Fire in the
King’s Cup

By no means and by any meansWhen a circle of men find the words
and men speak their story, again and again,
this spiral finds a way of connecting —
through a common tongue, beyond language.

When I experienced this within ‘Fire in the King’s Cup’ over ten years ago, I knew that my version of being a man was being reflected back to me over and over again — through the lines and into the fabric of my being.

I have been in many men’s groups and circles for decades. These groups reveal a commonality of what it is to be a man that still surprises and intrigues me within my day‑to‑day contexts as partner, father, son and leader. In my work as a landscaper, dance teacher and artist, I practise as witness, as responder, and as an initiator of change.

I met Paul over fifteen years ago in a run‑down little village hall in Devon, where I again relived and met the boy in me, to ‘Reclaim Teenage Fire’. This began my journey into the generative masculinity landscape with Paul. His development of rites for men and boys not only had purpose, but a dynamic that transcended the day‑to‑day — that spoke to me of a movement now being reborn.

My embodiment journey — to sense and feel my truth rather than revert to philosophical type — had always been swimming alongside this. So I dived into training as a Soul Motion Conscious Dance teacher, which cultivated my relationship with body‑felt sense, intuition, softness and trusting my vulnerability. These elements have helped build self‑assuredness, cultivate wisdom, and a consciousness that brings the day‑to‑day into a relational field — one that has somatic, sensory substance.

I look forward to stepping across the threshold of circle with you all.

I came to The Helios Fellowship around five years ago, through the man who had guided my first vision quest as a teenager. The first message from Paul that hit home was, in my own paraphrase: I am not broken, and neither are you. If I am not broken, then I am not here to be fixed — so what am I here for? From that point, my journey became about finding the answer to that question.

What followed gave me tools that have enhanced every aspect of my life. We formed weekly peer‑mentoring relationships in that first iteration of the Fellowship, and mine is still alive and strong years later. I learned to build my own internal maps and to keep revisiting them, asking whether they serve my deepest intentions. Through Paul’s sponsorship I rediscovered a passion for art, music and poetry I had not visited since childhood — a way of understanding and digesting the process I was moving through.

I later designed a year‑long process around four seasons and four elements, Ripples from the Centre — a phrase I carried from my time here. It holds the idea that anything I want to see in the world begins with action where I actually am, and spreads outward from there.

I am returning now because I feel I never really left, and because of what I see when I look around me: so much beauty in nature and in life, alongside the ways our systems violate both. I see my two young children, and I feel a responsibility toward life itself. I believe the tools and support to live more authentically are a right for everyone who needs and desires them — not something to be gatekept behind specialist language or the impression that you need a particular background to belong. If I listen carefully, I may find I already know how to fish — and that I have always contained the entire ocean within me.

Jamie’s international career spans nearly thirty years. Combining simplicity, humour and expert facilitation, he creates a warm welcome and opens access to incredible shared experiences through rhythm — whether you’re a seasoned musician or a complete beginner.

“Jamie is a Zen Master of tomfoolery!”