Today we’d like to introduce you to Emily Blau.
Hi Emily, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
We are an off-the-grid wellness retreat center that hosts yoga retreats, grief groups, corporate events, wellness activities. And welcome people to try our award-winning wood-fired sauna and stay in a cabin or yurt. I took over this business in 2022 after it was run for over 20 years. Shortly after taking over, I was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of Breast Cancer at the age of 29. It has completely changed the way we run the business. It has been such an adventure learning how to steward the land responsibly, and hold space for others while learning how to care for myself and my new body. I continue to expand this work through retreats, wellness practices, and community-based offerings, with the goal of creating spaces where people feel grounded, supported, and truly at home in themselves.
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
Absolutely not! But I do not consider them failures, just learning 10,000 ways to not do something. Like I mentioned, right when I took over, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. It was such a challenge learning how to navigate a staff, a large piece of property, and holding space for others while they go through periods of learning, yearning, and discovering themselves.
Appreciate you sharing that. What should we know about Nurture Through Nature ?
Our intention is to hold space for conscious, simple, green living; offering We offer holistic retreats, group workshops, movement classes, community saunas, sacred spaces, and more! Come find the stillness resting behind the sounds of nature and beneath the busy mind. Maine’s First Green-Certified Retreat Center
Nurture Through Nature Retreat Center is certified as an Environmental Leader by the State of Maine because of its commitment to sustainable practices, including solar power, composting, renewable heat sources, and non-toxic cleaning products. We are ultimate composters by re-creating fertile soil to grow flowers and trees.
All of our facilities are off the grid relying on solar power for electricity. We use renewable heating sources from local firewood—no oil, gas, or non-renewable heating sources are used for our year-round facilities.
We use composting toilet systems and compost everything from kitchen scraps to “humanure” from guests and residents, alike.
We rely on local farmers and organic produce for food sources, whenever possible.
We use only earth-friendly cleaning products.
We recycle everything possible through local recycling resources.
We support the local economy by utilizing local practitioners and material resources for on-site projects and services needed.
We even use a solar-powered trimmer for landscaping needs.
In addition, Nurture Through Nature is an EPA Green Power Partner. A note from the EPA: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would like to thank Nurture through Nature for making a significant green power purchase. Your commitment, along with those of other Green Power Partners, helps to reduce the risks associated with climate change by supporting technologies that are more sustainable for businesses and communities.”
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.ntnretreats.com
- Instagram: @ntnretreats
