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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
RETURNING WHOLE TO A CIVILIAN WORLD

- Nature as a Mirror to the Veteran Soul -

SUMMER RETREAT & MIRRORING WORKSHOP

If we cannot listen like a mirror, we cannot reflect back the wholeness of the story — the body, soul, mind and spirit of
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
Team. 
Service. 
Ceremony.
Repost from @mz._thunder
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This team (plus a few more fine folk) are embarking on our first ever women’s ceremony with @veteranrites 🙏❤️‍🔥⭕️ so much embodied wisdom, deep love, trust, beauty, soul soul soul. Send us good vibes, praye
Joy in the trenches

Ceremony Team landing and prepping for the inaugural Women’s Rite of Return Ceremony. 

Welcome Home with Love and Honor
Seattle Vet Center

10am to 12pm

305 S. Lucile St. Seattle, WA 98108

The Circle of Return will invite service members, veterans, spouses, partners, survivors to step into a Sound Journey that that specifically target the energy centers in the body
Thank you @boeing Global Engagement and the Boeing Employee Community Fund ECF Puget Sound Chapter. 

Together you have had the backs of Service Members, Veterans, and Military Families by force multiplying the Veteran Rites mission to bring all our
CLAIM YOUR SEAT IN THE ROOTS OF RESILIENCE COURSE - IDENTITY.PURPOSE.BELONGING

Are you a transitioning veteran, active duty service member, or family member searching for clarity, connection, and a renewed sense of self? The Roots of Resilience Cour
Welcome Home 

The Rite of Return is a rite of passage for veterans seeking to answer the soul’s call for deep healing in the wilderness in order to lay down what longer serves and step into who you are truly called to be after military service
What if during these times we turned towards each other to bear witness, to connect, to learn, to heal, to create? 

Survivors, Soldiers, and Wounded Healers from all sides of conflict and culture, in one circle, beyond borders. 

We are stepping int
“This is how we change the world. The smallest circles first.” - Richard Wagamese 

Veteran Rites Council Training at the Rainbow Lodge in North Bend, WA. 

The Veteran Rites team of veterans, seasoned wise ones, and civilian angles stand
Times are Tough, may we continue to gather with with the grit and the gifts of each other’s enduring light, especially when we feel like we don’t need to.

“This is how we change the world, the smallest circles first” - Richar
An Earth Song
It’s an earth song,—
And I’ve been waiting long for an earth song. 
It’s a spring song,—
And I’ve been waiting long for a spring song. 
  Strong as the shoots of a new plant 
  Strong as the bursting
THE 2026 RITE OF RETURN CEREMONY RSVP IS OPEN

SPRING RITE OF RETURN 

April 24 - May 5 (Women Only)

SPRING RITE OF RETURN

  May 8 - 19 (Men Only)

SUMMER RITE OF RETURN

  June 19 - 30 (Co-ed)

FALL RITE OF RETURN

  September 8 - 17 (Co-ed) 

Wel
MLK Day of Service
On Monday, January 19th, 2026, Veteran Rites is observing the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday.

We are called today, and in every day, to honor Dr. King’s legacy by rising together in unity and difference, to show up for each

 

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