Do you want see integrative health taught in all occupational therapy educational programs in the U.S.? Please give Feedback for Integrative Health to The AOTA Commission on Education by July 18, 2023. Details below: The AOTA Commission on Education (COE) is seeking your feedback on the revised Position Paper entitled Philosophical Base of Occupational Therapy. Background:…
Healing Light Meditation
In the Healing Light Meditation, Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L guides you to connect to light to assist with healing in any area of your life. This light may also represent your intuition, spirituality, creativity, joy, or peace on New Thinking Allowed.
What’s More Important than Technique?
Techniques are important and many have good research supporting beneficial outcomes. However, not all techniques work 100% of the time. A person’s belief about a technique’s effectiveness can impact its strength of effectiveness. The practitioner’s belief about a technique may also impact its effectiveness. How a practitioner delivers a technique can be modulated by the…
New Integrative Health OT Community with AOTA
The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) has recently created the Integrative Health OT Community of Practice (IHOT CoP). IHOT CoP is a learning community that creates a space for members to expand their toolboxes and become agents of change in IHOT. We come together to explore the vast number of IHOT topics and the endless…
Happy New Year 2022
We wish you a very Happy New Year 2022! What are your intentions for 2022? Name them aloud! Focus on them. Watch them manifest. One thing we’ve learned at Holistic OT is that our minds are very powerful. We have also learned that we can create a lot of goodness in the world with pure…
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…
Acupressure for Stress and Tension
Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L interviews Deanna Waggy, OTR about “Acupressure for Stress and Tension” on the Healing Connections Podcast episode 40 on 9/17/21. Deanna shares three simple acupressure techniques to help lower stress and tension that can be done day or night, anywhere. Each technique helps to lower the stress response to the relaxation response to…
Self-Regulation for Children with Meditation
We wish all the students and teachers a wonderful school year! Meditation, mindfulness, breath work, and guided imagery are all techniques that can help lower stress, fear, worry, and improve ability to feel more calm, focused––with a host of many wonderful health benefits. An example of how an occupational therapist can assist with self-regulation, i.e….
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…