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.

Leading the Way for the Future of transformational Plant Medicine Ceremonies.

Across cultures and lands, the relationship between our Plant Kin and Humankind has always been part of our evolution. Long before modern healthcare or the wellness industry, people gathered in sacred circle with the Plant Kingdom. Plants were not just resources, they were teachers, elders, medicine and a portal of connection to the wisdom of the Earth and Cosmos.

Through the ages we, especially modern times, we have become profoundly disassociated from the land and its ancient wisdom. Humanity has and is experiencing divisive societal constructs, distressing global events, cultural diaspora, technological slumber, and ecological grief.

Yet simultaneously, there is a boom in interest in healing with plant medicine. Psychotropic plant medicine ceremonies have moved into mainstream wellness industry and more people than ever are seeking them out, often travelling to other countries and traditions to find them.

In this landscape we have seen how working with only psychotropic plants from other lands can lead to a lack in relationship with the land we stand upon and can leave participants without embodied presence in the ordinariness of our day-to-day lives. We deeply respect these Master Plants and the traditions they come from. However in the West, we have seen how the mainstream psychotropic plant movement has perhaps given the impression that we need an induced altered state for deep and profound healing to happen when working with the Plant Kingdom.

We know this isn’t true.

Psychotropic plants are not the whole picture of the Plant Kingdom. Our ‘everyday’ plants and trees are waiting to begin speaking with us. The non-psychotropic plants and trees are calling us into our body and our innate sensitivities so that we may continue the sacred journey of relationship with them. Offering transformational personal healing and intimacy with our landscape.

People are feeling this call to be in deeper rel, towards slower ways of knowing, towards forms of ceremony and healing that ask for presence rather than intensity. People are seeking something grounded, slow growing like an ancient Oak, deeply rooted in our conscious presence and awareness, where the ordinary becomes extraordinary and each moment of life feels like magic. With this growing interest comes a deeper need for practitioners who walk this path with care, humility, and integrity.

This training is for those who feel this call within themselves.

For over a decade each, we have held ceremonies with the non-psychotropic plants of the world, passionately pioneering a grounded approach to plant medicine. We have been weaving the deep ritual of shamanic practice with the accessible healing power of non-psychotropic plants, 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. To plant seeds with those who are already on their awakening journey and are called to the sacred path of Plant Kingdom service.

The Shamanic Plant Ceremonialist Practitioner Training offers a way into working with non-psychotropic plants as allies in healing ceremony. 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. Through this training, you learn to recognise the healing magic of plants that grow on our doorstep and to work with them as allies in the unfolding of your 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. This path returns to something more subtle yet equally powerful.

The work is gentle, yet profound.

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 Plant Kingdom and Grandmother Earth, and remember how to heal ourselves. These ceremonial spaces are lifelines. For many, these practices have restored their sense of purpose and local belonging.

There is a growing need for this kind of work.

Ceremonial 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 and the Plant Allies you walk past every single day. 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.

The Container

  • You begin the journey with three online modules, diving deeply into the different aspects of ceremony creation, space holding, and facilitating. These online teachings are supported by four online group mentoring calls.

  • You grow into the journey by forging a deeply initimate relationship and commitment to one plant ally through personal practice and an in-person plant quest weekend, bringing forward personal transformation and healing, supported by 1:1 mentoring.

  • You will learn different shamanic plant practices during a six day in-person intensive retreat. After this you will design and run your own ceremony to submit as a case study. You will be supported by 1:1 mentoring and peer-led online group calls. You will complete your training with an in-person graduation day.

This is For You if:

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, yoga teacher, or other 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 a 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 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 non-psychotropic 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 | Ceremony Facilitating

Supporting the online learning with a group mentoring call, followed by Module 3 lessons.

Sun 9th May | Personal Power Plant

Having completed 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 2nd Aug - Sun 9th 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.

Sun 24th 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

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.

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).

  • Are working with people or are ready to work with people in a one-to-one or group setting in a health/wellness field.

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 backgrounds.

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 required to be paid in full by 20th July 2027. There are three payment plan options:

    • 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.

    • 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 circumstances.

Spaces are limited to honour the depth of this work and the intimacy of the group. Early booking is encouraged.

Investment

  • £2400

    SUPPORTED INVESTMENT

    For those who are unwaged / low income / people from ethnic minority backgrounds

  • £2500

    STANDARD INVESTMENT

  • £2600

    COMMUNITY INVESTMENT

    For those who are in a position to help us support participants who join on the supported investment rate

STEP INTO THE PLANT PATH.
We truly look forward to welcoming you on this practitioner training, supporting you in your personal journey of heart-centred leadership and sacred service to the Plant kingdom.