Workshops and Training Programs in Core Shamanism

Thank you for your interest in training with the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (FSS) to become a shamanic practitioner.

The FSS curriculum, provided through our workshops and advanced residential programs, is designed to provide step-by-step training in shamanic methods. Workshops are taught by the Foundation’s highly qualified international faculty. FSS faculty members have completed a rigorous training program in core shamanism and have several years of hands-on shamanic healing practice with private clients.

The Foundation’s authentic and powerful training in shamanic methods provides the basis for an effective shamanic practice. To practice successfully, in addition to the methodology, one must build strong connections with the helping spirits. These connections develop in strength over time through disciplined training and experience. The Foundation does not grant diplomas or certify that a person is a “shaman” – only the effective practice, deriving from knowledge and power provided by the helping spirits, can make one a shaman. The FSS does, however, provide certificates of completion, confirming a student’s participation in Foundation trainings. Traditional continuing education credits are also available.

To master the work, serious students often take the workshops multiple times, having discovered that though the material taught in any given workshop is the same, the lessons learned are different each time. One’s own helping spirits help guide the process, providing opportunities to deepen and grow in knowledge and spiritual power.