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…
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…
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…
Holistic OT and Holistic Nurse Have a Familial Connection
On September 25 Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L, Holistic OT and Katheryn “Katie” Darlington, RN, Holistic Nurse Clinician met for the first time – and they are also cousins. Katie and Emmy volunteered to be on a committee for a professional guided imagery association in 2015. Katie recognized Emmy’s last name as being the same as her…
OT and Integrative Health May Lower Pain
Most of us have or will experience physical pain in our lives. For many, pain is an everyday or chronic experience, but does it need to be? If you are looking for help that is natural and non-pharmacological that can be used instead of or in conjunction with drugs or surgery, here are options. Health…
Integrative Health Can Lower Pain, Non-Pharmacologically
September is Pain Awareness Month There are many integrative health approaches that can help with lowering, managing, coping, and preventing pain – non-pharmacologically. Look for ways as we share how throughout the month. Let us know how you use OT with integrative health to manage pain on social media with the hashtag #HolisticOTLowersPain and we may share…
Integrative Health and Prevention
Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L shares how integrative health can help with prevention and wellness, in addition to recovery, in this one minute video. Emmy highlights how stress management is a foundational way that many integrative health approaches can help people. This can help them lower stress, anxiety, pain, symptoms of trauma, and may boost the immune…