Happy New Year 2020! We asked occupational therapists what is their self-care routine for mind-body-spirit. We hope these answers inspire you! Karla Alejandro Arredondo: “Staying physically active through whatever current exercise routine stimulates me in body and mind. Listening to music while I read a book on spirituality, healing, or just an exciting work of…
Yoga Teacher Training Begins January 23
Register at www.holistic-orthopedics.com Dates: January 23-26, 2020February 6-9March 19-22April 23-26May 28-31June 25-28 Times:Thursdays: 5:30-9pmFridays: 1-8:30pmSaturdays: 9am-6:30pmSundays: 9am-5pm Cost: Full 200 hour training: $3250Early Bird extended until further notice: $3000Payment Plan – 5 payments of $695/mo TeachersErin Widman, E-RYT 500, YACEPMolly Allison, MS, OTR/L, CHT, SMS Teacher BiosAbout Erin: Through the systems of Iyengar, Ashtanga and Anusara yoga,…
Looking Back on a Decade with Holistic OT
We wish you a Happy New Year in 2020! As we do, we reflect back on all that has happened with the Holistic OT Community in the past decade. It hasn’t been quite a full decade yet of Holistic OT – nine years, but it was born in the 2010’s. As we come to a…
Free Info Session – 200 Yoga Teacher Training for Occupational Therapists, Dec. 12
Free Info Session for the “200 Yoga Teacher Training for Occupational Therapists” Thursday, December 12th, at 5:30 p.m. Pacific Time to answer any questions. Bring Yoga into Occupational Therapy across the practice areas. Take advantage of a unique opportunity to earn your Yoga Teacher Certification starting January 23, 2020, at Holistic Orthopedics with Molly Allison,…
Living in a Wild Country: Is a Community Based on Love Possible?
On the Healing Connections Podcast, Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L interviews thought leaders and health care practitioners about integrative health, wellness, prevention, spirituality, and consciousness. Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L interviews Niren, also known as Philip Toelkes about “Living in a Wild Country: Is a Community Based on Love Possible?” Niren has been a lawyer for over 40 years,…
Advanced Scar Release Therapy, Feb 22 & 23
Kelly Armstrong OTR/L, SIPT, MPP, PhDDate: Feb 22-23rd, 2020Location: Wichita, KACost: $399 SCARS are universal and take on many forms from surgical, broken bones, sprained joints, torn muscles, to include any areas that are injured with trauma. We all accumulate scars throughout our lives, and they impact our bodies in many negative ways. Science now…
Intro to Pain Management and Scar Release, Jan 18 & 19
Instructor: Kelly Armstrong OTR/L, SIPT, MPP, PhD. Date: Jan 18-19, 2020Location: Orlando, FLCost: $299 MPS is an FDA approved integrative therapy that combines the principles of acupuncture, modern neurology, and SCAR Release therapy with a non-invasive microcurrent stimulation device called the Dolphin Neurostim. MPS has successfully helped over 50,000 clinicians worldwide dramatically reduce patient pain…
Guided Meditation: Imagery & Healing Class Begins Jan. 4
Instructor: Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L Dates & Time: January 4, 11, 18 & 25, 2020 (9 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Central Time) Location: St. Paul, MN combined with Distant Learning via Web Video Conference Price: $249 if you Register by December 15 – $50 Off, normally $299REGISTER HERE Guided Meditation and Guided Imagery are forms of…
3 Client Success Stories with OT & Integrative Health
Every month we share tips and education about combining integrative health with occupational therapy. This is shared on members only page for full members of the Holistic OT Community. This month in December, Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L shares three client success stories with OT and integrative health. A woman with breast cancer A man with social…
Yoga for Kids
Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L interviews trailblazer Theresa Tovey, MOTR/L about “Yoga for Kids” in this Healing Connections Podcast episode 17. Terry is an occupational therapist who uses children’s yoga as a therapeutic modality extensively in her work as a public school OT. Embedding student’s OT goals into what she calls sensory-motor yoga has allowed Terry to work…