Ancestral Tools for Life Course
11th Feb - 8th April 2026
9 Week Online Course
Only in the hands of the people, the teachings of our ancestors can live.
Begin our 9 week course for those ready to learn the tools, medicines, ethics and philosophies of our ancestors and how to bring them into your daily life for you and those around you.
This is for the medicine people.
Have you felt the call of these sacred tools, but never truly understood them? Do you long to bring healing and clear guidance into your daily life? for yourself and your family? Have you looked at expensive shamanic trainings, wondering which path to take, or what they even really are?
This is the foundation - a chance to explore accessible shamanic medicines and ritual practices and to deepen your relationship with each one.
Discover which you connect with most, how you connect with them, and how they bring healing, and clarity into your daily life.
These are the tools of our ancestors, tools of balance and remembrance.
To know them well is to remember yourself.
To walk with them is to walk with Great Spirit.
..."life-changing insights, one of them being to stop looking for love but being love..." - Julian
Course Overview
11th Feb - 8th April 2026
The Ancestral Tools for Life is a 9-part journey of remembrance, a foundational course within our Ancestral School, guiding you to reconnect with the wisdom of your own journey and the medicines of the Earth.
Through each module, you’ll meet sacred tools, shamanic practices, and plant allies carried through generations. Learning to work with these medicines with depth and reverence, weaving their wisdom into your daily life and community.
You’ll also explore the philosophies and ancient technological frameworks that these medicines and rituals are rooted in, allowing you to understand not only the practices themselves but the principles that sustain them. From this foundation, you’ll gain the ability to carry this wisdom into any medicine or practice you choose to walk with.
This is a path for those who feel the call to remember, to bring the ancient rituals back into the everyday, to walk with clarity, strength, and devotion, and to awaken the healer that lives within every heart and home.
These tools specifically have been carried through time by the Indigenous peoples of Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, and Peru - held in the hands of their elders, shared around fires, passed down through generations.
They have guided their people into deeper connection with nature, with each other, and with the Great Mystery.
We are deeply honoured to share this lineage alongside some of our own teachers - carriers of wisdom who will offer their voices, their stories and their medicine as part of this course.
May these ancestral tools bring you balance and strength.
May they remind you of your place in the great web of life.
May they awaken a deeper connection to Spirit and embodiment of love.
What's included?
𖣂 9 Weekly live online circles 𖣂
𖣂 Ongoing coaching throughout the 9 weeks 𖣂
𖣂 4 Guest expert teachers 𖣂
𖣂 9 guided tutorial videos 𖣂
𖣂 Guided plant dietas & ritual practice 𖣂
𖣂 Recordings of each call and lifetime access 𖣂
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This is also a chance to connect with other kindred spirits on this journey of ancestral remembrance, holding space for one another while inviting transformation, balance, and growth into your life.
The Programme
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Week 1 | Foundation
We will meet together, open the circle, learn about the foundation of these altars, their philosophies and prepare to integrate them into your life.
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Week 2 | The Science
Led by Medicinal Plant Scientist & Herbal Expert Rebecca Lazarou - we will explore the science behind herbal and traditional medicine, diving deeper into the science of Cacao, Hapé and Tobacco. What is really happening in the body from a scientific perspective?
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Week 3 | Tobacco
Led by Elder Oscar Bolivar. Tobacco is known as the plant of the humans. Forget what you know about the Tobacco modern society has created, this is a powerful medicine of connection for the human. We will guide you through praying with tobacco and how to use it to enhance your connection.
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Week 4 | Sound & Vibration
The drum, the shaker, the sticks, harmonica, your voice! Whatever it is, we will tap into how you can use your instruments to connect with source, expand yourself and open up channels of healing for you and your community. Unleash the medicine music.
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Week 5 | Sweat & Heat Therapy
This week, we’ll explore the medicine of sweat and heat therapy; its origins, uses, culture, and benefits to support your journey. You’ll gain practical tools to maximize the effects of heat therapy, release stagnant energies, and integrate challenging experiences.
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Week 6 | Hapé Medicine
You will complete a 7 day dieta with Hapé. In our session we will delve into the knowledge, history and practices of the Hapé medicine. Understanding how to serve yourself, tools to get the most out of the medicine and the benefits of different blends and techniques.
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Week 7 | Cleansing & Smudging
Smudging, smudging, smudging, it's everywhere and yet do you really know what you're doing? This session will dive into the ancient knowledge and rituals behind smudging and how we can honour that in our practices.
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Week 8 | The Heart Medicine Cacao
Led by Mayan Elder Tata Izaias.
This week will be a Cacao dieta, working with this heart opening medicine, guided by the knowledge, songs and protocols that we share in our circle, you will begin to build a deeper relationship with this medicine and with your own heart path. -
Week 9 | Closing
This week will be a celebration and closing of the whole journey, where we honour, give thanks and pray with all that we have received, a collective offering.
The seeds are planted and here is where we begin our journey of nurturing the new layers of oral wisdom and living altars within us.
Guest Teachers
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Rebecca Lazarou - Plant Scientist
Rebecca's teachings can break your heart open to the power of the plant world and inspire you to live differently.
With an ecology of different disciplines spanning across medical science, ethnopharmacology, herbalism, holistic healthcare, cannabis and psychedelics. She is an activist, writer, speaker and herbal formulator.
Founder of Laz The Plant Scientist. -
Oscar Bolivar - Tobacco Elder
Abuelo Óscar Bolívar is a respected elder, who has walked deeply with tobacco in ceremony, prayer, and relationship. Known asEhecatl Nahui… the voice in all four directions —Óscar is a poetic teachercarrying prayers across the worlds. Rooted in the Red Path and guided by the sacred tobacco, his path is one of prayer, service, and deep connection with the spiritual realms.
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Tata Izaias Mendoza - Mayan Elder
Born and raised in San Marcos La Laguna, Guatemala, Tata Izaias is a powerful teacher with an Indigenous lineage rooted in Mayan tradition. Together, Izaias and Izabel walk the path of love, healing, and service through their Cacao and Fire Ceremonies, as well as Mayan calendar readings rooted in the wisdom of the Nahuales and the lineage of their ancestors.
Frequently Asked Questions
Pricing Options
Full Earlybird Payment - £555 single payment before 1st January 2026
Earlybird 9 Week Payment Plan - £69 per week beginning 15th December
Full Price - £650 can be paid in instalments before 1st Feb
Where does the course take place?
This course will be online and recorded. Our forum and community space will be hosted by Teachable.
It's too expensive for me right now, can you help?
Absolutely, we offer payment plans and no income discounts.
We have scholarships available for BIPOC individuals - please contact us.
When are the online live circles?
Weekly every Wednesday from 11th Feb - 8th April 2026
What is the time investment?
You will be required to dedicate around 15-30 minutes each day for your own practice and 2hrs per week for the guided videos and each live circle session.
Where can I find out more?
"gave me a sense of homecoming" - Biki
