PO Box 9286, Santa Fe, NM 87504
505-982-4183
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We already have funding support from our sponsor, The Frederick P. Lenz Foundation for
American Buddhism. A donation from you of any amount will help the Center sponsor and facilitate this
event next October and perhaps in years to come. You may also call 505.982.4183 to speak personally with our Director and Guiding Teacher, Ralph Steele (U.S. Army Veteran) or email Advisory Board Chair, Debbee Maraglio-Lynn PhD (U.S. Navy Veteran) at dalynn122@gmail.com.
The Veteran Meditation Retreat is a worthwhile and potentially life-changing project that has never been done to this magnitude.
Thank you for your support.
War, by its nature, is traumatizing, and every American generation over the last 100 years has served. The Center’s current, and perhaps most pressing focus, is our military veterans, who represent a mainly silent and underrepresented group in our country that is in crisis. There are unique challenges such as increased risk of suicide, homelessness, and incarceration that American veterans face and for which they need support. Many of these challenges are related to the experiences of long-term Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
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With your support, the Center will cover all expenses ($70,000) for all veteran participants, including travel.
The Life Transition Meditation Center is a 30-year-old non-profit organization based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Our meditation is rooted in evidence-based research in medicine and psychology in combination with the traditional Buddhist practices. The Center teaches and supports meditation as an effective means to calm and heal individuals and our society. Since the 1990’s, our Center has reached out to communities by facilitating men’s groups, intensive youth retreats, and People of Color retreats with an emphasis on creating lasting change. As a result, these individual attendees go on to support our larger community today.
In recognition of these challenges, and the debt we all owe to these men and women, Life Transition Meditation Center plans a beginning meditation retreat from October 13-16, 2023, to support veterans. According to a recent research review, meditation interventions improved PTSD symptoms in all the
studies evaluated (Haider et al., 2021). The meditation retreat will introduce healing tools to individuals living daily with psychological and physical wounds. The venue will be at The Clyde Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico, chosen as a location where veterans across the United States can meet to
develop and experience meditation.
Life Transition Meditation Center
PO Box 9286
Santa Fe, NM 87504
US, +1.5059824183
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