Mission Flexible is a 501c3 nonprofit organization offering military Veterans the opportunity to attend a fully-funded wellness retreat. Every retreat utilizes our three core tools:

• therapeutic writing

• trauma-informed yoga

• guided group meditation

We bring in specialists in healing modalities such as:

• drumming

• cold plunge

• sound healing

• art therapy

• acupuncture

• equine therapy

Click below to access Veteran resources, apply for a retreat, or donate!

On working with Vets

In 2016, I started volunteering with Veterans through a non-profit organization in Texas. It impacted my life so greatly, that I started my own 501c3 in 2022.

Beyond my RTY500 yoga teacher certification, I have received training from Veterans Yoga Project graduating from their Mindful Resilience Training and Mindful Resilience for Compassion Fatigue programs. I am a member of the VYP Teacher’s Alliance and I teach an online Yoga for Veterans class every week.

The Vets I work with suffer from post-traumatic stress, chronic insomnia, night terrors, flashbacks, panic attacks, loss of limbs, traumatic brain injuries, addiction, severe depression, and anxiety. They suffer from grief, loss, and guilt. They feel unable to assimilate back to who they were before their time in service. They need tools to manage their mental wellness, they need camaraderie, and they need a space to belong. 

They need compassion and a reason to keep going. 

We lose twenty-two Veterans per day to suicide in this country. Twenty-two people who, for a myriad of reasons ranging from poverty to family tradition to a profound sense of service, decided to do a job most of us don’t want to do. And when they come home, they are isolated and unsupported beyond “thank you for your service.”

My retreats offer a chance for Veterans to return to the sense of community and belonging that has been missing. Through a combination of physical activities (hiking, climbing, yoga) and deep emotional work (meditation, group discussions, therapeutic writing) we work to heal the invisible wounds that they have been carrying for years or even decades.

The proof of this program is in their devotion. I’ve been doing this since 2016, and there are Vets who return for every single retreat. They tell me repeatedly how this program has saved their lives. They return and bring other Veterans who are struggling, and they save them from becoming one of the twenty-two. They find meaning in service again, this time in service to helping others heal and find some peace.