Here are 5 Ways to Go Green this St. Patrick’s Day for the Environment Many celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with their favorite green beverage and spend leisure time with their friends and loved ones. Here are ways to extend that green to improve the environment, save more green, be more healthy, and have a healthier…
Fall Holistic Education 2015
We have many Holistic Continuing Education Courses for You! Expand your Holistic Tool Kit. Professional Development. Self Care. Massage Therapy Intro – Sept. 11 or Oct. 18 Holistic Healing Certificate Program – Begins Sept. 19 Power of the Mind in Healing: How Meditation, Relaxation, Spirituality & Intuition Can Enhance Health & Healing – Sept. 19 Reflexology Intro – Sept….
OTs as Leaders in Prevention & Wellness
Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L recently wrote an article for ADVANCE Magazine for OT Practitioners on how OTs can be leaders in Prevention and Wellness. It was originally published on June 16, 2015. OTs as Leaders in Prevention & Wellness: Identifying Barriers and Helping patients Make Choices for Healthy Living. Prevention and wellness have come to the…
An Occupational Therapist Adapts Yoga to Any Body, Mind or Heart
By Meg Nalezny, OTR/L In a few weeks, I’ll complete my 200 hour yoga teacher certification training, and will soon follow that with a course for adapting yoga to any body, mind or heart. This yoga journey began, as many do, out of years of personal experience with the healing and restorative properties of yoga….
Spirituality – The Missing Link in Mind-Body Medicine
Mind-Body Medicine are various forms of healing that can support the mind to posititvely effect the body, and the body to effect the mind for health and wellness. What is often missing is the Spirit. Don’t get me wrong, I am a big fan of Mind-Body Medicine, and the field of Psychoneurimmunology – how the…
Food, Mood, Emotions & How to Eat Healthy
“We shouldn’t be able to eat a Snickers bar for cheaper than we can eat an apple.” – James DiNicolantonio Yesterday, I wrote a blog post of an interview with a chef and chiropractor “Healthy Eating Tips from a Chef and Chiropractor“. It gives good information from food experts with 70 years combined experience of…
Healthy Eating Tips from a Chef and Chiropractor
Many of us are hungry to understand how to eat healthy. Interview with Dr. James Ryan and Chef Alexander Dixon: Emmy Vadnais: Do you believe nutrition is individual to everyone, i.e. do they need to have an individual diet based on their unique constitution/blood type and/or are there general food/diet recommendations that are good for…
3 Holistic Tips for Healthy Children
Holistic health care can start at the very beginning of life and continue for a life time. A child living with our without special needs can benefit from holistic health. Here are 3 Holistic Tips for Healthier Children 1. CranioSacral Therapy CranioSacral Therapy can begin when the child is a newborn to help align the…
Wellness: Fast Vs. Slow Health Care
Which is Better for You – Fast or Slow Health Care? Our health care system relies too much on fast health care and needs to emphasize that good health is an investment and needs to be cultivated throughout one’s life. There is fast food and the slow food movement. With fast food you’re hungry,…
How Intuition Can Enhance Health and Healing
Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside dreams, who looks inside awakens.” ~ Carl Jung How often do you find yourself trying to make a decision, but not sure which one is best or trying to make sense out of why something is happening and feeling frustrated…