Cara Mor FAQs and More
Why do you refer to your Cara Mor Spa Retreat team as Wellness Guides & Fitness Coaches?
Since 1995 HomeWaters Club has excelled in offering guided outdoor experiences to guests from all over the world (flyfishing, shooting, rafting, mountain biking, snowmobiling, etc). During that time, our clients tell us that they gain tremendous knowledge and skills by being coached by our team of professionals.
When Pam, Donny & Polly were developing the concept of Cara Mor, they decided to push the envelope and incorporate "guiding and coaching" as an integral part of our mission. Our goal is to help our guests not only retreat, relax, and enjoy our luxury health spa, but also to encourage them to develop and maintain skills & habits that will vastly improve their wellness for a lifetime.
Polly has hand-picked our team to match our mission of life-long learning. To reflect our distinction, we refer to our massage therapists as "Wellness Guides" and our Personal Trainers as "Fitness Coaches."
Why is Cara Mor Spa focused primarily on intact parties of women?
Like many women, Cara Mor Founder, Pam Beaver is deeply committed to serving her family, friends, church and community. This intense sense of caring is imbedded in the souls of a large percentage of adult women. However, Pam has found it’s impossible to give and give and give again without replenishing her own storehouse. For her, a spa experience should be fun and relaxing. But of equal importance, a spa vacation should serve as a place of uninterrupted retreat for groups of women to bond with each other and be reminded they are important and deserve to be treated well. Cara Mor sets the stage for those kinds of rejuvenating experiences.
How long can our party have access to Cara Mor Spa each day?
A normal session at Cara Mor is from 8am to 5:30pm. We can customize your experience for longer (or different) periods of time depending on your needs and wishes.
How much one-on-one time can each of our girls expect with your staff?
That all depends on what your group wants. If your party of five girls schedules five guides and coaches, you will each receive one-on-one attention for much of the session (minus lunch and potty breaks). On the other hand, if your party of eight ladies wants to mostly kick back, watch chick flicks and enjoy modest massage or training, you can select a team of two professionals and each get about one hour of one-on-one personal attention. It's all up to you and the type of spa retreat you want to enjoy. .
What if my group is more oriented toward fitness training than massage therapy?
That’s great. Just tell us and we’ll arrange mostly (or all) Fitness Coaches for you.
My girlfriends just want to be pampered (not pushed). Can you tailor a program for us?
Absolutely, some parties just want a couple days of total relaxation. If it’s pampering you want, then it’s pampering you’ll get.
What is your “Nano Y Nano” program.
We’ve loaded iPod Nano players with hundreds of women-favorite instrumental songs from the 1940s to today. Each guest gets to use a personal Nano during her stay. Simply select your favorite rock, pop, classical, country or gospel play list. Then plug it into our Bose speakers in each treatment room and enjoy listening to your most cherished music as you retreat, relax and recharge. You can also select your favorite up-tempo tunes for your power hikes and fitness routines.
Can men use services from Cara Mor Spa?
Even though our focus is primarily on women, we also welcome men to plug into Cara Mor Spa Retreat experiences. Guys can enjoy massage and personal training a la carte as overnight guests or by reserving Cara Mor for couples’ retreats and guy gigs. Contact your Cara Mor Host for more details at 814-644-8187.
Sisterhood Staff.
Director, Polly Barbosa has hand selected our all-female staff not only for their professional skills but also their loving, caring personalities. Our aim is to create a warm and cozy family atmosphere at Cara Mor Spa Retreat. We believe you will not only enjoy the company of your existing friends when you come to Cara Mor, but will also develop a strong sense of sisterhood with our staff, too. We want you to say to the staff, “Can I take you home with me?” at the end of each visit.
Coming Home
Winding your way down the bucolic Spruce Creek Valley to Cara Mor, the lush green pastures, ancient mountains and clear waters remind you of another place and time. The closer you get, the more you feel your shoulders drop and you begin to breathe easier. As you cross the one-lane bridge on Spruce Creek and roll onto the gravel drive, an overwhelming sense wells from deep within you. You are home...away from home.
Digital Detox
We’ve been programmed to believe we need to stay connected to the digital world at all times. Unfortunately, the onslaught of emails, tweets, texts and calls pushes us on the ragged edge. Break the shackles of technology and unplug at Cara Mor luxury health spa for the day. The world will keep spinning without your input. You’ll be amazed at how quickly you begin to relax and recharge. Heck, you may want to remain unreachable for a week or two.
Utopian Massage Tables
The patented Utopian massage table with the exclusive “Adjustable Breast Comfort System” is the answer to the issues women face when lying face down on a table. The Utopian is the ideal solution to ensure maximum face-down comfort due to its effective balance of support and reduction of pressure on women’s breasts. Therapists simply adjust the contour of the tabletop during treatment with a simple foot pump, without interrupting the flow of the session. The wide range of vertical elevation fits all women when lying face down. Also, when lying on her back, the Utopian allows the pad to be lifted well above level to create better access to a client'sneck and back.
Cara Mor Family
Unlike the big commercial spas and resorts, Cara Mor was conceived with a total focus on “one group of great girlfriends at a time.” You have your own separate accommodations and the spa is exclusively yours. Our Sisterhood Staff is focused on you and you alone.
HomeWaters Club
The Cara Mor Spas in northeast PA is located on the grounds of the flagship property of the exclusive HomeWaters Club in Spruce Creek, PA. HomeWaters is a private club that is focused on helping our members create life-long memories with family and friends in God’s Great Outdoors. Our mission was to engage our families in a deep appreciation of our natural resources in a way that they can carry on our legacy of love for the outdoors for future generations.
Launched in 2001, the club primarily focused on conserving pristine trout streams and rivers for our flyfishing members. Over the years, our non-fishing family members asked us to expand our range of club experiences to include other retreat-oriented activities like hiking, biking, kayaking, massage therapy, fitness training and healthy living. We carefully added these services on a casual basis to see if our members would appreciate other ways to enjoy the HomeWaters Club.
Before long, we began to see more members using the club for reasons other than flyfishing such as family reunions, cooking classes, hiking excursions, romantic getaways or simply to escape the hustle and bustle of their busy lives. Not surprisingly, these additional experiences were primarily planned by and for women.
As we focused on developing these women-oriented programs, we realized that we had an opportunity to create even more value for our members’ families.…..hence the launch of Cara Mor Spa Retreat.
