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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.
About The Weekend Course
North America
USA
West
October 25-26, 2025 Sedalia, CO with Kim Hollstein
November 8-9, 2025 San Miguel, CA with Amy Alford
January 24-25, 2026 Aptos, CA with Sandy Vreeburg
May 2-3, 2026 Sedalia, CO with Kim Hollstein
July 18-19, 2026 Steamboat Springs, CO with Kim Hollstein
Southwest
December 6-7, 2025 Tucson, AZ with Vanessa Helvey
Feb 28-Mar 1, 2026 Tucson, AZ with Vanessa Helvey
March 28-29, 2026 Salado, TX with Kelly Jefferson
Midwest
November 8-9, 2025 Elgin, IL with Elizabeth Appleyard
December 13-14, 2025 Upper Midwest with Becky Tenges
April 18-19, 2026 Pequot Lakes, MN with Lise Lunde
April 25-26, 2026 Milo, IA with Martha Becker
June 20-21, 2026 Milo, IA with Martha Becker
October 10-11, 2026 Milo, IA with Martha Becker
Northeast
April 11-12, 2026 East Windsor, CT
April 18-19, 2026 Circleville, NY with Jackie Kimmel
May 2-3, 2026 St. Inigoes, MD with Alice Long
May 30-31, 2026 Corfu, NY with Jackie Kimmel
Southeast
November 8-9, 2025 Cleveland, TN with Kathy Tow
December 6-7, 2025 Indiantown, FL with Alice Long
April 11-12, 2026 Leesburg, VA with Suzanne Liscouski
April 11-12, 2026 Perryville, AR with Lori Thompson
Canada
British Columbia
October 25-26, 2025 Campbell River, BC with Lori Hoppe
March 28-29, 2026 Chilliwack, BC with Lori Hoppe
May 23-24, 2026 Prince George, BC with Lori Hoppe
October 17-18, 2026 Langley, BC with Lori Hoppe
Ontario
May 2-3, 2026 Fingal, ON with Leslie Kennedy
May 30-31, 2026 Puslinch, ON with Leslie Kennedy
Quebec
April 26-27, 2026 Roxton Falls, QC with Sylvie Vallières
May 9-10, 2026 Grand-Remous, QC with Jacinthe Proteau
September 6-7, 2026 Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix, QC with Jacinthe Proteau
Europe & UK
Austria
March 21-22, 2026 Oberhausen, AT with Hans-Michael Schöbinger
Czech Republic
November 15-16, 2025 Staré Ouholice, CZ with Ivana Zajíčková
France
(nothing scheduled at this time, please check back or sign up here for our monthly e-newsletter for new course updates)
Germany
March 14-15, 2026 Egestorf, DE with Walter Saxe
May 16-17, 2026 Emden, DE with Walter Saxe
September 19-20, 2026 Egestorf, DE with Walter Saxe
Netherlands
March 7-8, 2026 Vorden, NL with Lucie Klaassen
May 15-16, 2026 Hazerswoude-Dorp, NL with Masja Fick
Poland
April 18-19, 2026 Rzęszyce, PL with Beata Filonowicz
United Kingdom
November 22-23, 2025 Horley, Surrey, UK with Vicky Devlin
Australia
Australia
Feb 28-March 1, 2026 Mount George, SA, AU with Gypsy Merritt
April 11-12, 2026 North Arm, QLD, AU with Emma Young
May 9-10, 2026 Gidgegannup, WA, AU with Emma Young
June 20-21, 2026 Glenreagh, NSW, AU with Emma Young
September 26-27, 2026 North Arm, QLD, AU with Emma Young
New Zealand
October 27-28, 2025 Christchurch, NZ with Emma Young
Africa
South Africa
December 6-7, 2025 Midrand, Johannesburg, ZA with Alexandra Davies
Asia
Japan
October 25-26, 2025 Chiba, JP with Tomoko Sembongi
March 11-12, 2026 Saitama, JP with Tomoko Sembongi
Israel
(nothing scheduled at this time, please check back or sign up here for our monthly e-newsletter for new course updates)
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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Accreditation
We are accredited and approved as a continuing education provider through the following organizations:
