An Australian Not-For-Profit restoring healthy masculine culture
through education, initiation and brotherhood
"I want to test the waters."
One day. 100 men.
THREE times a year across Australia. The first fire, a full-contact taste of the work, no long commitment.
"I want to go deep."
25O MEN. Four days on the land. Every October. The initiation men describe as the line between before and after.
"I'm ready for the full journey."
Twelve months. Live coaching, the Forty Four Method, GUEST FACILITATION, and a brotherhood that HOLDS YOU TO A STANDARD.
The cost is isolation, suffering in silence, and a life that never feels fully alive or truly theirs.
Men’s work restores what has been lost.
But it was never just about you. A man who does this work changes every room he walks into. His kids grow up with a father who's actually there. His partner gets a man who can stay in the hard conversation. His mates get the one bloke who makes it safe to go deeper than footy and work. It compounds, one man at a time, one town at a time.
Healthy men create healthy culture.
That's the mission.
It's why EMI is a not-for-profit. No shareholders. No stakeholders getting rich. Every dollar goes back into the work: the events, the youth programs, the scholarships, the men who can't yet afford to be in the room get a spot.


The Embodied Man Academy is a 12-month rite of passage: live group coaching, guest facilitation, The Six Masculine Foundations, The Forty Four Method, weekly check-ins and accountability, and a circle of men who hold the standards you agree to. You will be apart of a brotherhood where men make a dent in the world, forge a legacy, and carry the culture.
The only way to truly understand this work is to step into the circle.

Jacob on what actually happens at
The Gathering of Men
Jacob on the importance and necessity of brotherhood on his own podcast
Ryan on a women's podcast discussing men's work (worth sharing with your partner)
Thousands of men across Australia have already stepped into this work.