ICONIC Board formally recognizes shamanic and indigenous healing practice programs meeting ICONIC Board's education standards and ethical practice requirements as meeting prerequisite education requirements for the corresponding IBC credential tiers.
ICONIC Board of Holistic Health recognizes shamanic and indigenous healing practice education programs meeting ICONIC Board's education hour standards and ethical practice requirements as meeting the prerequisite education requirements for the corresponding IBC holistic health credential tiers.
Recognized programs include those meeting ICONIC Board's ethical practice framework for shamanic and indigenous healing arts. Recognition emphasizes cultural integrity, community accountability, practitioner lineage, and ethical practice standards. Programs must document appropriate lineage transmission, cultural authorization, or formal training from recognized teachers in the tradition being practiced.
Shamanic and indigenous healing practices are currently unregulated at the state level in the United States. Practitioners operate within diverse cultural and professional self-regulatory frameworks. ICONIC Board's approach to this pathway emphasizes ethical practice, cultural accountability, and documented training lineage as primary markers of professional qualification. Cultural appropriation concerns are actively considered in program review.
Completing a listed program alone does not guarantee IBC credential eligibility. ICONIC Board recognizes programs based on comprehensive full-program completion at the level described. All IBC applicants must also demonstrate documented client practice hours, ethical conduct standards, and professional judgment.
The following programs and professional designations are recognized as meeting the education prerequisites for the corresponding ICONIC Board credential tiers.
Students actively enrolled in a recognized program who have not yet completed their training may apply for IBC-HHC™ Candidate status. Learn more →
Using a recognized education pathway simplifies your application — your program documentation satisfies the education prerequisite for the corresponding tier.
Match your completed program or professional designation to the corresponding tier above. Most active practitioners with comprehensive training qualify at Tier II (IBC-HHP™).
Upload your program completion certificate. Include your documented client practice hours log — required at all tiers.
Confirm you also satisfy ICONIC Board's practice hours minimum, ethics attestation, and CE requirements. Review is completed within 5–7 business days.
ICONIC Board recognizes education pathways across a range of holistic health training traditions.