As an Occupational therapist, I often find myself using my yoga teacher skills and passions to engage my clients in self care. I am a big advocate for using nature as a co-therapist as well as a tool for self care. I have been reading a lot about forest bathing, experimenting with various nature basedContinue reading “Autumn falling leaf guided visualization 🍁🌻”
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Mindful relaxation technique – Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Occupational therapy is all about the balance of work, play and relaxation in order to create a live of quality and wellbeing. Often times our modern society fixates a lot on productivity in work, volunteering, home life etc, and our stress levels can fly through the roof. Self care and mindfulness are important practices toContinue reading “Mindful relaxation technique – Progressive Muscle Relaxation”
Enchanted Forest guided meditation for kids
As an Occupational therapist, I often find myself using my yoga teacher skills and passions to engage my clients in self care. I am a big advocate for using nature as a co-therapist as well as a tool for self care. I have been reading a lot about forest bathing, experimenting with various nature basedContinue reading “Enchanted Forest guided meditation for kids”
Grounded to Grow: professional exploration in Occupational Therapy
The countdown is on! In less than a week I’ll be flying to the United States to meet up with 24 other nature based Occupational Therapists for a weekend of connection and professional development. Last year, four OTs got together and created this love child event in which occupational therapists that practice in nature couldContinue reading “Grounded to Grow: professional exploration in Occupational Therapy”
Summer guided visualization 🏖️
As an Occupational therapist, I often find myself using my yoga teacher skills and passions to engage my clients in self care. I am a big advocate for using nature as a co-therapist as well as a tool for self care. I have been reading a lot about forest bathing, experimenting with various nature basedContinue reading “Summer guided visualization 🏖️”
Quiet rain guided visualization
As an Occupational therapist, one of the things I like to explore with my clients every couple months is visualization. As meditation can be quite difficult for most of my clients that struggle with keep still or focusing for long, I prefer creating calming visualizations to engage their imaginations and help them focus on theContinue reading “Quiet rain guided visualization”
Looking for community amongst other blog readers
How many times in a day do you want to do things and just can’t get the energy to do it? Before I get too far into this post I must clarify- I KNOW that the “energy” I’m talking about is actually my struggle with executive functioning. If you’re new to my blog, my nameContinue reading “Looking for community amongst other blog readers”
Starting a Podcast: The h(OT) take
Today I took the energy and the adrenaline I had after work and finally took the big step I was nervous to take for so long – I published my first episode of my podcast ! When I started hosting placements for occupational therapy and occupational therapy assistant students, I started realizing how limited ourContinue reading “Starting a Podcast: The h(OT) take”
Be Your Own Sunshine 