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Holistic Health, Holistic Occupational Therapy, Intention, Intuition, Manifestation, Meditation, Stay Healthy with the Seasons
Happy Winter Solstice
Happy Winter Solstice and Happy Holidays! As we move through the holidays into the new year, this is a great time to reflect upon what is working well in your life, and what do you want to create or manifest going forward into the New Year 2022? In this video message, I share what I’m grateful for and intend to manifest in the new year. I am grateful for you!
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How to Be a Holistic Mama
Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L interviews thought leaders and health care practitioners about integrative health, wellness, prevention, spirituality, and consciousness. I had the pleasure to interview Michelle Bonang, OT/L about “How to Be a Holistic Mama” on the Healing Connections Podcast. Michelle is a Mama to three amazing children she calls ‘loves’, an occupational therapist, registered yoga teacher, personal growth coach and developer of the Holistic Mama Membership Community. Through Michelle’s programs, she guides women through this sacred calling of motherhood with more peace, ease, self-love & vitality. Learn more at MichelleBonang.com. Listen Healing Connections on YouTube, ApplePodcasts, and Spotify.
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Keep Calm & Call a Holistic OT – COVID-19
Yes I am open. In the midst of uncertainty with COVID-19 I am keeping my doors open and am offering telehealth––phone or live video appointments to help you destress and continue to assist you with your goals in your life, and online classes and consultation sessions for health care professionals. As you may know, the better you can manage your stress and the more enjoyment you can find the better your immune system can function, and the more likely you can prevent disease. Here’s an article I wrote for HolisticOT.org “Keep Calm and Call a Holistic OT” full of tips to stay well and happy. Social interactions are the life blood of…
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Yoga for Kids
Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L interviews 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 holistically addressing the development of the Whole Child. Teaching breathing and meditation practices, an integral part of children’s yoga, provide students with tools they can use both inside and outside of school. In 2015, Terry became a Lead Trainer for Radiant Child Yoga allowing her to spread her passion and love of children’s yoga to more…
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Breath Work Class Recording
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 relaxation response – opposite of the stress response transform stress, anxiety, pain, and depression to positive states and well-being positively affect overall mind, body & spirt health You will Learn: Conscious, controlled, and meditation breathing techniques that can induce the relaxation response and transform stress, anxiety, pain & depression to positive states and well-being. How…
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Aging Well
On the Healing Connections Podcast Episode 15, I interviewed Mandy Chamberlain, MOTR/L about “Aging Well.” Watch or Listen to Full Interview Here Mandy is an occupational therapist with a passion for working with the older adult population and the founder of SeniorsFlourish.com and the membership site, The Learning Lab. Both are dedicated to helping other geriatric OT’s be the best they can be through education, resources, tips and videos. Her varied clinical background includes working with geriatrics through long term care, home health services, home modification consultation, assisted living, inpatient critical access and outpatient therapy services. The book mentioned about preventing and reversing Alzheimer’s is: “The End of Alzheimer’s: The…
