Seek Your Peace at Blisstopia Retreats

Here at Blisstopia Retreats, you can Refocus your attention. Reconnect your spirit. Recognize your true wellness. Realize your inner & outer strengths. Join us in a truly unique space designed to enhance and inspire your physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being.

Blisstopia Retreats's Mission

Blisstopia Retreats inspires our global community to live empowered, creative, vibrant lives through Yoga, Meditation & Ayurveda, and other wellness practices. Additionally, having a place and space for other wellness practitioners to support their own communities.

Blisstopia Retreats's Vision

To "Be Blissful" is to live an inspired life – one in which our true nature of wellness, happiness, and peace is cultivated so that we may experience the challenges of our human lives with open-hearted ease. We invite our entire global community to discover their blissful nature through a retreat space that is intimate, welcoming, heart-warming with yoga teaching – from beginner to advanced – meditation, workshops, classes, consultations, teacher training, Ayurveda study, and continuing education.

Blisstopia Retreats's Values

Blisstopia Retreats have evolved over the past 20 years. Evolution is about providing support and healing with others, not to others. The belief is that WE, not I can, create an environment where safety, security, knowledge, caring, nurturing, and space for healing to occur. When there is we, the energy moves more freely. Everyone desires a place and space to feel accepted, tended to, and appreciated for who they are for BLISS to come through the womb of our souls. This is where you will find your Bliss through Yoga asanas, meditation, passionate teachers and teachings, workshops, meditation, and energy work. So, we encourage you to join us, and our retreat space is only 30 minutes from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport.

Retreat Leaders

Lana Royce

Lana started her training in yoga and wellness over 25 years ago. She specializes in prenatal yoga and yoga for anxiety and depression. She has also been a doula since 2002 and helped support over 400 new mamas and babies come in to the world.


She earned a Master’s degree in Counseling and Psychological Services from St. Mary’s University – Undergrad at NDSU and U of M. She also has certifications as a hypnotherapist (specialty in Past Life Regression and pain management) and is a Healing Touch Practitioner. She has also studied with Deepak Chopra at The Chopra Center as a Perfect Health (Ayurveda) Instructor and Primordial Sound Meditation teacher completing her wellness education as a Vedic Master. Lana also has earned a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, and after more than 15 years of training and teaching she has earned ranks as high as 4th degree black (Master Level)


In her previous life she worked in Human Resources and Employee Assistance for 22 years for a company serving people with developmental disabilities and mental illness.

In her spare time, she raised two boys who are now grown and her significant other is Mark Royce and they have owned several businesses together including TITLE Boxing Club in Coon Rapids, Rogers and Arden Hills, STRIKE Fitness and Yoga by Blisstopia. She LOVES her dog Bodhi (Sanskrit for the enlightened one) who is a pitbull boxer mix.


Favorite food? Sushi all day long!!


Favorite music? Depends – can go from AC/DC to Trevor Hall to sound healing bowls


Favorite reminder about life? Busy is in the mind.

Join Lana on her podcast show “The Nurse and the Psycho Show” live weekly via Zoom where she and her co host discuss and answer questions about true health, nutrition, weight loss, anxiety, mental health issues and more in a fun & open setting. See the recorded versions on our YouTube channel

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Mark Royce

Mark has dedicated most of his adult life to studying, training, and teaching martial arts. He has earned black belts in Sport Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Kung fu, & MMA. With more than 35 years as a martial arts instructor. He has focused on MMA training & teaching over the past 16 years and also close combat martial arts. Mark has trained more than 10,000 students. He has an extensive knowledge in fighting training & in health and fitness.


His passion for martial arts developed in high school after a personal attack/assault left him with permanent injuries, Mark began training in multiple styles of martial arts.


Mark holds a BS in Business Management. An entrepreneur that has started several successful businesses over the past 30 + years. Including a security company, janitorial service company, travel business, nutritional supplements, multiple martial arts schools, gyms, fitness centers, and more.

He is certified as nutritional coach through Precision Nutrition. He is a NASM certified personal trainer. He has recently graduated from the Institute of Regenerative Health as a Regenerative Health Practioner. He has also trained and become certified as a Breathwork Coach. His approach to fitness emphasizes age-appropriate programming with a specific focus given to cardiovascular and strength training in combination with balance and flexibility training with a fighter's mentality. He establishes long-term client interactions with the goal of integrating nutrition, exercise and optimal wellness into the demands of daily life.


Mark and his partner in life Lana have operated fitness centers, & a special boutique yoga studio together from 2015 to 2022

After many years of training & competing in the fighting arts (Boxing, Kickboxing & MMA), he has modified his personal training to include self-defense training, yoga, cellular health, and the healing arts. Mark offers personal both one to one training in self-defense, boxing, weapons & small group classes at all retreats offered


Favorite food: Sushi

Favorite music: Classic Rock

Favorite Quote: “Do all the good you can, in all the ways you can, to all the souls you can, in every place you can, at all the times you can, with all the zeal you can, as long as ever you can.”

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