PRACTIONER TRAINING[3 years]
transformative, to ensure that participants are given not only the tools to practice but, more importantly, the spiritual experience and resilience to truly embody the role of the shaman, in service to their communities.
about the course
The course has evolved over fifteen years to offer those called to this path a solid framework and grounding in shamanism, which is relevant to the lives we live as modern humans. It is rooted in the wisdom that has guided indigenous people for millennia, that for humans to live in balance, we need to honour spiritually the environment where we reside. And that certain individuals throughout time have held the responsibility for this, these being the shamans: the healers and ceremonial leaders of their tribe. However, to undertake this role, the individual needs to first ‘get clean’ and be initiated into right relationship with the spiritual forces that govern life.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
Participants will undergo a series of challenging, initiatory rites for the first two years of the training, working through the elements and the seven directions around the ancient tool of the ‘Medicine Wheel’. This structure will be the container for all the work, to ensure safety and effectiveness that can then be to be used for personal and collective transformation.
Emphasis will be placed on connecting to the land and the invisible powers that reside there through the language of offerings and participating in authentic shamanic ceremonies. It will also involve connecting with your ancestors and cleaning the lines of inter generational trauma that have been passed down. For any shamanistic revival to happen in the modern world, we need the support of all our ancestors. Once these important foundational elements are in place, we can move onto learning the art of becoming a shamanic practitioner.
In the third year we will focus on cross cultural shamanic healing. This will ensure that any techniques that are learnt will have the backing of power generated through the first two years.
Training in ancestral healing, work to heal the dead, removal of poisons through spirit extraction, transference of power, cleaning with feathers, using the power of song to heal and soul retrieval plus other lesser known techniques will all be covered.
In the third year you will also learn a whole philosophy of what causes sickness, and thus, how it can be treated. This philosophy is one far removed from our modern perspective on reality, At the same time, what is taught comes from nearly two decades of experience using these healing methodologies in the real world. They are not taught from theory but what is applicable and works in a modern setting.
Thus, with the assistance of the spirits and backed up by the first two year’s initiations, participants will have the opportunity to be able to transfer this philosophy into practical application, to assist others to find real and effective healing.
All teaching will be led by Jez Hughes and will be assisted by at least two other experienced practitioners
Course is limited to 20 participants per year. For full course information please download the Info Package below.
Application involves submitting an application form followed by an interview with Jez. To apply, please download the application pack and read the instructions fully. Then complete the application form below and send it to us at info@secondsighthealing.com. Following this you will be able to book your interview.
TESTIMONIALS
SAM PUGH
[3 Year Practioner Training]
Seven years ago, I had a freak spiritual awakening in Peru and who knew I would wind up today finishing a three year shamanic practitioner training initiation. It’s [been] the most down to earth and authentically rewarding undertaking I’ve yet to have in my life.
A solid initiation into feeling deeper into my heart, the woods and into community. It’s given me a voice, brought me home and reclaimed my power which I felt I lost over the last twenty years.
Growing up, I struggled with my identity, I didn’t know where I belonged. I felt like an outsider, an oddball, I was a sensitive boy, cripplingly shy, with a mixed ethnic background and in a home town I totally rejected. I really struggled with the idea of “home”, I had never been settled or experienced any peace from this.
Now I can say, I have reclaimed what may once have been a birth rite. I have experienced a true spiritual connection with nature without the use of psychedelics and I now feel at home in the world.
KATE TUSTAIN
[3 Year Practioner Training]
The practitioner training took me on a profound journey uncovering my medicine and giving me a lifelong community. Through a land and ancestor connection, I extended myself beyond my limits, healing myself and my family. This was a 2 year initiation wich we integrated in the third year into practical service, paving the way for me to set up my own healing business. I also became an assistant teacher forSecond Sight, giving me the structure and confidence to hold my own groups and ceremonies.
HUW MACKIN
[3 Year Practioner Training]
I was given a family, a community, and an opportunity to invest my heart and soul into something that can, will and is, changing the world we live in and lives we touch. I’ve been seen, accepted, celebrated and embraced for all that I am and ever will be, and the healing power of that alone can transform a lifetime of abuse into a future of hope. This isn’t just a course, it’s a cure.