Learn About The Masterson Method®

Here are some resources on The Masterson Method® website to help you better understand this unique approach to working with and helping horses.

Videos

Jim Talks About the Value of Bodywork (from Dressage Movements Revealed video)

Jim Explains the Basics of The Masterson Method®

Jim Teaches the Bladder Meridian Technique

Jim Explains “Search-Response-Stay-Release”

Jim Demonstrates the Basic Scapula Release (from Dressage Movements Revealed video)

Bladder Meridian Technique Handout

Here is a handout to help you learn how to do The Bladder Meridian Technique. This is a great place to start. Once you learn the simple principle of Searching for a Response, and Staying for a Release (SRSR) — and you learn how to read the horse’s responses and adjust what you do to yield a release — you’ll be able to use that anywhere on the horse where you suspect there may be tension. It’s a wonderful way of connecting with your horse too.

Blog & Magazine Articles

Mysteries of the autonomic nervous system, by Megan Dushin (me!), Masterson Method Blog

Performance equine bodywork, by Jim Masterson & Coralie Hughes, in Dressage Today (February 2017)

Is my horse hurting? Releasing tension in the Poll-Atlas and Neck, by Jim Masterson in Performance Horsemanship Digest (Issue 11, 2015)

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Questions?

Feel free to reach out to me! I look forward to helping you get a feel for The Masterson Method and/or helping your horse move with greater ease so your rides are even more enjoyable!