Deer Hart Lodge

A Place & Space for Veterans & their Supporting Community to Heal, Grow & Thrive

Deer Hart Lodge provides a safe place and space for veterans to engage in transformative healing & renewing activities, personalized life coaching services, personal growth classes, workshops & retreats.

Deer Hart Lodge provides regular activities and event space for Veterans and their Supporting Community:

Meditation/Yoga for Veterans
Step Work Meetings
Art for All
Story Circle/Book Study
Healing Circles/Health Fairs
Drum/Music Activities
Quarterly Healing Retreats
Sweat Lodges
Native American Style Full Moon Healing & Releasing Ritual Monthly
Community Building Activities for Veterans, their Families and Supporters

Retreats are based on the methods many ancient warrior societies used to prepare their warriors for war, and re-integrate them back into the community such that they are well adjusted, valued Elder Warriors; and respected, significantly contributing community members. The purpose and function of these retreats is to facilitate veterans in their quest to heal the moral or spiritual wounds of war and to let them know that they are not alone.

War is not just the responsibility of the Warrior. As long as we live in this country, pay taxes and are a part of the System, all wars that our warriors participate in are all OUR WARS – like it or not. It is not just the Soldier’s burden, it belongs to civilians too. Both veterans and civilians participate in these retreats, civilians providing care, comfort and acceptance to veterans and ritualistically and emotionally unloading (veterans) and civilians taking on our part of the burden of war, literally “taking a load off” the veteran.

We are located five minutes from downtown Gainesville!

Executive Director: Paige Allison, Ph. D.

Call Us, We Help! (352) 316-5474