1 Year Shamanic Practitioner Training
This is your moment to shine - time to step in to your true power - return to your authentic self - through this transformational 1 year training programme
Are you ready to remember just how powerful you truly are?
Is there a quiet yet profound calling, one that is guiding you towards something far greater than you have experienced thus far? Do you feel it yet - gently urging you towards taking the next step, into the unknown - on a journey of deep healing and personal discovery?
Feel called to help others in ways you can't fully explain but feel so deeply? Is there a medicine woman/man inside you ready to step out and support others in their journey? If yes, then this course is for you!
Embarking on this one-year shamanic practitioner training can be a transformative journey for those of you seeking to deepen your understanding of self, your past, and the lessons you have to learn, whilst offering you the opportunity to explore the profound connections between the physical and spirit realms, guiding you towards personal and collective healing.
Throughout the year, students engage in a variety of experiential learning techniques, including drumming and shamanic journeying. This practice enables you to tap into your inner wisdom and acquire essential shamanic skills enabling deep healing on yourself whilst providing you with the tools to be able to conduct such healings for others.
The training is conducted in a supportive group setting, building a strong sense of community among participants. This communal aspect provides a safe space for individuals to share their experiences, insights, and challenges, all of which contribute to a rich learning environment rooted in mutual respect and understanding.
As we progress through the training, you can expect to develop a deeper awareness of your own spiritual path and the interconnectedness of all life. This journey not only equips you with practical shamanic tools but also helps to cultivate a profound sense of purpose, encouraging you to integrate the teachings into your everyday life and contribute positively to the world around you.
There are two distinct elements to this training, firstly, the intense healing journey - healing takes time, the answers are not always instant - try not to rush this process. It requires a strong commitment and consistency to push on through the challenges and barriers to healing - I promise it is worth it and I will hold the space necessary for you to explore. Phase 1 is about you - returning to the core of who you truly are - self love, self respect, a reclaiming of your personal power to stand tall, authentic, and proud.
Secondly, you will learn how to hold space for, and conduct shamanic healings for others for all methods taught in this course. You will be required to complete 2 case studies to graduate and carry out this work as a shamanic practitioner.
If you feel called to this journey, reach out and lets discuss your next steps.
Key Topics Explored During This Training
Discover more about what we really get upto during this 12 month course. Still have questions? Please feel free to get in touch with us – we will be more than happy to help.
What you get:
- 96 hours of tuition in a group setting
- Dedicated communication group channel to communicate among peers and facilitators
- Personalised support between sessions
Shamanic Journeying
The Shamanic journey is the cornerstone of shamanism, inviting individuals to explore altered states of consciousness through the rhythmic beat of the shamanic drum. This age-old technique serves as a bridge to the ethereal realms, enabling, firstly, deep inner exploration and self-discovery, and secondly, discovery of the hidden planes known as the shamanic cosmos. As the steady pulse of the drum reverberates, it synchronises with the body’s own rhythms, inducing a trance-like state that allows practitioners to connect with their inner selves and the spirit world. In this sacred space, journeyers may encounter guides, receive insights, and integrate healing energies. It is the shamanic journeying process that enables every other action within shamanism.
Reconnect with your Shamanic Team
In this section of the course we conduct shamanic journey's to reconnect with your Shamanic Guides. These are guides you made an agreement with to support you during this lifetime. They may be different to guides whom you have connected with in the past, if you are already walking a spiritual path. You will connect with your main shamanic guide - this is a profound reconnection and is probably one of the most important connections you can make. They are a fountain of knowledge and will support most of your journeys thereafter. You will also connect with your power animal, a spirit being in animal form, one dedicated to supporting your path, lending you qualities of the entire species. This journey is often a case of 'forget what you think you know' and more a case of being open minded to connect with the species that shows up. They can offer you protection, support journeys and help in healing methods. They are also a great source of wisdom and comfort.
Past Life Exploration
Exploring, remembering, learning, and healing past lives through shamanism offers a profound experience. This journey invites you to delve into the depths of your higher held memories, unlocking the wisdom and lessons of previous incarnations, providing a deeper understanding of one's current life experiences, facilitating healing and personal growth. Particularly important if:
- You experience unexplained fears or emotional reactions
- You feel “pulled” toward certain people or places
- You repeat patterns without clear cause
- You carry deep grief or longing
- You feel “born with” a burden
Energy Work - Clearing Blockages and Rebalancing
Energy work is an essential aspect of shamanic practice, focusing on the clearing of blockages and the rebalancing of chakras to promote overall well-being. With practice, we become more attuned to our own energy and can perceive when something is off. By harnessing the subtle energies within and around us, we aim to release stagnant or negative energy that can hinder emotional, physical, and spiritual health. When the chakras are out of balance or energy is blocked, we can often feel stuck, lack motivation, passion, or purpose, or ailments may arise within the physical body whereas when aligned and functioning optimally, we may experience enhanced clarity, vitality, and a deeper connection to ourselves and the world around us.
Personal Power Retrieval/Release
During this process we will journey with the intention of reclaiming power lost to abusive, controlling, or dominating relationships (this does not only regard intimate relationship but rather can be across all spectrums of relationships with others) is a profound and transformative process. Such relationships can leave individuals feeling diminished and trapped, often leading to a disconnection from their true selves. Reclaiming lost power can have profound effects and begin the healing of wounds inflicted by toxic dynamics, cultivate self-awareness, and establish healthier boundaries. We will also explore situations where we too have taken power from others with a view to releasing that power back to whom it belongs.
Soul Fragmentation
Soul retrieval is a fundamental practice in shamanism, reflecting a profound understanding of the intricate relationship between the mind, body, and spirit. This process often occurs when an individual experiences trauma, loss, or deep emotional upheaval, which can lead to what may be described as the fragmentation of the soul. During such distressing events, parts of the soul may dissociate to protect themselves from overwhelming pain or fear, resulting in a sense of incompleteness, disconnection, or emotional numbness in the individual. The importance of retrieving these lost soul pieces lies in the restoration of wholeness and balance within one’s being. By undergoing soul retrieval, individuals can reclaim their vitality and strengthen their spiritual identity.
Shadow Work
In this work you will be guided through a series of journeys to facilitate deep introspection and connection with the subconscious. Through this process, you will gently, and without judegement confront and embrace the hidden aspects of yourself — the fears, traumas, and insecurities—encouraging acceptance and integration of these shadows into your conscious self. Ultimately, this transformative journey aims to bring healing, self-awareness, and personal empowerment, enabling you to navigate your life with greater clarity and authenticity.
Pre-birth
Pre-birth and birth experiences can set the earliest templates for:
Safety, Attachment, Worth, Identity, Trust, Emotional rhythm.
This work supports:
- Lifelong anxiety or insecurity
- Feeling “unsettled” without cause
- Deep-rooted fears
- Patterns that never seem to shift
- Birth trauma (for mother or child)
Karmic Imprints
The Karmic work, in this respect, is approached through gleaning an understanding of the karmic imprints, rather than focusing solely on burden removal, exploring:
Potential relational patterns and recurring themes across ones life. We also explore the lessons that may be derived from such experiences and how we can learn and benefit from those.
This enables you to develop better awareness of the presence of these patterns and how they present in the current moment, allowing you to make conscious decisions around those patterns.
Soul Contracts
This section shows you how to access your inner records, the soul agreements you made prior to incarnating in this lifetime. In other practices these are sometimes referred to as Akashic records. When we observe these we do so in order to understand themes, patterns, and unresolved experiences that may still hold influence in your present life.
We approach this practice by seeking to understand what is asking to be met, through compassionate awareness, to provide us with conscious healing choices. The aim of this is always on bringing divine intelligence into present-time awareness.
Ancestral Healing
As we move through life, we often discover that some of our emotions, beliefs, and habitual responses have roots that stretch far beyond our own lifetime. They can be threads carried through generations, shaped by the experiences of those who came before us.
In this training, the ancestral healing work supports you to:
Uncover the patterns and stories that may have been passed down through your lineage
Notice the ways these inherited influences show up in your daily life
Engage in gentle practices that help you honour your ancestry while releasing what no longer supports your personal evolution
Energetic Attachments and Extraction
It's possible that some people may, over the course of their life, obtain energetic impurity's - that is energy that does not belong to them. This may be a cause of many things, such as negative words or thoughts from another, attachments from opening themselves up during spiritual work, through to conscious negative energy attachment, and has the potential to cause illness and ailmennts in the body and mind. In this section we learn how to identify and safely and ethically remove these attachments.
Psychopump Healing
Psychopump work involves supporting both spirits and the land, creating harmony between the seen and unseen. In this training, you’ll learn how to safely guide unsettled energies back to where they belong and clear imprints from homes, land, and personal energy fields. This gentle approach allows you to restore balance in spaces affected by disruptive presences.
Feather Assessment
Connect with the wisdom of animal spirits and learn how to use feather work to sense and release energetic blockages within a client’s field. This practice helps you identify attachments and areas where energy is not flowing freely.
Through feather assessment, you’ll discover how to detect disturbances or impurities in a client’s energy and support their clearing process with confidence and sensitivity.
Holding Ceremony
Ceremony and ritual are held as sacred spaces for presence and meaning—not as performances or displays.
In this training, you’ll learn to:
Establish ceremonial environments that feel safe, grounded, and intentional
Work with clarity and simplicity to support authentic experience
Honour transitions, closures, and significant moments with care
Conclude ritual work with responsibility and respect
Ritual is shared as a humble act of service—an offering rooted in integrity and connection.
Setting Boundary's & Practitioner Wellbeing
A key focus is learning how to care for yourself as a practitioner—ensuring your work remains sustainable and grounded.
You’ll explore how to:
- Recognise signs of emotional and energetic depletion
- Establish and maintain healthy boundaries
- Grounding routines
- Know when to pause, rest, or step back
This approach prioritises long-term wellbeing, supporting you to hold space with clarity, resilience, and care.
Case Study
Supervised Healing Sessions & Reflective Practice
As part of your practitioner development, you will be required to complete two supervised healing sessions. These sessions are an opportunity to apply the skills and modalities you’ve studied throughout the course in a supported, real-world setting.
You may choose from any of the healing approaches covered in the training—such as energy clearing, ancestral work, feather assessment, or ritual-based healing—depending on what feels most aligned with your strengths and the needs of the client. Each session should be approached with care, intention, and ethical awareness.
Following each session, you will be asked to write a reflective report. This is not a performance review, but rather a space for honest self-inquiry. Your report should include:
A description of the session: what modality you used, how you prepared, and how the session unfolded
Observations about the client’s experience and your own energetic responses
Reflections on what went well, what challenged you, and what you learned
Considerations around boundaries, grounding, and practitioner responsibility
Any insights into how the work affected you emotionally, spiritually, or energetically
These reflections are a vital part of your integration process. They help you deepen your understanding of the healing work, refine your approach, and ensure that your practice remains sustainable and rooted in integrity.
The emphasis is on how you hold the space—not on technical perfection. Completion of this requirement demonstrates your readiness to practice with care, humility, and ethical awareness.
Understanding Your Certification, Scope & Assessment
Upon completing the one-year programme, you’ll be awarded a Practitioner-Level Certificate in Shamanic Healing. This acknowledges your commitment to a thorough, ethically grounded, and embodied healing practice, and confirms your recognition as a practitioner within the framework of this training.
Please note: this certification does not grant permission to teach this practitioner course. If you feel called to guide others in this work, a separate “Train the Trainer” programme is required through Renaissance Apothecary. This ensures that teaching is approached with the same depth, integrity, and readiness as practitioner work. Additional terms apply.
Assessment & Completion Criteria
To successfully complete the training, you’ll need to:
- Attend all sessions
- Conduct two supervised healing sessions
- Submit written reflections for each session
- Show clear understanding of ethical practice, personal responsibility, and integration of learning
Assessment is reflective in nature, focusing on how you conduct the work, your awareness of boundaries, and your ability to integrate teachings with care. Completion signals readiness to practice with integrity—it is not a declaration of mastery, but a foundation for continued growth.
Deborah
Journeying through the Shamanic realms with the support and guidance of Craig over the winter was the most grounding and insightful experience I've had in a while. He offers information about shamanism in a really accessible way and held space beautiful for myself and the other attendees.
Carol
I joined the workshop, having limited knowledge of Shamanism, its history and the healing that can be gained from understanding, the rituals and journeys to the world of "Spirit". For me, it was a personal journey of inner discovery, working alongside my spirit guides, that healed my soul of Karmic family legacies carried into this time from past lifetimes. The workshop and shared knowledge has given my life fresh meaning and purpose.
June
Having been interested in exploring shamanism for some time, I took the opportunity to attend the shamanic workshop at Renaissance. I had no expectations, just an open mind. I was blown away by this amazing experience and this has inspired me to continue the practice as a regular attendee of the Thursday drop-in group.
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