Aims
This is a special IPHM accredited course designed for those people who wish to train in the shamanic healing arts. The aim of this three-year diploma course is for all students to become proficient in the skills as a professionally trained shamanic practitioner having spent quality time learning from experienced practitioners how to undertake all the named healing arts.

Becoming a Shamanic Practitioner
Comprising of nine components over three years, this is a special course designed for those people who wish to train in the shamanic healing arts. It will include the shaman’s map of the world, learning to track the source of a client’s problem and how to work on deeper profound healing levels to help your client. The following shamanic healing methods will be taught, extraction, soul retrieval, heart-centered depossession, curse unravelling, ancestor work, divination and working with the gods/goddesses.

Shamans have the view that all illnesses have a spiritual cause which is expressed in physical manifestation. They access the client’s health, by checking in with their sacred balance of mind, body and spirit and looking not only at their internal health (relationship to self) but also, to their external health (relationship to others and the world around them).

Shamans track the symptom (which is how modern western medicine see illness), to its source. This is usually based in some sort of trauma that the client has experienced. This trauma energetically imprints that person and if left unattended can develop into emotional, physical, or mental conditions. So simply put, shamans heal the spiritual origin of illness, so that the imprint of trauma can no longer inform the reality or health, and the client can return to a state of grace.

Most shamanic healing focuses on the following aspects: power loss, soul loss, energy intrusions, spirit release work, ancestral work, cutting ties, house + land cleansing, healing, and blessings. Shamanism is a path that gives you direct spiritual revelation and autonomy. It is possible to gain a spiritual toolkit that will serve you for the rest of your life and to come into your own personal power.

There are many ways of healing, from one on one, to group therapy. We will explore both in depth and how working with the ancestors and the gods gives us a greater experiential understanding of how healing works.

There will be ample opportunity to use drums and rattles as tools within various shamanic healing work, explore many different types and uses of movement and trance, empower one’s own shamanic tools, create masks and costumes which are an important part of the work.

Healing Subjects:
Shamanic Journeying, Extraction, Soul retrieval, Curse unravelling, Death/ dying and depossession, Transitioning, Divination, Working with the Gods, The Elements, Ancestors, Taboos.

Inner Work:
Honing with the ego, self-healing, learning to work in both worlds (spiritual and physical reality) more rather than one world less, meeting and working with spiritual allies and tutors, meeting and working with the gods and goddesses, working with the elements, ritual work, meditation, bright and dark mirrors.

Outer work:
History of Core Shamanism, how to diagnose illness, pilgrimage, circle of reality, dancing, ritual movement, working with the directions, working in nature, working with drums and rattles, mask work and costume.

Course work:
Information on the set healing theme will be given to all students during each component, e.g., extraction material on the second component as well as practical exercises to reinforce practice and learning opportunities.

A journal of experiences during the course (one per component) will be asked to be submitted to be appraised (to make sure all students are truly taking part and understanding why and what they are experiencing).

Case studies will be asked for all healing subjects and feedback sheets will be provided. We are asking for 50 in total to be submitted.

An exam will be held on the last component to make sure each student understands all that has been taught on the course.

Once the students have successfully completed their three-year training, they may be considered for registration with Cambridge Core Shamanism as Shamanic Practitioners and to receive referrals from Cambridge Core Shamanism from prospective clients in their locale.

Payment/Fee
Payment for each component, will be expected to be made at least a week before the start
of it. Individual payment plans are also available.
One Day Component: £180
Two Day Component: £360
The price of each component is individually worked out, due to the length needed for completion. Components will take place at a venue provided by Thomas Marty.

If a student no shows for a component without any warning, they will forfeit all payment for that component.

If only 24 hours’ notice is given, then they will receive one third of payment back.

If one week’s notice is provided, then payment will be returned in full.

Length of Components
Each component may last between 1-2 days in length. Students will be notified in advance of each component and its time length. They will be expected to attend each one for the duration of the course.

Thomas Marty will act as the student’s mentor throughout the course and is contactable to discuss progress.

There is to be no alcohol or mind-altering substances taken 24 hours before, during or after each component.

Each student is expected to make their own notes of the teaching and of their personal experiences.

Each student is expected to bring their own food and drink to the courses and to have enough finance to pay for all course items needed to complete the course. Each student is expected to provide their own; notebook, pen, water bottle, blanket, mindfold, drum, rattle, drum recordings, quartz crystals, candles, power objects.

New Cohort Starting September 26th, 27th September 2026

Contact Thomas @ tmarty@hotmail.co.uk for details.

Health Matters
All students must disclose if they have suffered from any mental health issues in the past, present or during the course.

If a student is on any medication or suffering any illness/personal problems that might affect their health from the actions undertaken within this course, then a full description must be given to Thomas Marty before the course starts.

The health of each student is paramount and if a situation arises that they need to take time out, then this conversation must take place. Thomas Marty has the right, if he suspects the student of; not being able to cope physically, emotionally, mentally or spiritually, or has broken any ethical/moral expectations within the course work/ teachings/ tutors, to, in the first instance, discuss the situation with the student and take appropriate action. In the second instance if Thomas Marty feels that the student needs time out, supported further, or be dismissed from the course, his decision is final.

If there is an interruption in the running of the course due to health matters, then both parties can seek, in the first instance to postpone learning until student is better or curtail all involvement in the course.

This training was created by Thomas Marty and based on the training he has received from professional Shamanic Practitioners and Training Centres from around the world.