PO Box 9286, Santa Fe, NM 87504

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The Clyde Hotel
homeless veteran by Evan Reader

Over 135,000 veterans live in just the state of New Mexico. According to the U.S. Veterans Administration, many recent veterans suffer from anxiety, insomnia, substance abuse, and post-traumatic stress disorder, but fewer than half seek treatment.
There are unique challenges, such as the 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). Research by Haider et al. (2021) has shown meditation interventions are effective in alleviating the symptoms of PTSD.

The Veteran Meditation Retreat


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Saint John's Hospice in Philadelphia has become a stable pillar of aide for many homeless men, including veterans, as the line for a hot meal may indicate. In response to the traumatizing impacts of a nation at war during every generation for more than 100 years, the Life Transition Meditation Center plans a beginning meditation retreat, at no cost to veteran participants. (Photo by U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Crystalynn A. Kneen/ Use of US Defense Department images does not imply DoD endorsement)

Photo by Evan Reader

Your gift will help provide participants with travel, lodging, and meals. Please join others, such as the Frederick P. Lenz Foundation, in supporting this unique effort to improve the lives of the veterans we owe a significant debt.
LTMC is a 501c3 non-profit organization and your gift is tax-deductible. Please help us reach our goal of
$160,000.
For more information, you’re welcome to speak with our Director and Guiding Teacher, Ralph Steele (U.S. Army Vietnam Veteran), email info@lifetransition.com or call 505.982.4183 or email Advisory Board Chair Debbee Maraglio-Lynn Ph.D. (U.S. Navy Veteran) at dalynn122@gmail.com.

To apply to participate in the retreat please complete an application form. The application form is availaible in two formats, Online or printable PDF. 

P&L Statement available upon request

Photo by Rich H Leg

All veterans are welcome regardless of discharge status, gender, religion, ethnicity, Two-Spirit, and
LGBTQIA+.

by Rich H Legg
The Clyde Hotel

We invite you to consider supporting The Life Transition Meditation Center (LTMC). The Life Transition Meditation Center (LTMC), a non-profit in Santa Fe, will introduce meditation training for veterans. For thirty years, LTMC has trained people from various communities—men, youth, and people of color—in meditation techniques derived from long-standing Buddhist practices.

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Dowling Charlton applies for health benefits during the Department of Veterans Affairs Annual Stand Down Against Homelessness at the North Charleston Armory. In response to the traumatizing impacts, including homelessness, of a nation at war during every generation for more than 100 years, the Life Transition Meditation Center plans a beginning meditation retreat, at no cost to veteran participants. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class George Goslin/ Use of US Defense Department images does not imply DoD endorsement)

Please visit our Donor Box Fundraising Page to share and for updates on our push to raise our final $102,000

The Veteran Meditation Retreat is a worthwhile and potentially life-changing effort and has never been done at this magnitude. Thank you for your support.


Our majority-veteran board of advisors, led by Ralph Steele, is committed to sharing this evidence-based, potent, yet
simple practice. On October 13-16, 2023, we’re offering a free Veteran’s Retreat at The Clyde Hotel in
Albuquerque, where participants can learn these simple, powerful healing tools. No prior meditation experience is
necessary.

​Would you assist us in helping the veterans who volunteered to serve and risk their lives for our country at home and
in war to heal from the traumas sustained defending our people and land?