ACCREDITED SHAMANIC PRACTITIONER TRAINING
Tomar, Portugal 29th August – 5th September, 2024
29th August – 5th September, 2024 – 7 – Day Live-In Retreat,
Internationally Accredited Shamanic Practitioner Training, Portugal
This comprehensive program places shamanic, earth centred practices as important components of your professional practice and as a spiritual pathway and approach to personal development, healing and empowerment.
The focus is on becoming a skilled shamanic practitioner, ceremonial facilitator, sound and energy healer in your own right.
This distinctive accreditation will offer you the ability to facilitate shamanic healing, drum journeywork, sound healing & space holding for ceremonies, circles and group sessions; in a safe, authentic, grounded and professional container.
You will have a chance to work on deepening and understanding your connection to the world of Spirit – as well as cultivating your own archetypal and mythic themes as they relate to becoming a skilled shamanic practitioner.
This program will enhance your professional work and your life in the most remarkable ways. You will have a chance to develop and deepen your shamanic practices and build your spiritual connections to the natural world around you.
This complete training program is underpinned with a commitment by the individual to ongoing professional support, shamanic process work, personal development, authenticity and integrity.
You will also become part of an international community that profoundly supports this journey. Studying the shamanic arts is not about emulating an indigenous culture, it is about remembering who you are at the core, and implementing that in the context of your own work and culture.
It’s about learning how to bring clarity to your vision, and harnessing the powers of creation through Nature, in service to Love. This professional training program gives you the tools for opening that door, and understanding your personal “medicine.”
What is Shamanism?
“Over tens of thousands of years, our ancient ancestors all over the world discovered how to maximise human abilities of mind, body and spirit for healing and problem-solving. The remarkable system of methods they developed is today known as “shamanism,” a term that comes from a Siberian tribal word for its practitioners: “shaman” (pronounced SHAH-MAHN). Shamans are especially distinguished by the use of journeys to hidden worlds otherwise mainly known through myth, dream, and near-death experiences.”
~Michael Harner ~
Training Program Outline:
MODULE 1
SHAMANIC WORLDVIEW:
WALKING BETWEEN WORLDS
In this introduction module, you will be given an outline of what Shamanism is. You will learn about core shamanism as a healing system, a path of ancient wisdom, a practical philosophy, a spiritual discipline, and a way of life. The shamanic path is the path of the heart and soul. It is a path of beauty, wholeness, personal power, awareness, sacred living and connection with the totality of life. It is a path where the central focus of life is creating balance, harmony, impeccability, beauty and wholeness.
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Understand core concepts of Shamanism
- Explore shamanic tools for everyday living
- Ethics & right use of power
- Walking between worlds and shapeshifting
- Learn how to become a ‘Hollow Bone’
- Shamanic tools to enhance any therapeutic or group practice
MODULE 2
THE MEDICINE WHEEL:
A METAPHOR FOR LIFE
In this module you will be working with and learning how to walk the Medicine Wheel for healing, transformation, awakening and empowerment. The Medicine Wheel is a metaphor for life. It is a powerful tool to deepen your understanding of self, honour your connection to all beings, and walk in balance and beauty with Spirit and with Nature. You will also learn how to build and work with a medicine bundle (mesa) from the Andean tradition and become a mesa carrier; to heal, awaken and step into your full creative potential.
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Teachings of the Andean Medicine Wheel
- Understanding spirit allies, animal totems, guardians of the land & elementals
- Working with the medicine wheel in client sessions and ceremonies
- Using the medicine wheel for healing, divination and empowerment
- How to build and work with a Mesa or medicine bundle
- Learn how each item in your mesa represents a wound that has been transformed into a source of wisdom, power and courage
MODULE 3
CREATING SACRED SPACE:
POWER, PROTECTION AND PROTOCOLS
In this module there will be a focus on learning how to create sacred space in the context of sacred ceremony and ritual practices. Opening and closing sacred space is a ritual practice used in ceremonies by all earth honouring people in all parts of the world. It is an invitation for support, protection and guidance from the spiritual realms. It allows the practitioner to step into the world of the intangible to perform healings, retrieve soul pieces, and create beautiful ceremonies.
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Understand the principles to create sacred space
- Learn to work with animal, spirit and plant guides
- The importance of psychic protection & grounding
- Psychopomp work in ceremony
- Perceiving Spirit – malignant and benevolent
- The use of different herbs and practices to cleanse space
MODULE 4
SHAMANIC JOURNEYWORK:
EARTH AND SPIRIT ALLIES
In this module you will understand the importance and value of working with power animals and how totems – plant, animal and spirit – are an essential component of all shamanic practices. They are the helping spirits which add to the power of the individual and are essential for success in any venture undertaken in life. In Shamanism the belief is that everyone has power animals and allies – animal & plant spirits which reside with each individual, adding to their power and protecting them from illness and misfortune.
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Develop skills to facilitate a shamanic journey to the ‘upper, middle and lower’ worlds
- Create the foundations for effective, safe & intentional shamanic journeying
- Access vital information from other levels of reality
- Connect with your spirit team, totem animals, plant allies & benevolent ancestors
- Learn to work with the drum and rattle in shamanic journeying
- Identify core wounds, reclaim lost power and awaken your inner wisdom
MODULE 5
SHADOW WORK:
GIFTS OF POWER
In this module you will explore the importance of shadow work in terms of shamanism and healing. The personal shadow is the disowned self. It represents the parts of us we no longer claim to be our own, including inherent positive qualities. Our shadow is everything inside us that we have disowned, avoided, and kept in the dark. We all turn away from pain at some stage in our life – yet when we come to understand that all pain is a doorway to our awakening – authentic healing & transformation can occur.
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Shadow work in shamanism
- Dark nights of the soul
- Repression of the shadow
- Gifts of the shadow
- Spiritual emergence and shadow work
- Understand: projection, transference, identification & social masks
MODULE 6
SHAMANIC HEALING, CLEARING & EXTRACTION WORK:
UNDERSTANDING THE ENERGY BODY
In this module, you will be learning how to read, heal, cleanse and work with the chakra systems of the body. An important part of shamanic healing training is also learning extraction healing methods – including how to see, sense, and remove localised illness and pain connected to spiritual, emotional and mental factors. Our physical form is enclosed in an auric field, or a luminous light body that acts as an energetic immune system, keeping harmful and toxic energies out, while facilitating the flow of our natural life force.
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Understanding the chakra energy system
- Learn how to clear & remove negative intrusions
- Psychic perception and awareness
- Basic counselling skills
- The importance of grounding & energetic protection
- Working with focussing (the felt-sense)
MODULE 7
SHAMANIC TOOLS FOR TRANSFORMATION:
WORKING WITH EARTH-CENTRED PRACTICES
In this module, you will understand and practice the art of working with earth energies and principles of ecopsychology for divination, healing and wellbeing. Learn how to read, clear and bless homes, landscapes and bodies of water. Understand the importance of ritual and ceremony to mark important occasions and rites of passage – after a long illness, a separation, birth, death, moving homes, buying land, or a traumatic event. Ceremonies are at the core of all shamanic and earth centred practices.
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Learn to read and heal negative energy on land and water
- Assist lost souls to cross over
- Learn principles of ecopsychology
- Working with the elements – fire, air, water, earth
- Understand various earth-centred practices
- Honouring the land, elementals, guardians, ancestors and spirits
MODULE 8
SHAMANIC DRUM, RATTLE & VOICE:
THE POWER OF SOUND
In this module, learn how to work with the shamanic drum, rattle and your authentic voice to heal, move energy, or open and close sacred space. The drum is a primal instrument; it is the sound of a heartbeat. This sound is embedded in your cells, in your DNA. There are differences in using the rattle, drum or your voice – they each feel different to your physical and energetic system and they will create different energetic vibrations in the space you’re working. Drums and rattles are the primary tools that we use in all journey work.
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Understanding the role of sound in healing
- How to use the drum for healing
- Learn to open and close sacred space through sound
- When to use the shamanic rattle
- The use of voice in a ceremonial context
- Become a clear vessel for your authentic voice
MODULE 9
ANCESTOR WORK:
HEALING YOUR LINEAGE
In this module, you will realise that all time, space and healing exist in the ever-present now.
Change life for the better by altering family patterns that have been passed down for generations with a healing technique called ‘Ancestral Lineage Clearing’. Our past, and our family’s past – influence our present and future. Our ancestors’ DNA runs through our physical body, and their emotional and energetic patterns continue flowing in our lives unless we take responsibility for clearing unhealthy patterns of behaviour.
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Change dysfunctional family patterns
- Work with ancestral lineage clearing techniques
- Release habitual patterns and stories
- Reclaim the power to heal your past, present and future
- The importance of forgiveness in ancestral healing
- Honouring your ancestors through ritual & ceremony
MODULE 10
CORD CUTTING:
RELEASING EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENTS
From the shamanic worldview, when we are intimately connected to another, our energy bodies start to blend together and filaments from our light bodies become entwined together. This ancient shamanic practice is used to restore your light body to its original state of being. Cord-cutting is a spiritual healing process that energetically severs a negative attachment between you and another person, so that the shadow aspect of that past relationship does not linger or affect your life in the present.
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Understand the different types of energetic cords we create
- Why cord-cutting is a necessary healing practice
- Learn various techniques & tools for cutting cords
- Understanding the negative impact of energetic attachments
- Introduction to energetic boundaries
- The power of engaging in forgiveness practices
MODULE 11
SOUL RETRIEVAL:
RECLAIMING THE FRAGMENTED SELF
Soul retrieval is based on the shamanic notion that each of us has a whole and perfect soul. When we experience trauma, the soul can fragment, leaving aspects of itself to exist inter-dimensionally in other realms. Soul retrieval work is the process of tracking these fragments and returning them to the person receiving the healing. Soul retrieval is recommended for anyone experiencing feelings of just “not being all there”, depression, trauma, illness or shock. It is a form of shamanic healing & release work that allows a person to move forward and live a life of fulfillment.
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Why the soul fragments
- Learn how to retrieve lost soul aspects
- Reclaim the power to influence your past, present and future
- Alter issues concerning prosperity, relationships, health & career
- Clear negative patterns and programs from your life
- Understand the impact of past energetic imprints
MODULE 12
THE SHAMAN WITHIN:
NAVIGATING THE WORLD OF THE INTANGIBLE
By exploring and utilising methods of observation other than merely the five senses, the shamanic practitioner can discern the forces that drive not only the universe, but also the individual sentient beings that live within it. We initially explore the limits, potential, and function of each element of the body, mind, emotions and soul. We apply these elements of self by allowing the soul to express cleanly and clearly through our bodies and into the world. The shamanic path is a path of radical honesty, requiring us to see what we observe, as it is – not just how we want it to be.
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Understand different types of extra-sensory perception
- Divination tools for healing and empowerment
- Know how you navigate the world of the intangible
- Learn to read and sense energy
- Connecting to your guides, ancestors, allies & totems
- Learn to trust in the body’s wisdom
Who Will Benefit From This Work?
Individuals who are drawn to shamanism and earth-centred practices to enhance their own and others wellbeing – as well as holistic practitioners, group facilitators and health care professionals.
- Therapists in any modality – for example: massage therapists, reiki practitioners, energy healers, yoga teachers, nurses, hypnotherapists, doctors, psychologists, care workers, group facilitators, teachers, marriage celebrants & life-coaches
- Individuals wanting to deepen their connection to self, nature and spirit
- People interested in personal transformation, spirituality, empowerment and healing
- People who are looking at shamanism to enhance their lives: both personally and professionally
- People who are willing to approach their health differently, discovering new ways to take care of their emotional, spiritual, mental and physical wellbeing
- Spiritual seekers looking to work with shamanism and earth-centred practices to understand the causes of illness — both in themselves and others — and to heal those imbalances on a spiritual, physical or emotional level
- All who wish to awaken more fully to the sacred dimension of life – and to breathe the spirit of love and beauty into daily living
WHAT TO EXPECT
LEARNING OUTCOMES
ARE YOU READY TO JOIN ME IN THIS EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY?
We all have stories from the past that define us in limited ways, and we each come from cultures that shape our values, ethics, and morality – stifling this internal knowing and derailing us from our original callings.
Come join me on this journey, it will transform and enhance your life in remarkable ways!
“There is a world beyond ours, a world that is far away, nearby and invisible.”
– Maria Sabina-
PORTUGAL – 7 NIGHT/ 8 DAY, LIVE-IN RETREAT:
There are 12 modules, each one being 3x hours in duration. I will also facilitate a 1x hour private session via zoom with each participant after the program is complete to assess how you’re going with the work.
Is there any equipment or product being used?
Each participant will have to bring their own shamanic hand drum and rattle.
This program is accredited with the International Energetic Healing Association.
Here is the link to the Membership benefits:
https://www.internationaleha.org/membership/
Venue Highlights:
Accomodation:
There are four options to choose from to suit every budget and preference.
- Rural Tourism has four apartments with kitchenettes, which surround the pool area, as well as the rooms in the Main House with stunning views of the hills.
1x budget apartment (vanilla apartment) – 70€/ apartment/night
2x one bedroom apartments available (blue or yellow apartment) – 1 or 2 x people/ apartment – 80€/ apartment/night
1x two bedroom apartment available – 4 x people/ apartment – 130€/ apartment/ night - Main House – 4x rooms with private bathrooms – 3x rooms with double beds and 1x room with 2x single beds – 80€/ night
- Mongolian Yurts – especially for people with special tastes and a love of nature. It consists of five yurts. The Mongolian Yurts each have ecological bathrooms. 1 x Double or 2 x Single Beds available – Sleeps 2 people – 60€/ per yurt/ night.
- Dormitory – consists of various rooms in the same area as the Main House, where you can enjoy the magnificent gardens and its centuries-old trees.
Single Bed in Dormitory with shared bathroom (male and female dorms are separate) – Sleeps 10 people – 25€/ per person/ night
Please Note: Email me after you’d placed a deposit to book which accommodation type you would like to choose from. Bookings for accommodation preferences will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. E: beata@beataalfoldi.com
Diet:
*If you have special dietary needs, advise us and we’ll work with you.
Directions:
CAR HIRE: You can hire a car from Lisbon Airport and travel across the A1 toll expressway in about 1.5 hours to reach our retreat centre in Tomar.
TRAIN: Lisbon to Tomar train services operate daily by Comboios De Portugal and will cost about €9 – €13 and takes approximately 2 hours. You can go via the public train service from Santa Apolónia Train Station in Lisbon, which is at the edge of the Alfama district. Once you arrive at Tomar, you can take a taxicab to the retreat centre – it will take about 20 minutes.
Quinta de São José dos Montes
Estrada Dos Montes,
Nº134 2300-087 Olalhas – Tomar,
Portugal
WEBSITE:
http://www.quintasaojosedosmontes.com/
CONTACT:
+351 917 935 392
INVESTMENT: €1,480 EURO
SIMPLE PRICING
ACCREDITED SHAMANIC PRACTITIONER TRAINING & ALL MEALS
€1,480 EURO
- RETREAT PRICING – Includes all shamanic workshops & modules, preparations, integrations, work processes & is inclusive of all meals for the duration of the retreat.
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ABOUT THE FACILITATOR:
BEÁTA ALFÖLDI
Beáta created the Integral Woman program for the Awareness Institute in Sydney, where she completed a two-year diploma in Shamanic and Energetic healing. She has also lived in Peru and studied with various curanderos (healers) of the Amazon and Andes.
Beáta facilitates private sessions, workshops, online mentorship programs and international retreats, and is regularly invited to be a keynote speaker and workshop facilitator at many festivals, events and seminars.
Beáta was invited to contribute a chapter to the book; Shamanism for the New Millennium, which became an Amazon #1 Bestseller. She is also featured in the upcoming documentary film – ‘Women of Heart’, which is due to be released globally.
Beáta is a grounded facilitator who is both empathic, loving and decisive in her approach to group and individual interactions.
A lifetime explorer of diverse wisdom traditions, Beáta shares her work with the larger community – holding regular events, ceremonies, training programs & workshops – which encompass a wide range of her lifetime experiences and training.
Beáta creates grounded and transformational spaces that offer evolutionary opportunities to others for growth, and is used to working with the deepest wounds in people – emotional and otherwise. She is considered by many to be a ‘spiritual midwife’, and helps people to birth their authentic nature.
Beáta also has a profound aptitude with shadow work which enables people to embrace their own shadow and step into their creative potential – using techniques that are both deeply healing, empowering and transformative.
Beáta has not only experienced, but has also healed and transformed her life from enormous grief and challenges – including the loss of her only son in childbirth. She is a compassionate, wise, grounded, fierce and loving guide for your journey.
Beáta currently lives between Mexico and Europe, and is passionate about inspiring individuals to live a life that is authentic, free, empowered and radiantly alive!
Professional Qualifications:
Beáta has a Bachelor of Arts (Dance), Diploma in Shamanic and Energetic Healing, Certificate in Yoga Teaching and have trained in Mind-Body Counselling, Shamanic Counselling, Eco-psychology, Shamanic Earth-Centred Practices, Soul-Centred Healing, Transpersonal Coaching, Crystal Therapy, Ceremonial Work, Meditation and Plant Medicines.
Shamanic Drum and Rattle Building Workshop – 28th August, 2024
Here you will have the opportunity to learn how to build your own shamanic drum.
We honour these animal skins and with their experience on this planet we use them with all respect for this sacred tool that is the shamanic drum.
The Shamanic Drum is an object of power, considered by some cultures, the shaman’s horse, for allowing an “Ascent to Heaven” and also to the “Centre of the World”.
The drum creates the communication between Heaven and Earth. The drum is also used to connect with our power animal.
The beat of the drum, through a used intention, can help in the healing and cleansing processes of the human being. Currently, science is interested in the benefits of the rhythmic beat of the drum and the discovery that it allows you to change the hertz frequency in the brain from Beta to Alpha and Theta, allowing you to make internal travels and access the non-ordinary states of consciousness.
You will learn through your own drum-skin preparation, the most suitable skin types for you and their functions. You will learn how to use them with ropes to weave the drumhead and how to shape it properly, as well as understanding the drying process of your drum. You will also make the drum beater through selected materials.
All participants receive personalised support from the facilitator to build the drum.
We use wooden frames with 40cm or 50cm in diameter and natural animal skin (Goat).
Shamanic Drum Price (includes all materials):
1) 40cm Diameter Frame – 200€
2) 50cm Diameter Frame – 220€
*** Choose the Diameter you prefer
Shamanic Rattle
Shamanic Rattle Price: 30€
Food
Food cost: Breakfast €7.50 / Lunch: €11.50/ Dinner: €11.50
We will guarantee your place after a deposit of €50.
Hours: 10am – 4:30pm
Location: Quinta São José dos Montes, Tomar. Portugal
Facilitator: Krisztina Sebok Bizarro
ABOUT THE FACILITATOR:
Krisztina Sebők Bizarro
Therapist, Temazcalera, Fire Walker, Shamanic Practitioner and Drum Maker
Krisztina has accumulated professional experience working in multinational companies responsible for Human Resources and Organisational Development.
Over time her deep interest has gradually turned to Transpersonal Development.
Touched by the Sacred Medicines of the Amazon a few years ago, her intention became to follow the shamanic way of life to fulfill her greatest potential as a human being, and to share and facilitate the opening of the door of consciousness for those who seek their own self-realisation.