By Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L What are Your Grateful For? Taking a few moments each day or weekly to have an attitude of gratitude may improve your life. Research supports findings that there is an association with gratitude and an overall sense of well being. “Gratitude is the appreciation of what is valuable and meaningful to oneself…
A New Paradigm to Get Us Back to Our Roots: Biotensegrity – Beyond Biomechanics and the Mind/Body Split
By Kelly Clancy, OTR/L, CHT “Biomechanics is the study of the structure and function of biological systems by means of the methods of mechanics.” (Herbert Hatze,1974 In biomechanics, the physical body is understood as ‘a machine made up of parts.’ The biomechanical model has been driving physical medicine since Aristotle, who saw in animals’ bodies mechanical…
Wholism in Health Care
By Michael Gagliano, OT/L, Reiki Master and Tai Chi Practitioner Wholism – Uncovering Harmony It would be so simple if all disharmonies could be traced to just one root cause. This is actually the practice in the current allopathic “western” state of healthcare. Root causes are routinely discussed & researched, and if not found only…
Please Provide Feedback to ACOTE for a Complementary and Integrative Health Standard
Occupational Therapists, Please provide feedback asking for Complementary Health Approaches and Integrative Health to be included in the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) standards by November 3, 2017. The standards for OT education are reviewed every 7 years, and we don’t want to wait that long for this to get adopted! Please take…
OTs Raised the Roof on Health Care at the “Holistic OT Yoga & Meditation Retreat”
Occupational Therapists gathered in St. Paul, MN and joined via Online Live Video on September 29 & 30, 2017 for the “Holistic OT Yoga & Meditation Retreat: Restoring Mind, Body & Soul for You & Your Clients.” A “Holistic Yoga & Meditation Retreat: Self Care for Health Care Professionals and Their Clients” will be held…
Holistic Hand Therapy: Improve Your Silver Ring Fitting Skills
New Class! Holistic Hand Therapy: Improve Your Silver Ring Fitting Skills Date: Saturday October 28th, 9:00am – 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time Where: Holistic Orthopedics 911 N 145th St Seattle, WA 98133 CEUs: 8Cost: $225Instructor: Molly Allison, M.S., OTR/L, CHT, SMS Open to: OT’s, CHT’s, PT’s, LMP’s Course to include: Essential Oil treatment Mindfulness meditation for structural alignment of the…
Holistic OT Research: CATs and CAPs
Complementary and Integrative Health in AOTA’s CATs and CAPs The American Occupational Therapy Association puts out lists of Critically Appraised Topics (CATs) and Critically Appraised Papers (CAPs) to support our profession’s mission to use evidence-based practice. Many of us in the Holistic OT community are witnessing a return to roots of holistic care, and these…
Meet a HOT Community Practitioner: Barbara Hall
HolisticOT.org is a community of occupational therapists that incorporate complementary and integrative healthcare into their practice. In our Meet a HOT (Holistic OT) Community Practitioner series, we learn about how our full members integrate mind, body, spirit medicine, prevention, and wellness into their practice. Join us as we learn more about this month’s featured practitioner. Meet Barbara Hall, COTA/L, RMT In addition to…
New Yoga in Health Care Podcast
Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L interviews Mandy Lubas, OTR/L, Yoga Therapist and Ayurvedic Wellness Counselor about her experiences bringing yoga into health care and how it has helped her personally. Learn about the full yoga philosophy that includes the 8 limbs, beyond only asana (yoga postures). Be inspired about how you can bring yoga into your life,…
Free Info Session – Holistic Healing Certificate Program
The Holistic Healing Certificate Program will give you a strong experience and skills in Complementary & Integrative Health. Register Here for the Free Info Session for September 14, 2017 at 7 p.m. Central Time This program is designed to give you a strong theoretical and practical foundation of Holistic or Mind-Body-Spirit Healing, Prevention, and Wellness. The…