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.

*Courses marked with a * are participating in the $50 off Canada Day Sale, July 1-7.

North America

USA

West

August 2-3, 2025 Colorado Springs, CO with Kim Hollstein

August 30-31, 2025 Portola Valley, CA with Sandy Vreeburg

August 30-31, 2025 Kalispell, MT with Laura Faber-Morris

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

September 6-7, 2025 Athol, ID with Andrea Newman

October 25-26, 2025 Sedalia, CO with Kim Hollstein

November 8-9, 2025 San Miguel, CA with Amy Alford

Southwest

October 11-12, 2025 Driftwood, TX with Kelly Jefferson

December 6-7, 2025 Tucson, AZ with Vanessa Helvey

Midwest

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

September 20-21, 2025 Upper Midwest with Becky Tenges

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

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

Northeast

August 2-3, 2025 Nottingham, PA with Jackie Kimmel

September 27-28, 2025 Mannington Township, NJ with Jackie Kimmel

October 18-19, 2025 Freeville, NY with Jackie Kimmel

Southeast

August 2-3, 2025 Stockbridge, GA with Kathy Tow

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

September 20-21, 2025 Natural Bridge, VA with Suzanne Liscouski

October 4-5, 2025 Youngsville, NC with Khrystynna Hunsinger

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

Canada

British Columbia

September 27-28, 2025 Kelowna, BC with Lori Hoppe *

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

Alberta

October 4-5, 2025 Calgary, AB with Lori Hoppe *

Ontario

May 2-3, 2026 Fingal, ON with Leslie Kennedy

May 30-31, 2026 Puslinch, ON with Leslie Kennedy

Quebec

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

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

September 6-7, 2025 Rouyn-Noranda, QC with Jacinthe Proteau *

Europe & UK

September 27-28, 2025 Ouwerkerk, NL with Masja Fick

October 18-19, 2025 Vorden, NL with Lucie Klaassen

Poland

September 13-14, 2025 Rzęszyce, PL with Beata Filonowicz

Switzerland

August 16-17, 2025 Weiningen, CH with Su Spiess

United Kingdom

To be announced

Australia

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

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

July 30-August 1, 2025 Kureelpa, QLD, AU with Emma Young

August 16-17, 2025 Glenreagh, NSW, 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

October 27-28, 2025 Christchurch, NZ with Vicky Devlin

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

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

October 25-26, 2025 Chiba, JP with Tomoko Sembongi

March 11-12, 2026 Saitama, JP with Tomoko Sembongi

Israel

September 10-11, 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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