In this grounding meditation, guided by Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L on New Thinking Allowed, you can more deeply and calmly connect with your own body and the earth. Grounding to the earth may help your body, mind, and spirit function more smoothly, efficiently, and effortlessly. It may help heal or prevent illness or disease when engaged…
Happy Winter Solstice
Wishing you and yours a blessed holiday season, how ever you celebrate. May the return of light inspire your spirit forward. May you be filled with love as you give love, during this season of giving. May your spirit be replenished with good intentions that will carry you forward, happy and well into the New…
Meet a Holistic OT Practitioner – Shelley Latendresse
We feature Holistic OT Community Practitioners to help you understand how occupational therapy can be combined with complementary and integrative health. Research indicates it can improve client outcomes, satisfaction, and the ability to function well. It also enhances the lives of occupational therapy practitioners. Meet Shelley Latendresse, OTR, who is located in British Columbia, Canada….
Being in the Flow
Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L shares “Being in the Flow” on the Healing Connections Podcast. Emmy shares how being in the flow can improve joy, creativity, intuition, love, and problem-solving. Being in the present moment and enjoying the moment may increase being in the zone and having peak experiences. She suggests activities that may improve your ability…
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…
Nature Through An Occupational Lens
The OT Well-Being Summit is in full swing! 12 hours+ of CEU, self-paced with fabulous interviews. Hear from speakers on topics, such as “The Benefits of Nature Through an Occupational Therapy Lens and How to Incorporate it into Your Work” with Bronwyn Paynter, Occupational Therapist. Learn more and register here. Full members of…
OT and Integrative Health for Children
By Megan Carroll MOT, OTR/L, Melinda Morris MOT, OTR/L and Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L Children may benefit from occupational therapy combined with complementary and integrative health approaches. An occupational therapist who is trained in complementary and integrative health will suggest which approaches may be most beneficial, or refer to another practitioner when indicated. The authors provide…
Harmony and Disharmony in Health and Wellness
By Michael Gagliano, OT/L, Reiki Master and Tai Chi Practitioner Isn’t it time to challenge our response to health, disease & healthcare? Our journey starts by re-framing disease and health into the concepts of Harmony and Disharmony. Let’s change our assumption on “how things are supposed to be.” The following are some thoughts for you…
Meet a HOT Community Practitioner: Michelle Bonang
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 Michelle Bonang, OTR/L, RCYT Michelle Bonang is…
Meet a HOT Practitioner: Lisa Haverly
HolisticOT.org has a growing online community comprised of highly skilled holistic practitioners who integrate mind, body, spirit medicine, prevention, and wellness into their practice. Join us as we learn more about a holistic occupational therapist in our practitioner directory. We feature our members so folks can become better acquainted with what Holistic OT is all about and how it can be helpful…