IDAHO FALLS— Bridle Up Hope: The Rachel Covey Foundation is a non-profit organization meant to inspire and help girls and young women build hope, confidence, and resilience through horsemanship.
“Bridle Up Hope is transforming lives by combining the healing power of horses with personal development, with principles based to empower women and girls in the community,” said Emily Sellers, the executive director of the Idaho Falls location.
The program aims to help women and girls enduring the pressures of life through equine-assisted learning. Studies show that participation in equine-assisted learning can help retain information at a high rate.
“This helps the interaction of the hands-on and also as development for emotional awareness, communication skills,” Sellers said. “We teach the ability to set healthy boundaries that translate directly into their everyday life.”
The location in Idaho Falls is the newest location of Bridle Up Hope. Bringing the total to 15 locations across North America and Europe. Bridle Up Hope has a goal of one day having 1,000 locations globally.
“We have one other location Idaho and that's in our sister town in Pocatello,” Sellers said. “We've just opened our third in Utah and we've got a facility in Hungary. We've got one in Ukraine. We just opened one in Colorado.”
Bridal Up Hope has assisted thousands of women and girls through their program, applying the lessons taught through horsemanship to their own lives.
“It’s more than learning to work with the horses,” Sellers said. “It's about helping the women and girls recognize their value and equipping them with tools to navigate life with confidence and purpose.”
You can learn more about Bridle Up Hope and their new Idaho Falls location on their website here. And you can contact Sellers at emilys@champsheart.org