The Wild Man Rituals: Rainforest Night Walk
Location
Mount Jerusalem National Park
About
Sharpen your edge,
Recharge your spirit,
Increase your vitality.
Step outside your regular routine and into the wild night air of the forest. As the sun sets invoke the unpredictable and invite your primal nature to come alive as you tread over rock and under starlight.
The Rainforest Night Walk ritual connects you to the rawness of your sensory body and the elements around you. Being somewhere you wouldn't normally be, at a time you wouldn't normally be there is enlivening. Feel the dirt beneath your feet, hear the trickle of the creek, see the stars flicker through the trees and smell the expansive night air.
We'll walk deep into the forest, share a meal by a waterfall and open honest convesation about how it is for you right now as a man, before returning in the dark together.
PRACTICAL DETAILS
This event involves walking in the bush at dusk and night for a total of approximately 2 hours with some breaks and other processes in between. The main walk is on an established track that has a decent decline on the way there and incline on the way back. At times the invitation will be to step off the well formed path and navigate slightly more hazardous areas. We will do this with care, consideration and conscious choice.
To attend you need to be willing to be responsible for yourself and comfortable with navigating your own limits/boundaries.
You need to have relative fitness and be physically able.
Jordan will guide the group in a way that considers everyone's capacity and keeps the men together for the experience.
TIMING: Gather at 6pm sharp, concluded by 9:30pm
LOCATION: Mt Jerusalem National Park - exact meeting spot provided in booking confirmation email.
Recharge your spirit,
Increase your vitality.
Step outside your regular routine and into the wild night air of the forest. As the sun sets invoke the unpredictable and invite your primal nature to come alive as you tread over rock and under starlight.
The Rainforest Night Walk ritual connects you to the rawness of your sensory body and the elements around you. Being somewhere you wouldn't normally be, at a time you wouldn't normally be there is enlivening. Feel the dirt beneath your feet, hear the trickle of the creek, see the stars flicker through the trees and smell the expansive night air.
We'll walk deep into the forest, share a meal by a waterfall and open honest convesation about how it is for you right now as a man, before returning in the dark together.
PRACTICAL DETAILS
This event involves walking in the bush at dusk and night for a total of approximately 2 hours with some breaks and other processes in between. The main walk is on an established track that has a decent decline on the way there and incline on the way back. At times the invitation will be to step off the well formed path and navigate slightly more hazardous areas. We will do this with care, consideration and conscious choice.
To attend you need to be willing to be responsible for yourself and comfortable with navigating your own limits/boundaries.
You need to have relative fitness and be physically able.
Jordan will guide the group in a way that considers everyone's capacity and keeps the men together for the experience.
TIMING: Gather at 6pm sharp, concluded by 9:30pm
LOCATION: Mt Jerusalem National Park - exact meeting spot provided in booking confirmation email.
YOUNG MEN ATTENDING: Boys and young men 12 and over are welcome to attend the event with a guardian who is over 25. If you have a boy who would value attending and he doesn't have a willing guardian in his life please send an enquiry to Jordan through the event contact page.
WILD FATHERS - Online 4 Week Support Circle
This event is a stand alone offering and also being run in conjunction with a 4 weeks online support circles for dads, called Wild Fathers. It takes you through 4 key ares of a man's journey in Fatherhood:
1. The Man - his relationship with himself
2. The Parent - his relationship with raising his kids.
3. The Partner - his relationship, intimacy and partnership (whether he's in one currently or not)
4. The Provider - his relationship to work, provision & supporting
The circle runs over 4 Tuesday nights from 17th November and enrolment includes access to this Wild Man event and another on Friday 4th December.
You can find full details here.
THE WILD MAN RITUALS
This event is part of a series of events called The Wild Man Rituals. Each gathering is unique in its location and activity. The common theme is to get men outside, connecting with their wild nature, and drawing nourishment and wisdom from time on the land amongst the elements.
These events mix the well known benefits of a men's group/circle with simple and ancient earth based ritual practices that humans have conducted for tens of thousands of years.
TESTIMONIALS
'My sense of self has been radically expanded... and this is just the beginning. I feel confident, playful and alive!' Paul, Bangalow
'Life changing and solid downloads within. Big gratitude to Jordan and all the men.' James, Mt Tamborine
'Unlocked my inner self and has helped me feel confident and strong in every challenge in life.' Harley, Hobart
ABOUT YOUR FACILITATOR - JORDAN HACKETT
Jordan is a relationship educator and men’s mentor with
a decade of experience in rites of initation and private practice.
He teaches the skills and awareness to create fulfilling intimate, erotic relationship with yourself and your partner.
Jordan is also a poet, lover of the wild earth and a student of animistic ritual - these parts of his personal exploration and life continue to contribute to the cultivation of The Wild Man spaces.
'Over the years a key part of my personal growth and nourishment has been found out on the land, in communion with the earth and waters. Much of the educational work and mentoring I offer has been done online, however increasingly I have wanted to combine my deep love of and experience conducting earth based ritual with the knowledge and skills I teach about relationships and sexual development.
The Wild Man is a culmination of these skills, intentions and desires that I carry - a rallying call to any man who feels the inner and outer pull of the wild. Join us, journey deep and keep the wilderness alive in you!
'My sense of self has been radically expanded... and this is just the beginning. I feel confident, playful and alive!' Paul, Bangalow
'Life changing and solid downloads within. Big gratitude to Jordan and all the men.' James, Mt Tamborine
'Unlocked my inner self and has helped me feel confident and strong in every challenge in life.' Harley, Hobart
ABOUT YOUR FACILITATOR - JORDAN HACKETT
Jordan is a relationship educator and men’s mentor with
a decade of experience in rites of initation and private practice.
He teaches the skills and awareness to create fulfilling intimate, erotic relationship with yourself and your partner.
Jordan is also a poet, lover of the wild earth and a student of animistic ritual - these parts of his personal exploration and life continue to contribute to the cultivation of The Wild Man spaces.
'Over the years a key part of my personal growth and nourishment has been found out on the land, in communion with the earth and waters. Much of the educational work and mentoring I offer has been done online, however increasingly I have wanted to combine my deep love of and experience conducting earth based ritual with the knowledge and skills I teach about relationships and sexual development.
The Wild Man is a culmination of these skills, intentions and desires that I carry - a rallying call to any man who feels the inner and outer pull of the wild. Join us, journey deep and keep the wilderness alive in you!