Masterson Membership

Over the last 15 years The Masterson Method® has taught thousands of people equine bodywork techniques in Weekend Seminars, Advanced 5-Day Courses and the Fieldwork program. Tens of thousands of people have learned the techniques from the Beyond Horse Massage book and DVD and it has always been Jim’s goal to make the method accessible…

For the Love of Aria Success Story

by Gina Kuttrus, MMCP Meet Star, a horse we helped mentally and physically with the help of the Masterson Method® in collaboration with veterinarians, trainers and her humans at The Right Step Horse Therapy in Colorado. Star is an equine-assisted services horse who primarily did adaptive riding (formerly referred to as therapeutic riding). She injured…

A Summer without Summer Camp

My name is Jenna and I am lucky enough to live and work at Ekone Ranch, a multi-faceted organization in the Columbia Gorge area, in rural Washington.  Ekone is home to Sacred Earth Foundation, a nonprofit land trust covering 1,138 acres.  White Eagle Memorial Preserve, one of only a handful of natural conservation burial grounds…

Mysteries of the Autonomic Nervous System

by Megan Dushin MMCP, MMES If you’ve seen Jim Masterson or a certified practitioner demonstrate The Masterson Method®, then you’ve seen what some common “releases” look like when a horse lets go of tension. A horse may lick and chew, shake his head, scratch himself, sigh or snort, rest a hind leg, yawn profusely, or…