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Holistic Health, Meditations for You!, Mind-Body Connection, Prevention, Relaxation & Meditation, Self Care, Spirituality
The Power of Meditation
“The Power of Meditation: This practice of focused attention can reduce pain and stress while enhancing health and healing” This article was originally published on ADVANCE for OT Practitioners October 1, 2015 by Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L Meditation is the practice of focused attention that can help calm the mind and body, returning it to a homeostatic balance. It can regulate emotions, lower pain and stress, ease depression and insomnia, create clearer awareness and insight, improve spirituality, compassion, and quality of life, and has many health benefits. Modern science has caught up to what Eastern philosophies and many spiritual traditions have known and practiced for thousands of years.1 A nationwide survey…
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Intention, Manifestation, Meditations for You!, Positive & Negative, Prevention, Self Care, Spirituality, The Science of Happiness
Rumi Love
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Announcements, De-Stress, Emotional Healing, Holistic Health, Meditations for You!, Prevention, Relaxation & Meditation, Self Care, Spirituality
Happy Halloween! Keep Away Worry with Meditation
Today we attempt to scare the bad spirits away with spooky attire and surroundings. How do you tend to keep the negative spirits away? The negative thoughts and worry? Join me for regular relaxation, meditation, and peaceful time beginning in November. I will be announcing dates in the next couple of weeks. This relaxing time will be held on the phone – anywhere YOU are! You will simply dial-in, and be guided to listen, let go, de-stress, and relax. Until then… Enjoy scaring away those negative spirits and have a frightfully good time!
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Holistic Health, Holistic Occupational Therapy, Mind-Body Connection, Relaxation & Meditation, Spirituality, Touch Therapy, Uncategorized
Lowering Stress and Pain During Cancer
I recently had the honor and pleasure of helping a woman during her cancer treatments and one of the most difficult times of her life. She was diagnosed with breast cancer. Her medical treatment included surgeries for a lumpectomy, port placement, two rounds of chemotherapy, and radiation. I provided her with Intuitive Coaching, Spiritual Counseling, Relaxation Therapy, Energy Healing, Reflexology, Acupressure, CranioSacral Therapy, Myofascial Release, Guided Imagery, Emotional Clearing – Guided Mindfulness Meditation, and Aromatherapy. I taught her skills that she then incorporated into her life to lower her stress, anxiety, nausea, pain, and neuropathy. She viewed this time in her life as an opportunity for deep Soul Work and…
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Poem for Your Soul
This is from a Friend – for me, for you. Thank you, Jackie. For Longing Blessed be the longing that brought you here And quickens your soul with wonder. May you have the courage to listen to the voice of desire That disturbs you when you have settled for something safe. May you have the wisdom to enter generously into your own unease To discover the new direction your longing wants you to take. May the forms of your belonging – in love, creativity and friendship Be equal to the grandeur and the call of your soul. May the one you long for long for you. May your dreams…
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Connecting, De-Stress, Energy Healing, Holistic Health, Holistic Occupational Therapy, Intention, Mind-Body Connection, Prevention, Self Care, Spirituality, Stay Healthy with the Seasons, The Science of Happiness
Spring Time to Renew Yourself
Spring Time is here and it’s early this year! The days are becoming warmer as the sun moves higher in the sky creating a burst of new energy and new life. This is the time of year for growth and renewal in nature and in ourselves. In his classic text on living in harmony with nature, “Staying Healthy with the Seasons”, Elson M. Haas, MD says, “In the Chinese system of Five Elements, the spring season is correlated with the element of Wood, which governs the gall bladder and liver. The Wood element refers to living, growing entities: trees, plants, and the human body. They grow simultaneously out and…
