Boundless Life

The Romantic Island Retreat You’ve Never Heard Of (& How To Go There With The Greenfields!)

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Mar 28, 2026
Steve Hall, serial entrepreneur who built the Prana Maya wellness resort, and Dr. Mara Kevan, acupuncturist and functional medicine physician with a background in luxury travel. They explore creating a toxin-free island refuge, farm-to-table food as medicine, construction and logistics of an island build, immersive wellness routines, excursions, and customizable retreat programming.
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ANECDOTE

How Back Pain Pivoted Mara Into Medicine

  • Mara Kevan left a family travel business after back pain led her to a chiropractor-acupuncturist who rapidly healed her.
  • That mentor inspired her to go to medical school and combine travel management with holistic medicine.
ADVICE

Treat Food As Medicine With Farm To Table Meals

  • Do treat food as medicine by sourcing organic, farm-to-table ingredients and avoiding industrial seed oils.
  • Mara Kevan customizes meals, uses tallow/coconut/butter/ghee, partners with local farms, and emphasizes fermentation and traditional preparation.
ADVICE

Use Local Limestone Filtered Tap Water

  • Do drink locally sourced, limestone-filtered tap water when available to reduce bottled-plastic exposure.
  • Mara Kevan says the water comes from jungle mountains, into a well, and is safe to drink straight from the tap.
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