Health & wellness
BY SARAH HERNANDEZ
The lodge is located at 300 Water Tower Road.
COURTESY ZOETIC MINDFULNESS RETREAT
The Zoetic team includes several pets, including eight free-ranging miniature goats who enjoy eating grapes.
SARAH HERNANDEZCOMMUNITY IMPACT
Zoetic Mindfulness Retreat promotes well-being The Zoetic Mindfulness Retreat sits on a 30-acre estate and aims to foster a mindful community through free classes and retreats inspired by meditation and wellness. The inspiration Dara Prothro, Zoetic owner and program director, bought the San Marcos retreat in 2019. Prothro said everyone is welcome to classes, events and retreats at Zoetic. “There’s no situation where more mindfulness doesn’t make it better,” Prothro said What they oer Zoetic Mindfulness Retreat oers weekly classes and workshops in yoga, meditation and mindfulness, dance and more. There is also a Dharma recovery group. Last July, they began hosting Zoetic Silent Retreats, three- to ve-day retreats of verbal silence dedicated to meditation and self-reection. Participants are provided with daily meals and lodging—the retreat lodge contains furnished and thoughtfully designed bedrooms—and are asked to give up electronic devices for the retreat duration. Andrew “Dre” Valdez, Zoetic’s operations and logistics manager, said the ultimate reward is the transformative impact of practicing mindfulness. “I think everybody’s looking for peace and pur- pose, and if nothing else, I think what we do here is we give people glimpses of peace ...” Valdez said.
Zoetic Mindfulness Retreat oers weekly classes and workshops in yoga, meditation and mindfulness.
SARAH HERNANDEZCOMMUNITY IMPACT
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What’s a prosthodontist? Prosthodontist are specialists in the restoration and replacement of missing teeth and oral/facial structures with natural, esthetic, and functional replacements.
What we do: ¤ Full mouth rehabilitation ¤ Crowns and bridges with or without implants ¤ All-on-4, All-on-X
¤ Veneers ¤ Snap dentures, dentures, partial dentures ¤ Cosmetic dentistry
Dr. “Jane” Chia-Chen Tsai, DDS, MSD | 512-518-4358 | www.CentralTexasProsthodontics.com | 2410 Hunter Rd, Ste 101, San Marcos, TX 78666
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