Flō began as wild land—a hillside in Uvita once only accessible by a horse trail. Dr. Ben House and Stevie Gongora fell in love with it the moment they slid down to see it (literally, on their butts). Alongside Jhonder Padilla, who still stewards the land to this day, they built Flō by hand, in community, from the ground up.

 

Years later, a quiet twist of fate brought our family here. What started as a visit turned into a deep remembering. We sat under the trees, breathed differently, and felt something we didn’t even know we were missing. So we stayed.

 

Now, we run Flō as a family—creating space for rest, movement, and reconnection. We see this not as ownership, but as caretaking. The land is the healer. We just try to listen.

 

This is the dream we never knew we had.

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And it’s our joy to share it with you.