Cindy & Alf
Cindy refers to what she does as Spirited Life & Wellness Coaching for Equines/Equestrians, a unique blend of professional coaching, heart-centered hypnosis, equine expertise, and shamanic practice combined to help clients make changes and achieve life goals — with their horses, their health, or other life issues. She offers Life & Wellness Coaching, Equine Wellness Consultations, Shamanic Counseling, and Shamanic Healing for humans, horses, and other pets.
Cindy holds degrees in both Equine Science and Education, and was a member of the Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Society. She has experience as an assistant trainer at a Percheron horse farm and worked briefly as a veterinary technician at a local practice before obtaining her B.S. in Education and her New York State teaching certification. Cindy has been in the horse industry for almost 30 years as a professional trainer, riding instructor, and, more recently, a show judge. Cindy has been teaching English and Western riding, driving, and horsemanship to both children and adults for several years on her own horse farm, Rivendell, in Chittenango, NY, which she established in 1985. She has also been quite successful showing her own horses under saddle.
As a former classroom teacher, lifelong learning is important to her, and she strives to remain current in her field. She has completed several certificate courses taught by Eleanor M. Kellon, VMD, in such subjects as NRC Plus, Equine Cushing’s Disease & Insulin Resistance, Nutrition as Therapy, Arthritis & Other Lamenesses, Comprehesive Care of the Older Horse, and The Basics of Reading Radiographs.
Cindy became interested in traditional healing methods for both humans and horses over 15 years ago. Although she had been studying herbs for healing on her own for many years, in 2006 she became a formal student in the Family Herbalist Program at Clayton College of Natural Health. She is an ordained minister, and has spent a lifetime studying the ways of Nature and Spirit, becoming increasingly aware that balance between body, mind, and spirit is essential to achieving complete wellness. She is trained in the way of the shaman, and continues to develop in shamanic healing and shamanic counseling through workshops and seminars presented by the Foundation for Shamanic Studies and the Society for Shamanic Practitioners, as well as other venues. She has apprenticed an Amazonian shamana, and has also found a special affinity to ancient Celtic and some Native American shamanic practices – no surprise, as these are her ancestral cultures. She also trained for several years in Aikido, a strictly defensive Japanese martial art, and was greatly influenced by the philosophy of the “Way of Harmony.”
Responding to an inner call to assist her fellow humans as well as the horses she loves, she completed nearly 100 hours of professional training to become a Certified Health Coach. She continues to develop her coaching skills, having recently completed a webinar in Neuro-linguistic Programming with Paul Sheele as well as a course for coaches called “Taming Your Gremlin: Mastering Your Craft” with Rick Carson.
In the spring of 2010, Cindy obtained NGH hypnosis certification to become a Certified Consulting Hypnotist, and in 2011 completed training in Past Life Regression.
Cindy may be contacted through her website, www.blackhorseconsulting.com , or by telephone at 315-289-2030. Office hours at 214 Highbridge in Fayetteville, NY are by appointment only.
Cindy is a member in good standing of the American Herbalists Guild, the New York State Farm Bureau, the Society for Shamanic Practitioners, The Foundation for Shamanic Studies, and the National Guild of Hypnotists. As a member of the International Coach Federation (ICF), she adheres to its Code of Ethics.
Cindy is currently working on an M.A. in Counseling Psychology with a concentration in Equine-Assisted Mental Health at Prescott College in Arizona.
Cindy is also a licensed Wildlife Rehabilitator, and is the author of the forthcoming book, The Horse Whispers Back: Stories from a Spirited Life, available in the spring of 2012.
Other books by Cindy:
Alf’s Little Book of Wisdom Sayings
A little book of quotes to help you through your day, collected by an
inspirational horse. Quotes on perspective, happiness, leadership, forgiveness,
and success.
has brought some of her best spiritual and nature-inspired poetry together
