Archives: Testimonials

“Firstly I would just like to say a huge thank you to Maestro Richard Down.
Not only did his incantation Icaro initiations and attunement’s heal parts of me, they levelled up my singing, the strength of my voice, the power of my medicine and my ability to heal others.
I feel confident I can help anyone with anything using the techniques I have learnt during this 12 week immersion into incantation shamanism with icaros.
We call upon the heavy earth magic to bring forth visions, and we snap them away at the click of a finger.
We can heal others spirits, souls and physical ailments.
They have transformed many aspects of my life.
When I first met Richard, I knew his background somewhat from what you hear on the grapevine but I always believe that I get to choose how someone makes me feel individually regardless of
what others have said in the past.
Richard is a kind hearted soul, down to earth, funny and a bloody powerful shaman at that.
Not only have I met the people he has done healing work on and seen he has literally saved their lives, he also had a big impact on mine, my medicine, my songs, my healing.
We have created a great bond over the last 12 weeks and strengthened our brother connection.
Since starting Richard’s immersion I can honestly say I can almost look through people and see what’s wrong with them… this is a new found ability, but one that comes with great responsibility
as not everyone can be helped.
My connection to myself has deepened.
The mind chatter I once had seems to have practically vanished and I’m sure it will go completely as I continue singing these powerful Icaros. Nightmares I used to have daily have diluted. Numerous aspects of my entire share I give Richard before starting the course have come true, or working on them currently.
I could keep going on in ways this course has helped me but I think I will allow others their own journey with Maestro Richard Down, as everyone is different and I want to keep the surprise alive for you.
If you do all the work Richard sets, do what he asks, implement the teachings, you will level up in ways unbeknown to others, you’ll be able to access things incomprehensible to most.
I do believe this was enhanced as I already had a relationship with Mother Aya, I already knew her feeling, I understand somewhat how she works, how she comes through me, and have received
my own icaros in the past. I can only tell you what I know, and I know if you’re working the medicine and want to be able to
call forth the mother without touching a drop of medicine again, this course is for you.
Thank you Maestro Richard, I couldn’t recommend this course enough! If you have the call, follow!”

Maestro Shaman Sevko Bajic Yogeshwar Das  June 2022

Shaman healer Em Lou Mac

“Wowwww…what can I say  the first time I met Richard Down he literally sang me back to life…I was so lost, disempowered and disconnected from my true self. I’d stepped onto the medicine path shortly before meeting Richard, it saved my life, and yet I knew that I needed to work closely with him from the moment we connected. Our first meeting was mind blowing and life affirming  to meet with the medicine through Icaro and to receive attunement was way beyond what I could have imagined…what a day, out in nature and finally finding my voice…which had been suppressed all my life, in my maternal lineage and in my ancestors!!

The following journey over the last couple of years has seen me step into my power, to become soverign, to hold space for others, to work with incredible medicines and for the first time in my life…to sing, write songs, perform in sacred spaces…to starting to hold my own singing circles and creating therapeutic sound journeys  now…I am on the most incredible journey with Richard in apprenticeship as I study Icaro with him in depth on his most amazing course…deepening my journey and connection with this medicine…I feel so honoured and in gratitude to this gift. After the first module I already see great things happening within and without and am so blessed and excited to take this out into the world…to share my voice, my gifts in service to humanity…to be a light in the darkness and to help guide others to find their own innate gifts to bring to the world.

Richard…thank you for this gift…you give so much hope and inspiration to me and so many. You will never know how much what you have done has meant to me…you helped me find myself, my power and my medicine 

Sending you so much love…I am so excited for this journey and the weaving of these incredible incantations…my witches soul sings  xxx” Em Lou Mac November 2021

Shaman healer, Lisa Silva Lisa’s finished art project

Our online meetings are powerful and each session builds on the one before to complement the skills you already have. I started using the techniques in my Kambo and medicine ceremonies straight away with amazing results and feedback. The training is life-changing not just for me but for all those I work with.

Thank you Maestro Richard for the amazing work you do, you’re a blessing from the Universe. — feeling loved.

“I’ve been working with Richard Down for over a year now, going deeper and deeper into the world of Incantation Shamanism.
It has been an incredible journey! Our time together 1-1 is fascinating, I love Richards’s way of teaching, he brings so much wisdom, knowledge and beautiful heartfelt stories that really bring the sessions and teachings to life, he is pure joy to work with. The icaros he has attuned me to are working within me in ways I did not expect, I feel so much has shifted and aligned since starting work with them. I am loving using them within my healing practice and I have also used several in ceremony and their power and effect has just blown my mind!! I highly recommend Richard to anyone who wants to deepen their own self healing and growth but also for those who want to take their healing and shamanic practice to the next level!!
So much gratitude and love ” Shaman healer, Theresa Field 2021

I am very grateful to Richard Down for his genuine shamanic skill in the healing I have experienced in this past 3 weeks since the two hour power session I had with him.

I was really stuck in a dark place and knew that I needed real help to guide me back to health and my self . I was unraveling, so lost and very vulnerable and I felt that I could trust Richard. I was right in this, as he could see very clearly what I could not, and he did save my life. It is the support and guidance which means so much to me – to be able to share deeply enough to facilitate working together in a profound way: I have never felt so safely held and loved in the connection that we kept in these last few weeks. This is the Shamanic way of healing I feel, impeccable and selfless. Richard was honest with me throughout and offered gentle reflection so that I was empowered to find my truth… it is this mentoring that is putting me back together and makes the real difference on the path to wholeness. If you are reading this, then you are looking for help… I can assure you , in Richard you will receive a deeply healing experience like no other available in south west England.

Unique skills to help you get back to life in most difficult times..❤ Yulia Komorova June 2019

“Richard said to me that my bad virus would go away in 4 days, sang his song..and it happened in 4 days” Yulia Komorova 24th April 2020

Richard, my life has changed for the best in so many ways since your work with me. I will always be grateful for what you have done.

David Edge Jan 2016