Beyond Horse Massage Weekend Seminar

Beyond Horse Massage Weekend Course

A Masterson Method® Weekend Course is the next practical step after reading and/or viewing the Beyond Horse Massage Book or video.

In this hands-on course, you’ll learn how to recognize and use the visual responses of the horse to your touch to find and release accumulated stress in key junctions of the body that most affect performance. Horses will be provided at the course, however you’ll be able to apply all that you’ve learned to your own horse afterwards! These techniques have been successfully taught to thousands of owners, therapists, and trainers worldwide, enabling them to open new levels of communication and relationship with their horses.

We do require you to purchase and review the Beyond Horse Massage book and/or the DVD or streaming video before attending the course.

The Masterson Method is accredited by various national and international organizations including the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork Organization (NCBTMB) for Continuing Education Credits.

Weekend Course Dates

Courses are added to our schedule throughout the year. If you find a course that works for you and has openings, we recommend registering as soon as possible. Our courses fill quickly. If a course is FULL, email to be added to a course waitlist.

North America

USA

West

January 25-26, 2025 Watsonville, CA with Sandy Vreeburg

February 8-9, 2025 Tucson, AZ with Vanessa Helvey

March 29-30, 2025 Solvang, CA with Amelia Nalli

April 12-13, 2025 Tucson, AZ with Vanessa Helvey

April 19-20, 2025 Las Vegas, NV with Anita Chang-Vigo

April 27-28, 2025 Koloa, HI with Amy Alford

May 3-4, 2025 Waikoloa, HI with Amy Alford

May 3-4, 2025 Sedalia, CO with Kim Hollstein

May 31-June 1, 2025 Penn Valley, CA with Sandy Vreeburg

June 21-22, 2025 Victor, ID with Amelia Nalli

September 6-7, 2025 Ceres, CA with Amy Alford

Southwest

February 22-23, 2025 Bryan, TX with Kelly Jefferson

Midwest

March 1-2, 2025 Rapid City, SD with Kat Davies

March 22-23, 2025 Sebeka, MN with Dale Grove

April 5-6, 2025 Elgin, IL with Elizabeth Appleyard

April 12-13, 2025 Byron, MN with Lise Lunde

April 19-20, 2025 Milo, IA with Martha Becker

May 24-25, 2025 Pequot Lakes, MN with Lise Lunde

June 7-8, 2025 Milo, IA with Martha Becker

September 13-14, 2025 Zeeland, MI with Fran Cilella

October 11-12, 2025 Milo, IA with Martha Becker

November 1-2, 2025 Sebeka, MN with Dale Grove

Northeast

April 5-6, 2025 Fombell, PA with Jackie Kimmel

April 12-13, 2025 Circleville, NY with Jackie Kimmel

Southeast

February 15-16, 2025 Vero Beach, FL with Alice Long

March 8-9, 2025 Perryville, AR with Lori Thompson

March 15-16, 2025 Canton, GA with Kathy Tow

March 22-23, 2025 Leesburg, VA with Suzanne Liscouski

March 29-30, 2025 Youngsville, NC with Khrystynna Hunsinger

April 5-6, 2025 Delray Beach, FL with Alice Long

May 3-4, 2025 Youngsville, NC with Khrystynna Hunsinger

May 17-18, 2025 Leesburg, VA with Suzanne Liscouski

May 17-18, 2025 Ooltewah, TN with Kathy Tow

September 20-21, 2025 Cleveland, NC with Khrystynna Hunsinger

October 11-12, 2025 Perryville, AR with Lori Thompson

Canada

British Columbia

March 29-30, 2025 Rosedale, BC with Lori Hoppe

May 24-25, 2025 Kelowna, BC with Lori Hoppe

October 25-26, 2025 Campbell River, BC with Lori Hoppe

Alberta

June 21-22, 2025 Calgary, AB with Lori Hoppe

Saskatchewan

June 7-8, 2025 Aberdeen, SK with Lori Hoppe

Ontario

Coming soon

Quebec

April 19-20, 2025 Grand-Remous, QC with Jacinthe Proteau

April 26-27, 2025 Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce, QC with Sylvie Vallières

May 10-11, 2025 Rouyn-Noranda, QC with Jacinthe Proteau

August 23-24, 2025 Lac-Brome, QC with Sylvie Vallières

August 31-Sep 1, 2025 St-Honoré-de-Chicoutimi, QC with Sylvie Vallières

Europe & UK

Austria

March 22-23, 2025 Oberhausen, AT with Hans-Michael Schöbinger

June 14-15, 2025 Graz, AT with Mitra Trop

Czech Republic

March 8-9, 2025 Svoboda nad Úpou, CZ with Ivana Zajíčková

September 20-21, 2025 Bošilec, CZ with Ivana Zajíčková

Denmark

Coming soon

France

April 12-13, 2025 Parly, FR with Caroline Hébert Bernard

Germany

March 22-23, 2025 Egestorf, DE with Walter Saxe

May 10-11, 2025 Emden, DE with Walter Saxe

Netherlands

February 8-9, 2025 Ommen, NL with Masja Fick

Australia

March 1-2, 2025 Mount George, SA, AU with Gypsy Merritt

March 29-30, 2025 Elimbah, QLD, AU with Emma Young

April 26-27, 2025 Tynong, VIC, AU with Gypsy Merritt

May 24-25, 2025 Glenreagh, NSW, AU with Emma Young

July 5-6, 2025 North Arm, QLD, AU with Emma Young

July 19-20, 2025 Bees Creek, NT, AU with Emma Young

August 30-31, 2025 Baddaginnie, VIC, AU with Gypsy Merritt

September 27-28, 2025 Arthurs Creek, VIC, AU with Gypsy Merritt

September 27-28, 2025 North Arm, QLD, AU with Emma Young

New Zealand

(nothing scheduled at this time, please check back or sign up here for our monthly e-newsletter for new course updates)

Africa

South Africa

(nothing scheduled at this time, please check back or sign up here for our monthly e-newsletter for new course updates)

Asia

Japan

April 5-6, 2025 Chiba, JP with Tomoko Sembongi

September 27-28, 2025 Hokkaido, JP with Tomoko Sembongi

Israel

February 20-21, 2025 Hibbat Zion, Israel with Nikki Kagan

May 22-23, 2025 Hibbat Zion, Israel with Nikki Kagan

Day 1 — Course begins at 9am

Course begins at 9am with a discussion of the principles of The Masterson Method®.

The horse’s survival-bracing response.
How to use different levels of touch, and the horse’s responses to by-pass the bracing response.
Use of movement and positioning to allow a muscle or junction to release tension.
Key junctions of the body that most affect performance.
How the subtle and sometimes not-so-subtle process of release works.

Techniques:

The first technique, the Bladder Meridian Technique, is demonstrated and explained.
Students practice on horses, with individual hands-on help from the Instructor(s).
Students and Instructor(s) re-group to ask and answer questions, and review and discuss the results of the technique.
Techniques to release tension in the poll, neck, and neck/shoulders/withers junction are demonstrated, practiced, and discussed/reviewed during the first day, with a break for lunch and short morning and afternoon breaks.

Day 2 — Course continues at 9am

We follow the same learning format as on Day 1;

Hands-on instruction.
Review and discussion to learn basic techniques to release tension in the back, sacro-iliac and sacro-lumbar junction.

After lunch, a fresh group of horses are brought in. Students have the opportunity to practice all the techniques that were learned over the weekend, on fresh horses, with hands-on help from the Instructor(s). This way, the student will review and practice a full bodywork session on a horse prior to going home.

Weekend Course Prerequisites

1st Prerequisite – Reading and viewing the Beyond Horse Massage Book and Video (can be added when purchasing your registration)

2nd Prerequisite – This is a hands-on course. Students must be prepared to pick up all four of the horse’s feet and be comfortable in a stall with an unknown horse. For safety reasons students must have a good grasp of basic horsemanship. Note that students will not be working on their own horse during this seminar, even if their horse lives at the host barn. However, you’ll be able to apply all that you’ve learned to your own horse afterwards!

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