Our Board of Directors and Officers
President
Chrissy McFarren is a certified Shadow Work® Group Facilitator, certified EAGALA® (Equine Assisted Growth & Learning Assoc.) equine specialist and co-steward of Full Circle Farm. Chrissy has over 10 years of experience in the field of personal healing work. She is leader/co-leader/creator of many workshops/circles/rituals & ceremonies. She also facilitates co-ed Shadow Work® weekends /one day workshops. She has over 25 years of horse experience and continues her work in natural horsemanship training and working with the healing powers of the horse-human connection through equine assisted personal growth work. In addition, Chrissy is a visionary artist who creates artwork for the promotion of balance on this earth and she can be hired to create custom art pieces.
Vice President
Cathleen (Cathy) A. Burns, MA is a Licensed Professional Counselor and certified EAGALA® mental health specialist. Cathy received her degree from George Washington University in Counseling and Human Development and has worked in private practice for 20 years. Cathy specializes in working with adolescents, women’s issues, parenting issues, couples and relationship issues. She has done extensive post graduate training in family systems, Ericksonian Hypnosis, NLP, voice and body dialogue, critical incident debriefing and trauma. Cathy has also facilitated women’s groups and staffed Women Within, Healing the Mother Wound and Vets Journey Home weekends. Cathy feels deeply privileged and blessed in her work and has a deep respect for the healing and knowing within each soul.
Treasurer
Dave McFarren is a database developer, certified Shadow Work® Group Facilitator, certified EAGALA® facilitator and co-steward of Full Circle Farm. He did the New Warrior Training Adventure (NWTA) weekend in March, 1999 and has been facilitating personal work ever since, staffing many NWTA weekends and taking several follow-on/leadership trainings. He leads Basic Carpet Facilitation for I-Groups trainings for men who’ve done the New Warrior weekend, which is a facilitation skills training based on Shadow Work® methodology. Dave is active in his New Warrior I-Group, where he often practices his Shadow Work® skills.
Secretary
Natalie Allio is a professional life and “corporate life” coach, certified EAGALA® equine specialist, and a student of Ecopsychology. Using coaching and equine facilitated learning, she guides individuals and teams on a journey of inner exploration and in the discovery of a new way of “being” in the world. She facilitates the exploration of the messages behind emotions, the language used to describe the world and connection within it. Years of experience working with humans and horses have taught her the value of authenticity and true partnership. Natalie is a graduate of the Newfield Network Coaching for Professional and Personal Mastery Program. Newfield Network is accredited by the ICF (International Coaching Federation).
Program Director
Cris Lindsay is a Professional Coach trained with the internationally known Coach Training Institute, a certified EAGALA® equine specialist and certified Equine Guided Educator. She has been a business owner, a student of business leaders, a teacher, mentor and facilitator to many young professionals for over 25 years. With her love for horses and the honest wisdom they possess, her passion is to support and help others to discover and define the life they truly want to live. Because we share social, emotional and communicative ways of being, horses have the keen ability to “guide” us to a deeper level of self awareness and knowledge. The experiences can be profound. Cris is a cancer survivor and has a personal understanding of how traumatic life events affect our lives and the gifts that the healing journey has to offer us.
President
Chrissy McFarren is a certified Shadow Work® Group Facilitator, certified EAGALA® (Equine Assisted Growth & Learning Assoc.) equine specialist and co-steward of Full Circle Farm. Chrissy has over 10 years of experience in the field of personal healing work. She is leader/co-leader/creator of many workshops/circles/rituals & ceremonies. She also facilitates co-ed Shadow Work® weekends /one day workshops. She has over 25 years of horse experience and continues her work in natural horsemanship training and working with the healing powers of the horse-human connection through equine assisted personal growth work. In addition, Chrissy is a visionary artist who creates artwork for the promotion of balance on this earth and she can be hired to create custom art pieces.
Vice President
Cathleen (Cathy) A. Burns, MA is a Licensed Professional Counselor and certified EAGALA® mental health specialist. Cathy received her degree from George Washington University in Counseling and Human Development and has worked in private practice for 20 years. Cathy specializes in working with adolescents, women’s issues, parenting issues, couples and relationship issues. She has done extensive post graduate training in family systems, Ericksonian Hypnosis, NLP, voice and body dialogue, critical incident debriefing and trauma. Cathy has also facilitated women’s groups and staffed Women Within, Healing the Mother Wound and Vets Journey Home weekends. Cathy feels deeply privileged and blessed in her work and has a deep respect for the healing and knowing within each soul.
Treasurer
Dave McFarren is a database developer, certified Shadow Work® Group Facilitator, certified EAGALA® facilitator and co-steward of Full Circle Farm. He did the New Warrior Training Adventure (NWTA) weekend in March, 1999 and has been facilitating personal work ever since, staffing many NWTA weekends and taking several follow-on/leadership trainings. He leads Basic Carpet Facilitation for I-Groups trainings for men who’ve done the New Warrior weekend, which is a facilitation skills training based on Shadow Work® methodology. Dave is active in his New Warrior I-Group, where he often practices his Shadow Work® skills.
Secretary
Natalie Allio is a professional life and “corporate life” coach, certified EAGALA® equine specialist, and a student of Ecopsychology. Using coaching and equine facilitated learning, she guides individuals and teams on a journey of inner exploration and in the discovery of a new way of “being” in the world. She facilitates the exploration of the messages behind emotions, the language used to describe the world and connection within it. Years of experience working with humans and horses have taught her the value of authenticity and true partnership. Natalie is a graduate of the Newfield Network Coaching for Professional and Personal Mastery Program. Newfield Network is accredited by the ICF (International Coaching Federation).
Program Director
Cris Lindsay is a Professional Coach trained with the internationally known Coach Training Institute, a certified EAGALA® equine specialist and certified Equine Guided Educator. She has been a business owner, a student of business leaders, a teacher, mentor and facilitator to many young professionals for over 25 years. With her love for horses and the honest wisdom they possess, her passion is to support and help others to discover and define the life they truly want to live. Because we share social, emotional and communicative ways of being, horses have the keen ability to “guide” us to a deeper level of self awareness and knowledge. The experiences can be profound. Cris is a cancer survivor and has a personal understanding of how traumatic life events affect our lives and the gifts that the healing journey has to offer us.