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…
Breath Work Class Recording – 50% Off for Full Members
Breath Work Class Webinar RecordingInstructor: Emmy Vadnais, OTR/LCEU: 2 HoursPrice: $25 for Full Members of the Holistic OT Community, $49 for non-membersREGISTER HERE Health Care PractitionersWould you like to learn simple and effective methods to help your clients and your own self-care with breath work? Breath work techniques have research supporting efficacy to: create the…
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…
Fascia Book Club
Instructor: Kelly A Clancy, OTR/L, CHT, LMP Course Schedule When: This course is an 8 part series that meets once a month from September-April All webinars are live at 9am PST/5pm BST September 24, 2019: The World According to Fascia: Chapter 1 October 22, 2019: The Rules of the Game and the Superficial Back Line:…
Free Info Session – Holistic Healing Certificate Program September 17
You are invited to the Free Info Session – Holistic Healing Certificate Program September 17 at 6:30 p.m. Central Time via Teleconference Presenter: Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L Register here Learn more about the program here 10% off for Full Members of the Holistic OT Community when registering for the full program. The Holistic Healing Certificate Program…
Aging Well
On the Healing Connections Podcast, Mandy Chamberlain, MOTR/L was interviewed about “Aging Well” by Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L. Watch or Listen to Full Interview Here Mandy is an occupational therapist with a passion for working with the older adult population and the founder of SeniorsFlourish.com and the membership site, The Learning Lab. Both are dedicated to…
Yoga for Fall Prevention
By Tauni Malmren, OT/S, Mandy Lubas, OTR/L, C-IAYT, AWP and Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L Falls are an important consideration when treating the older adult population because they are the leading cause of injury and death among older adults aged 65+ in the United States. In 2014 alone, there were 29 million falls where 37.5% of those…
OT with Integrative Health at AOTA Conference 2019
This year’s conference is in the beautiful city of New Orleans, Louisiana. As a part of the Holistic OT Community, we are excited to see complementary health and integrative health (CHAIH) offerings represented at this year’s AOTA Conference. Here is the round up! Pre-Conference Institutes and Seminars 6-hour sessions that will be presented on Wednesday,…