MEET OUR FACILITATORS

lana Royce

Founder - Trustee - Retreat Leader

Blisstopia’s host and beloved founder, Lana Royce. Lana is a master’s-level psychotherapist and certified energy healer, combining more than three decades of clinical experience and mind-body expertise with deep compassion. Having guided over 60 retreats and supported hundreds of people through profound emotional healing, Lana holds space with care, wisdom, and intuitive guidance that blends psychotherapy, hypnotherapy, and holistic energy work. She creates a grounded and nurturing environment where grieving, release, and deep soul renewal can truly happen—ensuring each guest is supported, seen, and safely guided through whatever they’re carrying.

Heather Monthie, PhD

Heather Monthie has spent nearly three decades helping people of all ages and backgrounds achieve real, lasting personal and professional success. Her career began in education, working directly with people in the trenches of a life transformation, helping them reimagine what was possible and build the skills and confidence to get there. Over time, that work expanded into something bigger: the whole person. The body. The mindset. The life.


Today she is a yoga teacher, certified personal trainer, mindfulness coach, nutrition coach, sound healer, and energy practitioner and the founder of Operation Fit AF 365 Days Body Transformation Challenge and Yoga by Heather. She is also the author of What If You Gave Yourself a Year?, the book that inspired this retreat and the philosophy behind everything she teaches.

mark Royce

Co-Founder - Managing Trustee - Retreat Leader - Embodiment Coach

Mark brings a grounded, empowering masculine presence to the LIT Within Retreat experience. With over 45 years of martial arts training and 35+ years of teaching fitness, boxing, and self‑defense, Mark embodies balance, discipline, and heart‑centered strength. A father of four and proud grandfather of two, he carries the wisdom of life experience and the compassion of an open heart. As a certified personal trainer, nutritional coach, regenerative health practitioner, and security expert with more than 25 years of experience, Mark blends physical mastery with emotional awareness to help others feel both safe and supported in their transformation. Having guided more than 60 wellness retreats, he now brings his steady masculine energy and leadership to help women reconnect with their inner light, strength, and divine truth