My name is Geneviève Benoit. I am a Licensed Parelli 3-Star Instructor residing in Quebec, Canada.
I have been riding horses most of my life, starting with the traditional jumping lessons at the age of 12, competing at 13, exchanging work at the barn for lessons by cleaning tack, stalls and grooming horses. At 16, I worked for the Pentathlon team at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games, grooming and warming up horses for the equestrian portion of the event.
I became a Certified Classical Coach here in Canada and never knew Parelli existed until 1999. I also had a real job in information technology for 20 years! I went to my first Parelli clinic to ‘fix’ my show jumping horse who had decided she would no longer get on the trailer. I then saw Pat and Linda for the first time in 2001. That’s when I discovered a whole new aspect to horsemanship that I did not even suspect existed, and over the next few years, my whole life changed!
After many, many intense years spent studying at home and a total of 85 weeks at the Parelli Campuses, I have achieved one of my dreams, to become a 3-Star Licensed Parelli Professional. I travel all over Canada and parts of the USA helping raise the level of horsemanship worldwide, and loving it!
Geneviève Benoit
Licensed Parelli 3-Star Instructor
Genevieve Benoit
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Genevieve,
I always enjoy students and instructors sharing how they “found” Parelli. Thank you for blogging about your “story”!
Petra Christensen
Parelli 1Star Junior Instructor
Parelli Central
Lovely to hear your story Genevieve. I remember you from Savvy Circle years back (we are still there!) and also meeting you at the motel restaurant at Pagosa Springs three years ago! Glad you are still around!
Geneviève, what a great journey you have been on. Well done.