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ReWIld for Men
September 5th - 7th
 
Mana Retreat Centre
Coromandel

A weekend for men offered by men who are curious to embody the map to wholeness (as described by Bill Plotkin). Using mythology, ritual, movement, music and nature we will embody the resources of the four archetypes of human wholeness, namely; The Wild Indigenous one, Soul Muse; Sacred fool/trickster/innocent and the Nurturing Generative Adult.

This is a weekend for men who are ready to move beyond their comfortable self to nudge the possibilities that exist when men  show up with courage, care and curiosity. It is an invite to mystery.

 

This  course is professional development for men who are wanting to do the inner work to understand the development needs of teens and young adults. See the map on the home page of this website exploring the 8 eco centric life stages.

 

The four facets of wholeness are powerful resources. Each archetype has a gift. Some men need to reconnect with their wildness to undo the power of conformity.  others are hungry for the creativity that can come when connecting to the muse,  the mytho-poetic conversation with Soul.  Others will gain resources to support the inner generative adult. We work with the  understanding that it is our wounding where our gifts live.

 

Our communities need are men who are doing the inner work to be in service to life and to do that with the support of others using the arts and nature to inspire wholeness.

 

It is about growing self awareness, learning to feel, asking for support by mentors and communities of men. We will lean into mythology to help us reconnect the inner child with the resources of an instinctive and creative adult who is capable for the generative capacities of Soul. 

 

If you want to know if this unique and rare mens event is for you, we suggest watching the following video about Bill Ploktin work. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Venue Mana
Nature, Sanctuary, Octagon, Sauna and more

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Introducing Jaime and Les (Guide and Elder)









 

​Jaime has been directing of the Tracks rites of passage programme for 15 years. He has studied extensively with Animas valley and is the NZ producer for their events in New Zealand. Jaime is a long standing member of a mens group in the South Island. He has organised and guided mens events, weekend gatherings, men dances for hundreds of men and long guided residential retreats. 

Jaime is motivated to develop maps and inquiries that support the flowering of human creativity, wisdom and care for the generations of all life to come. He supports men in particular to awaken their ecological self, the innate sense of belonging to the natural world. Jaime has a Masters Degree in Education, he is a wild poet, a student of mythology and plays a mean blues guitar. He lives in community and knows that the sacred and the ordinary are both necessary . A friend to shadow, bruised and bumped with a heart still open. A recent new father and peaceful warrior to bring the right kind of trouble to a world waking up.
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Les Gray

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Les began doing specifically Mens work in 1980 with the For Men collective, conducting a number of workshops around the north island. With that collective in 1984 he coconvened the first national hui to address men's violence to women and children. He went on to be one of the pioneers of Stopping Violence group programs, serving on the national executive committee founding Men for Nonviolence and in turn serving as convenor of that committee. Les was known to the Karaka Tribe and Jim Horton of the Tui Community in Golden Bay. Les has a long association with the Essentially Men community, serving as a trustee and as an Elder in the Pathways to Manhood programme. Within that context he developed a 7 day Pathways to Elderhood programme. Currently Les regularly attends EM events and co-facilitates an annual Old Blokes gathering 



This is a new generation of mens work…it will be safe enough, involve your whole body/mind/soul, nature, music and movement and myth.

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