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Plant Medicine Facilitator Training for Spiritual Leadership and Healing Mastery

The Plant Medicine Facilitator Training program offers an empowering and culturally grounded path for Black healers, wellness leaders, and spiritual guides who feel called to work with sacred plant medicines. This training provides a powerful blend of ancestral wisdom, energy healing, emotional support tools, and spiritual leadership practices that prepare participants to safely guide others through healing experiences.

As interest in ayahuasca, iboga, and other master plants grows, it is essential for Black healers to have access to education rooted in cultural understanding, safety, and spiritual integrity. This program honors ancient traditions while giving each facilitator the structure, knowledge, and confidence needed to serve authentically.

Participants begin their journey by learning the foundational principles of plant medicine work, including safe ceremony structure, intention setting, grounding practices, and energetic alignment.

Each teaching is designed to help future facilitators understand how the plants communicate, how healing unfolds, and how to hold space during emotional releases or spiritual breakthroughs. For additional natural healing guidance, you may also explore the
Holistic Wellness
page, which supports deeper integration and energetic balance.

This early phase of Black Plant Medicine Facilitator Training prepares students to cultivate clarity, humility, and personal discipline—qualities essential for anyone called to support others in sacred healing spaces.

Participants receive reflective prompts, grounding exercises, and mentorship that help them grow spiritually as they step into the responsibility of becoming a facilitator.

Plant Medicine Facilitator Training Guided by an Experienced Black Shaman

One of the most powerful aspects of Black Plant Medicine Facilitator Training is the opportunity to learn directly from an experienced Black shaman who carries the wisdom of ancestral healing lineages.

Representation matters deeply in spiritual work, and this training creates a rare environment where Black healers feel seen, valued, and supported as they learn to work with powerful plant energies. Students receive culturally aligned guidance that acknowledges both ancestral heritage and modern spiritual needs.

Throughout the training, participants learn how to create energetic safety, support emotional processing, guide breathwork, and hold ceremonial container boundaries. They also explore topics such as trauma-informed facilitation, intuitive listening, somatic awareness, and the ethical responsibilities of working with plant medicines.

Teachings are delivered in a grounded, accessible way that honors tradition while empowering facilitators to apply these lessons within their communities.

To stay connected with ongoing teachings, inspiration, and updates from Althea, students can follow Althea on Instagram.
This connection allows individuals to continue receiving wisdom and insight outside the formal training environment.

With a focus on integrity, energetic responsibility, and spiritual clarity, this portion of the training builds strong inner foundations so that students can confidently guide others toward healing.

Transformational Growth Through Black Plant Medicine Facilitator Training and Integration Support

The final phase of Black Plant Medicine Facilitator Training centers on personal transformation and integration mastery. Participants learn how to support clients after ceremonies, helping them understand their visions, emotional releases, and new spiritual insights.

Integration is one of the most essential parts of plant medicine work, and this training ensures that facilitators have the tools to guide others through long-term healing and lifestyle alignment.

Students receive guidance on journaling practices, grounding techniques, energetic hygiene, and spiritual maintenance, all of which help them remain balanced as leaders.

Deep self-reflection, mentorship, and community connection strengthen their ability to hold space with compassion, strength, and intuition.

For many participants, completing the Black Plant Medicine Facilitator Training marks a profound shift in identity and purpose. Graduates often continue their path into healing arts, spiritual coaching, community leadership, or advanced plant medicine studies.

The training not only teaches technical skills—it awakens ancestral gifts and empowers each facilitator to walk boldly in their calling.

This program ultimately supports every healer in embodying truth, wisdom, and spiritual strength. Through this journey, facilitators step into the role of community protectors, guides, and medicine carriers who are prepared to support others with integrity and deep cultural understanding.

Althea’s Plant Medicine Facilitator Training (Starts March 2026)

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Our next 6-month training class starts with a 5-day in-person session March 25 - 29, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia with international plant medicine facilitator and global retreat leader, Althea Lawton-Thompson. She will lead a combination of virtual classroom training and in-person real-life practice over 6 months for facilitators-in-training to experience, practice, and prepare to support shamans/medicine healers in serving entheogens including (but not limited to) Hapé, Psilocybin Mushroom, and Ayahuasca in countries where they are each legal. **Trainees may choose a weekend-only training for Hapé-Firekeeper-Tobacco, or the PMFT-Lite program that ends after the June 2026 In-Person training. PMFT LITE covers training for safe facilitation of Hapé, Tobacco, Firekeeper, and Psilocybin Mushroom only.

The focus of the training is learning about the indigenous communities that have held the secrets of their cultural use of these medicines for centuries. A big part of this training is learning how to pre-screen participants, prep participants for their journey, create and "hold space" for others during sessions, and lead post-medicine group integration sessions. Additionally, there will be a full business section covering U.S. and international entheogen legality, ethics, and international banking regulations for entheogens. Trainees may travel to various indigenous communities with Althea for immersive training with Ayahuasca and Iboga during months 4-6 and after (**Additional travel, lodging and host location program fees will apply).

A maximum of 15 people will be accepted into the training each year.

In-Person Schedule:

March 25-29, 2026 (Atlanta)
April 23-25, 2026 (Jamaica)
(Optional) Peru 12-Day Dieta May 11-24
(Optional) Peru Sacred Ayahuasca Retreat May 31 - June 7
June 25-28, 2026 (Atlanta)

Training includes:

direct instruction from shamans and indigenous healers from around the world
training manual & serving tools to create your Facilitator Toolkit
instructions for experiential learning & serving others
indigenous foundations & history of multiple natural psychedelics and non-psychedelics
combination of monthly in-person and/or virtual training classes for step-by-step facilitation
training for screening, pre-ceremony participant preparation, and post-ceremony participant integration
legal waivers, informed consents, and releases for use
financial management, business, ethics, and legalities
(optional; additional out-of-pocket fees payable to the indigenous communities) Live experiential and training sessions with Shamans/Medicine People in various countries.

Requirements to graduate from the PMFT Full 6-month program:

Must be a participant/recipient in at least 1 session with a leader/facilitator NOT affiliated with Althea Lawton-Thompson or Living Life Limitlessly after the start of the program.
Must be 1 of 2 lead co-facilitators with Althea for a group entheogen session.
Must interview and screen at least 5 applicants for an entheogen experience with Althea
Must lead a group opening or closing circle activity. Must lead a portion of 1 post-session group integration meeting.
Must give 2 educational presentations to the group virtually or in-person about 2 different entheogens.

*Graduation may occur any time after the 6-month training.

Video of Training

CLICK HERE to learn more about Althea Lawton-Thompson
CLICK HERE to hear Althea's perspective on entheogen use.
CLICK HERE to see former PMFT students at the Iboga initiation in Gabon

The Process

In order to allow your participation in the program, you must complete the following application questions BEFORE MARCH 15, 2026. We will contact you at the email/number provided (check for accuracy) to:

Conduct an interview (INTERVIEWS CLOSE MARCH 11, 2026)
Let you know whether you have been accepted into the program
Share pricing for the 2-day Hapé Training, PMFT Lite 3-month program, or PMFT Full 6-month program (programs start at $1999 for the 2-day Hapé Facilitator Certification and go up based on time, material covered, and in-person sessions)

Full Legal Name*

Age*

Email*

Cell Number*

Cell Number * CHECK & RECHECK number is correct. Add Country code if outside the United States (**must use Whatsapp for international numbers)

In which city/state/country do you live?*

Tell us a little about you in 3 sentences or less.*

Why do you want to do this training? What is your goal/purpose?*

Describe your personal plant medicine experience(s) (e.g. marijuana, ayahuasca, psilocybin, iboga, hapé, Bufo, etc.)*

How have you healed using plant/animal medicine?*

Describe any plant medicine support/facilitation/leading you've done.*

Please list ALL prescribed medications you are currently taking and purpose for each (e.g. Wellbutrin for Anxiety/ADHD, etc.)*

This is important for the event leaders to know to ensure your health and safety when practicing with various plant medicines. This information will remain confidential.

How did you hear about this training program?*

What questions do you have about the program?

Thank you for applying!

Allow up to 2 weeks for a response to your application. We do not provide or arrange any transportation to or from the training locations. You must arrange and pay for your own transportation and lodging.

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I have READ and AGREE to the terms and conditions. I understand that there are no refunds. I understand that no illegal substances will be served as a part of the registration for this program.. View terms and conditions