Instructor: Emmy Vadnais, OTR/LDates: February 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 and March 7, 2020 (9 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Central Time)Location: St. Paul, MN or join remotely via Distant LearningPrice: $399Register Here Deepen your mindfulness practice for you and your clients. Learn how to guide people in mindfulness – connected to their body, breath, the mind…
Consultation Sessions with Emmy 1/2 Off in January
Are you an occupational therapist who would like individual support combining complementary and integrative health into your OT practice? I am offering 1/2 off consultation sessions via the telephone for full members of the Holistic OT Community as a new year’s gift to you – $75. Please email me at [email protected] to schedule your session….
Self-Care Inspiration from Occupational Therapists in 2020
Happy New Year 2020! We asked occupational therapists what is their self-care routine for mind-body-spirit. We hope these answers inspire you! Karla Alejandro Arredondo: “Staying physically active through whatever current exercise routine stimulates me in body and mind. Listening to music while I read a book on spirituality, healing, or just an exciting work of…
3 Client Success Stories with OT & Integrative Health
Every month we share tips and education about combining integrative health with occupational therapy. This is shared on members only page for full members of the Holistic OT Community. This month in December, Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L shares three client success stories with OT and integrative health. A woman with breast cancer A man with social…
Yoga for Kids
Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L interviews trailblazer Theresa Tovey, MOTR/L about “Yoga for Kids” in this Healing Connections Podcast episode 17. Terry is an occupational therapist who uses children’s yoga as a therapeutic modality extensively in her work as a public school OT. Embedding student’s OT goals into what she calls sensory-motor yoga has allowed Terry to work…
Holistic OT and Holistic Nurse Have a Familial Connection
On September 25 Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L, Holistic OT and Katheryn “Katie” Darlington, RN, Holistic Nurse Clinician met for the first time – and they are also cousins. Katie and Emmy volunteered to be on a committee for a professional guided imagery association in 2015. Katie recognized Emmy’s last name as being the same as her…
Breath Work Class Recording – 50% Off for Full Members
Breath Work Class Webinar RecordingInstructor: Emmy Vadnais, OTR/LCEU: 2 HoursPrice: $25 for Full Members of the Holistic OT Community, $49 for non-membersREGISTER HERE Health Care PractitionersWould you like to learn simple and effective methods to help your clients and your own self-care with breath work? Breath work techniques have research supporting efficacy to: create the…
Integrative Health Can Lower Pain, Non-Pharmacologically
September is Pain Awareness Month There are many integrative health approaches that can help with lowering, managing, coping, and preventing pain – non-pharmacologically. Look for ways as we share how throughout the month. Let us know how you use OT with integrative health to manage pain on social media with the hashtag #HolisticOTLowersPain and we may share…
Integrative Health and Prevention
Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L shares how integrative health can help with prevention and wellness, in addition to recovery, in this one minute video. Emmy highlights how stress management is a foundational way that many integrative health approaches can help people. This can help them lower stress, anxiety, pain, symptoms of trauma, and may boost the immune…
Fascia Book Club
Instructor: Kelly A Clancy, OTR/L, CHT, LMP Course Schedule When: This course is an 8 part series that meets once a month from September-April All webinars are live at 9am PST/5pm BST September 24, 2019: The World According to Fascia: Chapter 1 October 22, 2019: The Rules of the Game and the Superficial Back Line:…