We all want our dogs to live pain-free, and we all want ways to connect with them. The Masterson Method® is an interactive approach to animal bodywork that follows and uses responses of the animal to your touch to find and release tension in areas of his body that affect: - His ability to get around. - His physical and mental well-being. - The quality of and length of his life. - His connection with you and other humans and animals. A lifelong horse person, Jim Masterson developed his method for the purpose of releasing tension and improving movement in the performance horse. An interesting benefit was that it led to improved communication and trust, and a better overall relationship with the horse. Since dogs go with horses “like peanut butter and jelly,” Jim says, it was only natural that he began to use his bodywork on canines, too. The techniques used in the Masterson Method rely on reading and following the subtle changes in the dog's body language as you work with him. Once you learn to read his body language, you will be “on the same page” and communication is established. Your dog recognizes that you understand what his body language is saying, that there is no threat to his well-being, and that he feels better when you work with him. In these pages you will learn the steps to incorporating the Masterson Method in your dog's life, bringing happiness to both of you. The Masterson Method is practical, easy to use, and results oriented. You see the results in the dog's responses during the bodywork, and in his behavior, comfort, and movement afterward. Beyond Dog Massage is the ideal instructional guide for all those seeking a better quality of life for and deeper connection with their dogs.

Would you like to enable your horse to perform and feel better, to overcome old limitations and restrictions and reach its full potential? In this book, Jim Masterson, Equine Massage Therapist for the 2006 and 2008 and 2010 USET Endurance Teams, and for equine clientele competing in FEI World Cup, Pan American and World Games competitions, teaches a unique method of equine bodywork, in which the practitioner recognizes and follows the responses of the horse to touch to release tension in key junctions of the body that most affect performance. This practical book - has step-by-step instructions, photographs and illustrations - is ideally suited to accompany you to the barn, where you will practice the Masterson Method(R) techniques on horses. - includes chapters with Tips & Techniques, anatomical explanations and examples from Jim's practice help deepen your understanding. - has a quick reference section will point you to exercises that are specifically suited to your particular discipline, may it be dressage, endurance, eventing or barrel racing, or others in the vast realm of horse sports. By using these techniques, and knowing the responses to look for, you are able to: - achieve a release of accumulated stress in deep-seated key junctions of the horse's body that affects mobility, comfort, attitude, training and performance - restore muscular and structural balance, and natural alignment - enable your horse to perform optimally and respond to your training without stiffness and pain - achieve new levels of communication and trust with your horse that spill over into other areas of interaction.

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The person investing their time and money (education) into what they believe to be a truth will find it difficult to accept the possibility of it being wrong. For sixteen hundred plus years a system of belief "The Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Ghost is God" has been taught and enforced to the point where the possibility of it being wrong is so freighting to them still believing it; Athanasius' paradox of his three Gods not being three Gods but one, "Trinity," God. A person can interpret the Anthanasian Creed (325-AD) to say, mean, what ever they like, the author himself clearly established that unless you believe Jesus is God "you cannot be saved," in it.