Cindy Freishtat

Equine Specialist, Co-Founder, Director

Cindy spent the first 25 years of her career in the corporate sector working with a broad range of clients and companies, from the Jane Goodall Institute to the Defense Intelligence Agency, General Electric to Deepak Chopra, Busch Gardens/Sea World to Discovery Communications. She has created digital marketing and social media campaigns to drive the sale of allergen free food, raise awareness around climate change, and reduce customer support costs for Fortune 500 companies.

Having worked in the television industry for almost ten years, Cindy’s core expertise lies in storytelling and creating powerful content solutions to help companies achieve their business goals. She has a proven ability to manage budgets in excess of $5 million and lead large creative teams to achieve success & exceed client expectations.

Today, Cindy is most content spending time with her horses, working in the garden, playing music or cooking wonderful meals for her wife Maria, family and friends. She is a certified Equine Specialist in Mental Health and Learning and is dedicated to giving back to help others. She and Maria are working hand in hand to build The Fox Moon Farm Project.

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Sunday, we closed a beautiful chapter. 🌾🐴

Twelve sessions ago, a group of women showed up at Fox Moon Farm ready to do something brave: look honestly at themselves. Over these months, they’ve done the deep work — naming the core wounds they carry, gently loosening the emotional armor built to protect them, and learning to feel again without being ruled by what they feel.

They danced. They breathed. They lay still on this deck under the trees and let the vibration of the sound bowls settle into their bodies. They walked beside our horses — and let the horses teach them, in that quiet, honest way only horses can, how to notice a feeling before it becomes a reaction.

This past Sunday was our last official Hoofbeats & Heartbeats gathering, and it felt like a celebration — of who these women have become, and the space between themselves and their thoughts that they’ve learned to hold onto. That space is everything. It’s where choice lives.

In two weeks, we’ll come together one final time for a closing ceremony to honor this journey fully. We are so grateful to have walked alongside these women — and alongside Lora and our horses, who never stop teaching us what healing actually feels like.

🐴 Hoofbeats & Heartbeats — where the horses meet you exactly where you are.
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Sunday, we closed a beautiful chapter. 🌾🐴Twelve sessions ago, a group of women showed up at Fox Moon Farm ready to do something brave: look honestly at themselves. Over these months, they’ve done the deep work — naming the core wounds they carry, gently loosening the emotional armor built to protect them, and learning to feel again without being ruled by what they feel.They danced. They breathed. They lay still on this deck under the trees and let the vibration of the sound bowls settle into their bodies. They walked beside our horses — and let the horses teach them, in that quiet, honest way only horses can, how to notice a feeling before it becomes a reaction.This past Sunday was our last official Hoofbeats & Heartbeats gathering, and it felt like a celebration — of who these women have become, and the space between themselves and their thoughts that they’ve learned to hold onto. That space is everything. It’s where choice lives.In two weeks, we’ll come together one final time for a closing ceremony to honor this journey fully. We are so grateful to have walked alongside these women — and alongside Lora and our horses, who never stop teaching us what healing actually feels like.🐴 Hoofbeats & Heartbeats — where the horses meet you exactly where you are.Image attachmentImage attachment+3Image attachment

Horses don't hide what they're feeling — ears back means something, a soft nicker means something else. For many autistic individuals who find human social cues confusing or exhausting to decode, an animal's honesty is a relief. What you see is what you get. That clarity builds a kind of trust that's hard to find anywhere else. ... See MoreSee Less

Horses dont hide what theyre feeling — ears back means something, a soft nicker means something else. For many autistic individuals who find human social cues confusing or exhausting to decode, an animals honesty is a relief. What you see is what you get. That clarity builds a kind of trust thats hard to find anywhere else.

There's a moment we don't get to plan for — the one where months of quiet, patient work suddenly click into something joyful.

Today, after grooming his horse, one of our young kiddo's headed down to the lake with his counselor for some fishing. He's tried before but had never caught one on his own. Fishing takes patience, and patience isn't easy for any kid — especially one who's working hard every day to understand his own big feelings and where they come from.

But that's exactly the work he does here. Caring for his horse. Caring for himself. Learning, session by session, that he can sit with discomfort and come out the other side.

Today, by the still water, that line finally pulled tight. And the smile on his face said everything patience, trust, and time on this farm can build. 🎣💚

This is why we do this work.

#FoxMoonFarm #HealingWithHorses #NatureHeals #TraumaInformedCare #FarmTherapy
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Theres a moment we dont get to plan for — the one where months of quiet, patient work suddenly click into something joyful.Today, after grooming his horse, one of our young kiddos headed down to the lake with his counselor for some fishing. Hes tried before but had never caught one on his own. Fishing takes patience, and patience isnt easy for any kid — especially one whos working hard every day to understand his own big feelings and where they come from.But thats exactly the work he does here. Caring for his horse. Caring for himself. Learning, session by session, that he can sit with discomfort and come out the other side.Today, by the still water, that line finally pulled tight. And the smile on his face said everything patience, trust, and time on this farm can build. 🎣💚This is why we do this work.#FoxMoonFarm #HealingWithHorses #NatureHeals #TraumaInformedCare #FarmTherapyImage attachmentImage attachment
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