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What is the Masterson Method? | Masterson Method
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Jim demonstrates a Masterson Method Movement Technique you can practice with your horse once you have helped him relax the hind end muscles and release tension with the Hind End Points. This clip is from the final few minutes of a one-hour session, after the horse has released a lot of tension throughout his body. By this point, the horse is very comfortable with Jim because he understands that Jim is reading his responses and softening when necessary to keep him relaxed. The Hind Leg Release in
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Jim demonstrates a Masterson Method Movement Technique you can practice with your horse once you have helped him relax the hind end muscles and release tension with the Hind End Points. This clip is from the final few minutes of a one-hour session, after the horse has released a lot of tension throughout his body. By this point, the horse is very comfortable with Jim because he understands that Jim is reading his responses and softening when necessary to keep him relaxed. The Hind Leg Release in
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Jim Masterson Explains How the Masterson Method works. By staying under the horse’s bracing response, this gentle approach helps release tension, improve mobility, and promote comfort and trust. “We work with the horse, not against them,” Jim explains. Subtle responses—like a weight shift, a blink, or a change in breathing—guide the process and help find and release tension in the horse's body. Watch the reel to hear Jim’s insight and learn more about The Masterson Method here: https://masterson
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Jim Masterson Explains How the Masterson Method works. By staying under the horse’s bracing response, this gentle approach helps release tension, improve mobility, and promote comfort and trust. “We work with the horse, not against them,” Jim explains. Subtle responses—like a weight shift, a blink, or a change in breathing—guide the process and help find and release tension in the horse's body. Watch the reel to hear Jim’s insight and learn more about The Masterson Method here: https://masterson
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The horse's poll is one of the first places tension shows up and often, the last place it lets go. As Jim explains, the poll accumulates tension from all kinds of issues throughout the body: a sore back, tight hind end, sore front feet, or even ulcers. Every issue affecting the horse's body can show up here, too. That’s why when you learn The Masterson Method, and especially on the Advanced 5-Day Course, you learn not only to see where the problem appears, but also where the origin can be. We li
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The horse's poll is one of the first places tension shows up and often, the last place it lets go. As Jim explains, the poll accumulates tension from all kinds of issues throughout the body: a sore back, tight hind end, sore front feet, or even ulcers. Every issue affecting the horse's body can show up here, too. That’s why when you learn The Masterson Method, and especially on the Advanced 5-Day Course, you learn not only to see where the problem appears, but also where the origin can be. We li
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The Masterson Method isn’t your average horse massage 🐴✨ It’s a powerful approach that goes deeper—helping horses release tension from stress, injury, or pain through touch, observation, and patience.❤️ We’ve teamed up with Jim Masterson in the past for a special clinic at the Farm, and the results were incredible 💆‍♀️💫 And if you’d like more information about The Masterson Method, just comment ‘Horse’ below, and we will send you the full video. 👍 #MastersonMethod #HorseWellness #EquineBodyw
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The Masterson Method isn’t your average horse massage 🐴✨ It’s a powerful approach that goes deeper—helping horses release tension from stress, injury, or pain through touch, observation, and patience.❤️ We’ve teamed up with Jim Masterson in the past for a special clinic at the Farm, and the results were incredible 💆‍♀️💫 And if you’d like more information about The Masterson Method, just comment ‘Horse’ below, and we will send you the full video. 👍 #MastersonMethod #HorseWellness #EquineBodyw
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TMJ Release for Horses | The Tense TMJ | Masterson Method
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Why Does The Masterson Method Work? Here's the key: the horse participates in the process. In this clip, Jim Masterson explains that the key to this method is the horse’s feedback—its subtle responses to touch guide the entire process. By working WITH the horse rather than on the horse, we can help him stay in a relaxed state that allows him to release tension. Anyone can learn this, although to become truly proficient, the best way is to join the certification process. Certification in The Mast
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Why Does The Masterson Method Work? Here's the key: the horse participates in the process. In this clip, Jim Masterson explains that the key to this method is the horse’s feedback—its subtle responses to touch guide the entire process. By working WITH the horse rather than on the horse, we can help him stay in a relaxed state that allows him to release tension. Anyone can learn this, although to become truly proficient, the best way is to join the certification process. Certification in The Mast
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Learn an easy-to-use technique that can make a difference in your horse’s poll. | The Masterson Method, Integrated Equine Performance Bodywork
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Light to the Core work highlights a fundamental principle of the Masterson Method®: when we stay under the horse’s bracing response, the nervous system has nothing to push against. Surface muscles may soften with direct work, but deeper release often occurs when we go lighter, slower, and stay with the horse’s responses. This allows the sympathetic “survival” response to subside and the parasympathetic system to begin releasing tension held in deeper interconnections of the body. The Light to th
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One of the key things when doing a Masterson Method session is to learn to read the horse's responses to your touch. In this case, recognizing when the horse needs you to pause and doing it, is what makes the horse take an active part in the bodywork. This makes a whole difference, it helps to build trust and a deep relaxation that will allow them to release tension. #mastersonmethod #beyondhorsemassage #equinebodywork #listentoyourhorse #horsecaretips #releasetension #horsebodywork #horserider
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Tension can throw your horse off balance, affecting movement, comfort, and overall performance. In this extended session, equine bodywork expert Jim Masterson shares simple, effective ways to identify and release tension using gentle, hands-on techniques. In this Absorbine® video, Masterson walks viewers through practical methods horse owners can use to help their horses move more freely, perform better, and feel their best. 🎥 Watch more videos from this series here >> bit.ly/41sRHm3 #horseandr
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In this clip, Jim Masterson shares the essence of the Masterson Method® — using gentle touch and close observation to follow the horse’s subtle responses: a blink, a breath, a yawn. These small signs guide us to areas of tension and help the horse release, soften, and return to a more comfortable state of being. It’s not just about relaxation — it’s about improving comfort, performance, and trust through quiet, intentional connection. For many of us who’ve spent years in the horse world, there c
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