The Costs of War, Violence and Denial: An Omega Retreat for Veterans Living with PTSD
New Omega Workshop! The Costs of War, Violence & Denial A Retreat for Veterans Living With Post-Traumatic Stress: Open to Veterans, Their Families & Friends
April 16, 2014 — April 20, 2014
Taught by Claude AnShin Thomas
Claude AnShin Thomas received numerous awards, including the Purple Heart, for his service in the Vietnam War. After struggling with reentry into society, Thomas studied mindfulness meditation with Thich Nhat Hanh. He was ordained as a Zen Buddhist monk in the Japanese Soto Zen Tradition by Baisen Tetsugen Roshi. He is author of At Hell’s Gate: A Soldier’s Journey from War to Peace, and is founder of the Zaltho Foundation, a nonprofit organization that promotes nonviolence and change. zaltho.org – See more at: http://www.eomega.org/workshops/the-costs-of-war-violence-denial-0#-block-views-teachers-block-1>
Many of us live with the after effects of war, known as post-traumatic stress. Symptoms can include explosive anger, depression, and flashbacks. The attempts of traditional counseling and therapy, although valuable, often leave our moral and spiritual wounds unaddressed. Without doing the work of healing spiritually, we only address symptoms, and this often does not support a change in our hearts and minds.
In this veterans retreat, open to people of all religious and spiritual traditions, we practice many different forms of meditation as a path to healing. “Meditation can simply be understood as the art of discovering what prevents us from living directly,” says retreat leader Claude AnShin Thomas. He also shares his inspiring spiritual odyssey from combat to Buddhist practice as a road map for any of us who might feel trapped in cyclical patterns of response from any type of traumatic experience.
Scholarships are available.
Claude AnShin Thomas received numerous awards, including the Purple Heart, for his service in the Vietnam War. After struggling with reentry into society, Thomas studied mindfulness meditation with Thich Nhat Hanh. He was ordained as a Zen Buddhist monk in the Japanese Soto Zen Tradition by Baisen Tetsugen Roshi. He is author of At Hell’s Gate: A Soldier’s Journey from War to Peace, and is founder of the Zaltho Foundation, a nonprofit organization that promotes nonviolence and change. zaltho.org – See more at: http://www.eomega.org/workshops/the-costs-of-war-violence-denial-0#-block-views-teachers-block-1
Claude AnShin Thomas received numerous awards, including the Purple Heart, for his service in the Vietnam War. After struggling with reentry into society, Thomas studied mindfulness meditation with Thich Nhat Hanh. He was ordained as a Zen Buddhist monk in the Japanese Soto Zen Tradition by Baisen Tetsugen Roshi. He is author of At Hell’s Gate: A Soldier’s Journey from War to Peace, and is founder of the Zaltho Foundation, a nonprofit organization that promotes nonviolence and change. www.zaltho.org
– See more at: http://www.eomega.org/workshops/the-costs-of-war-violence-denial-0#-workshop-video-block