NOVEMBER 21-23, 2025
Healing of Memories Workshop for All Veterans
We believe individuals feel healed and empowered when personal stories are heard and acknowledged. Human relationships can be transformed and restored through deep listening and meaningful sharing.
The Healing of Memories workshop is a safe place for participants to explore personal histories and gain insight and empathy for themselves and others.
This workshop from the Institute for Healing of Memories is a response to the emotional, psychological and spiritual wounds inflicted by war, human rights abuses and other life-changing traumatic circumstances. This life-changing workshop is proven to help participants learn ways to overcome anger, loss, grief and guilt. Not only is it a step on the journey to personal healing, but also it contributes to the healing of interpersonal relationships.
Raves for Healing of Memories Workshops
- “This was not what I expected… but exactly what I needed!”
- “I was finally able to release myself from the personal prison I had put myself into.”
- “This workshop is the master key to my healing and good health of mind, body and spirit.”
About the Retreat Leaders
Audrey Lukasak is a highly experienced lead facilitator who received her facilitator training in South Africa from Father Michael Lapsley, the founder of the Institute for Healing of Memories. She holds a Masters in Divinity degree. She worked for over 30 years as a spiritual care provider in healthcare and as a pastor in the ELCA Lutheran Church. As a facilitator, Audrey gently listens to a person’s story as they reflect on their own torn and tattered threads of life, while empowering the speaker to create a beautiful tapestry reflecting hope and possibilities.
Lina Webb is a native of Okinawa, Japan with an MA in Human Services Counseling. She was a Korean linguist and analyst in the United States Air Force for 21 years. While on active duty, she also became a Sexual Assault Victim Advocate, Resilience Trainer and Crisis Intervention Unit Responder aiding victims of violent crimes and other mental health crisis. Her deep interest in generational trauma and the power of storytelling led her to become an authorized HOM facilitator in 2022.
WHEN
Friday – Sunday, November 21-23, 2025
Program begins with dinner at 6:00 pm
COST
FREE to Veterans
how to apply
This workshop is FREE to qualified veterans. Upon applying (click below), you will be contacted by your workshop coordinator, Mr. Mike Wold, U.S. Navy veteran with further details. If you prefer, you may call Mike at (651) 687-9767.
Workshops for healthcare workers
In addition to those workshops for Veterans, Spirit in the Desert and the Institute for Healing of Memories offers workshops for health care workers who have experienced emotional, psychological and spiritual distress – in their personal or professional lives.