This 30-hour hands-on retreat focuses on one of MAT’s most practical applications: short, well-organized regional sequences that can be integrated into the massage and bodywork you already provide.

Working progressively through key regions from the foot and ankle to the hips, spine, and neck, you’ll learn how individual MAT methods can be combined into purposeful treatment sequences. Rather than memorizing isolated techniques or following rigid routines, you’ll develop a flexible structure that helps you decide what to do, evaluate how the body responds, and adapt your approach as the session progresses.

Through instructor demonstrations and extensive guided partner practice, you’ll explore MAT methods including joint mobilization, active and assisted movement, graded stretching, proprioceptive techniques, neurodynamic work, and novel forms of sensory stimulation.

These sequences provide structure and allow you to work more deliberately while remaining responsive to your client. By the end of the workshop, you’ll have practical regional sequences you can begin using immediately to help free restrictions, reduce strain, soften protective guarding, and improve movement.

Whether you are encountering MAT for the first time or continuing your journey toward Master Myoskeletal Therapist® certification, this retreat will deepen your hands-on skills, clinical reasoning, and understanding of how MAT approaches the body’s interconnected patterns.