This workshop for men is all about embodying your power, authority and leadership…

The Inner King:
Accessing Your Archetypal Power 
For Personal Success and Transformation

Friday January 30th – Sunday February 1st 2026

Little Earth Retreat Centre, near Glastonbury, Somerset.

Our intention on this retreat is to create a space where you will discover how to access and embody the power, authority and leadership of your Inner King archetype, the essence of masculinity and male power.

With highly experienced leaders and support staff, this workshop will provide you with the opportunity to: 

• Experience the energy of, and the strengths and weaknesses of, your Inner Warrior, Magician, Lover and King
• Access and embody the innate masculine power and authority which resides within you
• Fully experience the energy of your Inner King archetype and how to use it in your daily life
• Discover how to embody the archetypal energy of your Inner King so you can live a more fulfilling life and move beyond the limitations of your past
• See how your Inner King can be a truly Heart Centred Leader in your world today
• Spend a weekend in the company of good men dedicated to self-improvement and personal success
• Experience the energy of a circle of open hearted men, regardless of where you are on your personal journey
• Celebrate your past success, enhance your clarity about your future direction, and give you a new sense of mission and purpose.

Read full details about this workshop below or email Rod Boothroyd now to book your place on rpboothroyd@gmail.com

About Little Earth Retreat Centre, Somerset

Little Earth offers a group space for up to 20 people and is entirely self contained with its own dining area and accommodation. Built quite recently, this area of Earth Spirit offers calm, privacy, and community. Food is prepared and delivered to us by Earth Spirit’s highly experienced chefs and assistants. The food is vegetarian, drawing inspiration from modern world cuisine. Garden produce is used when available including green salads and culinary herbs. Earth Spirit also source local suppliers for all ingredients whenever possible, and cater for special diets (allergies/intolerances, vegan etc.) on request and for a small supplement.

See Little Earth’s facilities here (link takes you to the Earth Spirit website).

Testimonials from previous weekend workshops

I knew when I saw the email from Rod about this residential workshop that this was something I needed to attend. Over the course of the weekend the facilitators took us on a journey exploring the King, Warrior, Magician and Lover archetypes, helping us to find the King within. There were group processes to help us step in to our Sovereign energy and individual process work to help us heal the shadows which were stopping us fully accessing our true sovereignty and being the King in our Kingdom in all areas of our lives.
Overcoming these shadows is about being authentic, having integrity and being principled, demonstrating what a compassionate, responsible, and powerful man looks like… and also being able to bless others and ask for and receive help when required. This was a great weekend and very beneficial, and it certainly shifted something inside of me! After the weekend I felt more centred and balanced, and better connected to my internal power. And the weekend has given me ideas to take forward into my life, such as communicating with my King, Warrior, Magician and Lover. – Michael, Reading

It’s two days out from the “Finding The King Within” workshop and trying to aptly describe the experience is hard. I look back at myself before the weekend and I look into my own eyes today and even though the physical form, the “human shell”, is the same, the man looking back at me is different. I wonder how could such a change have taken place in such a short time? When I found this workshop, through a friend’s recommendation, not knowing much on Archetypes, only what I had briefly read, I was drawn to do it. The universe presents to you exactly what you need at exactly the right time – and this workshop was just so!
The facilitators are experts at holding the space to carry out this kind of work. Their attention to each man on the workshop is unparalleled, they always seemed to have time to stop and chat between sessions if needed.

I arrived with no connection to my King, and my “Kingdom” was in chaos. Hopefully you note I used the past tense there, because at the end of the weekend I left the workshop with a strong sense of my Sovereignty. Every process/exercise was so well explained and guided that I was never left wondering what I was supposed to be doing. I felt so cared for and supported during each process, which allowed me to feel safe to go deep into my own personal work and connect to my King. This has given me the confidence to believe in myself, to know that I have everything I need right now within me, and that my King can help guide me from now on.

I feel more in tune with who I am and who I want to be, and how to go about merging these two together. I came away having experienced some of the most profound moments in my life. I began to make peace with certain aspects of myself that I had suppressed my whole life, all the time being “held” by men of such honour. It was a privilege to share this experience with 17 other men. I left having witnessed 13 men become Kings, guided by Kings, and having become a King.

Personal comments from the staff:

Rod Boothroyd
I’ve led many weekend retreats for men over the last twenty years so I bring a wealth of experience to what has become my mission: to create a world of love and connection by facilitating healing circles in which men and women can bring their shadow into the light and so grow into emotional maturity. 
This workshop marks a return to group facilitation for me, after some years of one-to-one work and training men and women in the art of shadow work facilitation with my colleague Marianne Hill. I’m delighted to offer this workshop with my experienced colleagues Richard and Lee.

Rod is also the author of the books Warrior Magician Lover King: A Guide to the Male Archetypes Updated for the 21st Century (link takes you to Amazon)
and
Finding the King Within: How To Acccess and Embody the Power, Authority and Leadership of Your Inner King Archetype (link takes you to Amazon)

Richard Martyn
I have been involved in men’s work and shadow work for 9 years now. I am a qualified Shadow Work practitioner and see individual clients and groups. Finding and empowering my King has been the key to my journey from a time of deep despair to the happy and fulfilled life I have now. Knowing the journey still continues, I want to do what I can to bring the healing power of this work to all who want it.

Richard is also the author of The Little Book of Shadow Work (link takes you to Amazon).

Lee Devereux
With over a decade in men’s work and personal development, I draw on my own journey of healing after addiction. Alongside running men’s circles, retreats, and off-grid embodiment adventures, my day-to-day work is in prisons and the criminal justice system, supporting marginalised men who need this work most. I’m dedicated to equality, freedom, and building spaces where men can heal, grow, and reconnect with their true selves.

Richard Grey

About the Retreat Centre

Little Earth offers a group space for up to 20 people and is entirely self contained with its own dining area and accommodation. Built quite recently, this area of Earth Spirit offers calm, privacy, and community. Food is prepared and delivered to us in our own facilities by Earth Spirit’s highly experienced chefs and assistants. The food is vegetarian, drawing inspiration from modern world cuisine. Garden produce is used when available. Earth Spirit source local suppliers for all ingredients whenever possible, and cater for special diets (allergies/intolerances, vegan etc.) on request and for a small supplement.

See Little Earth’s facilities here (this link takes you to the Earth Spirit website).