Now Offering a Radical Pricing Option to Support Inclusion and Accessibility

'Men and the Long Road Home'

A Residential Rites of Passage Workshop for Men

with

William Ayot & Simon Roe

Sunday 25 - Thursday 29 February 2024

in Somerset

Click HERE for the workshop details

We are making this workshop more widely accessible by introducing a new 'RADICAL INCLUSION' PRICING POLICY - From £200

THERAPISTS - Consider telling your male clients about this workshop for MEN

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In the past these workshops have been sold out well in advance and this time the early sales are lower than usual. To make it as accessible as possible we are offering a radical SLIDING SCALE for payment - from £200 to £675. On the old pricing system everyone booking at this stage would have paid £675. Now, we are asking you to pay what you can afford. NB the cost of food and accommodation will be on top of this fee. We can also offer you a payment plan (paying over several months) if this helps. Please contact Juliet to let us know what you can realistically afford [email protected]

A FEW COMMENTS FROM THE LAST TIME WILLIAM AND SIMON RAN A RESIDENTIAL MEN'S EVENT TOGETHER

"Life changing for me!"

Anonymous

"Do it. Be fearful, worried, anxious, however you’re feeling. Show up and immerse yourself."

R.T.

"A chance for something special."

T.C. Psychotherapist

"Just do it. Don’t think about it. I’m ready for the next one right now."

A.C. Psychotherapist & Breath worker

"William is a TREASURE of pure soul and heart.”

Leslie Brissett, Group Relations Programme Director,

Tavistock Institute of Human Relations, London (UK)

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

There’s often a hunger in a man – a yen for authenticity, a longing for friendship, and a yearning for a homecoming he can’t quite put a name to. Cut off and estranged by culture and habit, many of us live out our lives in isolation, fear, and resentment – yet there is another way. This powerful retreat offers men an opportunity to take off their armour and explore – safely, together – with other men of like mind and yearning.

In ancient times such events were called Rites of Passage or Mysteries. They called for courage, trust in others, and a willingness (or a need) to change. Taking story and poetry as our starting points, our work together will include ritual, breath and body work, creativity sessions, time in nature, and emergent group sessions that may re-define or re-direct us… Our story points towards issues of grief and loss, protective pomposity, repentance, and the eternal male struggles between, façade and truth, ego and soul.

As with any journey into the world of myth, or the unknown, we will meet guides and helpers as well as challenges – and at the heart of the story we may find ourselves. Only then, like the hero of our own story, can we step forward into a fuller life, turning our troubles into learnings and our wounds into gold.

Join Simon and William as they once more open a safe, emergent space for men in the Arthurian landscape of myth and mystery.

Click here for more info about this workshop for men

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Your Free Poem

Counting the Marigolds

The fist came out of nowhere.

He was nine years old and running up the garden path,

excited as only a boy can be

when he sees his father coming home.

Daddy, Daddy. I scored a goal!

It caught him right on the button.

Something split and he could taste the metal in his blood

before he hit the ground.

He was staring at a bed of marigolds,

concentrating, counting leaves and petals,

when his father picked him up and looked him in the eye.

I must have told you a dozen times, he slurred.

Never leave yourself open.

From “The Inheritance”

published by

P.S. Avalon, Glastonbury