Why a Men's workshop anyway?
The Challenge of Being a Man
Over the past thirty years there have been many challenges to the way men are
in the world. Increasingly men are in the process of examining where they are
today and where they want to go from here. As they learn more about themselves
they are undergoing exciting changes in their relationships and lifestyles.
What has our culture told real men to be? On one hand providers, protectors and
achievers, and on the other sensitive and caring. Many men feel confused about
what it is to be a man today and often feel cut off from their feelings or lack
a sense of personal power. The way forward is to go beyond living up to
external expectations and discover our own uniqueness as men.
We admire the friendships women have but often don't know how to create the
same for ourselves. Many of us feel isolated from other men and tired of being
trapped in superficial ways of being. Can we go deeper than the traditional
camaraderie of pubs, clubs and sport?
A Journey
A workshop is a group of men that have come together with the agreement to take a journey deeper
into themselves, it becomes safe to let down our armour. We can explore
feelings not normally allowed to men, like grief and joy. We can attend to the
healing of memories to do with fathers, mothers and others, which affect the
way we relate in our present lives. We can explore the causes of our anger and
find power from a place of inner strength rather than control of the world
around us. |
