What I love about horses, is that they can really change our perspective of the world and teach us to be in the present – if we only let them. They are large strong animals, still often multiple times more sensitive than humans. There are many different equine bodywork modalities, which horses can benefit from, but with The Masterson Method® the level of interaction with horse and the work with interconnections in the equine body, is definitely different.
After studying nine months classical equine massage, I decided to continue with Masterson, because of these reasons. It was like switching from mechanical to dynamical mode, getting more relaxation and releases from the horse. On top of that, there is also this amazing learning process going on during a session – we continuously learn to be present and attentive to them, at the same time they learn to release tension in the body by gentle direction from us.
Also, through and thanks to Masterson Method, the principle of “Less is more” expands in different ways from training to feeding horses, etc. The approach is more than just a method and is hard to put in words…