Beyond Horse Massage Weekend Seminar-Workshop

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

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. Horses will be provided at the seminar, 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 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

(courses are added to all of our lists all throughout the year, check back periodically or ask to be added to a waitlist)

See our COVID-19 precautions. See our COVID-19 Waiver (for Canada, the United States and Poland).

**If you find a course that works for you and has openings, we do recommend registering as soon as possible. Our courses have been filling much faster than usual. If a course is FULL, email to be added to any course waitlist**

USA

September 23-24, 2023 Houston, TX with Becky Tenges

September 30-October 1, 2023 Norton Shores, MI with Fran Cilella

October 7-8, 2023 McHenry, IL with Becky Tenges

October 7-8, 2023 Lyons, GA

October 7-8, 2023 Fort Collins, CO with Anne Bailey

October 14-15, 2023 Longmont, CO with Anne Bailey

October 14-15, 2023 Salado, TX with Kelly Jefferson

October 14-15, 2023 Thompson’s Station, TN with Kathy Tow

October 14-15, 2023 Pipersville, PA with Leslie Brooks

October 19-20, 2023 Twin Buttes, ND (Thu-Fri course)

October 21-22, 2023 Knoxville, IA with Martha Becker

October 21-22, 2023 Fayette, MO with Stephanie Goddard

October 21-22, 2023 Lothian, MD with Alice Long

October 27-28, 2023 Cleveland, NC with Khrystynna Hunsinger *note: this is a Fri-Sat course

October 28-29, 2023 Freeville, NY

October 28-29, 2023 Litchfield, ME

October 28-29, 2023 Perryville, AR with Lori Thompson

November 4-5, 2023 Kalispell, MT with Laura Faber-Morris

November 4-5, 2023 West Fulton, NY

November 11-12, 2023 Youngsville, NC with Khrystynna Hunsinger

November 11-12, 2023 Leesburg, VA with Suzanne Liscouski

November 11-12, 2023 Benton, MO with Stephanie Goddard

December 2-3, 2023 Ceres, CA with Amy Alford

December 2-3, 2023 Ooltewah, TN with Kathy Tow

December 9-10, 2023 Tucson, AZ with Vanessa Helvey

January 13-14, 2024 Sherwood, OR with Beckie Haynes

January 20-21, 2024 Perryville, MO with Stephanie Goddard

February 17-18, 2024 Ocala, FL with Stephanie Goddard

February 24-25, 2024 Watsonville, CA with Sandy Vreeburg

March 16-17, 2024 Perryville, AR with Lori Thompson

March 23-24, 2024 Callaway, MD with Alice Long

April 14-15, 2024 Koloa, HI with Amy Alford

May 18-19, 2024 Hudsonville, MI with Fran Cilella

June 1-2, 2024 Dexter, MI with Fran Cilella

**If you find a course that works for you and has openings, we do recommend registering as soon as possible. Our courses have been filling much faster than usual.**

Canada

September 23-24, 2023 Paquetville, NB with Sylvie Vallières (in French)

Sep 30-Oct 1, 2023 Calgary, AB with Lori Hoppe

Sep 30-Oct 1, 2023 Millgrove, ON with Leslie Kennedy

October 8-9, 2023 Richmond, QC with Sylvie Vallières (in French) *Note: this is a Sunday-Monday course

October 14-15, 2023 Kelowna, BC with Lori Hoppe

October 21-22, 2023 Langley, BC with Lori Hoppe

October 21-22, 2023 Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, QC with Sylvie Vallières (in French)

October 21-22, 2023 Amaranth, ON with Leslie Kennedy

March 30-31, 2024 Calgary, AB with Lori Hoppe

May 4-5, 2024 Arnprior, ON with Sylvie Vallières (in English)

June 1-2, 2024 Puslinch, ON with Leslie Kennedy

June 15-16, 2024 Calgary, AB with Lori Hoppe

 

**If you find a course that works for you and has openings, we do recommend registering as soon as possible. Our courses have been filling much faster than usual.**

Asia

October 28-29, 2023 Chiba, Japan with Tomoko Sembongi (in Japanese)

Australia & New Zealand

September 23-24, 2023 Dunedin, NZ with Nadine Vollmerg

September 25-26, 2023 Dunedin, NZ with Nadine Vollmerg

October 20-21, 2023 Victoria, AU with Vicky Devlin

March 23-24, 2024 Elimbah, AU with Emma Young

Europe & UK

September 23-24, 2023 Orcemont, France with Caroline Bernard (in French)

September 23-24, 2023 Aßlar-Oberlemp, Germany with Silvia Hamm (in German)

October 7-8, 2023 Braňany, Czech Republic with Ivana Zajíčková (in Czech)

October 7-8, 2023 Terradelles, Spain with Lucie Klaassen (in English with Spanish translation)

October 14-15, 2023 Rzęszyce, Poland with Beata Filonowicz (in Polish)

October 21-22, 2023 Vorden, Netherlands with Lucie Klaassen (in Dutch)

October 21-22, 2023 Frickingen, Germany with Silvia Hamm (in German)

October 21-22, 2023 Pompignan, France with Caroline Bernard (in French)

October 28-29, 2023 Emkendorf, Germany with Walter Saxe (in German)

November 11-12, 2023 Szajk, Hungary with Diane Howard (in English w/Hungarian interpretation available)

February 17-18, 2024 Poppel, Belgium with Lucie Klaassen (in Dutch)

March 9-10, 2024 Swansea, UK with Vicky Devlin

March 16-17, 2024 Oberhausen, Austria with Hans-Michael Schöbinger (in German with English translation if needed)

March 23-24, 2024 Krupá, Czech Republic with Ivana Zajíčková (in Czech)

March 23-24, 2024 Uddel, Netherlands with Masja Fick (in Dutch)

May 18-19, 2024 Pardubický kraj, Czech Republic with Ivana Zajíčková (in Czech)

June 8-9, 2024 Graz, Austria with Mitra Trop (in German with English translation if needed)

June 15-16, 2024 Ratnovce, Slovakia with Ivana Zajíčková (in Czech)

July 6-7, 2024 Bedum, Netherlands with Masja Fick (in Dutch)

Middle East

November 6-7, 2023 Hibbat Zion, Israel with Nikki Kagan (Monday-Tuesday course)

South Africa

(nothing scheduled at this time, please check back here periodically or sign up for our monthly e-newsletter to be updated on current course offerings)

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 Video (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. 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!

Note About Our Trademark

Only those who have demonstrated proficiency and completed the Masterson Method Certification Program may use The Masterson Method® name and logo. Use of The Masterson Method name and logo by others to promote any professional services is an infringement on trademark rights. If you have any questions, please Contact Us.

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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.

Student

The Masterson Method® is a miracle on a stick. The book and dvd’s are great but the clinic was indispensable.

Angela McCauley
Weekend Seminar

The information and skills learned in the workshop will be invaluable to the health and well being and success of my race horses.

Student

Your horse will love you for it!

Kirsten Collins
Weekend Seminar

The response from the horse, once he has learned to trust you and accept the technique, is worth 10 times the price of the course – 100 times!

Chris Shows
Weekend Seminar

Having the Masterson Method in my tool chest of ‘must have knowledge’ I now consider a MUST! This clinic made me aware of how our beautiful, eager to please horses can often suffer in silence, as is their nature. I now can recognize and eliminate, or prevent these aches and pains from becoming chronic in…
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Sarah Palmer
Weekend Seminar

This workshop is a powerful and effective catapult into the Masterson world of bodywork. it’s a two day affair, one that is life changing.

Sharon Weishaar
Weekend Seminar

Just wanted to thank each one of you for a great weekend. What a wonderful experience!! I am still processing all of the information. Every one of you made us all feel very welcome, comfortable with our abilities and not afraid to make mistakes. What a refreshing attitude that there is a gentler way to…
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Caryn Barrington
Weekend Seminar

I have just returned home after attending a 2 day seminar-workshop of Jim Masterson’ Integrated Equine Performance Bodywork. I had accidentally stumbled across this website very recently and had a light-bulb moment, thinking this could just possibly enhance my communication with my horses. I was particularly taken with the approach that it is the horse…
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Kate Jones
Weekend Seminar

The workshop has provided invaluable hands on experience and an enjoyable learning environment. I feel ready to start working on my own horse.

Accreditation

We are accredited and approved for continuing education through the following organizations:
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National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork Organization (NCBTMB)

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National Board of Certification For Animal Acupressure and Massage

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International Institute for Complementary Therapists

Equine Therapies Association of Australia