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Foundation Shamanic Journey & Healing Training

Training in Core-Shamanism

Chiang Mai Holistic offers Foundation and Advanced Training in Shamanic Journeying, Shamanic Healing, and Shamanic Practice.
Whether you want to learn how to perform the Shamanic Journey, expand your personal practice with advanced shamanic methods, learn about Shamanic Healing, or are simply interested in the topic for your personal evolution - there are different training courses on offer throughout the year.
The best place to start is the “Foundation Training for Shamanic Journeying & Healing.” This is the pre-requisite for all advanced Shamanic Practice and Healing courses.
All techniques learned can be easily replicated at home in your own time and can complement an existing spiritual routine from other traditions or become your main focus of spiritual evolution.
There is no limit to what you can do with your shamanic practice once you learn how to connect to your Helping Spirits.
Shamanism training is right for you if you are curious about anything related to Shamanism, if you have an affinity for energy work, and if you want to experience something truly magical.
Core Shamanism is a sober practice, and practitioners do not ingest any substances, which at the same time respects Chiang Mai Holistic’s code of conduct.


2-Day Foundation Shamanic Journey & Healing Training

This is the 2-days foundation training for developing a personal shamanic practice in the tradition of Core-Shamanism and is suitable for beginners and as a refresher training. In addition, this is the pre-requisite for all advanced training courses.
Shamanism is an ancient spiritual practice that dates back over a hundred thousand years. Shamans are spiritual healers who see with the heart and travel between the seen and unseen realms for healing, divination and ceremony.
The Shamanic Journey is a common ritual performed by Shamanic Healers all over the world, regardless of their culture. It is not required to belong to an indigenous tribe or to be a Shaman in order to learn how to journey. Anyone who feels an interest, can learn this and apply it to gain access to the well of wisdom that dwells within each of us and retrieve information and guidance from Helping Spirits.
As you learn the technique of journeying to a repetitive drumbeat into your own inner worlds, a new door will open for you that goes beyond the limit of your usual perception.
People who journey frequently often report feeling spiritually more connected, energized, happy and supported from their interactions with the spirit world.
As a basic Shamanic Healing method, we will learn about power-loss and how to remedy this by bringing back a Power-Animal for another person.

Some of the magical things you will learn:

  • Shamanic cosmology and how to navigate the worlds Shamans commonly travel to.
  • How to prepare for shamanic journeys.
  • How to meet and interact with your personal spirit animal guides and spiritual teachers in the Lower and Upper Worlds.
  • How to decipher and interpret your journey experiences.
  • How to retrieve information to your queries and life questions.
  • How to treat power-loss and retrieve a Power-Animal for another person.
  • How to journey easily at home & ground yourself after.

2-Day Advanced Shamanic Practice Training: - Cultivating relationships with Spirit -

This is a 2-days advanced training in Core-Shamanism practice that will enable you to establish relationships to a wider variety of Helping Spirits and to learn about Nature Spirits, Ancestors & Descendants, Altars, Shamanic Tools, Offerings, advanced journey methods and Shape-Shifting.
It builds on the ‘Foundation Shamanic Journey & Healing Training’ which is a pre-requisite for this course and participation is per application only. During 2 days, we will work outside in Nature and inside on the premises of Vivara Retreat Center. We will experience the healing powers of the Sun, finding ally-spirits in Nature and learn how to present offerings to the spirit world in ordinary and non-ordinary realities.
We will craft an eye-curtain and test it’s use with active journeying methods, working in- and outdoors.
We will learn about Shamanic Altars and Tools and how to empower them.
We will discover your place in the Ancestral and Descendants lines and learn directly from them what they want to share with you. This training is right for you, if you want to deepen, enhance, upgrade and boost your individual shamanic practice with traditional shamanic ways that have been proven to be effective over thousands of years.
You will know by the excitement and the passion you feel upon reading this summary if this course is right for you.

Some of the magical things you will learn:

  • How to honour & connect to Nature Spirits..
  • How to perform Middle World Journeys..
  • How to make an eye-curtain..
  • How to empower your shamanic tools..
  • How to boost your journey experience while moving & shape-shifting..
  • How to set up an altar and present offerings..
  • How to connect to Ancestors and Descendants.

2-Day Shamanic Healing Training: Extractions.

This is an advanced course for Shamanic Healing. We will learn how to clear energetic blockages in people by extracting them, how Helping Spirits see illness, how to stay save while performing Shamanic Healing on clients and many other cool things.
Having completed a 2-day Foundation Shamanic Journey & Healing Training is a pre-requisite for this course and participation is per application with the teacher only.
Course description and further details will follow shortly. The wait-list is open.

Good to know for all shamanic courses on offer

Information during the training will be shared orally only. You are encouraged to take notes. During the training we sit together in sacred circle.Therefore, kindly refrain from cellphone use. Neither audio recordings nor photo taking are permitted.
Our training room will be prepared with floor mats and cushions, if you are not comfortable sitting on the floor, chairs can be provided. We will have a break for 1 hour around lunch time.

What to bring:

  • Empty notebook - unlined is best, pens & pencils;
  • Eye mask or bandana to cover your eyes;
  • Shawl or light cover to be comfortable when we lay down during journeying;
  • Water bottle, light snacks.
  • If you have them, you can bring your own drum and rattles - but it’s not required;
  • Practice rattles will be provided.

Training Dates

Foundation Shamanic Journey & Healing Training
  • July 19th & 20th 2025 - CMH VIVARA Academy & Retreat Center
  • October 18th & 19th 2025 - CMH VIVARA Academy & Retreat Center
Advanced Shamanic Practice Training: - Cultivating relationships with Spirit -
  • July 22nd & 23rd 2025 - CMH VIVARA Academy & Retreat Center
  • October 21st & 22nd 2025 - CMH VIVARA Academy & Retreat Center
Shamanic Healing Training: Extractions.
  • November 4th & 5th 2025 - CMH VIVARA Academy & Retreat Center

Spaces are limited so please book in ADVANCE by sending us a message on Facebook, by LINE to @cmholistic or e-mail to info@chiangmaiholistic.com


Investment

We have different options available.
  • 8,800 Baht: 2-day training and lunch. (Per Training Foundation and Advanced)
  • 10,800 Baht: 2-day training, breakfast and lunch included and two nights accommodation in a shared room
  • 11,200 Baht – 2-day training, breakfast and lunch included and two nights accommodation in a single room.

For dinner, we have a restaurant at the centre where you can choose food, or you can order your own from Grab.


Food

We provide nutritious Thai cuisine. If you have specific dietary preferences, like vegan or vegetarian, please inform us prior to the training.


Location

PLEASE NOTE: This training will be held at our VIVARA Academy & Retreat centre which is located near the Grand Canyon in Hangdong. Here is the location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/2xyDDodpqXYUm4zr5


Accommodation Types

We offer two types of accommodation: single or shared. Each room has a queen-size bed, air conditioning, a TV, a fridge, towels, WIFI and laundry supplies. Below are photos of the rooms.

Single Room

Shared Room

Other Trainings Available

TIBETAN BOWLS SOUND HEALING THERAPY TRAINING CERTIFIED and CRYSTAL SINGING BOWLS SOUND BATH TRAINING and BECOME A CERTIFIED REIKI PRACTITIONER. Or if you are interested in an individual sound healing session, see the Sound Healing session page to learn more.