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Welcome Home
Blog
Rite of Return Ceremony
Resilience Course
Events
Intel
Intention
Leadership
Resources
Initiate Resources
Mirroring Resources
Board Resources
Leadership Summit
Galleries
2023 Rite of Return
Rite of Return 2017/2018
Rite of Return 2019
Rite of Return 2020
August 2021 Rite of Return
Horses at Wild Cove Farm
Circle of Return Veterans Council
Audubon Owl Prowl Social
Veterans Path With Art
Instagram Feed
Contact
Donate
  • Galleries
  • 2023 Rite of Return
  • Rite of Return 2017/2018
  • Rite of Return 2019
  • Rite of Return 2020
  • August 2021 Rite of Return
  • Horses at Wild Cove Farm
  • Circle of Return Veterans Council
  • Audubon Owl Prowl Social
  • Veterans Path With Art
  • Instagram Feed
Friday, Dec 5th 

Seattle Vet Center

10am to 12pm

305 S. Lucile St. Seattle, WA 98108

The special Circle of Return will invite service members, veterans, spouses, partners, survivors to step into a Sound Journey that that specifically target the e
At Veteran Rites, active duty, prior service members, and their families claim their freedom trauma, uncertainty, and isolation after military service so they can feel fully alive again and write a new story with their families and communities as cat
It’s been almost seven months since I went out to the land with Veteran Rites and I still don’t know how to put into words what they did for me or how important this group of compassionate souls are to my internal growth and stability.

I
At Veteran Rites, our prior-service members claim freedom from trauma, uncertainty, and isolation after military service so they can feel fully alive again and redeploy with their families and communities as catalysts for change. 

Through our Rite o
2025 Veteran Rites ((Veteran) Facilitators and Guides. 

You are Our Guardians of the Galaxy. 

Making us all proud to be a Veteran. 

And Inspired to Serve Again.
“The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks.” —African Proverb 

Saturday, Nov 15th
SPECIAL EVENT

The @sewardparkaudubon is partnering with Veteran Rites for a super-wholesome, educational, and i
“Community is not just about being together; it’s about doing life together.” - Jen Schmidt 

This Veterans Day, we bow to the hands and hearts that hold the edges of the circles of True Identity, Purpose, and Belonging with Veteran
Crossing the Veil

There’s a hush at the edge of the field—
a breath between October’s ember
and November’s slow gray song.
Here, the air holds both worlds like two hands almost touching.

An owl keeps watch from the cedar,
it
The Stories Behind the Uniform, an invitation from @heroeshomestead to get into circle as we do in nature with our sacred and gritty helmet canvas to share the stories of the whole veteran, service member, and family that bring us all home. 

After t
“Storytelling is our obligation to the next generation”

- Laura Halloway

Who is the whole person and the story behind the uniform?

Veteran Rites, in partnership with @heroeshomestead invites our community to a special Circle of Return
Behind the gates are the stories of those at the ready to respond to fire, flood, humanitarian, or contingency operations at home and abroad. 

Humbled today to hear some of those stories behind the uniforms at Camp Murray with the WA National Guard
RSVP at www.veteranrites.org/events

The special Circle of Return invites members of the military familty (Veterans, Spouses, Partners, Survivors) on an inward journey designed to release tension in the energy centers in the body to relieve symptoms
Today, we pause to reflect and honor the women veterans that have shaped our community and our lives, as leaders, guides, facilitators, initiates, witnesses, and co-conspirating sisters in arms and peace that fully embody roots of resilience that Vet
The Stories and Spirit of the Tacoma Veterans Resource Fair brought by our partners at Nine9Line Veterans Services. 

A whole community coming together to be with, support, and enjoy each other in serving again.
Though we need to weep your loss,
You dwell in that safe place in our hearts
Where no storm or night or pain can reach you.

Your love was like the dawn
Brightening over our lives,
Awakening beneath the dark
A further adventure of color.

The sound o
Rite of Return. 

Spring 1

Welcome Home with Love and Honor
Rite of Return. 

Spring 2. 

Welcome Home
The Heartbeat of Veteran Rites, Jessica Gorée-Medoff and Dan “The Man” Medoff. 

This week we celebrate the around the sun days of Jess (USCG, May 20) and Dan (Army, May 17). 

For the last six years Dan and Jess have kept the livi

 

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