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 these 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

* Receive $50 off select courses for July (click on course link below to see if a course is included) *

USA

West

August 17-18, 2024 Portola Valley, CA with Sandy Vreeburg

Aug 31-Sep 1, 2024 Kalispell, MT with Laura Faber-Morris

September 7-8, 2024 Shadow Hills, CA with Will Friday

September 14-15, 2024 Ceres, CA with Amy Alford *

October 5-6, 2024 Alpine, CA with Amelia Nalli *

October 12-13, 2024 Fountain, CO with Julie Steorts *

November 2-3, 2024 Sedalia, CO with Kim Hollstein *

November 2-3, 2024 Las Vegas, NV with Anita Chang-Vigo *

November 2-3, 2024 Felton, CA with Sandy Vreeburg

November 23-24, 2024 San Miguel, CA with Amy Alford

December 7-8, 2024 Tucson, AZ with Vanessa Helvey

June 21-22, 2025 Victor, ID with Julie Steorts *

Southwest

September 21-22, 2024 Wichita Falls, TX with Andrea Newman *

October 19-20, 2024 Salado, TX with Kelly Jefferson *

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

Midwest

August 17-18, 2024 Zeeland, MI with Fran Cilella *

August 31-Sep 1, 2024 Custer, SD with Peggy Smith *

September 21-22, 2024 Elgin, IL with Elizabeth Appleyard *

September 28-29, 2024 Hugo, MN with Megan Dushin *

October 19-20, 2024 Knoxville, IA with Martha Becker *

November 2-3, 2024 Wright City, MO with Stephanie Goddard *

November 2-3, 2024 Sebeka, MN with Dale Grove *

Northeast

August 24-25, 2024 New Paltz, NY with Jackie Kimmel

September 28-29, 2024 Ransomville, NY

October 19-20, 2024 Freeville, NY with Jackie Kimmel *

October 26-27, 2024 Coatesville, PA with Alice Long

Southeast

September 14-15, 2024 Youngsville, NC with Khrystynna Hunsinger *

September 21-22, 2024 Perryville, AR with Lori Thompson *

September 21-22, 2024 Milton, GA with Kathy Tow

September 28-29, 2024 Leesburg, VA with Suzanne Liscouski

November 11-12, 2024 Ooltewah, TN with Kathy Tow *

November 30-Dec 1, 2024 Cleveland, TN with Kathy Tow *

Canada

British Columbia

September 7-8, 2024 Chilliwack, BC with Lori Hoppe

Alberta

October 5-6, 2024 Calgary, AB with Lori Hoppe

Saskatchewan

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

Ontario

September 14-15, 2024 Fitzroy Harbour, ON with Jacinthe Proteau *

September 16-17, 2024 Mono, ON with Leslie Kennedy *

June 21-22, 2025 Almonte, ON with Leslie Kennedy

Quebec

October 5-6, 2024 Rouyn-Noranda, QC with Jacinthe Proteau *

October 12-13, 2024 Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton, QC with Sylvie Vallières *

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

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

Europe

* Receive $50 off select courses for July (click on course link below to see if a course is included) *

Austria

August 17-18, 2024 Klosterne uburg-Weidling, AT with Vicky Devlin

Czech Republic

October 19-20, 2024 Řícmanice, CZ with Ivana Zajíčková

September 21-22, 2024 Egestorf, DE with Walter Saxe

November 30-December 1, 2024 Willingen, DE with Silvia Hamm

Netherlands

September 19-20, 2024 Ruinerwold, NL with Chaja Kolthoff-Voest

September 21-22, 2024 Ouwerkerk, NL with Masja Fick *

Poland

September 25-26, 2024 Raciechowice, PL with Beata Filonowicz *

United Kingdom

September 14-15, 2024 Hertfordshire, UK with Vicky Devlin

November 23-24, 2024 Horley, UK with Vicky Devlin

Australia

* Receive $50 off select courses for July (click on course link below to see if a course is included) *

Australia

August 10-11, 2024 Glenreagh, NSW, AU with Emma Young *

August 24-25, 2024 Fish Creek, VIC, AU with Gypsy Merritt *

September 14-15, 2024 North Arm, QLD, AU with Emma Young *

October 12-13, 2024 Baddaginnie, VIC, AU with Gypsy Merritt *

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

* Receive $50 off select courses for July *

Japan

October 19-20, 2024 Chiba, Japan with Tomoko Sembongi

Israel

September 19-20, 2024 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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