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
Building Your Resilience During the Pandemic - MEMBERS ONLY VIRTUAL EVENT
Jenn Pagone, NL certification student, is volunteering her time to help US process our own unique inner experiences related to the coronavirus pandemic. She will use a multi-modal approach including parts work, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), Somatic Experiencing (SE), and clinical hypnotherapy to guide us through a meditation. This group will be limited to eight people, and the meditation will help participants identify what is being triggered within themselves, and call the wise adult/core self to emerge front and center in order to build internal resources and durability. This is available to all NL members (but spaces are limited), and can be used as a “reset button” so we can feel empowered to continue our powerful work in this field helping others.
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
Join us October 22-24th, 2020 for the 3rd NL conference. Take a Deep Dive by immersing yourself in day-long workshops. Expand and deepen your knowledge of Trauma Informed Specialties within Equine Assisted Practice. Sign up for Day 4 (October 25th) and gain practical solutions for growing your business or practice while advancing or jumpstarting your NL certification.
NL Personal Intensive
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.
Fundamentals of Natural Lifemanship Training
Experience more rewarding connections while empowering others to do the same. Build a business helping people with the help of horses. Help others overcome trauma and stress. The Fundamentals of NL is our basic training and the entry point for all advanced trainings as well as our certification process. Learn, Experience and Connect through Natural Lifemanship.
Natural Lifemanship Intensive
The NL Intensive is an advanced, hands-on training for people who have completed the Fundamentals of Natural Lifemanship. In a small group setting working with a partner you will spend 3 days building a connected relationship with your horse (on the ground, and possibly, eventually mounted) and helping your partner do the same. The NL Intensive is required for basic NL certification and is also a pre-requisite for the Relationship Logic and the Rhythmic Riding Immersions.
Relationship Logic Immersion
Experience the sensitivity of an untrained horse. Practice being deeply in touch with your own body energy as you build a relationship based on predictability and safety. Learn how to help a horse build the capacity for trust and intimacy with a human, and how to help humans who have experienced trauma. Relationship Logic Immersion counts towards Advanced Certification. The NL Intensive is a pre-requisite.
Business Building Master Class
Learn what it takes to succeed in running a business helping people with the help of horses. Benefit from the experience and guidance of industry experts, Shannon Knapp and Bettina Shultz-Jobe, who share practical insights and resources to help your business thrive.
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.
Building Your Resilience During the Pandemic - MEMBERS ONLY VIRTUAL EVENT
Jenn Pagone, NL certification student, is volunteering her time to help US process our own unique inner experiences related to the coronavirus pandemic. She will use a multi-modal approach including parts work, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), Somatic Experiencing (SE), and clinical hypnotherapy to guide us through a meditation. This group will be limited to eight people, and the meditation will help participants identify what is being triggered within themselves, and call the wise adult/core self to emerge front and center in order to build internal resources and durability. This is available to all NL members (but spaces are limited), and can be used as a “reset button” so we can feel empowered to continue our powerful work in this field helping others.
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
Join us October 22-24th, 2020 for the 3rd NL conference. Take a Deep Dive by immersing yourself in day-long workshops. Expand and deepen your knowledge of Trauma Informed Specialties within Equine Assisted Practice. Sign up for Day 4 (October 25th) and gain practical solutions for growing your business or practice while advancing or jumpstarting your NL certification.
NL Personal Intensive
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.
Fundamentals of Natural Lifemanship Training
Experience more rewarding connections while empowering others to do the same. Build a business helping people with the help of horses. Help others overcome trauma and stress. The Fundamentals of NL is our basic training and the entry point for all advanced trainings as well as our certification process. Learn, Experience and Connect through Natural Lifemanship.
Natural Lifemanship Intensive
The NL Intensive is an advanced, hands-on training for people who have completed the Fundamentals of Natural Lifemanship. In a small group setting working with a partner you will spend 3 days building a connected relationship with your horse (on the ground, and possibly, eventually mounted) and helping your partner do the same. The NL Intensive is required for basic NL certification and is also a pre-requisite for the Relationship Logic and the Rhythmic Riding Immersions.
Relationship Logic Immersion
Experience the sensitivity of an untrained horse. Practice being deeply in touch with your own body energy as you build a relationship based on predictability and safety. Learn how to help a horse build the capacity for trust and intimacy with a human, and how to help humans who have experienced trauma. Relationship Logic Immersion counts towards Advanced Certification. The NL Intensive is a pre-requisite.
Business Building Master Class
Learn what it takes to succeed in running a business helping people with the help of horses. Benefit from the experience and guidance of industry experts, Shannon Knapp and Bettina Shultz-Jobe, who share practical insights and resources to help your business thrive.
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.
RECOMMENDED BLOG ARTICLES BY CINDY SKELTON-HODGE
The Ride of Your Life, How Does One Get That?
June 25, 2018
NL Trainer, Cindy-Skelton Hodge life-changing experience with Pete, her equine partner, at a Natural Lifemanship Rhythmic Riding Immersion training.
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