Help Your Horse Move Better
and Feel Better.

What You Get

Start now. Arrive at the event ready.

When you join Free to Move you get immediate access to both courses — Jim's and Patrick's — to work through at your own pace in the months before the event. By the time the three days begin, you'll have hands-on experience with your own horse. You'll know what release looks and feels like. You'll know where your horse holds tension.

The courses prepare you. The live event transforms what you've learned into something you carry forward for years.

Course 1

Gentle Bodywork with Jim Masterson

Learn the foundational techniques of The Masterson Method® — help your horse release stored tension and build a deeper trust, starting with your very first session.

10 Core Lessons:

• Less is More — understand why gentleness is more effective than force, and how the horse's nervous system participates in releasing tension
• Learning to Listen — read your horse's most subtle responses: the blink, the lip twitch, the small shift that shows where tension lives
• Bladder Meridian Technique — the foundational search-response-stay-release practice that maps tension through the entire body
• Lateral Cervical Flexion — release the poll and neck, the junction that affects everything downstream
• Head Up Technique — release the TMJ, one of the most commonly restricted areas in performance horses
• Withers Wiggle Technique — gently move each spinal process to release tension through the back
• Hind End Points Technique — key points to free the hindquarters — the powerhouse of movement
• Sacrum Float Technique — with gentle touch, release around the sacral area that connects the hind end to the whole

Also includes: 10 Action Steps videos · 10 printable barn worksheets

Course 2

Developing Balance In Hand with Patrick King

A progressive system of in-hand exercises that builds strength, suppleness, and balance in your horse's body — and calm, focused responsiveness in their mind.

5 Core Modules:

• Building Blocks — the true definition of collection and why it matters for every horse; how to recognize tension and release before you begin
• Beginning the Dance — the two foundational in-hand positions every horse needs; warm-up routines; troubleshooting common problems
• Building Strength — progressive exercises for mobility, rhythm, and engagement; working in halter and bridle
• Advanced Work — shoulder-in, haunches-in, half-pass, trot work; why "advanced" exercises benefit horses at every level
• Pattern Work — five movement patterns with Patrick coaching multiple horse/handler pairs through each one

Bonuses included:

• Bonus Anatomy of Collection Workshop — 2 hours of equine biomechanics covering the hyoid, TMJ, collection mechanics, and the path to true self-carriage
• Bonus Pattern Pack + Video Critiques — six patterns with Patrick coaching through each, so you see exactly what to look for
• Bonus Audio Lesson — a guided in-hand session you can use while actually working with your horse
• Bonus Comprehensive Course Workbook — printable or digital, with diagrams, troubleshooting, and practice patterns for every lesson

Is This For Me?

A few things we hear — and what we want you to know.

"I'm a beginner. Is this too advanced for me?"

Both courses start at the very beginning. Jim's course opens with anatomy and the key junctions of the body, then walks you through each technique step by step. Patrick's in-hand course begins with two positions any horse can learn — all you need is a halter, a lead rope, and a stick. The earlier you learn to notice your horse's subtle responses and work with them rather than past them, the less you'll have to undo later.

"I don't own a horse."

The Masterson Method can be practiced on any horse — a lesson horse, a friend's horse, any horse at your barn who could use some attention. Many of the riders who get the most from this work are around multiple horses — they quickly start seeing the same patterns everywhere, and they become more valuable to every horse they touch.

"I ride western / trail / gaited. Is this relevant to me?"

The body doesn't know what discipline you ride. Tension in the poll, restriction through the sacrum, an uneven bend in the spine — these affect every horse, in every saddle, at every level. Patrick's in-hand work is not dressage training. It's the physical foundation that every horse needs to feel good and move well — for years to come.

"I've bought online courses before and never finished them."

This is structured differently. Both courses are broken into focused, manageable lessons you work through at the horse's pace — not yours. This isn't content to consume. It's work you do with your horse, session by session, and you'll feel the change as you go. The live event in October gives you a natural milestone to work toward.

"My horse seems fine. Is this really for us?"

Even horses who seem fine are often holding more than their riders realize. They compensate quietly. The horses that seem fine are often the ones that surprise you most when you start this work. If your horse is functional but not quite free — not quite soft, not quite through — this is for you.

"Why do I need the courses? Can I just attend the event?"

You can — the Livestream Access option exists for that. But the riders who will get the most from the event are the ones who come having already practiced the material with their own horse. The courses prepare you. The live event transforms what you've learned into something you carry forward for years.