Master Class

Back by popular demand!

**New dates below!** Sarah and Dr. Peters are excited to be running their master class again in 2023. This educational course offers an accessible overview of a number of important topics grounded in the latest neuroscience and research, along with best and promising practices from the fields of psychology, trauma treatment, and ethology, to help you better understand you and your equine(s). Learning to recognize how adversity and trauma impact the brain, nervous system, behaviour, relationships, and overall functioning, as well as concrete tools, frameworks, principles, and next steps to help start the process of transformation for you and your equine(s) are the main goals of the program. Trauma in humans, trauma in equines, and the particular intersection of the two (equestrian trauma) will be explored through a compassionate lens that brings in awareness of somatics, attachment, psychophysiology, and interspecies neurobiology.

Class information:

• Note: The start date of the master class has been moved from January 2023 to May 2023.
• The modules run approximately 3.5 hours in length each, on Zoom, once a month (roughly 25 hours total), allowing time for you to review the material between each module.
• The modules start at 8am Pacific / 9am Mountain / 11am Eastern on the dates below (all modules except one take place on a Saturday; the other is on a Sunday). Please cross-reference with a time zone conversion tool to ensure you know which time and date the modules will be where you are located.
• Upon registration, students will receive a welcome email with instructions as well as the link to the Zoom meeting room. Please check spam in case you don’t find this email (it will be sent to the email address that you used to create your PayPal account).
• You may attend the modules live or watch the recordings after the fact at a time that is more convenient for you. You have access to the video recordings for 3 months after the end of each module.

Who is this for?

This master class is geared towards a general audience. Horse, donkey, mule, and hinny lovers of all walks of life have taken the course, as have equestrians in various disciplines. Also, professionals in different scopes of practice, such as horse trainers, natural horsemanship instructors, clicker trainers, riding coaches, equine bodyworkers, equine-assisted psychotherapy and learning facilitators, animal communicators, veterinary health providers, therapeutic riding instructors, and so on are also welcome!

• Curious about integrating this material more deeply in your work? Professionals in the professions listed above are welcome to register for the EQUUSOMA®: Horse-Human Trauma Recovery training and personal growth program (2 years / nearly 200 hours), licensed through Somatic Experiencing® International. We offer two inclusion scholarships per cohort. Please visit our website for more information.

BIPOC scholarship program:

For Black, Indigenous, or other persons of colour who are interested in this program who face marginalization and inequity due to race / racialized trauma, please contact us to inquire about our scholarship program: info@equusoma.com.

Payment:

Payment is by credit card, and the link is at the bottom of the page to register. Registration is on a first come, first served basis. We cannot offer payment instalment plans because payment in full is required in order to reserve your spot in the course. Payment by credit card allows participants to pay off the course registration in instalments in a customized way that works for their respective situations.