Throughout her life, Jenn has gravitated towards the fields of human and animal health and welfare. She worked at the Community Association for Riders with Disabilities, CARD (Toronto), first as a therapeutic riding instructor, then as Co-Head Instructor of the summer ridership program. Jenn was ultimately promoted to the contact position of Equestrian Assistant to the Executive Director. In this role Jenn continued to instruct therapeutic riding classes, and she assisted with school programming, horse selection, and planning special events.
While at CARD, Jenn obtained a BA with Distinction in Psychology at York University (Toronto). Jenn entered YU with a scholarship, made the Dean’s list each academic year, won an award for a short film she co-created, and had an award-winning essay published in the York Literary Compendium.
Jenn went on to receive the Dean’s Medal for the Abused Women & Children Counsellor/Advocate Program at George Brown College (Toronto). After graduating from George Brown, Jenn worked in woman’s shelters for many years as a domestic violence counsellor, housing worker, and legal advocate.
To stay balanced as a social worker, Jenn spent her spare time with horses. Increasingly, she focused on educational opportunities arising from her interest in saddle fit, educated riding, and equine health in general. In 2020, Jenn graduated from the SaddleFit4Life Equine Ergonomist Program, which trained her to rigorously assess saddle fit for horse and rider. In 2021, Jenn certified as an animal Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields Practitioner through PEMF Complete. In the same year she received certifications through Swiss Bionic Solutions, manufacturer of world class human PEMF systems, and through the Association of PEMF Professionals (AOPP).
While completing her S4L case studies, Jenn bought a copy of Beyond Horse Massage and began practicing Masterson Method® techniques with her beloved QH/Paint cross, Priscilla. Deeply impressed with the profound impact of Jim’s methodology on her horse, Jenn pursued her certification as a Masterson Method® practitioner. Shortly after certifying, she was invited to become a Fieldwork Mentor.
Jenn is now a student in the Equine and Canine streams of the International Diploma in Animal Osteopathy program at the London College of Animal Osteopathy. She has completed all pre-clinical requirements towards her LCAO Equine certification including Neurophysiology; Systemic Anatomy and Physiology; Functional Anatomy and Biomechanics; Behaviour and Psychology, Models of Health and Disease, and Clinical Assessment.
In 2024, Jenn attended the LCAO 9-Day Masterclass in Ontario where she practiced advanced Osteopathic techniques with horses and dogs under the supervision of Professor Stuart McGregor DO, Animal Osteopath and innovator of Osteopathic Articular Balancing – OAB, and Animal Osteopaths Rachel Mahoney DO, Hannah Sheehan DO, and Jim Hurden DO, animal and human Osteopath, and Rachel Pechek, OMT, Int’l DipAO, Animal Osteopath, and Head Instructor at the LCAO.
Jenn is currently writing her thesis on the topic of Osteopathy and Saddle Fit. The LCAO has invited her to develop her thesis into a course to be offered internationally.
Jenn currently provides Masterson Method® bodywork, OAB Case Study sessions, PEMF Therapy, and Saddle Fit Assessment through her business: Integrated Equine Services by Jenn Vereshack.