Spa Director Karen Shawn

spa director - karen shawn
Name of current spa: Miraval Life In Balance
What year you started there: 2006
Previous experience that you want to share:
I’ve been working in the health and wellness industry for over 20 years. For the past seven years, I’ve been employed by three top hotel companies internationally - in Africa, the Middle East and the Caribbean. This incredible experience has given me an amazing insight into what it is like to work with different cultures in diverse environments. My specialty is in opening new spas; five so far! Read more

Amy McDonald: Spa Queen

by kyle roderick

amy mcdonald: queen of the green spa world
Wouldn’t it be cool to get paid for dreaming up how to bring mind/body bliss into people’s lives? Amy McDonald does exactly that, in her role as Spa and Programs director at El Monte Sagrado Living Resort & Spa TM (www.elmontesagradoc.com) in Taos, New Mexico. Even better, her lushly alive workplace is the only ecologically sustainable luxury resort and spa in the U.S. Thus, although she works in a luxury eco-resort, McDonald also dreams up solutions for 21st century emotional, environmental, and psychic remediation. Read more