“To date I have undertaken two workshops and the Two-Year Professional Practitioners Training with The Sacred Trust: On The Way of the Shaman weekend workshop, the very moment the drumming began, every cell in my body responded and the words, "I am home, I am home, I know this" thundered through me.   Actually I knew nothing, but it was a singularly and spectacularly a moment in time that has changed my life forever. If you are even a tiny bit curious about exploring shamanism, then please attend this workshop.
Within the Two-Year Professional Practitioner Training each module of the training led the students deeper into work, work that was intensely beautiful, challenging and amazing.  It felt like a series of 'Rites of Passage' for me; in that each learning was affirmed by events and occurrences in my life that left me in no doubt that I had found my true path. To meet and work with people of incredibly diverse talents and skills has been a true privilege - and what a joy to speak freely with people who understand and don't demand you 'rationalise' every word you utter.
I have also attended The Spirit of the Drum workshop and found that working with the drum over an intense period of days and nights revealed aspects of me that would never otherwise have been discovered.  To know that I 'hear' the drum speak and can interpret for others is one of a number of exquisite gifts that this work has brought.  Thank you for the unique teaching.”
Sally Randell – Shamanic Practitioner

“I've loved the work that I have undertaken with The Sacred Trust. I've visited places within myself I never thought possible. I've allowed myself to reveal my pain, my fear, my dark side and my vulnerability and yet still feel the love and acceptance of a group of beautiful people. I've had my tantrums and wrestled mercilessly with my ego but Simon Buxton never once gave up on me. Thank you Simon for your trust in me, and for an incredible life-changing journey. I look forward to meeting you in the betwixt between on many more occasions."
Cath Walker – Therapist

“The Way of the Melissae workshop and the training Arte Triptych Melissae have introduced me to spiritual practices that are staggering in their beauty, power and scope. Their effects reverberate throughout my spirit, psyche and body, rippling out through my life. I am changed as a result, peeling off the layers of myself and in turn, opening to layers of the Universe hitherto unknown.  As important as the impact of these teachings has been on me as an individual, the group undergoing the training together also has developed into a true sisterhood; a cradle of support and nourishment upon which we can, and do, rely heavily. We have been held, and deftly led through these exquisite teachings by two beautiful and loving women – Naomi Lewis and Kate Shela - whose ability to teach a diverse group of individuals never fails to inspire us all. They in turn are supported by an ancient lineage that feeds, sustains and directs the instruction. I can barely measure, much less describe, the value I place on this experience, which I know will continue to unfold throughout my life. I would not have missed a single moment of it for the world. And throughout all, the humming of the mighty honeybee leads us through her infinitesimal dance, a celebration of life and death.” 
Dr Patricia Coates - Microbiologist

“The Animal Spirit Medicine One –Year Training guided me deeply within myself, into a place of ancient familiarity and trust, a source of guidance and knowing, a place of potential and celebration. The year took me full circle, teaching me that I am all I need and want to be, already, it is simply a matter of seeing, hearing, believing.”
Alice Bacon – Veterinary Student

“My participation in this work has, quite literally changed my life in the most concrete terms. In using the shamanic healing techniques we were taught I have been liberated from almost a lifetimes binding to the pain of my past and its direct and limiting impact on my life. For this alone whatever I have invested in this work has been worth it. But beyond this I have truly found my way to the magical realms where all things are possible and the greatest of teachers are to be found. I have found allies to strengthen and support me through life and have been given tools for finding my way through it's uncertainties and complexities in the most practical terms. I have also found a deeper sense of connection and communion with this land, this Earth and all those we share it with. Simon and Naomi have provided, at all times the safe and sacred space needed for our learning. Their integrity and commitment to this work are profound.”
Sue Evans – Administrator

The Sacred Trust Shamanic Practitioners Training was an indescribably rich and transformative experience. Through Simon Buxton's gift for creating sacred space, and his tremendous creativity as a teacher, I have experienced realms that I never would have been able to imagine. The challenges are huge as this new path keeps revealing itself, as I learn to let Spirit be my guide and move me towards my own manifestations of the ancient ways, into the world as we know it today. And the group that came into existence when we started the course together goes on growing together in strength and support, continuing to flow together in ways which, again, I never would have imagined.
Sarah Cunningham - Classical Musician