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…
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…
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,…
New Holistic OT Fall Classes
Here are the Holistic OT Fall Classes 2017 Are you a caregiver, occupational therapist, or health care professional who would like to expand your holistic and integrative health toolkit? Click on the class to learn more and register here. Holistic Healing Certificate Program Info Session – FREE – 9/14/17 Holistic OT Yoga & Meditation Retreat…
Holistic OT Yoga and Meditation Retreat : : September 29 & 30
Holistic OT Yoga & Meditation Retreat: Restoring Mind, Body & Soul for You and Your Clients Instructors: Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L, BCTMB, ARCB and Mandy Lubas, OTR/L, RYT, AWC September 29 & 30, 2017 Description of Retreat: Join Emmy and Mandy, in person or online video, for two days of immersing yourself in yoga and meditation to…
New AOTA Course: OT with Complementary Health Approaches and Integrative Health
The American Occupational Therapy Association created a new course “Occupational Therapy with Complementary Health Approaches and Integrative Health” that is now available as an online webinar. Go Here to take the course. Presenter: Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L, BCTMB, ARCB Earn .15 AOTA CEU (1.88 NBCOT PDU/1.5 contact hour) Course Description Complementary and Integrative Health approaches may…
Happy Birthday to the OT Profession!
The Occupational Therapy profession is officially 100 years young this year! Happy Birthday to all of the occupational therapists who have and continue to provide services that support people to engage in meaningful activities of daily living – occupations. The American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference & Centennial Celebration is underway this weekend. Join…
Dear Occupational Therapists, How My Experiences as an OT are Helping My Loved Ones
This letter was originally posted in the Holistic Occupational Therapy practitioner group on Facebook. It is reposted here and shareable based on several requests to make it public. May it inspire you with the care you provide and seek. *********** Dear Occupational Therapists, I know many of us feel the frustration with mainstream healthcare –…
Reiki and OT at AOTA Conference 2017
Rebecca Austill-Clausen is thrilled to be back for her third year teaching Reiki to Occupational Therapy practitioners! This year – 2017 is the American OT Association’s Centennial Conference and Celebration. Reiki and OT, Level I as an Institute Wednesday, March 29, 12:00-6:30 (certificate provided) Advanced Reiki and OT, Level II Thursday, March 30, 8:30-11:30 and…