Veteran Owned & Operated  ★  Est. 2016

You've got the rhythm. We've got your six.

Warrior Beat is a veteran-owned 501(c)(3) that brings healing, wellbeing, and fellowship to military veterans through facilitated group drumming — as an adjunct to traditional care in VA Medical Centers, in community veteran groups, and through the civilian institutions we train to carry the method forward.

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2016
Serving veterans since
2019
Contracting with VA centers
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SCORE Small Business of the Year
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Warrior Beat celebrates the sacred heartbeat of the warrior.

Many veterans carry what words can't reach. In the circle, the drum does the talking — a safe, non-verbal way to reconnect with fellow veterans, release what's heavy, and remember the joy of showing up. No experience required. Everyone has a beat.

Inside the VA  ★  Whole Health

An adjunct to traditional care.

The VA began contracting Warrior Beat programs in 2019. VA staff apply the Warrior Beat Method within their own programs, alongside traditional treatment — not as a replacement for it. Today the method reaches veterans across mental health and PTSD care, pain management, physical and recreational therapy, geriatric and inpatient programs, and employee wellness — and VA staff keep adapting it to new settings of their own.

PTSD Care Pain Management Employee Health Geriatric Engagement Acute Psychiatric Inpatient Recreational Therapy

Dispatches from the Circle

Proof, one beat at a time.

SCORE Small Business of the Year 2016
SCORE Small Business of the Year · 2016
Warrior Beat facilitator training at a VA Medical Center
Facilitator training · VA Medical Center
Live-stream drumming studio setup
With Arthur Hull · Village Music Circles
Warrior Beat youth enrichment session
Youth enrichment · Canton, OH
Corporate team-building drum session
Corporate team building · MAPS
Warrior Beat receiving a community grant check
Community grant award

What We Do

Programs built for the mission.

01

In-Person Drum Circles

Professionally facilitated group drumming for veterans in VA Medical Centers and community veteran groups — camaraderie, creative expression, and connection in a safe, facilitated environment.

02

Facilitator Training Intensives

We train VA staff and community facilitators to run the Warrior Beat Method at their own sites — 15 intensives delivered to date, up to 50 participants each, across 12 host sites nationwide.

03

Veterans Drum From Home

Our live-stream program, launched in 2016, brings the circle to homebound veterans — connection, inspiration, and wellbeing from the safety of home.

04

Corporate & Keynote

Team-building drum experiences and keynote programs that fund the mission — the same energy that moves a VA circle, brought to your organization.

Facilitator Training Intensives

Train your team to carry the beat.

The Warrior Beat Method travels. In a 5-day on-site intensive, we train VA staff and community facilitators to run their own Warrior Beat circles — so the healing keeps going long after we leave. Every intensive is delivered as an adjunct to traditional care, designed to align with SAMHSA’s trauma-informed care principles and the VA Whole Health model.

01 · ARRIVE

Arrive

Ground the group and set the space. Meet every veteran exactly where they are — no experience needed, just a seat in the circle.

02 · GROOVE

Groove

Find the shared pulse. Simple, repeatable rhythms anyone can play the moment they pick up a drum.

03 · ENGAGE

Engage

Open up through call-and-response, improvisation, and play — inviting non-verbal expression and real connection.

04 · INTEGRATE

Integrate

Bring it home. Reflection and stillness that carry the calm and camaraderie back out the door.

5 Days · On-Site Up to 50 Participants Aligned with SAMHSA Trauma-Informed Care Built on the VA Whole Health Model Adjunct to Traditional Care Certificate of Completion
Warrior Beat facilitator training session at a VA Whole Health program
Whole Health facilitator training · VA
A large Warrior Beat facilitation circle in progress
The circle in practice
Warrior Beat training cohort receiving certificates of completion at Cincinnati VAMC
Certified · Cincinnati VAMC
15 intensives delivered · 12 host sites nationwide
Louis Stokes Cleveland VAMC · Chillicothe VAMC · Cincinnati VAMC · Dayton VAMC (OH)  —  Fort Collins (CO) · Roseburg (OR) · Walla Walla & Spokane (WA) · Fayetteville (AR) · Wilkes-Barre (PA) · Biloxi (MS) · Alexandria (LA)
Bring an Intensive to Your Site

Veterans Drum From Home

The circle, streamed to their door.

Not every veteran can get to a circle. Since 2016, Veterans Drum From Home has streamed live, facilitated drumming into the homes of homebound and remote veterans — real-time connection, inspiration, and a creative way to improve wellbeing, from the safety of home. When the pandemic isolated veterans nationwide, VA medical centers contracted Warrior Beat to bring live-stream programs into hospitals across the country, keeping veterans connected. It’s still running today.

Since 2016 52 Live Sessions / Year 60-Minute Sessions Homebound & Remote Veterans Real-Time & Interactive Dedicated Women Veterans Group Adjunct to Traditional Care
Warrior Beat founder facilitating a live drumming session
On camera, streaming live
A military family drumming together at home
Live from the broadcast studio
Bring Live-Stream to Your Veterans

Families & Reintegration

Coming home is a family mission.

Reintegration doesn’t happen alone. When a veteran comes home, the whole family is finding its rhythm again. Warrior Beat runs family drumming groups where veterans, spouses, and kids play side by side — rebuilding connection, easing the transition, and remembering how to have fun together. No words required. The drum does the talking, and everyone has a beat. We’ve run these family groups across our programs, and the response has been powerful — it’s some of the most meaningful work we do.

★  Featured on Channel 5 News · Cleveland  ★

Military families drumming together at a Warrior Beat family event
Families drumming together
A veteran and child drumming side by side
Reconnecting, one beat at a time
Bring a Family Group to Your Veterans

The Founder

The corpsman never left me.

“I was a Corpsman — my job was to show up when someone needed help. I still show up. These days the medicine is a drum.”

Trevor Meyer is a former U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman, the son of a Vietnam combat Marine, and a drummer of more than 45 years. He founded Warrior Beat to give veterans what he needed himself: a place where the beat says what words can't. To this day he still lives by his corpsman ethics and training — and that's the heart of every circle Warrior Beat runs.

Trevor Meyer, founder of Warrior Beat, with a djembe

Work With Warrior Beat

Three ways forward.

VA Medical Centers

Bring a facilitated drumming program or a Facilitator Training Intensive to your site as an adjunct to traditional care.

Start a Program

Donors & Grantmakers

Your support funds drums, facilitators, and the circles that keep veterans connected — from local groups to a future retreat and wellness center.

Fund the Mission

Corporate & Speaking

Book a keynote or a team-building drum experience. Every engagement powers Warrior Beat's veteran programs.

Book Warrior Beat

Get Started

Bring Warrior Beat to your veterans.

Tell us a little about your organization and what you’re looking for — a training intensive, a live-stream program, a family group, or a keynote. We’ll get right back to you.

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Thanks — your inquiry is on its way to Trevor, and we’ll be in touch soon. You’ve got the rhythm; we’ve got your six.