South Direction Training | Year 1 Medicine Wheel Programme

SOUTH DIRECTION TRAINING  

YEAR 1 – MEDICINE WHEEL PROGRAMME

The South Direction is where your journey begins.

This is the first year of a 4-year in-person Medicine Wheel training, where you will be guided into the foundations of shamanic healing, energy awareness, and deep personal transformation.

Over four days of immersive, in-person teaching, you will learn to work with the South Direction — the place of grounding, release, and renewal.

This is not a surface-level course.

It is a structured, experiential training designed to support you in clearing what you are holding, reconnecting with your body, and building a strong energetic foundation for everything that follows.

THE MEDICINE OF THE SOUTH

The South Direction is connected to the Serpent, Pachamama (Mother Earth), and the physical body.

It is the place where you begin to release heavy energy (hoocha), let go of past experiences, and reconnect with yourself at a deep, embodied level.

This direction teaches you how to:

• Release what no longer serves you  

• Work with the body as a gateway to healing  

• Ground your energy and stabilise your system  

• Begin clearing emotional and energetic imprints  

• Build a strong foundation for your personal and spiritual path  

WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE

This training is experiential.

You will be guided through practices that allow you to feel, process, and understand the teachings directly, including:

• Shamanic journey work  

• Energy clearing practices  

• Working with the South Khuya  

• Connection to Pachamama  

• Embodied grounding and integration practices  

You will not just learn the teachings — you will experience them within yourself.

THE STRUCTURE

This is a 4-day in-person training held over the course of the year.

Each day builds upon the last, allowing time for integration between sessions.

This forms Year 1 of a 4-year Medicine Wheel journey, where each year is dedicated to a different direction and level of understanding.

WHO THIS IS FOR

This training is for those who feel called to:

• Begin a deeper journey of self-healing and transformation  

• Learn shamanic practices in a grounded, structured way  

• Work with energy in a practical, embodied form  

• Commit to a longer-term path of growth and development  

No prior experience is required.

However, this work asks for openness, honesty, and a willingness to engage with your own process.

A GROUNDED APPROACH

This training is trauma-aware, respectful, and rooted in both traditional teachings and modern understanding.

It is a non-clinical, preventative wellbeing and personal development programme and does not replace medical or psychological care.

TRAINING DATES & LOCATION

This is a 4-day in-person training delivered across the year to allow for integration between each session.

Dates:

23rd - 24th June 2027

30th June - 1st July 2027

Location:

Southend-on-Sea, Essex, UK

Full venue details will be provided upon booking.

LIMITED SPACES

This is a small, intimate training to ensure each participant receives personal guidance and support.

Spaces are limited and typically fill in advance.

Early booking is recommended.

WHAT STUDENTS SAY

“The Medicine Wheel course - I have completed all four directions with Charmaine. This is one of the hardest things I’ve ever done… however hand on heart I can say it’s the most rewarding and life changing thing I’ve ever done.”

– Daniella

“This woman has brought me back to life.”

- Georgina Findlay

“Charmaine has cultivated a thoughtful and well-integrated approach that brings together established counselling theory and the depth of the medicine wheel in a way that feels both credible and grounded.”

- Samantha Gleave

“I highly recommend Charmaine for her teachings and healing. I am currently partway through the medicine wheel she teaches and it has been a fantastic help on my journey of self discovery and growth.”

- Daniel G

“Charmaine’s training is exceptional. I am currently on the medicine wheel and will continue to have training with Luminous Living.”

- Tanya Fisher 

“I started the Medicine Wheel 3 years ago and the depths of personal growth and transformation from these teachings is unreal!”

- Abbie Elcock

YOUR JOURNEY BEGINS HERE

The South Direction is the foundation of the Medicine Wheel.

It is where you begin to let go, to ground, and to reconnect.