SOUTH MEDICINE WHEEL TRAINING

The Way of the Serpent

A Year-Long Journey of Healing, Transformation & Embodied Shamanic Practice

Welcome to the South Direction of the Luminous Medicine Wheel.

This is the beginning of the path.

The South is the direction of the Serpent — the sacred teacher of shedding, transformation, healing, groundedness, and returning to authenticity. Within the Andean traditions, the Serpent teaches us how to release the old stories, wounds, emotional heaviness, and patterns that no longer belong to who we are becoming.

This training is not simply about learning information.

It is about entering a living relationship with yourself, the Earth, spirit, ceremony, energy, and the Medicine Wheel through direct experience, practice, and integration.

The South is where you begin shedding the skin of the past and start walking with greater truth, awareness, self-responsibility, and connection.

A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRAINING

Unlike many training schools that teach large groups over four intense consecutive days, this training is intentionally designed differently.

This is a small, intimate group limited to just 8 participants.

Why?

Because deep transformational work needs space, guidance, integration, personal attention, and genuine support.

Many students tell me that trying to absorb everything in four consecutive days feels overwhelming and difficult to process properly. This is why the South training is divided into two immersive training weekends, held two weeks apart.

This structure allows:

• time for reflection,
• emotional processing,
• journaling,
• practice,
• energetic integration,
• and real-life application between sessions.

You are not rushed through the teachings.

You are supported to embody them.

With a smaller group size, each participant receives more personal guidance, deeper teaching, more opportunity to ask questions, and a far more connected and meaningful experience than larger training environments can often provide.

This work is deeply personal, experiential, and transformational — and the container reflects that.

“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

TRAINING STRUCTURE

The South Direction Training is held over:

• 2 days of immersive foundational training

followed by

• a further 2 days, two weeks later

to deepen, integrate, and expand the work.

Although the live training takes place across four days, the South Direction is traditionally worked with over the course of approximately a year through continued practice, ceremony, reflection, and embodiment.

The real journey begins when you leave the training space and begin applying the teachings within your daily life.

As your path unfolds, ongoing support continues throughout the year.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

This experiential training introduces you to the foundations of the Luminous Medicine Wheel and the South Direction teachings of the Serpent.

You will explore:

• The meaning and foundations of the Medicine Wheel
• The teachings of the South Direction and the Serpent
• How to shed old emotional patterns, wounds, and limiting stories
• Grounding and cleansing breathwork
• Sacred space creation and energetic protection
• Journeying to the Lower, Middle, and Upper Worlds
• Shamanic journey practices using drumming and altered states
• Soul reintegration and healing practices
• Fire ceremonies for transformation and release
• The meaning of heavy and light energy (Hucha & Sami)
• Building relationship with the archetypes of the Andean path
• Chakra and energy awareness
• Practices for emotional healing and energetic clearing
• The foundations of illumination work
• Limpias and cleansing ceremonies
• Nature connection and Earth-based healing practices
• How to work respectfully with stones, Khuyas, and sacred objects
• The foundations of mesa practice and Medicine Wheel healing traditions

This is a hands-on experiential training rooted in ceremony, direct experience, reflection, and embodied learning.

BUILDING YOUR PERSONAL MESA

Throughout the South training you will begin creating and building your own personal mesa — your sacred medicine bundle and healing altar.

Your mesa becomes a living spiritual and energetic companion that grows alongside you throughout your Medicine Wheel journey.

Within the Andean traditions, the mesa is used for:

• healing,
• prayer,
• energetic work,
• grounding,
• transformation,
• and connection with spirit and nature.

Over time, your mesa becomes deeply personal — holding your stones, prayers, intentions, wisdom teachings, sacred objects, and relationship with the Medicine Wheel.

This is not simply symbolic.

It becomes a practical tool for self-reflection, healing, spiritual development, and energetic awareness in modern life.

CEREMONIES, RITES & INITIATIONS

The South includes powerful ceremonial experiences and rites of passage rooted in indigenous wisdom traditions.

During the training you may experience:

• Ayni Karpay Harmony Rites
• Fire ceremonies
• Despacho ceremonies
• Archetypal initiations
• Sacred prayers and offerings
• Journeying ceremonies
• Nature-based rituals
• Energy attunements
• Healing rites
• Mesa rites
• Sacred sharing circles

These ceremonies are designed to support emotional release, healing, reconnection, transformation, self-awareness, and the cultivation of deeper relationship with yourself and the world around you.

CACAO CEREMONY & COMMUNITY CONNECTION

The South training also includes ceremonial cacao spaces to support:

• heart opening,
• emotional connection,
• reflection,
• intention setting,
• creativity,
• grounding,
• and community.

These ceremonies help create a supportive and connected environment where participants can feel safe to explore, process, and grow together.

YEAR-LONG SUPPORT & INTEGRATION

One of the most important aspects of this training is that the support does not end after the four training days.

Included within the programme are:

• 4 live online group integration calls throughout the year

These sessions are designed to help you:

• continue integrating the teachings,
• deepen your practice,
• ask questions,
• receive guidance,
• stay connected to the work,
• and receive support as life begins reflecting your transformation back to you.

This ongoing support is something many training schools do not provide.

Transformation takes time.

The nervous system, emotional body, mindset, relationships, and energetic patterns all need time to shift and reorganise.

This training honours that process.

TAKE-HOME MANUAL & PRACTICES

You will receive a comprehensive South Direction training manual to support your ongoing journey and integration.

This includes:

• teachings,
• ceremonies,
• journaling prompts,
• practices,
• energy work,
• sacred prayers,
• glossary terms,
• integration guidance,
• and homework practices to deepen your relationship with the teachings throughout the year.

HOW THIS BENEFITS YOU IN MODERN LIFE

Modern life often disconnects people from themselves, their emotions, nature, community, spirituality, and inner stillness.

Many people today live in constant stress, overstimulation, emotional exhaustion, anxiety, burnout, people pleasing, or survival mode.

The South Direction teaches you how to slow down and reconnect.

This work helps you begin:

• releasing emotional heaviness,
• recognising unconscious patterns,
• improving self-awareness,
• creating healthier boundaries,
• grounding your nervous system,
• reconnecting with intuition,
• building emotional resilience,
• strengthening your relationship with nature,
• and developing a deeper sense of meaning, trust, and inner stability.

Over time, many students notice shifts in:

• relationships,
• confidence,
• emotional wellbeing,
• decision making,
• self-worth,
• purpose,
• creativity,
• spiritual connection,
• and their ability to navigate life with greater calm and authenticity.

WHO THIS TRAINING IS FOR

This training is for those who feel called toward:

• healing,
• self-discovery,
• deeper spiritual connection,
• personal transformation,
• energetic awareness,
• ceremony,
• indigenous wisdom teachings,
• or authentic inner work.

It is suitable for:

• beginners,
• therapists,
• healers,
• coaches,
• wellbeing practitioners,
• and anyone seeking a grounded and experiential path of transformation.

No previous experience is required.

THE SOUTH IS THE FOUNDATION

The South is the first step upon the Medicine Wheel.

It teaches us how to shed the skin of who we no longer are, return to innocence and authenticity, and begin walking in right relationship with ourselves, others, nature, and spirit.

This is not a path of perfection.

It is a path of remembrance.

A path of courage.

A path of healing.

And a path of learning how to walk gently, consciously, and truthfully upon the Earth.

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

“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.