Cindy Skelton-Hodge
- Natural Lifemanship certified Equine Professional
- Natural Lifemanship trainer and host
- Founder and President, Windows to My Soul, Somerset, California
- EAGALA Certified
- Parelli Level 3 graduate
- Six years co-facilitating EAP sessions focused in trauma
- Former Silicon Valley executive, now living her purpose-filled life
Cindy was forced to leave the fast paced Silicon Valley executive life early in her forties when the physical and emotional effects of her own childhood trauma started to catch up to her. She reignited her love of horses and through this process found that her trauma related symptoms were dissipating. Curiosity led to research on why the work with horses was effective in treating trauma, which in turn led her to start Windows to My Soul, a not for profit in Somerset, California providing Trauma Focused Equine Assisted Psychotherapy. Certified in two EAP models and a Natural Lifemanship trainer, Cindy and Windows to My Soul are proud hosts of the Natural Lifemanship Fundamentals, Intensives and Relationship Logic Immersions.
OUR NEXT TRAININGS
NL Intensive Practicum
The NL Intensive Practicum is 3 days of in-person, hands-on experience and practice in a small group setting with lots of support. Take your NL Intensive training even deeper and embody the nuance of connected relationships with horses, guided and supported by NL professionals. This is where you learn by doing and by being. Click here to learn more.
IMPORTANT: The Intensive Practicum is NOT equivalent to the NL Intensive training. You must have attended or currently be attending the - new 2021 virtual -NL Intensive Training at either the Foundations or Core level, PRIOR to registering for a Practicum. Please note that discounts for the Practicum are honored only if attending the virtual NL Intensive Training at the regular price.
NL Intensive Training
The NL Intensive Training may now be completed VIRTUALLY! This is an online, structured, semi self-paced course that meets virtually over a period of 15 weeks with about 35 hours of accompanying online course instruction. Experiential options are offered and fulfill one of the requirements of NL Certification. The Fundamentals of NL must be completed prior to attending the NL Intensive.
Fundamentals of NL Practicum
Fundamentals of NL Practicums offer in-person experiences designed to enhance your Natural Lifemanship Fundamentals training. You must complete (or be at least 3 weeks into completing) the 30+ hours (virtual) Fundamentals of NL training (first offered in 2020) to attend a practicum.
Building Your Resilience
Working in the mental health and helping professions can be psychologically and emotionally taxing. We all know, intellectually, that we need deep and restorative self-care in order to be at our best. Now, offering our support to clients is harder than ever. If there ever was a time when we needed to focus on filling our own wells, it is now. That’s why The Natural Lifemanship Institute, in collaboration with our students and partner sites, is offering the Building Your Resilience series: multiple online opportunities for profound self-care - through mindfulness, meditation, self-reflection, and more.
Please join us for what we hope will be deeply restorative online workshops in our connected community of helpers and healers.
The NEW! Business Building Master Class
The Business Building Master Class was created to help you build the business of your dreams, without the expensive lessons that many new business owners in this field learn along the way. Whether you seek a solid business foundation in the EAP/L field, are hoping to book your first client, or are looking to scale your EAP/L business, we meet you where you are and guide you to success. This course meets online for 13 virtual sessions of 90 minutes each and includes a whole lot of personalized support!
The Fundamentals of Natural Lifemanship Training
Experience the Fundamentals of Natural Lifemanship from Home! Helping people form connected, trusting relationships to overcome toxic stress and trauma has never been more critical than it is at this exact moment in history. At the Natural Lifemanship Institute, we have spent the last 10 years teaching our Fundamentals training to mental health professionals, life coaches, equine professionals, and others in the healing professions. Complete this essential training online from the comfort of your home. We have specially designed this training to meet YOUR needs, with three options to choose from, depending on your goals.
Connected Horsemanship Training
There are plenty of places to learn horsemanship skills - but none carry the deeply healing and consciously humane values of Natural Lifemanship. This is THE place to develop your horsemanship abilities based on NL principles - whether your partnership with horses is recreational, professional, or clinical. All levels of experience are welcome!
NL Conference 2020 - REPLAYS
Our 2020 virtual conference was amazing!! Recordings may be accessed through the end of February 2021. Click "Learn More" to visit the conference site and sign in to watch or purchase access.
NL Personal Immersion
It is said that you cannot take clients on journeys that you have not traveled. To serve our clients well, we must have personal experience navigating some of the profound aspects of human experience. How aware are you of your attachment style? Do you know how it impacts your relating, and in particular, how it impacts your work with clients? Participate in active learning as you explore your own approach to the world, and how intentional therapeutic experiences can move us all toward more secure attachment.
SPECIAL Relationship Logic Immersion Training and Campout – Wild Horse Sanctuary, Shingletown, CA
Join us for a very special, rustic, 4-day immersion training cabin camping at Northern California's beautiful Wild Horse Sanctuary! This one-of-a-kind experience gives you the opportunity to experience the process of building a connected relationship with a wild horse. Connect with nature, connect with yourself, connect with wild horses, connect with NL trainers, and connect with each other. This experience sells out fast and typically is offered once per year.
Rhythmic Riding Immersion
The purpose of mounted work in TF-EAP is to deepen the connection the client experiences with the horse while leveraging the physiological support that the movement of the horse provides. Mounted work provides a powerful opportunity for clients to deepen their sense of connection with themselves and with their horse while benefitting from "bottom-up regulation." The NL Intensive is required prior to attending this training.
Equine Connected EMDR (EC-EMDR)
Natural Lifemanship EC-EMDR training is a three-day hands-on training workshop for EMDR trained clinicians and their EPs who practice Natural Lifemanship Trauma-Focused Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (TF-EAP).
Natural Lifemanship for Spiritual Connection
For many the spiritual realm of life is where we seek meaning and belonging; it may also be the place of some of our deepest wounds. Natural Lifemanship helps us explore, experience, practice and transform connection patterns in the depths of our being where our sense of self touches its very source and the ground of all being. Experience and learn how NL can help you bring others to a place of deeper connection with self and others, resting in our true nature of absolute belonging.
NL Intensive Practicum
The NL Intensive Practicum is 3 days of in-person, hands-on experience and practice in a small group setting with lots of support. Take your NL Intensive training even deeper and embody the nuance of connected relationships with horses, guided and supported by NL professionals. This is where you learn by doing and by being. Click here to learn more.
IMPORTANT: The Intensive Practicum is NOT equivalent to the NL Intensive training. You must have attended or currently be attending the - new 2021 virtual -NL Intensive Training at either the Foundations or Core level, PRIOR to registering for a Practicum. Please note that discounts for the Practicum are honored only if attending the virtual NL Intensive Training at the regular price.
NL Intensive Training
The NL Intensive Training may now be completed VIRTUALLY! This is an online, structured, semi self-paced course that meets virtually over a period of 15 weeks with about 35 hours of accompanying online course instruction. Experiential options are offered and fulfill one of the requirements of NL Certification. The Fundamentals of NL must be completed prior to attending the NL Intensive.
Fundamentals of NL Practicum
Fundamentals of NL Practicums offer in-person experiences designed to enhance your Natural Lifemanship Fundamentals training. You must complete (or be at least 3 weeks into completing) the 30+ hours (virtual) Fundamentals of NL training (first offered in 2020) to attend a practicum.
Building Your Resilience
Working in the mental health and helping professions can be psychologically and emotionally taxing. We all know, intellectually, that we need deep and restorative self-care in order to be at our best. Now, offering our support to clients is harder than ever. If there ever was a time when we needed to focus on filling our own wells, it is now. That’s why The Natural Lifemanship Institute, in collaboration with our students and partner sites, is offering the Building Your Resilience series: multiple online opportunities for profound self-care - through mindfulness, meditation, self-reflection, and more.
Please join us for what we hope will be deeply restorative online workshops in our connected community of helpers and healers.
The NEW! Business Building Master Class
The Business Building Master Class was created to help you build the business of your dreams, without the expensive lessons that many new business owners in this field learn along the way. Whether you seek a solid business foundation in the EAP/L field, are hoping to book your first client, or are looking to scale your EAP/L business, we meet you where you are and guide you to success. This course meets online for 13 virtual sessions of 90 minutes each and includes a whole lot of personalized support!
The Fundamentals of Natural Lifemanship Training
Experience the Fundamentals of Natural Lifemanship from Home! Helping people form connected, trusting relationships to overcome toxic stress and trauma has never been more critical than it is at this exact moment in history. At the Natural Lifemanship Institute, we have spent the last 10 years teaching our Fundamentals training to mental health professionals, life coaches, equine professionals, and others in the healing professions. Complete this essential training online from the comfort of your home. We have specially designed this training to meet YOUR needs, with three options to choose from, depending on your goals.
Connected Horsemanship Training
There are plenty of places to learn horsemanship skills - but none carry the deeply healing and consciously humane values of Natural Lifemanship. This is THE place to develop your horsemanship abilities based on NL principles - whether your partnership with horses is recreational, professional, or clinical. All levels of experience are welcome!
NL Conference 2020 - REPLAYS
Our 2020 virtual conference was amazing!! Recordings may be accessed through the end of February 2021. Click "Learn More" to visit the conference site and sign in to watch or purchase access.
NL Personal Immersion
It is said that you cannot take clients on journeys that you have not traveled. To serve our clients well, we must have personal experience navigating some of the profound aspects of human experience. How aware are you of your attachment style? Do you know how it impacts your relating, and in particular, how it impacts your work with clients? Participate in active learning as you explore your own approach to the world, and how intentional therapeutic experiences can move us all toward more secure attachment.
SPECIAL Relationship Logic Immersion Training and Campout – Wild Horse Sanctuary, Shingletown, CA
Join us for a very special, rustic, 4-day immersion training cabin camping at Northern California's beautiful Wild Horse Sanctuary! This one-of-a-kind experience gives you the opportunity to experience the process of building a connected relationship with a wild horse. Connect with nature, connect with yourself, connect with wild horses, connect with NL trainers, and connect with each other. This experience sells out fast and typically is offered once per year.
Rhythmic Riding Immersion
The purpose of mounted work in TF-EAP is to deepen the connection the client experiences with the horse while leveraging the physiological support that the movement of the horse provides. Mounted work provides a powerful opportunity for clients to deepen their sense of connection with themselves and with their horse while benefitting from "bottom-up regulation." The NL Intensive is required prior to attending this training.
Equine Connected EMDR (EC-EMDR)
Natural Lifemanship EC-EMDR training is a three-day hands-on training workshop for EMDR trained clinicians and their EPs who practice Natural Lifemanship Trauma-Focused Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (TF-EAP).
Natural Lifemanship for Spiritual Connection
For many the spiritual realm of life is where we seek meaning and belonging; it may also be the place of some of our deepest wounds. Natural Lifemanship helps us explore, experience, practice and transform connection patterns in the depths of our being where our sense of self touches its very source and the ground of all being. Experience and learn how NL can help you bring others to a place of deeper connection with self and others, resting in our true nature of absolute belonging.
