Life Transition Meditation Center
Life Transition Meditation Center
EIN: 20-0193687
as of September 2023
as of September 18, 2023
Mission
Vision: To use Somatic Meditation to harmonize our physical and subtle energy bodies, enhancing our relationship with the Source and healing our physical, mental, and emotional experience. Mission: To make the principles and techniques of Somatic Meditation accessible, using various teaching formats, to all individuals who are guided to learn the practice. Practice: To commit to working together in the community and individually in releasing the patterns that limit our experience and appreciation of life and each other.
Ruling year
2003
Executive Director
Ralph Steele
Main address
PO Box 9286
Santa Fe, NM 87504 USA
EIN
20-0193687
Personal services
Population served
LGBTQ people
Heterosexuals
Women and girls
Men and boys
Ethnic and racial groups
NTEE code
Personal Social Services (P50)
IRS subsection
501(c)(3) Public Charity
IRS filing requirement
This organization is not required to file an annual return with the IRS because it is a church.
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Our programs
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Veteran Meditation Retreat
The project is a Veteran Meditation Retreat: a needed project as Veterans have unique challenges, such as the increased risk of suicide with 17 deaths per day, homelessness, and incarceration. According to the U.S. Veterans Administration, many recent veterans suffer from anxiety, insomnia, and substance abuse. Research has shown that meditation interventions are effective in alleviating the symptoms of PTSD; Haider et al. (2021). The VMR will provide participants with pre and post-surveys that will have approval through the Institutional Review Board of the University of New Mexico. Over 135,000 veterans live in New Mexico with post-traumatic stress disorder, but fewer than half seek treatment. Veterans, regardless of discharge status, gender, religion, ethnicity, Two-Spirit, and LGBTQIA+, are invited to experience a meditation retreat organized by Veterans. The project is a blueprint for establishing plans for other states to offer Veteran Meditation Retreats.
Embodying Emotions with Somatic Meditation
Embodying Emotions with Somatic Meditation is an online course offered throughout the year in 7-week increments and offers 14 Continuing Education Units from New Mexico Counseling Therapy & Practice Board.
Complex emotions can lead to feeling adrift in an ocean of toxic stress, with adverse effects impacting our physical and mental health, work performance, and family life. Everyone has a different constitution, genetic makeup, and upbringing that influence our stress resilience and conflict literacy. Working with our emotions takes more than a healthy diet, exercise, spiritual practice, and regular medical check-ups. Our bodies bear the burden of trauma and resulting stress, which needs to be addressed directly.
This class offers teachings and support for individuals to work mindfully with emotions and physical sensations through therapeutic awareness, breath practice, and other tools/skills in order to gain insight into embodiment and transcend difficult emotions.
Somatic Meditation Practice Classes
The online classes are offered throughout the year in 7-week cycles on Sundays for 2 hours and Fridays for thirty minutes. Additionally offering a monthly all-day retreat online and in person. As well as guide intensive meditation retreats for individuals and couples.
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Financial data
Life Transition Meditation Center
Revenue & expensesFiscal Year: 2022
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
| Revenue | |
|---|---|
| Contributions, Grants, Gifts | $32,356 |
| Program Services | $0 |
| Membership Dues | $0 |
| Special Events | $0 |
| Other Revenue | $0 |
| Total Revenue | $35,856 |
| Expenses | |
|---|---|
| Program Services | $0 |
| Administration | $27,464 |
| Fundraising | $0 |
| Payments to Affiliates | $0 |
| Other Expenses | $0 |
| Total Expenses | $27,464 |
Life Transition Meditation Center
Balance sheetFiscal Year: 2022
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
| Assets | |
|---|---|
| Total Assets | $25,368 |
| Liabilities | |
|---|---|
| Total Liabilities | $25,368 |
| Fund balance (EOY) | |
|---|---|
| Net Assets | $4,931 |
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Executive Director
Ralph Steele
Ralph Steele, LMFT, SEP, ISP. I have been assisting Raja Selvam, PhD, PhD since 2014 in his international trauma certification Integral Somatic Psychology training; I Have been teaching meditation since 1987. He had a meditation-based trauma clinic in Santa Fe, NM, for thirty-two years. He is a Vietnam veteran and has taught meditation since 1987. He completed a year of intensive training as a monk in Myanmar and Thailand. He has studied extensively with Tibetan, Zen, and Thai Forest Masters. Ralph spearheaded retreats for People of Color at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, CA., and Insight Meditation Society, MA. He founded the first "Elizabeth Kubler-Ross" Hospice Training Program (Associate Degree) at Northern N.M. College in El Rito, NM, in 1986. He is the guiding teacher of Life Transition Meditation Center, a global center based in Santa Fe, where he teaches breath & energy meditation and other intensive meditation practices. Author of his Bio: Tending The Fire
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Life Transition Meditation Center
Board of directorsas of 08/23/2023
Board of directors data
Lesley Urquhart
Retired
Term: 2023 - 2003
David Hoptman
Self-employed Professional photographer
Margo Chavez-Charles
University of New Mexico
Susan Culpepper
Self- employed Attorney
Millie Carey
Self-employed Certified Life Coach
Jody Payne
Bookkeeper
Maya Salganek
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Genevieve Hogan
Self-employed Psychologist
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? No -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
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