Hi Everyone, 

Looking forward 

Absorbine 

Through our association with Absorbine our name and image will be in front of a whole new group of horse lovers and riders.  Absorbine is coming out with a new line of botanical products and we are happy to be a part of this.  

Beyond Horse Massage Translations 

With the help of our publisher, Trafalgar Square - Horse and Rider Books, Beyond Horse Massage is being translated into German. It is on the way to being translated into Polish and French. 

Trafalgar is actively searching for a suitable publisher in South America to have the book translated into Spanish. If any of you have any contacts in the field of horse publishing in that part of the world, feel free to contact us or our publisher.  

Seminars and Courses 

As our seminar program continues to grow so will our team of instructors, and I'm fortunate to have many dedicated Certified Practitioners eager to help with this. Our seminar goal is to have multiple seminars being taught every weekend, around the country and the world.  My personal goal is ultimately to have every horse who has an owner experiencing at least the bladder meridian.

If you are one of those people who has seen a video clip or bought the book, but something is holding you back, go out to the barn now and put your hands on your horse.  As Yogi Berra might have said, If you're not out there doing the bladder meridian on your horse, stop it!

Go out and do the Bladder Meridian technique...and then add a little Lateral Flexion...and maybe a little bit of Head-Up. You'll be surprised. It can only help your horse, and another level of communication may open up that you didn't know was there. 

The Calendar for Weekend Seminars in 2014 is filling up. As I look at the Calendar page I see also that the Advanced 5-day classes are showing up at a rate of about twice a month (I'm glad I checked since I'm supposed to be at some of these!)  I encourage all those who have done a Weekend Seminar to continue on to a 5 Day Advanced Course.   Planning to become certified isn't a prerequisite to attending the 5 Day Advanced Course.  I invite all who have taken the Weekend Seminar to bump their bodywork and communication skills up to a new level.

Here is a recent testimonial for the 5 Day Advanced Course; "Fantastic - Overwhelming! Extremely beneficial, and an eye-opener."  Sounds kind of like a movie review in the Rolling Stone...

Price Increase of Weekend Seminars

Our fees for the foundational workshops are going up for 2014.  It's always uncomfortable for me to raise fees as it's never been about the money for me, so we haven't raised prices in quite a while.  The good news is that the office has determined that we are still comparable, and in some cases lower than other courses being offered.  We are offering the old price to anyone who signs up for a weekend workshop by February 14th.  We have listed the new prices and old prices on the calendar page, so click on the seminar of your choice and sign up before the price goes up on the 15th.

To augment this, and allow more people to come and learn the techniques, we will be offering auditing at our weekend workshops!  You are welcome to come and audit one or two days.   

Audit a Weekend Seminar

In 2014 we will be offering the option of auditing selected Weekend Seminars. We will be adding this option to the calendar listings and shopping cart soon.  One I am especially excited to have auditors join us is the Hastings Hill, Churchill, UK seminar.  We have lots of room for auditors there, and are planning a great seminar.  We will keep you posted as to all the details in the coming weeks. 

Dressage Movements Revealed Book and New 3-day Seminar

Coralie Hughes and I are working on (in our spare time) a new companion book to the Dressage Movements Revealed DVD. We plan to have this out through Horse and Rider Books (Trafalgar Square Publishing) in Fall 2014.   

We are also organizing a 3-day, Masterson Method Dressage Course to be taught by Coralie Hughes, who you all know from the Dressage Movements Revealed DVD. This will be combined with the Weekend Seminar, and will involve bio-mechanics and sport-specific techniques for the dressage horse. It will be structured for both new-comers to Weekend Seminars, and dressage enthusiasts who have already taken a Weekend Seminar.

New Certified Practitioners

I am happy to welcome some newly certified practitioners, Phil Langdale from Canada, Linda Fisher from Arizona, Cheryl Fell from Indiana and Maureen Benjamin from Nevada.  Below you can read about two newly certified practitioners from the UK, Tamsin Bendle and Carol Bracewell.  Congratulations! 

Thinking Big

And in the "thinking big" department we would like to eventually have an educational/reality TV program on cable or network TV.  What takes place between the horse and human with this method is interactive, fulfilling and very visual. I figure that if we want to share this with as many people and horses as possible we should put it out there and see what happens.  Manifestation starts with an idea put forth! Stay tuned...

Until then, like me,