For Those Who Served
Healing for Our Veterans
If you're a Veteran carrying PTSD, chronic pain, or the weight of the transition home, the Convergence Retreat & Wellness Center is for you — at low-to-no cost to you.
Your stay and your treatments are funded by our guests and donors, so you can focus on one thing: healing. Stop surviving. Start thriving.
Explore the retreat:
- Overview
- Guests
- Veterans
- Investors
- Donors & Legacy
- Volunteers
What Veterans Receive
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Holistic Healing
Integrative therapies, stress-recovery, fitness, nutrition, and mindfulness in a natural, tropical setting.
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PTSD Dive Therapy
Veteran-led SCUBA therapy — controlled breathing, focus, and camaraderie shown to lower stress and steady mood.
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Peer Support
Connection with fellow Veterans and guidance for reintegration and the return to civilian life.
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Low-to-No Cost to You
Stays and treatments at low or no cost, funded by our paying guests and generous donors.
Your Healing at Low or No Cost
You served. Once we open, it's your turn to be served. Every guest who reserves a stay and every donor who gives will help underwrite programs for Veterans — so you can heal at low or no cost.
Low-to-No Cost to You
Eligible Veterans will receive stays and treatments at low or no cost, thanks to our for-profit retreat and generous donors.
Sustainably Funded
A percentage of every guest fee and membership flows into the nonprofit that equips Veterans — dependable funding, not one-off charity.
More Than a Getaway
Integrative therapies, PTSD dive therapy, peer support, and reintegration — the tools and training to stop surviving and start thriving.
A Place to Heal
Our waterfront property in Bocas del Toro, Panama — now being restored — is on track to become a calm, natural setting built for recovery: steps from the Caribbean, surrounded by native landscaping.
- A main house with a great room, kitchen, and covered veranda
- A private dock reaching out over calm Caribbean water
- Several original bungalows, still in their pre-renovation condition
- An existing pool shell, currently drained and awaiting restoration
- Mature palms and tropical grounds across the property
Veterans Backing Veterans
Convergence was founded by U.S. Veterans and their supporters who learned firsthand that healing comes from peer connection and purpose. What began at our Mirror Ranch retreat — equine-assisted work and dialectical behavior therapy — grew into SCUBA dive therapy for PTSD, and then into Panama.
Alongside partners like YWAM Ships and SAR Panama, our all-Veteran crews have run mobile medical missions (84 people treated in two days), humanitarian aid deliveries, and healing retreats aboard the M/V Ceaseless Explorer. Now our onshore Wellness Center gives that mission a permanent home.
There, Veterans move from surviving to thriving — turning wounded warriors into healers for both oceans and communities.
Ready to Take the First Step?
Reach out to apply for a Veteran retreat, or refer a Veteran who'd be a great fit for our programs. We'll walk you through what's available and what's next.
