Retreat Leaders & Trustees
Meet Your On-Site Caretakers
At the heart of Blisstopia Retreats are your on-site caretakers, facilitators, entrepreneurs, and ministry Trustees, Mark and Lana Royce. Together they bring over 75 years of combined experience in psychotherapy, yoga, martial arts, boxing, fitness, breathwork, birth work, energy healing, and conscious entrepreneurship—all rooted in a faith-based, heart-centered approach to service.
This is not a side project—it is their full-time calling and way of life. As live-in stewards of the estate, Mark and Lana personally welcome guests, hold space in ceremony and sessions, and oversee every detail of the retreat experience so you feel safe, seen, and deeply cared for from the moment you arrive.
Their shared mission is simple and profound: to help people help themselves. Whether you come for self-care, spiritual renewal, or deep healing, they are devoted to empowering you with practical tools, embodied practices, and compassionate guidance so you can continue your healing journey at home and live the most aligned, joy-filled life you possibly can.
Retreat Leaders
Lana Royce - (Founder - Trustee - Retreat Leader)
For over three decades, Lana Anderson Royce has dedicated her life to helping others heal, grow, and return home to themselves. A seasoned wellness expert, entrepreneur, and spiritual guide, she blends clinical training with deep intuitive wisdom to create experiences that are both grounded and profoundly transformational.
Lana holds a Master’s degree in Counseling and Psychological Services from St. Mary’s University and has served as a psychotherapist for over 30 years, walking with individuals and families through anxiety, trauma, grief, life transitions, and spiritual awakening. Her work is informed by a rich tapestry of mind-body modalities and a strong emphasis on nervous system regulation and emotional safety.
Certified & Experienced Doula (The Baby Whisperer)
Over the years, Lana has guided and supported more than 400 mothers and babies, honoring birth as a sacred passage and helping women step into their own strength and confidence. She is also an E-RYT500 yoga teacher and a multi-certified healing practitioner, weaving together:
- Hypnotherapy
- Reiki Master and Healing Touch Practitioner
- Perfect Health (Ayurveda) Instructor – The Chopra Center
- Primordial Sound Meditation Teacher
- Vedic Master and Sound Healing Practitioner
- Master trainer/educator
From 2015 to 2021, Lana and Mark owned and operated three TITLE Boxing Clubs and the Yoga by Blisstopia studio in Minnesota, growing a vibrant community centered on movement, mindfulness, and empowerment.
Lana has also served on boards such as No Time for Poverty and Freedom Healthcare, contributing to global medical outreach and innovative, accessible healthcare solutions. Today, she continues her calling as Founder and Trustee of Blisstopia Retreats, a 508(c)(1)(a) non-profit Private Membership Association in Peoria, Arizona, holding space for healing, personal transformation, and spiritual growth in the Sonoran Desert.
A single mom for many years, Lana raised her two sons with love, resilience, and humor—values she brings into every retreat and interaction. Her life purpose is clear: to help others remember who they truly are, gently unwind from busyness and survival mode, and live in alignment with their highest God-given potential.
Mark Royce - (Co-Founder - Managing Trustee · Retreat Leader · Embodiment Coach)
Mark Royce is a lifelong martial artist, fitness coach, and entrepreneur with more than 45 years of training and 35+ years of teaching and coaching in martial arts, boxing, and functional strength. He serves as Managing Trustee of Blisstopia Retreats and co-creates every retreat experience with Lana, bringing a grounded, embodied, and highly practical approach to transformation.
Mark’s journey includes decades of launching and leading multiple businesses—martial arts schools, gyms, a security company, a janitorial service, a travel business, and a nutritional supplement brand—along with co-owning three TITLE Boxing Clubs and yoga/fitness studios with Lana. This entrepreneurial background gives him a unique lens on stress, leadership, resilience, and what it takes to create real change in everyday life.
His wellness and fitness credentials include:
- NASM Certified Personal Trainer (CPT)
- Certified Nutritional Coach – Precision Nutrition
- Regenerative Health Practitioner – Institute of Regenerative Health
- Certified Breathwork Coach – YogiLab
- Certified 200-Hour Yoga Teacher – Blisstopia Institute
- 5th Degree Black Belt – American Self Defense Systems
At Blisstopia, Mark weaves together nervous system education, breathwork, strength training, somatic practices, cold exposure, and mindset work in a way that is accessible, clear, and deeply supportive. As co-founder and trustee of the Healing Space of Blisstopia Retreats, he serves as a steady, grounded space-holder whose teaching emphasizes regulation, sustainable strength, and practical tools you can integrate into daily life.
Whether he is leading a men’s retreat, self-defense workshop, group fitness circle, or one-on-one session, Mark’s heart is to help each guest reconnect with their personal power—physically, emotionally, and spiritually—and to remember that they are not alone on the journey.
Why Having On-Site Leaders Matters
Blisstopia is intentionally designed as an on-site stewarded retreat house and spiritual wellness ministry. The staff live on the property and are the Trustees of the ministry, which means:
You are welcomed into a true home and spiritual community, not a generic venue.
Safety, privacy, and spiritual integrity are protected at all times.
Every retreat is held by leaders who know the land, the energy, and the needs of guests intimately.
From your first inquiry to the moment you leave the driveway, Mark and Lana are right here—praying over retreats, preparing the space, and walking alongside you as you rest, heal, and reconnect with your own inner guidance and connection with God/Source/Spirit as you understand.
