SHAMANIC PLANT CEREMONIALIST Practitioner Training
FEB - OCT 2027
An advanced, experiential training designed for those ready to support others and enter direct, ceremonial communion with the intelligence of the Plant Kingdom.
For over a decade each, we have held ceremonies with the non-psychotropic plants of the world, listening to their ancient wisdom and sharing their spiritual medicine. With strong guidance from the Plant Kingdom, we feel it is time for us to share the harvest of all that we have experienced and plant seeds with those called to the sacred path of service.
With this heart-intention in mind, we have created a practitioner training that guides those who are already on their awakening journey to begin holding ceremonies for participants to experience the magic and healing of the Plant Kingdom.
Leading the Way for the Future of transformational Plant Medicine Ceremonies.
Our connection to the green world is a fundamental part of humankind’s evolution.
We have been gathering in ritual with plants ever since we first walked the earth.
It is one of our most ancient forms of communion, health, and spiritual guidance.
And yet, in our modern world, we have become profoundly severed from the land and its subtle wisdom. Anxiety, ecological grief, and a sense of "rootlessness" are at all-time highs.
At the same time, we know that ceremony and a direct relationship with our native flora are vital for our individual wellbeing and community resilience.
For over a decade each, we have been passionately pioneering a grounded approach to plant medicine: weaving the deep ritual of shamanic practice with the accessible healing power of native, non-psychotropic plants.
A quiet shift is underway in the world of healing. People are beginning to turn back towards the land, towards slower ways of knowing, towards forms of transformation that ask for presence rather than intensity. With this growing interest comes a deeper need for practitioners who can walk this path with care, humility, and integrity.
This training is for those who feel that call within themselves.
The Shamanic Plant Ceremonialist Practitioner Training offers a way into working with native, non-psychotropic plants as allies in ceremony. In a landscape where much attention is placed on psychoactive altered states with exotic plants and experiences in far-off lands, this path returns to something more subtle yet equally powerful. It invites a form of transformation rooted in relationship, in listening, in the intelligence that already exists within our body and the local natural world.
The work is gentle, yet profound.
Through this training, you learn to recognise the quiet power of plants that grow on our doorstep and to work with them as companions in the unfolding of inner change. You begin to develop the capacity to hold space for others in a way that is steady and attuned, grounded in ethical awareness and respect for the processes that arise.
At a time where people are searching for meaning and belonging, it feels more important than ever to sit in a circle, listen to the plants in our local landscape, and remember how to heal ourselves. These ceremonial spaces are lifelines. People find a sense of peace that doesn't require a "trip," discover the profound magic in nature that surrounds us, and feel a groundedness that conventional wellness often misses. For many, these practices have restored their sense of purpose and local belonging.
There is a growing need for this kind of work. Spaces that do not overwhelm the system, but support it. Experiences that do not take people away from themselves, but bring them closer. We see a huge opportunity in the current nature-connection, shamanism, and wellness boom.
Forest bathing, herbalism, and cold-water swimming have moved beyond the fringes and are now recognised as essential for wellbeing.
Grounded, non-psychotropic ceremonial spaces are finding their way into the mainstream too.
This is not a path of quick results. It asks you to slow down, to deepen your perception and personal practice, and to build a relationship with the land you stand on. In doing so, you grow into a practitioner who can offer spaces that feel safe, connected, and real.
How we sit with the plants influences our culture, our ecology, and our collective healing.
This is a returning.
A returning to the land, to the body, to ways of healing that honour connection and responsibility. Where the ordinary becomes extraordinary.
If you feel the pull towards this work, this training is a place to begin.
On this Practitioner Training you will:
Deepen Roots: Forge deep personal alliance with the Plant Kingdom realms.
Create Sacred Space: Learn the sacred art of holding ceremony with safety, integrity, and deep love.
Receive Teachings: Experience shamanic plant practices and receive direct mentoring as you birth your own way of facilitating.
The Journey: A blend of online self-study, one weekend in-person immersion, and a 6-day in-person intensive, and a case study.
On Completion: Receive a certificate of completion for Shamanic Plant Ceremonialist practitioner training.
Who Is This For?
You long to turn your passion of ceremony and plants into a meaningful purpose in your life.
You are already working with individuals or groups and want to deepen the way you hold others in their healing journey with the support of plant allies.
You are a herbalist, naturopath, nutritionist, aromatherapist, or complimentary medicine practitioner and crave to move more into the energetic side of plant healing.
You have some experience of plant or nature connection and desire to be more considered and ceremonial with your plant relationships.
You are an experienced facilitator or practitioner and want to expand your offerings to include plant ceremony work.
You are just beginning your journey of facilitation and listening to plants and feel called to learn in structured way with experienced mentors.
You have some experience of energy healing and desire your healing work to feel more connected to the Plant Kingdom, nature and Grandmother Earth.
You are a community builder and want to weave the magic of the local plants into your practice.
You are have been learning about shamanism or are already a practitioner and feel the call to dive deeply into non-psychotropic plant medicine work.
You crave to be part of a community to share experiences, insights and have your healing lovingly witnessed.
You are ready or want to be ready to run your own plant medicine ceremony.
What You Don’t Need
To be a shamanic practitioner or a herbalist
To have lots of plant knowledge
To be an experienced facilitator or space holder
To be confident at public speaking
The Journey
Sun 7th Feb | Stepping Into Stewardship
Beginning with an online session to open the circle and the release of Module 1 (online platform) lessons.
Sun 7th Mar | Herbal & Ceremony Safety
Continuing with a group mentoring call to integrate Module 1, followed by Module 2 (online platform) lessons.
Sun 4th Apr | Serving the Community
Supporting the online learning with a group mentoring call, followed by Module 3 lessons.
Sun 9th May | Personal Power Plant
Completing the online training with a group mentoring call, and stepping into intentional relationship with a personal power plant supported with a 1:1 mentoring call and a peer-led online check-in session.
Fri 4th - Sun 6th June | Personal Plant Quest
In-person ceremonial weekend, 1:1 mentoring call and a peer-led online check-in session.
Mon 26th Jul - Sun 1st Aug | Shamanic Plant Practices
In-person 6 day teaching intensive retreat, a 1:1 mentoring call and followed by individual case study and a peer-led online check-in session.
Sat 23rd Oct | Crossing the Threshold
In-person ceremonial day to close our circle.
What You Will Receive
A 6 day in-person intensive retreat teaching shamanic plant practices including a camping space and delicious vegetarian food
A two night in-person plant quest including camping space and simple nourishing vegetarian food
3 x online teaching modules about ceremony, facilitating and space holding
3 x one-to-one mentoring calls
Personal power plant connection
3 x online peer-led group calls
Support in running your first Shamanic Plant Ceremony to be submitted as a case study
WhatsApp group chat access
1 year access to online teaching material
Heart-centred community held by experienced facilitators
In-person Graduation Ceremony
Schools of Shamanic Herbalism Graduation Certificate
How to Book Your Place
To join the apprenticeship you must have:
Attended at least three Shamanic Plant Spirit Initiations / Hedgerow Medicine workshops, or the Shamanic Plant Spirit Healing Apprenticeship, or the Shamanic Herbalism Apprenticeship. Other non-psychotropic plant medicine experience will be considered.
Have some training in energy healing (different modalities accepted such as Reiki).
Already be working with people in a one-to-one or group setting and in a health/wellness capacity.
If you are uncertain that you fit the criteria, we encourage you to fill in the application form as we will consider people with differing experiences and journey to this training.
To secure your place on the apprenticeship:
A completed application form must be submitted
Once your form is submitted, we’ll arrange a brief, informal chat to connect, answer any questions, and ensure this journey feels aligned for us both.
A non-refundable £400 deposit is required to secure your booking, without this we cannot reserve your place.
The remaining balance is due by 1st Feb 2027. If you’d prefer to pay in instalments, let us know in our informal chat - we have different options available - please see below (for all plans full payment will be required by 20th July 2027). We are offering up to two bursary places for this training which will cover 75% of the standard investment amount. If you would like to be considered for a bursary place then please complete the application form including the question about your circumstance.
Nettle - non-refundable deposit paid to secure your place and balance paid by 1st Feb.
Mugwort - non-refundable deposit paid to secure your place, followed by balance paid in three equal instalments on 1st Feb, 1st Apr & 1st July.
Hawthorn - non-refundable deposit paid to secure your place, followed by balance paid in five equal instalments on 1st Mar, 1st Apr, 1st May, 1st Jun & 1st July.
Spaces are limited to honour the depth of this work and the intimacy of the group. Early booking is encouraged.
Investment
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£2400
SUPPORTED INVESTMENT
For those who are unwaged / low income / people from ethnic minority backgrounds.
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£2500
STANDARD INVESTMENT
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£2600
COMMUNITY INVESTMENT
For those who are in a position to help us support participants who join on the support investment rate.
THE VENUE
The Clophill Centre, Shefford Rd, Clophill, Bedfordshire, MK45 4BT.
Closest station: Flitwick
The Clophill Centre is set on ten acres of meadow and woodland, with an apothecary garden, yurt, garden room, workshop space, roundhouse, awning, earth chamber and two labyrinths. The Clophill Centre is dedicated to sharing sacred traditions, and this idyllic unique venue is the perfect place to learn from the Plant Kingdom, reconnect with Mother Nature, and be inspired to live in harmony with the earth and all living creatures.
We truly look forward to welcoming you on this apprenticeship, supporting you in your personal journey of heart-centred leadership and sacred service to the Plant kingdom.