Hope Springs Veteran's Retreat

A Program for Veterans, Their Families and Friends
“Living with the Costs of War”
Mindfulness-Meditation Seminar led by

Claude AnShin Thomas

Zen Buddhist Monk, Vietnam Veteran and Author

This retreat offers the opportunity for veterans and their families and friends to gather in a safe, supportive and trusting environment. Many of us live with the after-effects of war, known as post-traumatic stress. Symptoms include explosive anger, depression, and flashbacks.

In this retreat, we practice many different forms of meditation as tools on a path to healing. This retreat is open to people of any religious or spiritual tradition and no prior meditation experience is needed.

Make a
$100 Non-Refundable Deposit

Make a $250
Balance Payment

Make a $350
Full Payment

Claude AnShin Thomas** served 1966-’67 as a helicopter crew chief and gunner in the Vietnam War. He received numerous awards, including the Purple Heart. After struggling with re-entry into society, he stopped taking drugs and alcohol in 1983 and began his Buddhist Studies in 1991. In 1995 he became ordained as a Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen Tradition by Baisen Tetsugen Roshi. He is the author of ‘AT HELL’S GATE – A Soldier’s Journey from War to Peace’ (Shambhala, 2004) and he is the founder of the Zaltho Foundation, a nonprofit organization that promotes reconciliation, change, and nonviolence. For information about Claude AnShin Thomas and his work: www.zaltho.org.

** Claude AnShin Thomas does not accept payment for his work. ‘Hope Springs’ will donate a portion of the retreat’s proceeds to the Zaltho Foundation, Incorporated. Additional voluntary donations to the foundation may be made during the retreat.

From Trauma and Denial to Healing

For more information please contact:
Cynthia Brown at 937-587-2602
Fax: 937-587-2617, E-mail: info@hopespringsinstitute.org

To sign up, you can pay with credit card at the top right or send a check:

Hope Springs Institute
4988 Mineral Springs Road
Peebles, Ohio 45660

Make check payable to Hope Springs Institute and put Living With the Costs of War on the Memo line. Please include your contact information: Name, Address, Phone and Email.