway?

We can cater the rental to whatever your desires are.
Just shoot me a message and I can hook you up with more details and tailor a trip to your desires!
https://www.augustfirsthomes.com

11/19/2022

Maras Salt mines in Peru!
One of the largest salt extraction centers of pre hispanic origin in Peru.
Peruvian families have cultivated this beautiful mine since 1000 BC until today by the use of an ancestral tradition called "ayni" based on cooperation and reciprocity, or a mutual aid principle that helps to maintain the traditional technology of the salt distribution and production.
Ownership, knowledge and traditions are passed down from parents to children which preserves the identity of the population and respect for the traditions.
The Maras' salt mines is a Cultural Heritage of the Nation of Peru and is an amazing site to visit.
Join me and immerse your self in Peruvian culture April 1-8, 2023
Only a couple of spaces remaining! Contact me ASAP to see if this retreat is the right fit for you!
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10/14/2022

“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life” ~ Thoreau

10/09/2022

Fall feels in every way…
🌍The smell of the earth
🍁The leaves releasing from the safety of the trees, softly nestling onto the damp ground
Moss moss and more moss
🏔The mountainsides painted in colors like a beautiful Van Gogh
🌝A full Hunter’s moon “inviting us to gather round our inner fires offering cedar for lessons learned, for the grace of sweet surrender, and the clarity her light brings, illuminating the smoke signals, guiding us forward, and showing us the way on.” ~ Mijanou