Holistic Strategies for Mental Health and Well-Being Class Instructor: Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L Class Recording Price: $39 Non-Members, $25 Full Members of the Holistic OT Community Class Hours: 1.5 CEUs Participants will receive a certificate of completion that may be submitted to their professional board for professional development credits. A completed course evaluation is required to…
Foundations of Whole-Person Care
Arlene Schmid, PhD, OTR/L was interviewed about “Foundations of Whole-Person Care” on the Healing Connections Podcast episode 56. Arlene shares the researched health benefits of whole-person care, including yoga, breath work, meditation, mindfulness, and many integrative health approaches. She describes how people are able to heal from physical and emotional pain and make better mind-body-spirit…
New Integrative Health OT Community with AOTA
The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) has recently created the Integrative Health OT Community of Practice (IHOT CoP). IHOT CoP is a learning community that creates a space for members to expand their toolboxes and become agents of change in IHOT. We come together to explore the vast number of IHOT topics and the endless…
Yoga and Occupational Therapy
Yoga can be used with occupational therapy to enhance health, wellness, prevention of disease, and rehab and recovery. This is something OTs have been doing for several years now. We keep getting questions and inquiries from OTs about how to use this in their practice. This is good new! More OTs are learning about the…
Welcome to the OT Well-Being Sneak Peek
Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L and Rhiannon Crispe, OT created the OT Well-Being Summit with 11 guest speakers. Topics are related to integrative health, wellness, and prevention in occupational therapy. This video is an excerpt of the Welcome to the OT Well-Being Summit and gives you a taste of what to expect you can learn from occupational…
Acupressure for Stress and Tension
Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L interviews Deanna Waggy, OTR about “Acupressure for Stress and Tension” on the Healing Connections Podcast episode 40 on 9/17/21. Deanna shares three simple acupressure techniques to help lower stress and tension that can be done day or night, anywhere. Each technique helps to lower the stress response to the relaxation response to…
Self-Regulation for Children with Meditation
We wish all the students and teachers a wonderful school year! Meditation, mindfulness, breath work, and guided imagery are all techniques that can help lower stress, fear, worry, and improve ability to feel more calm, focused––with a host of many wonderful health benefits. An example of how an occupational therapist can assist with self-regulation, i.e….
Three Tips for Meditation
Three Tips for Meditation Episode 37 – Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L shares “Three Tips for Meditation” on the Healing Connections Podcast on 8/7/21. Emmy shares three tips to help you have a great and successful meditation practice: 1. Select the Environment 2. Select the Focus 3. Let Go of Trying She guides you in a heart…
OT and Integrative Health Mastermind – Begins Oct 5
Facilitator: Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L Dates: Tuesdays, October 5 – November 9, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. CT Location: Zoom Live Video Price: $99 Full Holistic OT members, $159 non-members This is a non-CE group as it is in a group coaching and discussion based model. REGISTER HERE Course Description This six-week Mastermind group will give you…
Holistic is Related to Wholes
“Holistic is related to or concerned with wholes or with complete systems rather than analysis of, treatment of, or dissection into parts.” – Webster’s Dictionary What is Holistic Occupational Therapy? Occupational Therapy is already a holistic field that addresses many aspects of a person’s life; their Activities of Daily Living or occupations, from the individual…