Rite of Passage

If you have a 12 to 16 year old daughter or granddaughter, niece, friend or neighbor you may like to know details of our 2024 Journey into Womanhood Camp. The camp dates are Tues July 2nd through to Sat July 6th and the venue is Wild Mountain which is near Rathdowney (Scenic Rim region). It is an amazing spot and perfect for our needs.More details and tickets are available via the link below. We have a super saving of over 25% (full price is $2,500) if you commit before the 3rd April. Visit the Journey into Womanhood – Powerhouse Programs website here  All families will benefit from this positive, powerful and unique experience. Journey into Womanhood creates and acknowledges the girl-into-woman shift ‘from competition to co-operation’ and enables families to build a new foundation for their future. As you know this is a real-life game-changer! If you can’t attend, please …

Journey to Manhood (‘J2M’) is a program that dives deeply into the real issues facing families with teenage boys today. Many families have benefited from the powerful experience of father and son spending 5 days in the bush with other men and boys (13-16yrs). This is precious technology-free time to do something memorable for your family. Mothers are very much a part of this program too, at community departure and welcoming home ceremonies. All families benefit from this positive, powerful and unique experience. Journey to Manhood creates and acknowledges the boy-to-man shift ‘from dependence into service’ and enables families to build a new foundation for their future. This is a real-life game-changer! The September camp runs from 24th to 28th September The link to the website is here

In modern times we seem to have lost the age old tradition of supporting our young people to make the transition from boyhood or girlhood or young personhood into young adulthood. Virtually all indigenous cultures have Rites of Passage imbedded in their way of life and use ceremony, challenge, storytelling and wisdom sharing as key elements to support the change. Often the young people are witnessed and celebrated as they return to community after an experience in nature, away from daily life and distractions. In recent decades in Australia we have had the Pathways to Manhood and Pathways to Womanhood which in Queensland has now evolved into Journeys to Manhood and Journeys into Womanhood. Powerhouse Programs is the host and organizer and a skilled and dedicated team lead two camps a year for the boys and the girls program has begun and is finding its natural flow. Robin is one …