Shamanic Practitioner Training

1. SHAMANIC PROFESSIONAL MODULE 

Our main courses focus on developing a personal shamanic practice. They do not cover the issues involved in offering shamanic healing in a professional capacity. For those who wish to offer shamanic services in a professional capacity, we offer a short additional module that covers the issues involved (mental health issues, ethics, client agreements, and so on). On successful completion of this module, participants are provided with a certificate of attendance and will be free, should they wish, to apply to join an independent register of practitioners (such as Indie Shamanism, for example).

The shamanic professional module is on hold at the moment, but will be offered again sometime in 2025. Details will follow as soon as they are ready. 

If you are interested in the shamanic professional module, please read and careful think about the following:

Working as a professional therapeutic shamanic practitioner is not something that can be undertaken lightly. Done well and with any degree of integrity, it is a way of being and not just a professional service. It involves having spent considerable time and effort in having worked on your own healing (not just spiritually, but psychologically too) and a commitment to ethical standards. It requires having a long, deep, and committed relationship with your shamanic Guides. 

These days, though, the unfortunate truth is that many people offering their services as shamanic practitioners fall far short of that. As a college, we do not want to contribute to this by enabling people to set up as practitioners when they are not ready. Because of this, we are upfront about the skills and knowledge we feel being a competent shamanic professional entails, and the time it takes to acquire that.

APPLY TO TRAIN AS A PROFESSIONAL SHAMANIC PRACTITIONER

If you are interested in studying to be a professional therapeutic shamanic practitioner, then by all means, let us know. Bear in mind though, that:-

1. To be considered for the practitioner module, students must be well on their way to meeting the practitioner competencies that are necessary. To get to this point, students will need to have done a substantial number of other courses with us. It is impossible to give an exact number, as doing a course is one thing, but becoming proficient in the material it covers is another. As a rough guide though, it will take at least ten of our Next and/or Further Step courses to do this. Financially, this comes in at a minimum of £1,500, plus then the cost of the practitioner course itself (which will be around £100 to £200 – details to follow). 
2. There are no shortcuts to this. It takes years, and the best practitioners are those who understand this and take the time needed. Three to four years will be a minimum. From experience, students who are in a hurry to be professional practitioners always fall by the wayside. So, if you are in a hurry, you need to look elsewhere, because big trees grow slowly. 
3. Whilst most people can learn shamanism, being a shamanic practitioner at a professional level requires another level and requires an unusual skill set. Not everyone has the aptitude, abilities, and ethical clarity it requires. Because of this, as trainers, we take very seriously our responsibility to be careful who we allow into the practitioner training. We don’t accept everyone who applies. So, if you choose to apply, please be aware of this.