Sacred Landscapes
Honoring the Places Within Us and Around Us
“To know the spirit of a place is to recognize that you are a part of a part and that the whole is made of parts – each of which is whole, itself.”
– GARY SNYDER
In this next chapter, we meet again.
Join us and other practitioners from around the world for our first in-person conference in more than four years–to honor the sacred spaces that reside within us and exist around us.
Over the course of three days, we will come together to celebrate the natural space that we now call home, and be reminded of the value of community.
Come feel the gift of place, the safety of belonging, and the excitement of connected, in-person learning.
Our Speaker Lineup
Keynote Speakers
Kate Naylor
NL Director of Trainer Development and Community Engagement
Healing Relationships with Space and Place: Engaging with the environment to foster transformation
Mark Taylor
Director of The Center for BodyMindMovement
Moving Through Space: What Can We Learn from Observing Movement in Session?
Tim Jobe
Co-founder of Natural Lifemanship
Thin Places and Relationships in a Thick World: Cultivating Places and Relationships that Transcend
Bettina Shultz-Jobe
Co-founder and CEO of Natural Lifemanship
Thin Places and Relationships in a Thick World: Cultivating Places and Relationships that Transcend
Fellow Leaders in Our Collective Landscape
One of the most nourishing parts about being in our dynamic field is the collective expertise and wisdom of our community. We are honored to share the stage at our conference with some of our most highly regarded colleagues to deepen your learning opportunities.
The SEEN Keystones
Lynn Thomas
Former CEO of EAGALA & founder of ARCH & HMH
Exploring a Relationship with Self, Country, and Other
Jane Faulkner
Director of Equine Assisted Therapy Australia
Creating a Holistic Wellness program for your horses: Incorporating energy and body work
Michelle Holling-Brooks
Founder of Unbridled Change
Breakout Sessions by Theme
During this conference, we will explore many themes, including place, space, movement, equine partners, building your business and more. We will come together for experiential activities and learn from other modalities. No matter where you are on your journey, there will be opportunities to deepen your learning; connect with self, place and others; and feed your soul.
Use the quick links to jump to the themes you are most interested in.
Place, Space & Ecotherapy
Thin Places and Relationships in a Thick World: Cultivating Places and Relationships that Transcend
Tim & Bettina Jobe
Healing Relationships with Space and Place: Engaging with the environment to foster transformation
Kate Naylor
Birds Eye View and Wise Mind: Where Ecotherapy, Animal Assisted Therapy, and Mindfulness Intersect
Christina Strayer
Nature Connected Play Therapy: The Implementation of Play while Honoring the Power of a Natural Setting with Animal Connections
Emily Schmidt
Exploring a Relationship with Self, Country, and Other
Jane Faulkner
Movement
Moving Through Space: What Can We Learn from Observing Movement in Session?
Mark Taylor
A joint session with Bettina Shultz-Jobe
Moving Through Space: What Can We Learn from Observing Movement in Session?
Bettina Shultz-Jobe
A joint session with Mark Taylor
We Hold it All: A Sacred Root
Jessica Benton
Moving in Three Dimensions: A simple framework for using your body to establish, maintain and nurture connection while working with clients and horses
Kathy Taylor
Deepening the Satisfaction: Embodiment of the Basic Neurological Patterns
Mark Taylor
Our Equine Partners
Developing the first stages of building a secure attachment for all (including horses) – Trust, Respect, and Willingness
Michelle Holling-Brooks
Creating a Holistic Wellness program for your horses: Incorporating energy and body work
Michelle Holling-Brooks
Getting Along: Facilitating Healthy Relationships Within Your (Horse) Herd
Tim Jobe
A joint session with Tanner Jobe
Getting Along: Facilitating Healthy Relationships Within Your (Horse) Herd
Tanner Jobe
A joint session with Tim Jobe
The Human-Equine Relational Landscape: How practitioner treatment and interactions with equines impact the healing landscape
Reccia Jobe
A joint session with Rebecca Hubbard
The Human-Equine Relational Landscape: How practitioner treatment and interactions with equines impact the healing landscape
Rebecca Hubbard
A joint session with Reccia Jobe
How to Stop Hating Detachment
Tanner Jobe
A joint session with Tim Jobe
How to Stop Hating Detachment
Tim Jobe
A joint session with Tanner Jobe
Integrating Horses Into Other Modalities
Exploring the Inner Landscape with Embodied Practices: Discernment and the Enneagram
Kathleen Choe
A joint session with Laura McFarland
Exploring the Inner Landscape with Embodied Practices: Discernment and the Enneagram
Laura McFarland
A joint session with Kathleen Choe
Expanding our Internal Landscapes through Relational Consciousness with IFS Equine Engaged Psychotherapy
Jenn Pagone
A joint session with Jenn McPeak
Expanding our Internal Landscapes through Relational Consciousness with IFS Equine Engaged Psychotherapy
Jenn McPeak
A joint session with Jenn Pagone
The SEEN Keystones: How a Facilitator Mindset Can Enhance You and Your Sessions
Lynn Thomas
Mindfulness and Horses
Jennifer Cohen Harper
Connected Nutrition: The gut is our “Second Brain”
Gabby Remole
Processing Traumatic Memories: An Embodied and Multi-Modal Approach
Bettina Shultz-Jobe
A joint session with Kate Naylor and Kathleen Choe
Processing Traumatic Memories: An Embodied and Multi-Modal Approach
Kathleen Choe
A joint session with Bettina Shultz-Jobe and Kate Naylor
Processing Traumatic Memories: An Embodied and Multi-Modal Approach
Kate Naylor
A joint session with Kathleen Choe and Bettina Shultz-Jobe
Psychodrama: Healing Stories in Action
Bill Woodburn
Evening Activities to Unwind, Connect and Integrate Your Day
Horse-centered Meditation and Prayer Circle
Beckie Boger
The Meandering Labyrinth
Shannon Knapp
Joining the Circle – Experiencing Healing Stories
Bill Woodburn
Cowboy Poetry
Tim Jobe
Sound Healing
Mary Oliver
Drum Circle
Mary Oliver
“This conference with my Natural Lifemanship family has been such a life enriching journey, so full of rich and beautiful information, taught by authentic and inspiring people – it completely blew my mind wide open! There are no words to describe how much I recommend this chance to experience a new way of being and truly discover a new you!”
– BETH SYLVER, CHICAS Y CABALLOS
Deepening Our Roots, Extending Our Branches
The conference begins on November 8th with a special welcoming ceremony and multi-cultural blessing of the new NL Headquarters, open to Roots Pass ticket holders.
Then from November 9th-11th, all members of our community are invited to gather for our in-person conference, Sacred Landscapes: Honoring the Places Within Us and Around Us. Our Community Pass offers a shared experience of growing, healing, and reunification.
Let’s Meet Once Again… In Community
It has been four long years since we have brought everyone together in-person, and shared in our experiences of growing, learning, and healing. Now, it is time for us to come together once again—and what better place to meet than in the place we now call home. The place that has been gifted to us—that we hope to share with you.
Read about our NEW Natural Lifemanship facility and what makes it the perfect place for our long-awaited reunion.
“I had my first few sessions back after the conference and I believe they were the richest, deepest sessions I have had with clients and my horses in a long time because of the new tools I learned from this conference. ”
– SHANNON MARIE, ADIRONDACK EQUINE ASSISTED PSYCHOTHERAPY
Choose Your Experience
COMMUNITY PASS
The Community Pass is for in-person access to ALL presentations.
Community Pass includes:
- Access to all conference sessions, keynote presentations and breakouts.
- Community Circle at the opening and closing of each day
- Breakfast and lunch for all three days of the conference
- Nightly community events to unwind and integrate, under the stars
- On-site parking
- Free ticket to Sunrise Summit Online
$1379
* Dinner available on site Thursday and Friday evening
ROOTS PASS
With the Roots Pass, you are invited to join us for a special evening of honoring the land on November 8th.
- All benefits of the Community Pass
- A special ceremony on November 8th to bless the land that is now the NL Headquarters as we walk the property together, and learn how various cultures throughout history have honored the land on which they stand – its history, its future, and meaning for their lives.
- After walking the property, we’ll enjoy dinner and live music together on site.
$1549
BONUS: Free Ticket to Sacred Landscapes: Sunrise Summit Online
Did you know that along with your ticket to Sacred Landscapes, you also get full access to Sunrise Summit Online, happening October 13-14 at no additional charge? That’s right! Your Sacred Landscapes ticket gets you into both events!
What’s the difference?
When selecting presentations for Sacred Landscapes, we were very intentional about choosing presentations that are best learned experientially and with horses. So when you attend Sacred Landscapes, it will be all about hands-on, experiential learning.
But that leaves us with a lot of important foundational concepts that are needed in order to really embody the learning you’ll do at the conference. That’s why we created Sunrise Summit Online.
You’ll notice several presentations focused on business building being taught online. There will also be several presenters who are setting up high-level concepts online, so you can focus on practice and experience at the in-person conference.
This learning will be so rich for those who just can’t make it in person and provide foundational concepts for those who can!
Thank You to Our Generous Sponsors
About The Natural Lifemanship Place
“Where we are affects who we are.”
– ERIC WEINER
For years people have told us that they wanted to come to the
“The Natural Lifemanship place.”
The problem? We have never had just one.
Through the years more than 50 different people/organizations have hosted our trainings and events.
They have cared for us, contributed to the accessibility and furthering of this powerful work, and rich relationships have been built.
Today, however, through the generosity of That’s The Dream Ranch, we’ve found our place.
A place to deepen our relationships, our creativity, and our impact in the world.
A place that influences who we are, how we feel, and how we connect to one another. A place created with you in mind.
A place guided by our values—where connection is seen and felt in everything that we do.
A place with a magical creek that splits and borders the property, a beautiful pond and hay pasture, different varieties of wise and breathtaking trees, and a dreamy arena— all of which call us to come, and sit, and be.
And in this place, we’re preparing a place for you.