Mary Ann
From Corporate Mindfulness and Executive Coach, to running Holistic Retreats and a Retreat Center...
In 2014, on a whim, I asked my then husband, Ugo, what he wanted to do when he retired.
"You want to be a what?!?”
I exclaimed when he replied that his dream was to become a farmer. When I subsequently asked myself if I wanted to be a farmer’s wife, I already knew the answer. Definitely not.
In cosmopolitan Hong Kong, where we were living at the time, my executive coaching, leadership development and corporate mindfulness business was enjoying a great success. So, as you can imagine, retiring to the country and living on a farm seemed absurd.
However, I had always dreamed of running a holistic retreat center. A place where I could put my certifications in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Mindfulness Based Compassionate Living (MBCL), Transformational Breathwork Facilitator, and recently my horse assisted coaching passion, to greater use. The idea began to form, Ugo’s farm and my holistic retreat. We could take both of our passions and my qualifications to create something special.
So that is how it all began, our journey to create a place where our respective dreams could come true.
At Quinta Marugo, I feel blessed to have the perfect environment to use my expertise to provide retreat guests with the space to reconnect with their inner resources, wisdom, compassion, and power.
