By Arlene Schmid, PhD, OTR Are you an occupational therapist who uses yoga with your clients? We want to hear from you! Our research team is surveying clinicians around the world who use yoga as a part of therapy or medical care. Please fill out the survey to tell us about your practice, including why…
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,…
Meet a HOT Community Practitioner: Kristine Giles
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 Kristine Giles, OTR/L, RYT Kristine is a well-rounded,…
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…
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…
Meet a HOT Practitioner: Cara Koscinski
HolisticOT.org is made up of 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 members integrate mind, body, spirit medicine, prevention, and wellness into their practice. Join us as we learn more about this Holistic OT practitioner! Meet Cara Koscinski,…
Meet a HOT Practitioner: Hima Dalal
HolisticOT.org is comprised of a community of occupational therapists that incorporate complementary and integrative healthcare into their practice. In our Meet a HOT (Holistic OT) Practitioner series, we learn about how our members integrate mind, body, spirit medicine, prevention, and wellness into their practice. Join us as we learn more about this Holistic OT practitioner! Meet Hima Dalal, OTR/L Hima…
Making a difference with complementary and integrative health
Kate and Tauni, Prospective OT Students Kate and I are both prospective occupational therapy students living in Brooklyn, New York, and we are both interested in complementary and integrative health. Kate is a yoga teacher and I hold a reiki certification. While we have these core interests in common, we met in an unlikely setting,…
Holistic OT and Yoga Summit Retreat 2016
Three occupational therapists met this September for the “First Annual Holistic OT & Yoga Summit Retreat” to discuss the future of Holistic OT and how they can continue to support one another. Betsy Shandalov, OTR/L and Mandy Lubas, OTR/L, who are both advanced trained in yoga and other holistic health approaches, flew in from California…
Meet a HOT Practitioner: Sharon Hicks
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…