Accredited Shamanic Practitioner Training Portugal, 2026

In this introduction module, you will be given an outline of what Shamanism is. You will learn about core shamanism as a healing system, a path of ancient wisdom, a practical philosophy, a spiritual discipline, and a way of life. The shamanic path is the path of the heart and soul. It is a path of beauty, wholeness, personal power, awareness, sacred living and connection with the totality of life. It is a path where the central focus of life is creating balance, harmony, impeccability, beauty and wholeness.

In this module you will be working with and learning how to walk the Medicine Wheel for healing, transformation, awakening and empowerment. The Medicine Wheel is a metaphor for life. It is a powerful tool to deepen your understanding of self, honour your connection to all beings, and walk in balance and beauty with Spirit and with Nature. You will also learn how to build and work with a medicine bundle (mesa) from the Andean tradition and become a mesa carrier; to heal, awaken and step into your full creative potential.

In this module there will be a focus on learning how to create sacred space in the context of sacred ceremony and ritual practices. Opening and closing sacred space is a ritual practice used in ceremonies by all earth honouring people in all parts of the world. It is an invitation for support, protection and guidance from the spiritual realms. It allows the practitioner to step into the world of the intangible to perform healings, retrieve soul pieces, and create beautiful ceremonies.

In this module you will understand the importance and value of working with power animals and how totems – plant, animal and spirit – are an essential component of all shamanic practices. They are the helping spirits which add to the power of the individual and are essential for success in any venture undertaken in life. In Shamanism the belief is that everyone has power animals and allies – animal & plant spirits which reside with each individual, adding to their power and protecting them from illness and misfortune.

In this module you will explore the importance of shadow work in terms of shamanism and healing. The personal shadow is the disowned self. It represents the parts of us we no longer claim to be our own, including inherent positive qualities. Our shadow is everything inside us that we have disowned, avoided, and kept in the dark. We all turn away from pain at some stage in our life – yet when we come to understand that all pain is a doorway to our awakening – authentic healing & transformation can occur.

In this module, you will be learning how to read, heal, cleanse and work with the chakra systems of the body. An important part of shamanic healing training is also learning extraction healing methods – including how to see, sense, and remove localised illness and pain connected to spiritual, emotional and mental factors. Our physical form is enclosed in an auric field, or a luminous light body that acts as an energetic immune system, keeping harmful and toxic energies out, while facilitating the flow of our natural life force.

In this module, you will understand and practice the art of working with earth energies and principles of ecopsychology for divination, healing and wellbeing. Learn how to read, clear and bless homes, landscapes and bodies of water. Understand the importance of ritual and ceremony to mark important occasions and rites of passage – after a long illness, a separation, birth, death, moving homes, buying land, or a traumatic event. Ceremonies are at the core of all shamanic and earth centred practices.

In this module, learn how to work with the shamanic drum, rattle and your authentic voice to heal, move energy, or open and close sacred space. The drum is a primal instrument; it is the sound of a heartbeat. This sound is embedded in your cells, in your DNA. There are differences in using the rattle, drum or your voice – they each feel different to your physical and energetic system and they will create different energetic vibrations in the space you’re working. Drums and rattles are the primary tools that we use in all journey work.

In this module, you will realise that all time, space and healing exist in the ever-present now.

Change life for the better by altering family patterns that have been passed down for generations with a healing technique called ‘Ancestral Lineage Clearing’. Our past, and our family’s past – influence our present and future. Our ancestors’ DNA runs through our physical body, and their emotional and energetic patterns continue flowing in our lives unless we take responsibility for clearing unhealthy patterns of behaviour.

From the shamanic worldview, when we are intimately connected to another, our energy bodies start to blend together and filaments from our light bodies become entwined together. This ancient shamanic practice is used to restore your light body to its original state of being. Cord-cutting is a spiritual healing process that energetically severs a negative attachment between you and another person, so that the shadow aspect of that past relationship does not linger or affect your life in the present.

Soul retrieval is based on the shamanic notion that each of us has a whole and perfect soul. When we experience trauma, the soul can fragment, leaving aspects of itself to exist inter-dimensionally in other realms. Soul retrieval work is the process of tracking these fragments and returning them to the person receiving the healing. Soul retrieval is recommended for anyone experiencing feelings of just “not being all there”, depression, trauma, illness or shock. It is a form of shamanic healing & release work that allows a person to move forward and live a life of fulfillment.

By exploring and utilising methods of observation other than merely the five senses, the shamanic practitioner can discern the forces that drive not only the universe, but also the individual sentient beings that live within it. We initially explore the limits, potential, and function of each element of the body, mind, emotions and soul. We apply these elements of self by allowing the soul to express cleanly and clearly through our bodies and into the world. The shamanic path is a path of radical honesty, requiring us to see what we observe, as it is – not just how we want it to be.