Beyond Horse Massage Weekend Seminar-Workshop

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The Beyond Horse Massage Weekend Seminar is for any horse owner or handler. It gives you the tools to help you work with your horse to relieve tension and connect more deeply. No knowledge of anatomy and only moderate physical strength is required. You’ll leave happy you’ve taken this seminar sooner.

A Masterson Method® Weekend Seminar is the next practical step after reading/viewing the Beyond Horse Massage Book/DVD.

In these hands-on workshops, 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. Jim Masterson has successfully taught these techniques to hundreds 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 DVD before attending the seminar-workshop.

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 Seminar-Workshop Dates

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USA

September 25-26, 2021  Derry, NH with Samantha Walker

September 25-26, 2021  Pittstown, NJ with Leslie Brooks

September 25-26, 2021  Oakdale, CA with Loni Langdon

October 9-10, 2021  Olympia, WA with Beckie Haynes

October 9-10, 2021  Perryville, AR with Lori Thompson

October 9-10, 2021  Briones, CA with Sandy Vreeburg

October 16-17, 2021  Indianola, IA with Martha Becker 

October 23-24, 2021  Monroe, GA

October 23-24, 2021  Houston, TX with Becky Tenges

October 30-31, 2021  Coatesville, IN with Coralie Hughes

October 30-31, 2021  Sharon, VT with Samantha Walker

November 6-7, 2021  Las Vegas, NV

November 6-7, 2021  Salado, TX with Kelly Jefferson

November 6-7, 2021  Brainerd, MN with Lise Lunde

November 19-20, 2021  Cumming, GA

November 20-21, 2021  Philadelphia, PA

November 20-21, 2021  Glen Arm, MD with Samantha Walker

February 26-27, 2022  Watsonville, CA with Sandy Vreeburg

March 26-27, 2022  Flemington, NJ with Leslie Brooks

May 28-29, 2022  Kalispell, MT with Laura Faber-Morris

Canada

September 19-20, 2021*  Cobourg, ON with Lori Hoppe *Note this is a Sunday-Monday course  

October 2-3, 2021  Campbellcroft, ON with Lori Hoppe 

October 16-17, 2021  Langley, BC with Lori Hoppe 

October 23-24, 2021  Calgary, AB with Lori Hoppe 

April 23-24, 2022  Granby, QC taught in French with Sylvie Vallières 

April 24-25, 2022  Lake Country, BC with Lori Hoppe *Note this is a Sunday-Monday course  

August 12-13, 2022  Campbell River, BC with Lori Hoppe 

Europe & UK

September 18-19, 2021  Egestorf, DE taught in German with Walter Saxe

October 2-3, 2021  Pfaffenhofen, DE taught in German with Silvia Hamm

October 9-10, 2021  Parly, France taught in French with Diane Howard

October 9-10, 2021  Warwickshire, UK with Vicky Devlin

October 16-17, 2021  Brockenhurst, UK with Vicky Devlin

October 16-17, 2021  Ouwerkerk, NL taught in Dutch with Masja Fick

October 23-24, 2021  Quakenbrück, DE taught in German with Walter Saxe

October 30-31, 2021  Hergatz, DE taught in German with Silvia Hamm

October 30-31, 2021  Vorden, NL taught in Dutch with Lucie Klaassen

Australia & New Zealand

September 18-19, 2021  Christchurch, NZ with Nadine Vollmerg

December 11-12, 2021  Cambridge, NZ with Nadine Vollmerg

South Africa

(Nothing scheduled at this time. Please check back periodically or join our monthly email newsletter for updates.)

Day 1 — Workshop begins at 9am

Workshop 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 — Workshop 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 Seminar-Workshop Prerequisites

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

2nd Prerequisite – This is a hands-on workshop. 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.

Margaret Mitchell

I’ve just attended a two-day training clinic which was organized with in-depth, hands-on work. Since returning I have worked with my horse and seen some impressive results. It works like magic .. but is founded on solid horsemanship knowledge. Love it.

Jennifer Sechrist

Every person that I have met on my Masterson journey has expressed the same sentiment regarding how much this work has positively impacted not only their approach to working with horses, but has also contributed to a quieter/gentler approach to life itself.

Beth Watzke

I have a bachelor’s degree, two master’s, a Ph.D. and was a Fulbright Scholar, and this past week was one of the BEST education experiences I have had since my “academic” work began in 1992. I have learned enough to recognize when I need to ask questions.

Diane Brockett

It has changed my life and every horse I’ve been in contact with! Relaxation and relationship… working WITH the horse and using skill with intuition. Amazing results all around!  

Ryan Fisher
Weekend Seminar

Excellent Workshop! It was great to get a chance to ask questions in person and get a detailed answer. Also it was definitely helpful to get the correct method demonstration in person.

Fredericka Warren
Weekend Seminar

This has been a comprehensive, informative, and spiritual weekend. I will bring this new found attitude and these techniques home to my barn.

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Margaret Mitchell

I’ve just attended a two-day training clinic which was organized with in-depth, hands-on work. Since returning I have worked with my horse and seen some impressive results. It works like magic .. but is founded on solid horsemanship knowledge. Love it.

Jennifer Sechrist

Every person that I have met on my Masterson journey has expressed the same sentiment regarding how much this work has positively impacted not only their approach to working with horses, but has also contributed to a quieter/gentler approach to life itself.

Beth Watzke

I have a bachelor’s degree, two master’s, a Ph.D. and was a Fulbright Scholar, and this past week was one of the BEST education experiences I have had since my “academic” work began in 1992. I have learned enough to recognize when I need to ask questions.

Diane Brockett

It has changed my life and every horse I’ve been in contact with! Relaxation and relationship… working WITH the horse and using skill with intuition. Amazing results all around!  

Ryan Fisher
Weekend Seminar

Excellent Workshop! It was great to get a chance to ask questions in person and get a detailed answer. Also it was definitely helpful to get the correct method demonstration in person.

Fredericka Warren
Weekend Seminar

This has been a comprehensive, informative, and spiritual weekend. I will bring this new found attitude and these techniques home to my barn.

We are Accredited and Approved Through the Following Organizations

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National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork Organization (NCBTMB) for Continuing Education Credits (CEC): Weekend Seminar-Workshop: 14 CEC. Home Study Course: 12 CEC, Advanced 5-Day: 32 CEC, Field Work Course: 50 CEC, Certification Completion Course: 32 CEC

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National Board of Certification For Animal Acupressure and Massage  Approved for 14 hours CE credit, hands-on for the Weekend Seminar-Workshop

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International Institute for Complementary Therapists  Approved Training Provider

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Equine Therapies Association of Australia  Approved Training Provider

Zandbergen, Belgium: Nov 30-Dec 1, 2019 with Lucie Klaassen
Byron, MN: October 19-20, 2019
Tekamah, NE: November 2-3, 2019
Milo, IA: May 2-3, 2020
Ruinerwold, Netherlands: September 7-8, 2019 with Chaja Kolthoff-Voest
North Wangaratta, AU: Sept 7-8, 2019 with Pam Martin
Neola, UT: September 7-8, 2019
Miesenbach, Austria: October 26-27, 2019 with Lucie Klaassen
Kerrville, TX: September 14-15, 2019 with Lise Lunde
Coatesville, IN Advanced 5-Day, July 22-26, 2019 with Coralie Hughes
Field Work Course (Pay as you go)