by Sandy Vreeburg We invited Sandy Vreeburg, Instructor Lead & Trainer in North America, to write this month’s blog post, and are excited to share her wisdom! Soften, yield, and observe the subtlest responses of the horse. These practices are the foundation of The Masterson Method®. There are layers and layers of subtleties built within…
by Vicky Devlin We thought this month of September – Jim’s birthday month – would be the perfect time to highlight his useful mottos, or ‘Jim-isms’ that we as Instructors use when teaching this work. Here is a summary of our favorites, by Vicky Devlin, Overseas Manager and Co-director of Education and Fieldwork, in the…
by Megan Dushin Have you heard of SRSR? It’s the acronym we use in The Masterson Method for “Search for a Response, Stay for a Release.” It’s one of the most basic practices we employ and what makes The Masterson Method so unique. Responses and releases can typically be seen (or heard, or even smelled…
by Megan Dushin As a student of The Masterson Method, you will likely learn in your first Masterson book, video, and/or course about symmetry and asymmetry in the horse, and how we consider the horse’s “predominant diagonal” in order to start the side that is likely to be easiest. Megan starting with Bladder Meridian Technique…
In this 45 min. video Jim is working with Buster, a western drill team Quarter Horse, who has (EPM) Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis, a neurologic disease in horses. Below this video is a recording where Jim does a play-by-play (technique-by-technique) of his session and answers questions from the audience. In the video below, Jim does a…
by Megan Dushin MMCP, MMES If you’ve seen Jim Masterson or a certified practitioner demonstrate The Masterson Method®, then you’ve seen what some common “releases” look like when a horse lets go of tension. A horse may lick and chew, shake his head, scratch himself, sigh or snort, rest a hind leg, yawn profusely, or…