S E I D R

PRACTITIONER TRAINING -- October 5th, 2025/26
Open to Men & Women.

NORTHERN EUROPEAN MAGIC, ECSTATIC TRANCE & SHAMANISM

This immersive 9-months Practitioner Training will guide you deep into the ecstatic and mystical path of Seidr: the shamanic-magical tradition of Northern Europe. Over the course of 22 sessions, you’ll awaken your dormant spiritual gifts, build personal power, and forge lasting relationships with the spirits, ancestors, and gods.

Seidr is not a relic — it is a living practice.
Rooted in pre-Christian Northern European traditions, Seidr includes powerful techniques such as trance, shapeshifting, dreamwork, healing, protection magic, oracular states, sacred union, and elemental magic. Through this path, you learn to walk between worlds—guiding energy, shifting fate, and communing with the unseen.

This training blends theory and direct experience, guiding you step-by-step through the methodologies, ethics, and applications of Seidr. You’ll receive practical tools to journey safely, reconnect with ancestral practices, engage in healing work, and perform ritual with confidence and clarity.

Whether you are of Northern European descent seeking to reclaim ancestral ways, or are called to this tradition by spirit and soul, this path is open to all who are ready to walk with reverence, discipline, and devotion.

This is a path of return. Of reawakening. Of remembering who you are, and what you came here to carry.

You will not just learn about Seidr.
You will live it, embody it, and carry it forward.
To walk the path your ancestors laid beneath your feet, and to become the next flamebearer in the line.

SEIDR Practitioner Training (2.0)

£2,300.00

One time

A 9-month practitioner training in Northern European magic, Ecstatic Trance & Shamanism. Draw power from the Gods, connect deeply with the spirits of the land, and awaken the magic within your blood.

✓ Library of video content, practices & PDF manual

✓ Private telegram group

✓ Post-training Alumni gatherings (online)

I uphold the importance of integrity when it comes to spiritual teachings, which is why I vet everyone I teach to ensure that this wisdom is passed on in the right way, preserving the integrity of the lineage and ensuring that those who step onto this path are fully aligned with the practice of Seidr. This is not about offering a quick fix or a trendy course — it’s about real transformation that is steeped in respect for the sacred tradition and the energy of the land.

The process is thorough and intentional, because the magic of Seidr is too important to be diluted or mishandled. As your guide, I will ensure that you walk this path with full integrity, learning the craft and wisdom that has empowered Seidkonas and Seidmadrs for centuries.

What you will learn

Establish a Safe & Sacred Foundation
Learn what Seidr truly is and what it is not.
Create protective ritual space and a healing field.
Understand the “Wheel of the Year”, blóts, and rites like symbel.
Explore the Northern soul anatomy and awaken your energy body through breathwork and polarity practices.
Activate your voice with galdr and power songs to raise ond and weave spellwork.
Enter the Spirit Realms & Altered States
Move into ecstatic trance states using Northern methods like seething and shamanic postures.
Practice Dream Seidr, lucid dreaming, and astral travel.
Forge devotional relationships with the Gods and find your fulltrui (patron deity).
Work with inner serpent fire (kundalini) through embodied energy healing and somatic Seidr.
Call upon the elemental forces for movement and natural magic, and align with your main elemental power/s.
Build Relationships with Spirits & Ancestral Beings
Learn to honour and communicate with land spirits (landvættir), elves, and other otherworldly allies.
Face the fears, resistance, and initiatory tests that arise on a true spiritual path.
Discover the power of the runes and their deeper mysteries.
Explore sacred union, spirit spouses, faery marriages, and the mysteries of the seidberendr.
Walk the Initiatory & Transformational Path
Undergo initiation rites and learn about the role of mead maidens, plant medicine, and berserker shapeshifting.
Practice utiseta (mound sitting) and the seid-seat for solo oracular vision.
Craft and consecrate your medicine tools, staff, and sacred items.
Learn the rites of passage for birth and death and the weaving of wyrd.
Step into Priest/esshood & Sacred Leadership
Work with womb Seidr and blood rites.
Understand the modern responsibilities of being a priest/priestess of the Northern tradition.
Make sacred oaths and devotional geis, and dedicate yourself fully to your path.
Integrate everything in a final Q&A, and emerge as a torchbearer of Seidr for land, lineage, and our living tradition.

FAQs

This is an online training - but includes a 3-day in-person immersion, where you can meet the rest of the tribe, commune with sacred sites in the south west of the UK and be in Seidr ceremony together.
We will meet 2-3 times a month which will give you plenty of time for integration, practice and learning. Sessions will range around 2 hours each (give or take depending upon the class, practices, guided journeys and sharing circle).
Yes, all classes and Zoom lives will be recorded so you can watch the replays at your convenience and there will be plenty of bonus video, Q&A content and practices for you to do outside of class.
Yes! Everyone is welcome to apply.
No, but you're welcome to get your own set if you feel called.
I will go over sacred tools throughout the training, but it is not necessary to get any extras.
If anything, what is most important is Mugwort to purify yourself but I will send an email out before the commencement date with some basic items (like Mugwort) which would be good to have (but again, optional).
No. Throughout the training you will build the solid foundation that you need.
The Northern Priestess Path is open to all women of Northern ancestry. There is no vetting, because these rites and wisdom were once the shared birthright of both the husfreya (the woman of the home) and the temple priestess. Its focus is on the sacred roles, seasonal rites, and spiritual leadership that once wove through daily life.
The 9-month SEIDR Practitioner Training goes further. It includes the foundations of the Northern Priestess Path but expands into the deeper magical practices and shamanic tradition of Seidr. This path is by vetting only, as it works with potent magic that must be safeguarded, and Freya herself has the final say on who may enter.

“I would highly recommend this training to others who are interested in deepening their connection with the magic of the Old Norse tradition because Xiomara delivers it in a way that is both comprehensive in studies and personal experiences but also in application to modern times. This is a living art, and it requires attention to this type of detail. Theory and practice. Heritage and applied innovation. You will leave this experience with a much deeper understanding of your own connection to this work. Working with Xiomara has been incredibly life changing. I was first drawn to her because I saw a woman who was living by her practice, and inside the Seidr Practitioner Training that's exactly what you get! Not only was this experience based on a variety of cited sources and references, it was also guided in a heartfelt way from a woman who is truly passionate about rekindling this magic at this time. We discussed the most intimate things in such an empowering way that I am certain I've changed on a cellular level from this experience; memories were restored and connection with my past has become undeniable. Having grown up with quite a severed connection with my cultural heritage this was monumental for me. My path crossed with Xiomara after I had my own 5 year initiation with the runes, and what I can definitely say is that Xiomara is doing for Seidr what Diana Paxon did for the runes. You want to be in at the ground level before this goes into book form. You want to be part of the growth.” — Jessica (USA)
“The Seidr course called me from deep within my bones and I am beyond grateful that I followed. Xiomara gently and with great clarity guided me back home - back to my body, my bones, my ancestral roots, my medicine, my remembrance, my integrity and reciprocal way of being. After years of wandering from one spriritual practice to the next, I've finally arrived at a practice that my cells remember. Xiomara held the space with great warmth and deep-felt integrity. From the basics of protection to shamanic journeying to immediately successful astral projection, I learned so much. Months later I am still integrating the wisdom that is surely informing my practice for the rest of my life. If you feel an unexplainable call to work with Xiomara, I encourage you to trust and follow the call. I cannot recommend her work enough. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart!” — Mona (DE)
“The Seidr Practitioner Training with Xiomara felt like a real door opening within me. It brought me home to my ancestors and the nature within myself, and connected me to the nature all around me also. It brought community, and fed my need for connection to tradition, while still allowing me to build my own tradition in today's modern world. Truly transformative - if you feel the call, listen to it.” — Jessica (USA)
“The seidr group and immersion was a deeply meaningful experience that strengthened my connection to spirit, ancestry, and personal power. The combination of sacred space creation, journeying, and personal power elements gave me tools I now use regularly in my practice. I’m grateful for the supportive community and the space to grow in my spiritual path.” — Christi (USA)

Student Testimonial

Apply for October 2025 training:

3-day immersion: for current Seidr Practitioner students

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3-day immersion: for current Seidr Practitioner students ---

3-day Immersion - SEIDR Practitioner Training

£340.00

June 27-29, 2026 in Glastonbury and surrounding areas.

This foundational year serves as the essential groundwork for your Seidr practice. Upon completion, you will be well-prepared to advance to the second phase of training, where you will delve into HEALING SEIDR. In this next phase, you will focus on hands-on and energetic healing techniques, building upon the skills and knowledge acquired in this foundational year. The journey through Healing Seidr will further enhance your ability to channel and direct healing energies, providing you with powerful tools to assist others on their spiritual and healing journeys.