Rooted Healing Foundation

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At Rooted Healing Foundation, our mission is to provide support and healing to kids, teens & adults through equine-assisted learning, horsemanship, and other equine opportunities.

11/27/2025

Hustler is feeling that post-Thanksgiving meal nap! 😆

From our sleepy herd to your cozy couch—here’s to full hearts, full bellies, and long naps.

Happy Thanksgiving from Rooted Healing! 🐴🦃

🦃 Happy Thanksgiving from Rooted Healing Foundation!Today, we’re feeling extra grateful—for our herd, our clients, our v...
11/27/2025

🦃 Happy Thanksgiving from Rooted Healing Foundation!

Today, we’re feeling extra grateful—for our herd, our clients, our volunteers, and the incredible community that surrounds and supports us. 🌿

Whether your day is filled with family, friends, food, or a little quiet reflection, we hope it’s full of warmth and love.

From all of us at Rooted Healing Foundation—humans and horses alike—Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🐴🧡

🎯 Horse Billiards: A Lesson in ResilienceIn a recent teen group session, we split the group into two teams and introduce...
11/26/2025

🎯 Horse Billiards: A Lesson in Resilience

In a recent teen group session, we split the group into two teams and introduced them to one of our favorite activities—Horse Billiards.

Each team had to come up with a creative plan to complete the challenge using their horses, teamwork, and problem-solving skills.

One team jumped right in—resourceful, flexible, and determined.

The other team struggled, grew frustrated, and gave up when things got hard.

Afterward, we came together to process what happened in the arena—and the insight was powerful:

👉 The way we respond to challenges in the arena often mirrors how we respond to them in the real world.

Through laughter, reflection, and the gentle guidance of the herd, the group explored what resilience looks like—trying again, getting creative, and not giving up when the path gets tough.

Because sometimes, the biggest lessons aren’t about the game itself… they’re about the way we play it. ☺️

Mondays are tough and so are you. 😉 You’ve got this! 💛
11/24/2025

Mondays are tough and so are you. 😉 You’ve got this! 💛

🎓 Celebrating Our Graduates!At Rooted Healing Foundation, every step toward healing is worth honoring. And when the peop...
11/20/2025

🎓 Celebrating Our Graduates!

At Rooted Healing Foundation, every step toward healing is worth honoring. And when the people we work with reach their goals—we celebrate right alongside them!

Graduates get to mark their triumphs with the herd, receiving a certificate and a special “grad goody bag” filled with horse-lover treasures. 🐴✨

Recently, we’ve had a few incredible graduates—and our hearts are so full of pride and joy for each of them. Their courage, growth, and commitment remind us that healing is possible.

To our graduates: we see you, we celebrate you, and we are so excited for all the beautiful things ahead. 🌿💚

🍂 Small Steps MatterProgress isn’t always loud or fast.Sometimes it’s in the smallest steps, the quietest choices, the m...
11/17/2025

🍂 Small Steps Matter

Progress isn’t always loud or fast.

Sometimes it’s in the smallest steps, the quietest choices, the moments no one sees.

Keep going—you’re doing better than you know.

And we are here cheering for you! 👏

Scars and Strength 💪🏻In a recent group session, our teens noticed one of the horses consistently running from the herd i...
11/14/2025

Scars and Strength 💪🏻

In a recent group session, our teens noticed one of the horses consistently running from the herd in fear. Together, they named what they saw:

“This horse has a traumatic past.”

That moment opened the door to a deeper conversation: what does healing from trauma look like?

One teen stepped forward to show us, using three simple pool noodles.

He held up the first: brand new, unmarked, untouched.

“This is what we are before trauma.”

Then he picked up the second: dirty, beaten, nearly torn in half.

“This is what we are after trauma.”

Finally, he showed the third: scarred, not perfect, but still whole.

“And this is what we are when we are healing. We will carry scars, but we are repaired and able to keep going.”

The horses mirrored the lesson. The teens carried it further. And together, they named a truth:

Healing doesn’t erase the scars.

But scars can become reminders of our survival, our resilience, and the courage it takes to keep moving forward. ❤️‍🩹

We’re Looking for Volunteers! Do you love horses? Want to make a difference while learning new skills? Rooted Healing Fo...
11/11/2025

We’re Looking for Volunteers!

Do you love horses? Want to make a difference while learning new skills?

Rooted Healing Foundation is looking for 1–2 volunteers to join our team!

We’re especially needing help on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.

Our volunteers help with:
✨ Horse care and feeding
✨ Stall cleaning and barn chores
✨ Supporting the overall wellbeing of our herd

In exchange, you’ll get the chance to grow your horsemanship and groundwork skills, connect with our incredible therapy horses, and become part of a mission that changes lives.

If you’re dependable, compassionate, and love working outdoors (and don’t mind a little dirt and horse hair 😉), we’d love to meet you!

📩 Send us a message or comment below if you’re interested in volunteering with us.

Together, we can care for the horses who help us heal. 💛

🐴 A Gentle Reminder From the HerdThe horses don’t ask you to be perfect.They ask you to be present.What if you gave your...
11/10/2025

🐴 A Gentle Reminder From the Herd

The horses don’t ask you to be perfect.

They ask you to be present.

What if you gave yourself the same grace today?

Meet “Sick Shades” 😎We encourage the kids give the horses their own nicknames because it helps them build personal conne...
11/07/2025

Meet “Sick Shades” 😎

We encourage the kids give the horses their own nicknames because it helps them build personal connections.

Our girl Sammie Jo? She’s earned the name “Sick Shades.” 🐴✨

Why? Because of her special goggles that protect her blind eye.

The teens think she looks way too cool—like she’s rocking her own designer shades every session. And honestly… they’re not wrong.

Here’s to Sammie Jo, aka Sick Shades—proof that resilience can still have style. 💜

🌿 Healing From the Inside OutIn a recent group session, the teens noticed one of the horses seemed “fearful because of a...
11/06/2025

🌿 Healing From the Inside Out

In a recent group session, the teens noticed one of the horses seemed “fearful because of a traumatic past.” That observation opened the door to explore what healing from trauma can look like.

One teen picked up teddy bears to represent childhood trauma. She then used wooden poles to box them in—explaining this was like being “emotionally guarded and unable to process.”

Together, we explored how reconnecting to those child parts of ourselves, and showing compassion instead of judgment, is how we slowly begin to take down those walls.

Healing isn’t about forgetting. It’s about gently tending to the parts of us that still hurt—and finding safety, love, and courage to begin again. ❤️‍🩹

Our therapy horses do incredible work—helping people find healing, hope, and connection. But they can’t do it alone.Root...
11/02/2025

Our therapy horses do incredible work—helping people find healing, hope, and connection. But they can’t do it alone.

Rooted Healing Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and we rely on community support to care for our herd and grow our programs.

We gratefully accept:

🐴 Monetary donations
🪶 Gently used tack, saddles, bridles, boots, and horse blankets (in good condition)
🧾 And yes—we provide tax deduction letters for your donations!

Every contribution helps us continue creating a safe space where people and horses heal together. 🤎

Address

13894 GALLOWAY Road
Caldwell, ID
83607

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+16197330013

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