Our Team
Hugh Newton
My King's Guiding Light -
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I create a world of love,
by encouraging men to mature sovereignty
and by loving the earth.
Head of The Sovereign's Journey – 2022 onwards.
Training and Development for men.
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Co-Leader Mankind Project UK and Ireland
Initiated February 1997
https://mankindprojectuki.org/
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Head of Education and Training A Band of Brothers for 7 years.
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Certified leader A Band of Brothers for 10 years.
https://abandofbrothers.org.uk/
Lead Male Facilitator Celebration of Being.
https://www.celebrationofbeing.co.uk/
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Trained and Certified as a Shadow Work Group Facilitator and Coach.
Mankind Project UK and Ireland Facilitation Trainer.
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CIP Project Facilitation Trainer.
Geof Elvyhart
Permanent staff on The Sovereign’s Journey - 2022 Onwards
Training a Development for men
Certified Shadow Work® Coach and Group Facilitator
https://shadowwork.eu/directory-listing/geof-elvyhart/
He has worked in Psychodynamics and Self Development for 10 years
Runs his own therapy practice and runs groups in a purpose built venue in Warwickshire
He has worked within the Mens Movement, Environmental Movement, Third Sector Mentoring
Including anti-racism training, working in prisons and other trainings
Roberto Atiko
Tom Crofts
Tom is a foreign policy consultant who specialises in peace building, governance and security. He previously worked in the UK diplomatic service for 22 years, serving overseas in Afghanistan and Myanmar.
Tom first encountered men’s work in around 2014, when he attended Hugh Newton’s King, Warrior, Magician, Lover workshops. He graduated in the class of ’23 Sovereign’s Journey and has since returned as a staff member.
He takes a keen interest in mythology, eastern and western mystical traditions, soul-makng, depth psychology, ritual and energy systems, with a focus on imagination practices. He follows in the traditions of Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell, Roberty Bly, James Hillman, Michael Meade, Francis Weller and John O’Donohue. Formerly, he was actively involved with Triratna Buddhist Community for around 12 years, and continues to go on Buddhist meditation retreats.