The Equine Natural Movement School

Welcome to the Equine Natural Movement School

Our Next Module 1 Class is September 13 – 19, 2026.

                                                                           Class held at our school in southwest Washington

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Equine Natural Movement School Instructor working on Horse providing therapy on the hind leg muscles

Would you like to combine your love of horses with work that fulfills your heart?

Is it important for you to have kindness and compassion be every bit as important as technical knowledge?

Would you thrive in a learning environment where teachers spend time individually helping you develop your equine skills and talents? 

Our graduates come from around the world. They enjoy the professionalism of becoming Certified Equine Structural Integration Practitioners AND Licensed Equine Massage Therapists.

The Equine Natural Movement School Application

We educate good-hearted people in a career that helps horses live up to their full potential

Upcoming Module Dates

New Students Apply Here
Current Students: Select Your Next Module

We are looking for heart-centered students who want to become knowledgeable fascial system experts, the kind trainers and owners rely on, and who horses love working with.

Equine Structural Integration rebalances and reconfigures the horse’s body through a series of sessions designed to bring out the horse’s flexibility, ease of movement, strength, stamina, emotional ease, and comfort in their own body.

Our training teaches students how to work in the most caring way possible. Horses appreciate being treated with kindness and respect, which is a hallmark of our method. We enter into our sessions with a profound sense of partnership with each horse. Using highly proficient technical skills with tremendous love and respect often brings about significant positive changes in horses.

Module One Dates(choose one):

  • September 13-19, 2026 

  • December 6-12, 2026 

  • January 3 – 9, 2027 (online from your home)
  • March 14 – 20, 2027

More dates HERE

Module Two Dates(choose one):

  • October 4-10, 2026 
  • October 18-24, 2026 (Online from your home)

Module Three Dates

  • April 19–25, 2026 

  • November 1-7, 2026

     For Graduates:

  • ADVANCED CLASS   August 12-15

  • REVIEW for Graduates  Sept 1-5

 

Our program combines in-person and live-stream sessions spread over a year. Our school is licensed by the Washington Workforce Training Board and the Washington Board of Health. Graduates of our school are qualified to be both Licensed Large Animal Massage Therapists (LAMT) & Certified Equine Structural Integration Practitioners (CESIP). 

“As a trainer and farrier, I am constantly looking for new ways to improve the physical and mental health of the horses I work with. After going through the first module at Equine Natural Movement School and watching Joseph work, I am convinced that this is a perfect match for the work I strive to do – helping the horses achieve fluidity and freedom in movement while gaining their trust. It can’t get much better than that.”
Jim CulverTrainer, Farrier, & Faculty Member
”The learning atmosphere and teamwork is extraordinary. The teachers open their hearts to the students. I loved working with them at the barns. Every time I worked on a horse, I understood more the power of the sessions. I am constantly surprised how much more there is to this work.”
Melina Knoop
“The Equine Natural Movement School training was exceptional. The explanations, descriptions and demonstrations of classroom and hands-on work are geared toward each student’s learning style. That allowed me to experience the work on many levels and made integrating it much easier. The teachers are patient and focused and the work is so wonderful and fun.”
Faith Bushby
"The Equine Natural Movement Series is incredibly powerful and remarkable. After two sessions my horse was able to canter without issue. Previously we had struggled for ten years with ear pinning, tail swishing, switching leads behind and general tension everywhere. Somehow this work unlocked and released her patterns of holding tension and diminished adhesions that had been in her back for as long. My horse got all five sessions and she continues to improve months after the series was completed. Her topline and overall physique have changed so much she doesn’t look like the same horse. Her muscles are soft, supple and relaxed. She is mentally content and way happier."
Amy KendisSaddle Fitter
"My 18 year old Dutch warmblood/Thoroughbred gelding had serious conformation issues. Despite equine chiropractic, equine massage and my farrier’s corrective shoeing, the deep holding was still there. After the sessions Randy became able to do things other horses take for granted. Muscles that were stiff and unyielding are now soft and pliable and he can move. This work seems to make other modalities more effective, too. Not only has Randy’s body changed considerably, but his mind has also improved. He is more open and curious, interested in what goes on around him and a better partner. He willingly tries new things and feels fabulous underneath me. This series released the real Randy who had been trying to come out for so long!"
Nancy KittlesonDressage, Centered Riding and Natural Horsemanship

Our Mission

The Equine Natural Movement School

Our mission is to teach intelligent, sensitive people a career in Equine Structural Integration that honors the horse’s structure and spirit.

Our school teaches an innovative method of equine fascial bodywork that differs from massage, chiropractic, physical therapy and other equine bodywork methods.

At The Equine Natural Movement School we:

  • Guide students to work from their hearts. 
  • Understand the interconnectedness of the  fascial network and its role inhibiting, maintaining, or freeing up the horse’s movement
  • Integrate highly proficient technical skills that bring significant positive changes in the horse’s structure. 
  • View horses as sentient beings who are honored and treated with kindness and respect — a hallmark of our method.
  • Conduct our sessions with a profound sense of partnership with each horse.

Our Founders

Joseph Freeman

Joseph is a creative, gifted practitioner. He applied his work with humans to horses and in doing so, came up with a series of sessions that provide a profound return to balance and flexibility for horses. Joseph trained as a certified Hellerwork Structural Integration™ practitioner and worked in a clinical setting with people for many years. As a favor to friends, he worked on their animals. Over time, the remarkable results convinced him that his true calling is horses.

He created the Equine Natural Movement Series in 1995, began mentoring students in 1999, and training practitioners at his school in southwest Washington in 2001. He has taught and spoken about the Equine Natural Movement Series at professional schools and conferences across North America and Europe and been published in equine magazines and healthcare journals.

Joseph has skilled hands, a calm and patient manner and a deep love of animals. His work is well thought out and thorough. 

Horses enjoy working with him.

Joseph Freeman demonstrating fascial release technique during Equine Natural Movement School training

Jacqueline Freeman

Jacqueline is the Training Director for the school so her fingers are in each part of the program. For 20 years she was on faculty for Hellerwork Structural Integration. Prior to that she owned a holistic health center on Martha’s Vineyard, MA. She is the creator of our innovative business course and oversees faculty development. She orchestrates the continuing development of each student all the way to graduation and into their practices. She has published two books that are written in ten languages.

With great insight she sees the strengths of each student and works to bring out the best in them so they feel the joy of fulfilling their highest potential with this work. She is effervescently optimistic, thoroughly practical, and deeply committed to honesty, ethics, and passion.

Would you like to combine your love of horses with work that fulfills your heart?

Become a Certified Equine Structural Integration Practitioner AND a Licensed Equine Massage Therapist at The Equine Natural Movement School!