Testimonials

This saves lives.

I haven’t felt this calm in years.

I haven’t sat at the dining table to eat in five years.

I am so happy to unplug from my phone.

I never want to leave here.

I can say that each retreat attendee, that was apprehensive about the process, came back and shared that they wished the retreat could have lasted longer. 

- Edward L. Moss, US Army Retired, Director - Veterans Treatment Court

They described the developments of self-discovery, camaraderie, and other tools that will be sustainable for a lifetime.

- Edward L. Moss, US Army Retired, Director - Veterans Treatment Court

They were overwhelmed with the atmosphere, love, and support.

- Edward L. Moss, US Army Retired, Director - Veterans Treatment Court

This retreat takes you away from everything, it sets your mind free. It is a stress-free place. Everybody around you is in the same boat as you are. No judgment, everyone's here for the same reasons and that's to get better. Whether it's health wise, mentality wise or just anything that involves your spirit.

It just really took me all the way back down to my core values.

I am more open to myself now rather than others. Before I used to put others before myself and I think that really took a toll on me. Just caring for others rather than myself. This retreat has taught me my own value.

I don't feel alone anymore. Before I was a real closed book, just because I didn't think anybody needed to hear my problems or anybody needed to know anything about me. I was just here because I was mandated to. But being around all these other participants, really made me feel like I'm not alone anymore. I can talk to anybody now, and I have a sense of camaraderie.

My experience here has been great. It was well needed. Just for me to get away from reality and get away from everything for a little bit and just take care of myself and think about where I'm at and what I'm doing. Just self-reflect on myself.

I saw myself almost as a great disappointment and then I realized that even though I did make a mistake that we have opportunities for veterans to better ourselves.

This retreat was a way for me to connect with some of the guys in V T C program. Get away from the rat race or the work week and just find some calm in my life and be able to talk and engage with some guys that I can relate to around the campfire and the kitchen table. It's helped me feel not so alone and that everybody’s got different stories and even though they might be a little bit different, we all have things going on in our lives that we are struggling through, and we don't have to do it alone.

I would say that experiences like this change your perspective of how you see other individuals and how they see you. For once in my life, I got pampered and I wanted to help everybody else.

I know that I can leave this place with a new set of tools and individuals that can understand what I'm going through, and I can understand what they're also going through.

It was hard before. I felt like it was just me against the world, kind of waiting for the ax to fall. Whereas this is something where you can work through the struggles in your life together and share a little bit of the burden. You can get your story out there and listen to other guys' stories and just be with each other outside of just your daily hectic work week. It's nice to be out here.

It's helped me feel not so alone and that everybody's got different stories and even though they might be a little bit different, we all have things going on in our lives that we are struggling through, and we don't have to do it alone.

It's helped me a lot with fellowshipping with other people and being with new people.

It's a place to escape reality for a little bit and connect with others that are going through the same thing that we're going through and fellowship with one another, love on each other and make connections with each other.

It was a first-time experience. I've never experienced something quite as relaxing or caring as this retreat. I've never been hampered, I guess one would say, coming straight out of the military and into the V T C program. I got especially selected, eight of us, to take part in an experience that was made for us. It has been a warming and very welcoming, very loving experience.

Enlightenment…we feel better…we feel confident, decompressed, and recharged returning to our lives.

This is a good program. It allows us to come and get healed from the inside out.

It's been good being able to connect and meditate and just feel the vibrations of everybody.

It is unbelievable how I feel today compared to day one of not knowing what to do, what is expected, but coming here, being treated like royalty and being loved and cared for, it felt amazing.

This retreat showed me that my issues are not just my own issues and that other individuals have the same issues. It has helped me build a sense of tribe & community.

This program this weekend has been amazing. I was very apprehensive at first to come into the retreat not knowing what to expect or who else was going to be here, or if I was going to even have anything in common with anybody else. I tried to come up with excuses not to go, and I'm glad I did come. It's opened my eyes. I was able to let a lot of things go and talk about a lot of things that I was never able to do before.

As soon as we got here, we were welcomed with open arms and love and encouragement and, my spirit is uplifted.